Curb and Gutter Repair Birmingham AL

Broken curbs and gutters removed and re-poured to match line and grade.

Broken Curb Sends Water Where It Should Never Go

Once a curb section cracks and drops, it quits carrying water and starts shoving it underneath your pavement. That's when the bills get ugly.

Three things chew up curb lines around here. Temperature swings that freeze and thaw, box trucks and delivery vans clipping the curb face on tight turns, and that red clay subgrade that soaks up water and holds onto it like a sponge. Parking lots off 1st Avenue show it all the time, and so do the older driveways over in Forest Park, where two feet of failed curb quietly puts an inch of water across the whole lot behind it. Our curb and gutter repair Birmingham crews cut out the broken concrete and pour it back to proper line and grade, so runoff goes where the lot was drawn up to send it.

Licensed, bonded and insured in Alabama. Our guys and our equipment come out of the office on Reverend Abraham Woods Jr Boulevard downtown, and nothing gets handed off to a sub. Every job kicks off with somebody standing on your property with a tape and a level, then a free written estimate, so give us a ring at 205 583 1535 and we'll get you on the calendar.

Signs Your Curb Needs Replacement Instead of a Patch

Curb almost never lets go overnight. It tips you off first, and if you catch those hints early you're replacing a few sections instead of the entire run.

• Rain stopped an hour ago and there's still water sitting in the gutter pan
• The curb face flakes off or crumbles when you rub it
• Vertical cracks wide enough to slip a finger down into
• Sections that have dropped below grade or tilted forward
• Rebar or wire mesh showing through and rusting
• Mud pushing up out of the joints once a storm rolls through
• An open gap where the curb has pulled back off the asphalt edge

Skim coating a dead curb buys you maybe one season of looking better while water keeps chewing at the base underneath.

Hollow, settled, separated concrete? The honest answer is take it out and pour new. But if the grade is still true and the damage is only skin deep, swapping a partial section handles it and costs you less.

What Is Included in Our Curb and Gutter Repair Service

Nobody fires up a saw before the scope is down on paper. A standard Birmingham curb repair covers this:

• On site measure, then a free written estimate spelling out price, scope and timeline
• Saw cutting and clean removal of whatever curb and gutter has failed
• Hauling off every bit of broken concrete and debris
• Subgrade repair, stone base and compaction underneath the new pour
• Forms built to match what you already have: standard curb and gutter, roll or ribbon curb, valley gutter, header curb
• Re pour to correct line and grade so the drainage works again
• ADA transition work anywhere the curb ties into a crossing or ramp landing
• Finish work, tooled control joints, cure protection, barricades
• Asphalt tie in along the pavement edge, no lip and no gap left behind

Get a Free Written Estimate This Week

Call 205 583 1535 for a free on site measure and a written curb and gutter repair quote for your Birmingham property. Price, scope and timeline all go in writing before a single thing gets scheduled.

How the Repair Actually Goes, Step by Step

1. Measure and mark. Grades get shot, limits get painted, and we confirm where the water is supposed to end up.
2. Saw cut and remove. Clean vertical cuts right at the joints, then the failed sections get broken out and hauled away.
3. Fix what is under it. Clay that's wet or pumping gets undercut, replaced with stone, and compacted to spec.
4. Form to profile. Forms match your existing curb shape, pitched so the gutter pan actually carries water instead of holding it.
5. Pour and finish. Place the concrete, finish it, joint it, edge it so it reads the same as the runs beside it.
6. Protect and cure. Cones and barricades stay put through the cure, then the asphalt gets tied back in.

Repair Versus Full Replacement

Birmingham Conditions That Shape the Work

Red clay decides most of what we quote in this city. Water sits in it, load softens it, and a cold snap heaves it, which is exactly why the subgrade gets checked before a price goes out instead of after the demo.

Then there's the heat. A July pour near Railroad Park or over by UAB goes down early in the morning, and we'll adjust the mix and the cure protection so the top doesn't flash set and craze on us. Come winter, freeze windows get watched close.

Working around your business hours is baked into the plan, not an afterthought. Retail lots in Homewood and church lots in Titusville almost always get phased so part of the property stays open, and barricades go up tight enough that no driver rolls a wheel through green concrete.

Related Concrete and Paving Work We Handle

Handicap Ramp Installation

Curb work and ramp work travel together more often than not. Open up a curb line at a crossing and nine times out of ten the ramp, the landing and the detectable warning surface all have to come up to current ADA slope and width. Forming the ramp, setting the truncated dome panels, repainting the crossing, the whole transition ends up reading right.

Concrete to Asphalt Conversion

Plenty of older lots around Birmingham have a cracked up concrete driving surface with perfectly good curb wrapped around it. On those, the curb stays, the concrete gets milled or busted out, and asphalt goes down tied right into the existing gutter line. Surface side gets covered by our asphalt paving services in Birmingham, and bigger properties run through commercial asphalt paving and parking lot work.

Realistic Timeframes and What Curb Work Typically Costs

Two to six sections in a parking lot? Demo and pour usually wrap inside one to two days on site. Concrete still needs its cure time before traffic comes back, so figure barricades hanging around a few days after that, weather and temperature depending.

For a ballpark only, curb and gutter replacement across the Birmingham metro tends to land somewhere around $35 to $70 per linear foot. Profile, access, haul off and how rough the subgrade is all move that number. Valley gutter and ADA transitions run higher. The written estimate is where the real figure shows up, after somebody has measured.

Exact completion dates and guaranteed lifespans aren't something we'll promise you. Rain, cure conditions, site access, all of it shifts a schedule, and you'll hear from us when it does.

Why Property Owners Here Call Us

This is a working contractor, not a middleman with a phone.

The same crew that measured your curb line is the crew standing there when the truck backs in. Quality and accountability stay in one set of hands that way.

• Licensed, bonded and insured in the State of Alabama, liability plus workers comp coverage
• Free written estimates that follow a real on site measure
• Home driveways and business lots both run by the same team
• ADA compliant transitions, ramps, striping and signage
• Base prep and compaction done right on every single pour

Curb and Gutter Repair Service Areas Around Birmingham

• Curb repair City Center 35203 and Lakeview 35233
• Curb and gutter replacement Five Points South and Southside 35205
• Concrete curb repair Highland Park and Forest Park 35213
• Parking lot curb repair Avondale 35222 and Woodlawn 35212
• Curb and gutter contractor Titusville and West End 35211
• Gutter pan repair Norwood and Druid Hills 35234
• Curb work Fountain Heights and Smithfield 35204
• Curb replacement Graymont 35208, Elyton and Ensley 35218
• Curb and gutter repair East Lake 35206 and Crestwood South
• Driveway curb repair Homewood 35209