You get a free, written concrete driveway quote for your Syracuse home within about two business days of the on-site visit, no deposit, no obligation, and the estimate spells out base depth, concrete mix, joint layout, and permit responsibility so you can compare it line by line against another bid. Call, text, or send the form below to get on the schedule; October through April we usually book site visits within three to five days, and the visit itself takes 45 to 60 minutes.
Step 1, Tell us what you're working with (5 minutes, you)
Send your address, a few photos of the existing driveway taken from the street and from the garage, and a rough idea of the size, most two-car driveways in Syracuse run about 20 by 24 feet, around 480 square feet. Add anything that matters: a slab that's heaved at the apron, crumbling edges from road salt, a widening crack, drainage that puddles by the garage door, or a planned addition that changes the layout.
We pull the parcel and right-of-way information before we come out, so we already know whether your driveway crosses city right-of-way or sits entirely on private property. That single detail decides whether you need a permit for the apron.
Step 2, The site visit (45–60 minutes, both of us)
You walk the driveway with us and point out what's failing and where the water goes in spring. We do the measuring and the digging:
- Probe the existing base with a spade to see how much gravel is actually under the slab, and how much of it is silt
- Check slope and pitch away from the garage, and where the downspouts discharge
- Measure the apron and note the transition at the street
- Confirm utility locates before anything gets marked for excavation
- Sketch the control joint plan on the spot and explain where the joints land and why
You don't need to be home for the whole visit, but the twenty minutes you spend walking it changes the quote more than anything you can send by email.
Step 3, The written quote (1–2 business days, us)
You get a document, not a number shouted from a truck. It lists excavation depth against the local 42-inch frost line, the concrete specification (air-entrained, 4,000 psi, with the air content range), slab thickness, reinforcement, joint spacing, the removal and haul-away line, and the permit line item if one applies. If a repair beats a replacement, we say so in writing and quote that instead, we'd rather pour your driveway in six years than sell you one this spring.
Typical pricing
- Concrete driveway installation: $6,500–$14,000
- Driveway replacement and removal: $8,000–$16,000
- Stamped and decorative concrete: $9,000–$20,000
- Concrete repair and slab leveling: $400–$2,500
- Aprons, walkways and steps: $1,500–$6,000
- Driveway sealing: $250–$900
Every one of those is a range, not a quote. The final cost varies a lot depending on job size, scope, and site conditions, access for the truck, how much bad base has to come out, whether the apron falls under a city or town permit, and how much of the work is removal versus pour.
Step 4, Permits (1–3 weeks, mostly us)
If your driveway meets city right-of-way, the apron at the street, the City of Syracuse or the town you're in (Clay, Geddes, Camillus, DeWitt, Manlius, Salina) has to approve the work. We prepare the drawing and specifications, you sign the application as the property owner, and the municipality sets the fee, which appears as its own line on your quote. Plan on one to three weeks for approval; a straight replacement of an existing apron usually moves faster than a new cut.
Step 5, Build week
In season we're typically booked two to four weeks out, and May and June fill first. Once we start, a standard two-car replacement runs like this:
- Day 1: demo, haul-off, and protection of the garage apron. You lose driveway access at the end of this day.
- Day 2–3: excavate to frost depth, bring in and compact base in lifts, set forms and reinforcement. We call for inspection before the pour.
- Day 4: pour. Air-entrained 4,000 psi mix placed, screeded, floated, and finished. Control joints get cut the same day or early the next morning, on the plan we drew with you.
- Day 5 onward: curing.
Step 6, Cure, seal, first winter (you)
Stay off the slab for 7 days, keep heavy trucks off for 10, and treat 28 days as the point where it reaches full design strength. That first winter, use sand instead of de-icer, road salt is what spalls a driveway edge, and a young slab is more vulnerable than an old one. We recommend sealing at the six-to-twelve-month mark and every three to five years after that, which is the cheapest habit you can build into a driveway that has to survive 115 inches of lake-effect snow a season.
Why homeowners in Syracuse call us
We dig for the 42-inch frost depth instead of the cheapest base that passes, we pour air-entrained concrete because that's the mix that stands up to road salt, and we cut control joints on a plan rather than wherever the crew stops. Repairs and leveling too, when the slab still has life in it.
Ready to start? Send the form or call and we'll get your free quote scheduled, no charge for the visit, and no pressure to book the work.