House Demolition
Full teardowns of houses and double-blocks — fire-damaged, condemned, or simply in the way — with foundation removal and grading options.
House demo →Scranton · Lackawanna County · NEPA
Condemned house on a narrow lot. A back-alley garage past saving. A slab where a porch used to be. We tear it down, haul it out, and leave a clean, level site — permits handled, neighbors respected, price in writing before a machine starts.
Scranton's neighborhoods were built for the coal economy — tight lots in South Side and West Side, double-blocks in North Scranton, and the city's famous narrow back alleys lined with mid-century garages that sag a little more every winter. A century later, a lot of those structures are past the point of repair: fire-damaged doubles, condemned properties under city code enforcement, garages that can't fit a modern car and can't hold their own roof.
Removing them is what we do. Machine demolition where access allows, hand work where the lot line is four feet away, dust control throughout, and every ton of debris loaded out to licensed facilities. What's left is a graded, buildable, sellable lot — or just a yard without a liability standing in it.
Before any demolition in Pennsylvania, the structure must be inspected for asbestos. Federal NESHAP rules and PA DEP require an asbestos survey before demolition, and the City of Scranton requires a demolition permit with verified utility disconnects. We coordinate the inspection, the permit, and the disconnect documentation as part of every quote — that's the difference between a demolition contractor and a guy with an excavator.
Full teardowns of houses and double-blocks — fire-damaged, condemned, or simply in the way — with foundation removal and grading options.
House demo →Scranton's alley garages are our bread and butter: tight-access teardowns, slab-out or slab-stays, hauled the same day.
Garage demo →Driveways, sidewalks, patios, porch slabs, and foundations — broken, loaded, and hauled, with clean stone or fill on request.
Concrete removal →Code-enforcement deadlines, insurance claims, unsafe structures — cleared with the documentation both the city and your adjuster want.
Get it cleared →Gut-outs to the studs for renovations and unit turns across the city's double-block rental stock.
Quote a gut-out →Trailers, barns, porches, and additions — dismantled, loaded, gone.
Free estimate →Nobody in Lackawanna County should need three sales visits to learn a ballpark. Around Scranton, full house demolition typically runs $6,000–$18,000 depending on size, foundation, access, and what the pre-demo inspection finds. Detached garage teardowns generally run $2,500–$6,000. Concrete removal typically prices from $1,000–$5,000 by square footage and thickness. Every job gets a free on-site look and a firm written number — demolition, hauling, permits, and grading itemized so you can compare any bid against ours line for line.
Yes — structure removal requires a demolition permit through the city (or your borough), with utility disconnects verified. It's routine paperwork for us and included in the quote and the schedule.
Pennsylvania requires an asbestos survey before demolition under federal NESHAP rules — even for houses and garages. If regulated material is found, licensed abatement happens first, then demolition proceeds. Coordinating that sequence is part of the job; skipping it is how projects get shut down.
Code-enforcement deadlines on unsafe or blighted structures are common in Scranton, and yes — we work those timelines regularly, and provide the documentation that closes the file with the city.
The demolition itself is fast; the lead time is permits and disconnects, typically a couple of weeks. Call early — especially if you're up against a code deadline or a construction start date.
Your call — we quote it both ways. Full removal with fill and grading gives you a clean lot; leaving a sound foundation saves money when something new will use the footprint.
Free written estimates across Scranton, Dunmore, Dickson City, Taylor, Old Forge, Moosic, Clarks Summit, Carbondale & Lackawanna County.
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