Alley Garages · Sheds · Outbuildings
Scranton's back alleys are lined with mid-century garages too narrow for a modern car and too far gone to fix. One day, one crew, gone — slab and all if you want it.
Every Scranton neighborhood has them: single-bay garages off the alley, built for cars two feet narrower than anything sold today, with sagging rooflines, racked walls, and doors that stopped closing during the Clinton administration. They don't store anything you'd miss, they drag on appraisals, insurers increasingly flag them, and every winter of snow load makes the lean a little worse.
Garage demolition is the cheapest, fastest structural fix a property owner can buy. Most Scranton garages come down and get hauled in a single day — including tight-access alley work where the machine has to thread between fences — and you choose whether the slab stays (future parking pad) or goes (lawn, garden, or a properly built replacement).
Replacing it? If a new garage is the plan, tell us at the estimate. We'll remove the old slab and footings cleanly and leave the excavation your builder wants, instead of a surprise under six inches of fill. Demo and site prep priced together beats discovering the old foundation on pour day.
Around Scranton, detached garage demolition typically runs $2,500–$6,000 including haul-off — size, slab removal, and alley access set the number. Sheds and small outbuildings typically run $500–$1,500. Firm written price after a free look; most estimates take fifteen minutes.
Yes — Scranton and the surrounding boroughs require a demolition permit for structures, garages included. Routine paperwork; we file it as part of the job.
The pre-demolition asbestos inspection requirement applies to structures generally — and old garages frequently have transite siding or roofing that qualifies. The inspection is quick, and if material is found, abatement is usually small and fast at garage scale.
That's the classic Scranton layout and exactly what compact equipment is for. Alley-access demos are most of our garage work.
Yes — contents removal gets added as a line item, and everything goes in the same haul. Empty it yourself if you'd rather save the money.
Scranton, Dunmore, Dickson City, Taylor, Old Forge, Moosic, Clarks Summit, Carbondale & Lackawanna County.
Call (570) 555-0139