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Rotary cutting for overgrown fields, pastures, vacant lots and fence lines across southeastern North Carolina.
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As a demolition contractor based in Burgaw, we give a property its ground back. We take down houses, sheds, barns and garages across Pender County. Old concrete slabs and cracked driveways come out too. Old single wides and double wides are their own job, covered under mobile home demolition. Residential demolition is most of what we do. We break the structure apart with an excavator, load the debris into our dump truck, and haul it off site. What stays behind is bare, level dirt you can build on or sell.
We have worked out of Burgaw since 2013 and run our own machines on every teardown. That matters on a demolition, where one wrong push does real damage. Once the building is gone, the same equipment handles the grading and dirt work. We can also handle the excavation for whatever you are putting there next. Call for a free estimate and we will come look at the building first. You get a real number before anything comes down.
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Every house demolition starts well before the machine shows up. Power, water, gas and septic have to be shut off and capped at the source. Your county inspections office issues the demolition permit, and it usually has to be in hand first. We can tell you what that office normally asks for before you call them. Once the paperwork clears, the excavator works the building down in sections rather than dropping it at once. That keeps the debris in a pile we can load, and keeps the mess inside your property line.
The dump truck runs loads out while the excavator keeps working. Roofing, framing, drywall and old appliances all leave the property. If the house sits on a slab, we break it up and pull it out with the same machine. Block piers and footings come out the same way, then we backfill the hole and rake the pad flat. Most people want the lot ready to sell or rebuild, so that is how we leave it. Old stumps in the way come out with the same excavator.
Asbestos is the first check. North Carolina's health department calls for an accredited asbestos inspection before a building comes down. The inspection is required for commercial buildings and for residential buildings with more than four units. The state recommends it for every house too. Covered demolitions also need notice to the state's Health Hazards Control Unit at least 10 working days ahead. That notice is due even if no asbestos turns up, and a county permit alone does not meet it. The state asks owners to call the unit about whether a project is covered. These are state rules, so they apply the same way to Wilmington teardowns in New Hanover County.
The county permit comes next. State law says no one may start demolishing a building without first securing the required permits (G.S. 160D-1110). The property owner applies, and Pender County takes most applications online through its Pender Online Resource Tool, or PORT. Filing in person instead adds a $25 processing fee. Notice to NC811 is due at least three full working days before the teardown starts, because G.S. 87-122 covers demolition as well as digging. Utility owners also get reasonable time to remove or protect their lines. Both laws are statewide, so the same two rules apply to demolition work in Jacksonville and Onslow County.
Where the debris goes matters more than most people expect. Wood, roofing, drywall and old fixtures go to a site that accepts construction and demolition waste, and we line up disposal before the machine shows up. Tin, steel and scrap metal get separated as the building comes apart, which cuts the number of loads that have to be dumped. Concrete from a slab or driveway is handled on its own because of the weight. Every load leaves in our dump truck, and haul-off is priced in the estimate.
If a septic tank or a well sits on the property, tell us early. Both carry their own county rules, so we ask about them before we price the job. Old mobile homes come apart differently from a stick-built house, with a steel frame and axles under the body, so we cover them separately under how we take down a mobile home. Once the structure is gone, the pad gets leveled so what you keep is usable ground.
Plenty of demolition jobs are smaller than a whole house. A leaning barn, a collapsed shed, a detached garage, a cracked concrete driveway. We take those out the same way, with an excavator and the dump truck. Broken concrete is heavy, so a slab or driveway often costs more to haul than its size suggests. Tin and old lumber get separated as we go, which cuts what has to be hauled. If you are pulling a driveway to pour a new one, we can leave the base ready for concrete.
Ground conditions decide a lot down here. Sandy coastal-plain soil loads easy, but low spots hold water and a loaded truck sinks into them. We read the weather and the ground before bringing heavy equipment onto a soft lot. If you are comparing demolition companies near me, ask each one who hauls the debris and where it goes. A demolition contractor who owns the dump truck can answer that on the spot. Call and we will come look at what you want gone, and the estimate is free.
From the first walk of the property to the last pass of the blade, here is exactly how it goes.
Call (910) 512-9578 or send the form. Describe the land, what is on it, and what you want it to become. Photos help.
We meet you on the property, look at the growth, the ground and the access, and talk through the right way to do the job.
The estimate is free and comes from seeing the land. You know the price and the plan before any machine shows up.
The machines show up when the ground is ready, the work gets finished, and the property is left clean and usable.
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Great guy to work with. Demoed the trailer and made it all go away.
Absolutely love Steve and his excellent work ethic. We hired him to clear our acre lot in Holly Ridge, demo and haul off an old single wide trailer, bring in fill dirt and make the cleared land look fantastic. He went above and beyond what we expected. He was always on time, returned phone calls or text and he was fair with pricing.
Steve does a great job I’ve been using him for over a decade
Land to clear, an old structure to take down, brush that's won too many summers, or a pond you've been thinking about for years? Call or send the form. We come look at the property with you and the estimate is free, from a company that has worked this ground since 2013.
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