Tearing down a house

[pepperbegs]

Hi, this is my first post.

I know that the cost of demolition will vary. Has anyone dealt with having a house tore down?

House in question is about 4000 sq. ft., made of wood. Concrete foundation. It's located on a large lot. Lots of room for dumpsters and equipment. Easy access to site.

Please share your experiences and offer advise.

 

[Kaido]

You don't need a contractor, you just need a water heater.

 

[Vette73]

If you have time have habit for humanity or some other type come take it down. They take it down peice by peice and sell the parts to pay for new houses. You also get a tax credit.

 

[BigJ]

Take all scrap to the junk yard.

You'll make back a small fortune on the copper from the electrical wire, and even more if you had copper plumbing in the house.

 

[BoomerD]

Look in your phone book under demolition.

The costs will vary quite a bit depending on where you are located, if there are any local demolition companies, how much disposal costs run, etc.

 

[thedarkwolf]

Cost my Parent's around $6k if I remember right to have a 3 story maybe 1500sq. ft house with a mix of concrete block, rock, and wood framing torn down and hauled off.

 

[pepperbegs]

Thanks for the replies.

Is it possible to leave the concrete foundation intact? (It won't leave a big hole). I mean take down the house but leave the foundation.

 

[wedi42]

i'll do it for $10
all i need is a can of gas and some matches

 

[mattocs]

Call a local fire department. Let them burn it down for training purposes. Just get a backhoe and a dump truck to haul away the leftovers then.

 

[D1gger]

One of my businesses is demolition. I worked up a quick demolition quote for an average 4,000 ft2 two level house on a concrete crawl space with a 3 foot concrete driveway.

FINAL BID $11,171.45

Many factors can affect this price, the biggest being the cost of the tipping fees at the dump site, as well as the presence of any hazardous waste materials such as asbestos.

Feel free to PM me if you want any further details on how I calculate these type of projects.

 

[lupi]

Originally posted by: Marlin1975
If you have time have habit for humanity or some other type come take it down. They take it down peice by peice and sell the parts to pay for new houses. You also get a tax credit.

That's interesting.

 

[D1gger]

Originally posted by: pepperbegs
Thanks for the replies.

Is it possible to leave the concrete foundation intact? (It won't leave a big hole). I mean take down the house but leave the foundation.

Yes it is possible, but it is not easy to do as generally we would use an excavator to tear down the house, and the operator would have to be very careful to not damage the foundation if you wanted to save it.

 

[skyking]

Originally posted by: D1gger

Originally posted by: pepperbegs
Thanks for the replies.

Is it possible to leave the concrete foundation intact? (It won't leave a big hole). I mean take down the house but leave the foundation.

Yes it is possible, but it is not easy to do as generally we would use an excavator to tear down the house, and the operator would have to be very careful to not damage the foundation if you wanted to save it.

I'd add at least 15% to deconstruct it and save the foundation. Even then, the bolts may be toast.