House Demolition
Whole house teardowns in Pittsburgh and about 40 miles around. We take the house down with the excavator, break out the basement, haul the debris off and grade the lot.
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Garage demolition is a staple of our work. We take down detached and attached garages built of block, brick and frame. Most of them are as old as the house in front, and the median Pittsburgh home was built in 1942. Close to half the city's housing units date to 1939 or earlier.
A garage comes down the way the site allows. In a tight rear yard or off a narrow alley, hand work comes before the compact excavator. We work as a demolition contractor in Pittsburgh and about 40 miles around the city. We look at the job and give you a price before any work starts.
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Old Pittsburgh garages sit wherever there was room for them. That is usually the back of the lot, off a rear alley, or dug into a slope below the house. The walls are block or brick laid a long time ago, and the roof framing is low and shallow. A single car fits, and not much else.
The calls sound the same. The garage is leaning and the roof is caving in. The mortar has washed out from between the block, or a wall has bowed where water got behind it. Once a wall or roof has gone, nobody should be working inside.
Access sets the plan more than size does. Alleys behind these houses are narrow, and a rear yard may only open through a gate. We start by hand on the roof and the upper walls. Then the compact excavator takes the walls and the footings, or the job stays hand work.
That depends on where the garage is. Inside the City of Pittsburgh, garages go through the Department of Permits, Licenses and Inspections. PLI's demolition bulletin says a job limited to an accessory structure can go under a building permit. We are a licensed City of Pittsburgh general contractor.
Outside the city, every borough and township runs its own code office. Pennsylvania's Uniform Construction Code leaves a detached private garage under 1,000 square feet out of the state code. That applies to a one-family house, and a local ordinance can still require a permit. We go over what your municipality wants when we quote the job.
Two things happen before anything comes down. Under OSHA's demolition rule, the power, gas and water to the garage get capped outside the building line. Pennsylvania law also sets a One Call notice at three to ten business days ahead of demolition near buried lines. One Call does not cover private lines, so a buried line run out to a garage is located another way.
An attached garage shares a wall or a roof line with the house, and that wall stays. We cut the garage loose, take it down, and close the house side up. The city's demolition rules treat an attached structure as a special condition. A licensed engineer or architect reports on how the building that stays gets protected and weatherized.
Taking an attached garage off an older house counts as a renovation under EPA's lead rule. More than three quarters of the city's housing units were built before 1970, well ahead of the 1978 line. We are an EPA Lead-Safe Certified Firm, so that work is ours to do.
The slab is a separate call. If a new garage or pad is going in, it often stays. If the yard is going back to grass, it comes out with the footings, and our concrete removal page covers that. The rest leaves with us, and the area can be topsoiled and seeded or left ready for a new pad.
We look at the job and give you a price before any work starts, across Pittsburgh, the South Hills, the eastern suburbs and about 40 miles around.
(412) 720-1866From the first call to a clean site at the end, here is how it goes.
Call or text (412) 720-1866, or send the form. Tell us what is coming down and where it sits.
We come out and go over what is being removed, what it is built of and the access. You get a price before any work starts.
We go over what your municipality requires and who handles each step. Utility shutoffs, One Call marking and any asbestos survey happen before demolition starts.
The teardown or the masonry repair gets done. We keep you posted during the job and handle added scope as it comes up.
Construction and demolition debris is loaded out and hauled away. On a teardown the lot can be graded, topsoiled and seeded.
Common questions about garage demolition across Pittsburgh, the South Hills, the eastern suburbs and about 40 miles around. If yours is not here, call and ask.
Whole house teardowns in Pittsburgh and about 40 miles around. We take the house down with the excavator, break out the basement, haul the debris off and grade the lot.
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We tear down wood, metal and vinyl sheds in Pittsburgh and haul them away. Decks, porches, old exterior stairs and above ground pools come down the same way.
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Concrete removal around Pittsburgh for driveways, patios, sidewalks, slabs, steps and old footings. We break the concrete out with air jackhammers and machines, haul it off and leave the ground graded.
Learn MoreDemolition is the main line of work at Davis Demolition and Masonry. Houses, garages, sheds, interior gut outs, concrete and commercial interiors are the everyday jobs.
We hold the City of Pittsburgh general contractor license the city requires for demolition permits. We are an EPA Lead-Safe Certified Firm and a registered Pennsylvania home improvement contractor.
A building background sits behind the demolition work. On an interior job that decides what comes out and what gets left standing.
A failed wall or chimney can come down and go back up with the same company. Debris leaves with us, and the site is left clean at the end.
Garage demolition cost in Pennsylvania: published market ranges, what drives the price in Pittsburgh, the slab and the permit. Call (412) 720-1866.
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Yes. The City of Pittsburgh requires a demolition permit from PLI for houses and garages. Here are the steps, the asbestos rule and the 2026 fees.
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House demolition cost in Pennsylvania: published ranges per square foot, Pittsburgh permit fees, the asbestos steps and what drives the price.
Read more →Tell us what is coming down, what it is built of and where it sits. Call or text (412) 720-1866, or send the form with what you need taken down.
Tell us about the job. We will call or text you back.