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Concrete Flatwork• 6 min read

How to Quote Driveway Replacements Without Visiting

Mark Williams
Founder, RemoteQuoter

Driving to a residential property just to run a measuring wheel across a driveway is the fastest way to burn through your sales budget.

Every minute spent in traffic is a minute you aren't pouring concrete. In the modern era of high-resolution satellite imagery, you can calculate the exact square footage of a driveway tear-out, and calculate the exact cubic yardage required for the pour, all from your desk.

Excavator tearing out concrete driveway into a dumpster
Miscalculating the square footage of a tear-out means you will drastically underbid the hauling and dumpster fees.

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The Demolition Haul-Away Economics

When quoting a replacement, you aren't just calculating the new pour—you are calculating the demolition haul-away. Concrete weighs approximately 150 lbs per cubic foot. A 1,000 sq ft driveway at 4 inches thick is roughly 12.3 cubic yards, which weighs over 50,000 lbs (25 tons).

Driveway SizeEst. Concrete Weight (4" Thick)Dumpster Requirement
500 sq ft (1-Car)12.5 Tons1 x 20-Yard Heavy Duty
1,000 sq ft (2-Car)25 Tons2 x 20-Yard Heavy Duty
1,500 sq ft (3-Car)37.5 Tons3 x 20-Yard Heavy Duty

Automating the Math

By using satellite measurement tools to capture the exact square footage instantly, you can automatically calculate how many dumpsters or dump truck loads will be required to haul away the old slab, preventing you from underbidding the demolition phase. The same 2D measurement is then instantly fed into the 3D volume calculator to order the exact ready-mix requirement for the pour.

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