Barn Demolition · Fayette

Barn and Outbuilding Demolition in Fayette, AL

Around Fayette, a lot of farms have an old barn, a chicken house or a tin shed that stopped earning its keep years ago. Down South pushes it down, hauls off the debris, pulls the footings and slab, and leaves the spot filled and graded so the ground can be used again.

Open tract of red-brown dirt, cleared and rough graded, with track marks and a low dirt mound — Cleared And Rough Graded

Freshly graded red dirt with track marks and the end of a black culvert pipe showing — Cleared And Rough Graded

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Barn Demolition · Fayette

Barn Demolition in Fayette

Farm ground with old buildings on it

Fayette County has been farm country since the 1800s, when cotton and corn were the money crops. Soybeans have joined them since. Every farm built barns and sheds for that work, and plenty are still standing long after the crops or the cattle stopped. Some have been patched so many times that little of the first building is left.

At the 2020 census the whole county was counted as rural. That means barns out on county roads, often at the end of a field road, with trees grown up around them. Other work around town is on the Fayette land clearing page.

When the barn is in the way

The calls usually come when land changes hands or someone wants to build. The old barn sits on the best high spot, or blocks the view from the new house, or leans a little further toward the road every year. Standing empty, it mostly gives wasps, snakes and rot a place to settle.

Down South takes the building down with the excavator, loads the tin, wood and block, and hauls it off. The slab and footings come out too, including the part below ground, so the spot can take a new pad later.

Chicken houses, sheds and carports

It is not only barns. Long chicken houses, pole sheds, old carports, corn cribs and well houses are part of the same work. A long building takes more hauling than a tall one, but the steps are the same: down, loaded, gone, graded. Several small buildings on one place are usually priced and done together.

What is not part of it is any building that needs asbestos abatement. Some older buildings have siding or roofing that may contain it. If there is a question, that gets settled before any work is scheduled.

Getting in down a field road

A barn at the back of a pasture means a field road, a gate and maybe a soft creek bottom on the way. Down South runs tracked machines, which handle a wet field road better than a truck does. The debris trucks still need a way in, so the route gets looked at during the estimate. A gate may need to come off its hinges for the day, and that is better known ahead of time.

If the road in is half washed out, it can be fixed while the machines are there. A pipe across a wet crossing is covered under culvert installation in Fayette.

Power, locates and permits

Old barns often have a line running to them that nobody has thought about in years. Have the power company disconnect anything they serve first. Wiring the owner ran out from the house is a private line, and Alabama 811 does not mark those. If there is any doubt, treat the line as live until someone has proven otherwise.

The 811 request goes in at least two business days before the footings are dug out. Inside the City of Fayette, check with the city about a demolition permit before a date is set. The demolition permit guide covers the general rules in Alabama.

After the barn is gone

The footprint is filled and graded so it sheds water instead of holding it. If you want the spot ready for a shop or a house, it can be built up into a pad. If the whole yard drains poorly, yard drainage in Fayette can be done at the same time.

The estimate is free, and Fayette is close to home in Berry. The price depends on the building's size and makeup, the slab, the haul and the access, and small jobs carry a minimum that you know up front. See the main barn and outbuilding demolition page for more.

Cleaned-up ground under scattered trees with a small debris pile burning and a compact track loader at the edge

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Barn & Outbuilding Demolition

Barns, sheds, chicken houses and outbuildings taken down, hauled off, footprint filled and graded.

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What it includes

What that covers

Barns and pole sheds. Pushed down, loaded and hauled off.
Chicken houses. Long houses taken down and the pad cleaned up.
Slabs and footings. Broken out and removed below ground.
Footprint graded. Filled, packed and shaped to shed water.

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Fayette and nearby

Everything in Fayette

Fayette, AL

The Fayette County seat, a few miles from home base in Berry, with in-town lots and timber and farm ground around it.

Town page Also in Fayette

Barn & Outbuilding Demolition

Barns, sheds, chicken houses and outbuildings taken down, hauled off, footprint filled and graded.

Main service page

Fayette and the towns nearby

North on US-43, barn demolition in Winfield covers farms on the Marion County side of the line. East in Walker County, barn demolition in Jasper deals with hillside farms and old homeplaces. Hamilton and Cullman are covered too, and so is the rest of west Alabama on the service area page, all within reach of home in Berry. Each of those starts with a free look at the building.

How the work actually goes

Call, look, then a number

Call or text

Call or text (205) 535-6376, or send the form, and say where the property is and what needs doing.

A look at the property

The price comes off the property after a look, because cost depends on what is there, the terrain and access.

A figure before you commit

You get the figure before anything starts. Small jobs carry a minimum.

The machines do the work

Dozer, track loader or excavator, all tracked, and the ground is left graded.

On the ground

Photos of Down South's work.

These are photographs from actual jobs. See more recent work. Or read about the full barn & outbuilding demolition service.

Wide cleared and rough-graded tract of red-brown dirt with dozer track marks and a tree line behind

View from the mulcher cab over the push bar and hoses down a freshly mulched lane in hardwoods

Big oak left standing on a cleaned-up slope under thinned trees

Questions about this work

Questions people ask

Not seeing yours? Call (205) 535-6376 and ask Down South, or read the guides.

Will you take down a barn that is falling in?

Yes. A barn that is leaning or half collapsed is common, and it often comes down easier than a sound one. It is taken down from outside with the machines, so no one has to go inside a building that is not safe.

Can you remove the concrete slab too?

Yes. The slab and footings are broken out and hauled off with the rest, below ground included. Then the hole is filled and graded. Leaving the slab in place is an option if you want to reuse it, and that changes the scope of the job.

Do I need a permit to tear down a barn near Fayette?

Inside the City of Fayette, ask the city before a date is set. Out in the county, check with Fayette County as well. Either way, utilities have to be disconnected first, and Alabama 811 is contacted before any digging.

What does barn demolition cost around Fayette?

It depends on the building's size, what it is made of, whether a slab and footings come out, how far the debris is hauled and how easy it is to reach. Down South gives a free estimate. Small jobs carry a minimum, and the figure is given before you commit.

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