House Demolition
We take down whole houses across Monroe and the rest of Fairfield County, foundation and all. The debris is hauled away, the cellar hole is filled and the lot is left flat.
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Concrete removal is the job that keeps getting put off. An old slab sits in the middle of the yard. A cracked driveway breaks up a little more every winter. All Star Wrecking breaks concrete out with excavators, and the pieces are hauled away.
Some of this work stands on its own: a patio, a walkway, a shed slab, front steps. Some of it comes with a whole house teardown, where the foundation and footings come out too. We work in Monroe and across the rest of Fairfield County. The ground is left graded and ready for whatever goes there next.
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The excavator does the breaking. It starts at an edge and works the slab into pieces small enough to pick up. A bucket and thumb load those pieces out.
Work that goes into the ground starts with Call Before You Dig. That call is free, and in Connecticut it is the law. The notice goes in at least two full days ahead, not counting weekends and holidays. Private lines the owner put in, like a feed to a garage, are not marked, so tell us.
Permits depend on what the concrete belongs to. Concrete that comes out with demolition work falls under the town's demolition permit, issued by the town building official. A patio slab on its own may not need one. The town decides that, and we line the job up around what it asks for.
Not every foundation is poured concrete. Under older Connecticut houses you often find fieldstone walls instead of a poured one. Later ones are concrete block. Newer pours carry rebar through the walls and wire mesh through the slab.
Each one breaks differently. Fieldstone comes apart in chunks and leaves a pile of stone to move. Block walls come down fast. A poured wall has rebar in it, so the steel gets pulled out as the pieces are loaded.
Footings sit deeper than people expect. The Connecticut building code puts the frost line at 42 inches, so footings are built to sit below it. The till under Monroe puts boulders and stone in the same hole. Connecticut's demolition rules also say a cellar hole gets filled back to grade, which is how we leave it.
A concrete driveway cracks along the same lines every year. Water gets under it, frost lifts it, and tree roots push the slabs apart. A plow blade catches the lifted edge every winter. At some point the whole pour has to come out.
The concrete comes out in pieces and the gravel base under it is checked. From there the driveway can go back as a new gravel driveway, shaped and crowned so water runs off. If it is not going back, the strip becomes lawn after final grading and seed.
Where the broken concrete ends up depends on what is in it. Connecticut's rules count clean concrete pieces as clean fill, and the state lists it among recovered materials. Clean concrete goes to a recycler where one takes it. Pieces fouled with oil or lead paint go to a permitted facility instead.
Free estimates and site visits across Monroe and the rest of Fairfield County.
(412) 944-9931From the first call to a flat, finished lot, here is how it goes.
Call (412) 944-9931 and tell us what has to come down or get dug out. We ask what is on the lot and how you want it left.
We come out and go over the job with you: the building, the access, where the debris goes. Slope, ledge and wet ground all change how a job gets done.
You get the work, the hauling and the finished grade spelled out in writing. Nothing gets scheduled until you say go.
The demolition permit comes from the town building official, and the town wants the utility disconnects confirmed first. We tell you what your town will ask for and line the job up around it. Call Before You Dig marks the public lines before any digging starts.
The debris is hauled away, the cellar hole is filled to grade and the ground is left flat. We go over the finished site with you before we pull off the job.
Common questions about concrete removal across Monroe and the rest of Fairfield County. If yours is not here, call and ask.
We take down whole houses across Monroe and the rest of Fairfield County, foundation and all. The debris is hauled away, the cellar hole is filled and the lot is left flat.
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We cut new gravel driveways in through wooded and sloped lots, then build the base and crown the surface. Rutted and washed out driveways are rebuilt from the ground up.
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We backfill, rough grade and finish grade with excavators, then spread topsoil and put grass seed down. Yards are regraded so water runs away from the house instead of sitting against it.
Learn MoreThe base is Monroe. We work across Fairfield County and the towns just over the New Haven County line.
The company came out of general construction, from commercial buildings to water main work for cities and towns. Knowing how a building went up shapes how it comes down.
The teardown, the digging, the clearing and the final grade all come from the same company. One number to call while the lot is being worked.
We come look at the site, then put the work and the price in writing. Call (412) 944-9931 to set one up.
Tell us what has to come down, get dug or get cleared, and how you want the lot left. Call (412) 944-9931 or send the form and we will set up a look at the site.
Tell us about the job. We will get right back to you.
