thefairlaneman
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Before I call and get some quotes I am curious if anyone has a ball park price for having a house (cider block construction on a slap) torn down and removed . The house is approx 900 square feet,
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Demolition cost?
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boiler7904
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Demo has a lot of variables that make it hard for anyone but a local demo or remodeling company to give an estimate:
Size and layout of site
How close are neighboring houses?
Truck Access (including road weight limitations)
Travel distance to dump site
Dump fees
How busy are they? Can you wait? You get a little bit of a price break if you can wait until they have a hole in their schedule.
Couple of things to think about before they start demo:
- Get a demo permit if required.
- Remove any asbestos that is in the building. Big fines if your debris has asbestos in it later.
- Make sure that any debris is trucked away as soon as it comes down. A pile of debris left overnight will be a playground for the local kids - big insurance liability that you don't want.
- Consider letting an architectural salvage company come through the building if there is anything worth salvaging and see what they'll buy off of you.
- Is there any easily accessed copper that you could strip and sell for scrap before major demo? Might be worth opening up walls and just piling the debris in the house - you are knocking it down after all.
- Have a firehouse putting water on the building during demo to keep the dust down and the neighbors somewhat happy. You don't want to be the guy that pissed off everyone in neighborhood.
By the way, the most efficient way to bring a house down is a hydraulic excavator with a thumb on the stick. Everything else takes longer (except explosives) and is messier.
Good luck. Pictures will be a plus.
Size and layout of site
How close are neighboring houses?
Truck Access (including road weight limitations)
Travel distance to dump site
Dump fees
How busy are they? Can you wait? You get a little bit of a price break if you can wait until they have a hole in their schedule.
Couple of things to think about before they start demo:
- Get a demo permit if required.
- Remove any asbestos that is in the building. Big fines if your debris has asbestos in it later.
- Make sure that any debris is trucked away as soon as it comes down. A pile of debris left overnight will be a playground for the local kids - big insurance liability that you don't want.
- Consider letting an architectural salvage company come through the building if there is anything worth salvaging and see what they'll buy off of you.
- Is there any easily accessed copper that you could strip and sell for scrap before major demo? Might be worth opening up walls and just piling the debris in the house - you are knocking it down after all.
- Have a firehouse putting water on the building during demo to keep the dust down and the neighbors somewhat happy. You don't want to be the guy that pissed off everyone in neighborhood.
By the way, the most efficient way to bring a house down is a hydraulic excavator with a thumb on the stick. Everything else takes longer (except explosives) and is messier.
Good luck. Pictures will be a plus.
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thefairlaneman
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Thanks, I plan to get some estimates soon.boiler7904 said:Demo has a lot of variables that make it hard for anyone but a local demo or remodeling company to give an estimate:
Size and layout of site
How close are neighboring houses?
Truck Access (including road weight limitations)
Travel distance to dump site
Dump fees
How busy are they? Can you wait? You get a little bit of a price break if you can wait until they have a hole in their schedule.
Couple of things to think about before they start demo:
- Get a demo permit if required.
- Remove any asbestos that is in the building. Big fines if your debris has asbestos in it later.
- Make sure that any debris is trucked away as soon as it comes down. A pile of debris left overnight will be a playground for the local kids - big insurance liability that you don't want.
- Consider letting an architectural salvage company come through the building if there is anything worth salvaging and see what they'll buy off of you.
- Is there any easily accessed copper that you could strip and sell for scrap before major demo? Might be worth opening up walls and just piling the debris in the house - you are knocking it down after all.
- Have a firehouse putting water on the building during demo to keep the dust down and the neighbors somewhat happy. You don't want to be the guy that pissed off everyone in neighborhood.
By the way, the most efficient way to bring a house down is a hydraulic excavator with a thumb on the stick. Everything else takes longer (except explosives) and is messier.
Good luck. Pictures will be a plus.
Cinder block is recyclable into some cement products or as fill. Same with the slab. You might be able to find someone to take down the walls for free in exchange for the block. Given how tight the market is for cement its worth calling around.
twostory
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When I jack hammered and removed my drive way (1,800 sq ft, 4 inches thick) I used it for fill when I built my garage (it all under the slab now). Worked out well, as I only spent $350 to rent a jack hammer and bob cat for the weekend, and my wife & I, plus one other person did all the work in a day and a half.