Demolition
Houses, garages, barns, sheds and commercial buildings taken down with excavators across Fairfield County. The debris is hauled away, the hole is filled and the lot is left flat.
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Most Westport lots already have a house on them. State assessor records put the median Westport house in the mid 1960s and near 3,000 square feet. An older house that big is what a long run of teardowns and rebuilds looks like in the numbers. The ones coming down now are the smaller, older houses on land worth more than the building.
All Star Wrecking is a demolition contractor in Monroe, working across Fairfield County. Demolition comes first: houses, garages, barns, sheds and concrete, all taken down with excavators. The debris is hauled away, and excavation, land clearing and site work carry on once the lot is flat. Call (412) 944-9931 for a free estimate on a Westport job.
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Westport runs from Long Island Sound up to the back roads. Compo, Saugatuck Shores and Owenoke sit close to the water on small lots. Old Hill is west of the Saugatuck River and north of the Post Road, and Westport Village is the downtown. Greens Farms is the oldest part of town, and Coleytown, Poplar Plains and Staples spread out from there.
On a Westport teardown the whole house comes down and the foundation comes out after it. That is house demolition, and it ends with the cellar hole filled and the lot left flat. Owners also call about a garage or a barn on its own, or an old shed. Most Westport houses predate 1978, which is the line where lead paint rules come into a job.
Some owners keep the house and take out something else. An old slab, a cracked walkway or a patio at the back comes out and gets hauled off. A shed that has gone soft, or a barn that is leaning, comes down the same way. We work across the whole town, from the shore sections up to the north end.
Westport uses the longest demolition delay Connecticut law allows. The town ordinance sets a 180 day waiting period once a demolition permit application is filed. It catches any building 50 years old or over and 500 square feet or larger. Most Westport houses clear that age line, so plan on it.
The Historic District Commission is the board that looks at the building during the wait. It can uphold the waiting period or waive it, and it cannot make it longer. The only buildings it can stop are designated local historic properties and buildings inside a local historic district. Everything else comes down once the wait is over.
The building official sets what has to be in the permit file. Connecticut wants written proof the utilities cut service off, plus certified mail notice to the abutting owners. A state demolition notification also goes to the Department of Public Health. That form asks whether a licensed asbestos inspector looked at the building first.
A good part of Westport sits in a mapped flood zone. The Saugatuck River runs through the middle of town down to Long Island Sound. The shore side of town takes coastal flooding on top of that. Flood maps in the Saugatuck watershed have been revised, so the flood elevation set for a lot can change.
Westport asks for new houses to be built a foot above the base flood elevation. It also asks for compensatory storage when a project fills part of the floodplain. Ground taken out of flood storage has to be given back somewhere on the lot. When a renovation gets big enough, the town can treat it like new construction.
That math is what turns a lot of Westport repairs into teardowns. Once the house is down, the foundation walls and the footings come out. That is the concrete removal part of the job. The rebuild then starts at the height the plan sets, and the grade follows it.
The median Westport house lot runs under an acre, so a teardown is close quarters work. Machines have to get in past the driveway, the fence line and whatever the owner is keeping. Connecticut demolition rules also call for a fence along the street line at the work. We set the access and the haul route before anything comes down.
Away from the water, Westport ground is the county's usual glacial till over schist and gneiss. That means boulders, old stone walls and ledge that can sit close to the surface. Some of the till is a dense hardpan a couple of feet down that water sits on. Footings here have to get below the 42 inch frost line in the state code.
Work near a wetland or a watercourse goes to the Conservation Department, which runs Westport's inland wetland and watercourse regulations. Connecticut defines wetlands by soil type, so a dry looking corner of a lot can still be regulated. The town sets its own review distance, and a soil scientist or surveyor marks the line on the plan. We come down from Monroe on Route 25 and cut west on the Merritt Parkway, a little over twenty miles.
Communities and areas we serve around Westport: Greens Farms, Saugatuck, Saugatuck Shores, Compo, Coleytown, Old Hill, Poplar Plains, Owenoke, Staples, Westport Village.
Westport ZIP codes served: 06880, 06881.
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(412) 944-9931 Houses, garages, barns, sheds and commercial buildings taken down with excavators across Fairfield County. The debris is hauled away, the hole is filled and the lot is left flat.
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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 take down detached garages, barns, sheds and other outbuildings across Fairfield County. The debris is hauled away and the ground is left graded flat.
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Commercial buildings and structures taken down with excavators, and the debris sorted and hauled away. We also take out part of a building ahead of a renovation.
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We break out concrete slabs, foundations, footings, driveways and patios with excavators. The broken concrete is hauled away and the ground is left graded flat.
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All Star Wrecking digs and backfills foundation holes for new houses and additions, cuts trenches and digs ponds. We are based in Monroe and dig across Fairfield County.
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We do the site work for a new home in Monroe and across Fairfield County. The lot gets cleared, the driveway cut in, the foundation dug and the yard graded.
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We dig, bed and backfill the trenches for water, sewer, electric, gas and conduit lines. The licensed trades and the utility make the connections, and we put the ground back.
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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.
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We clear whole lots and single sections with excavators, from the trees down to the stumps. The wood and brush are hauled off and the ground is left ready for the next step.
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Overgrown brush, briars, vines and saplings pulled out with an excavator. Fallen dead wood cleared, trails cut and views reopened across Fairfield County.
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We dig stumps out of the ground whole, roots and all, with an excavator. The stumps are hauled off and the hole is filled and graded.
Learn MoreA few of the questions we hear most around Westport. If yours is not here, call and ask.
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.
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