That last thing any pedestrian wants to see is falling concrete. However, that’s just what happened recently over at Center City. A 25 foot-long piece of concrete that broke loose from the fourth floor of a parking garage and came crashing down to the street. Fortunately, no one was injured in the accident. It’s also helpful that this piece of concrete was purely decorative. In other words, no structure damage. Still, that’s a lot of concrete to come tumbling down.
“The pylon that fell is connected differently than most of the rest of the pylons, the decorative pylons around the face of the building. So we think it’s something to do with the connector, it’s probably a rusting issue. We’ve had tremendous moisture over the winter months and additionally with this rain that we just had … so all of that was contributing,” said Jim Giblin, General Manager of the Kennedy House to a local newspaper.
This could have you thinking about the concrete around your own property. Hopefully, there aren’t any crumbling beams but there could be some disturbing cracks in driveways, sidewalks and patios. If it looks like it is time to repave, then you’ll first have to get rid of the old concrete. A jackhammer rental, pickax and sledgehammer will take care of the “busting up.” As for the concrete disposal, you need only call Junk King to take care of that job.
Junk King is part of a national franchise of professional junk haulers. Most of their junk removal appointments have the Junk King crews handling things like old furniture or appliances. These are the kind of items that can’t fit into a garbage can. The same can be said for those broken chunks of concrete. Technically, concrete chunks can fit into a garbage can but there is no guarantee they’ll be picked up by the trash collectors. That’s because you have a weight limit for your trash. One piece of concrete can tip the scales. Instead, you can depend on Junk King to remove all that concrete. Best of all, you’re not going to be charged by the pound. Instead, Junk King will only charge you by the amount of space your rubbish takes up on the back of their truck. That single fees includes all the costs for the workers and dump yard fees. One call to Junk King takes all the hassle out of your concrete disposal and junk hauling needs.