Barn Demolition · Winfield

Barn and Outbuilding Demolition in Winfield, AL

Winfield has held Mule Day every September since 1975, a celebration of the mule's place in Alabama farm history. The barns from those working years are still out there, many of them leaning. Down South takes them down, hauls off the debris, digs out the footings and grades the ground smooth.

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 · Winfield

Barn Demolition in Winfield

A railroad town with farms all around

Winfield grew after the Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham railroad arrived in 1887. Most of the city is in southern Marion County, with a piece reaching south into Fayette County. The East Branch of Luxapallila Creek, which gave the town its first name, curves past the middle of town.

Out from town, Marion County farms grew cotton until the 1930s and then moved to cattle, corn and soybeans. Each change left its own buildings behind, and a lot of them are still standing. The city sits in the foothills of the Appalachians, so the farms around it mix open pasture with wooded slopes.

The usual Winfield job

A common call is a hay or cattle barn on family land that no longer runs cows. The roof is rusted through, the poles have rotted at the ground and it leans a little more every winter. It is a hazard to anyone poking around, and it is taking up a good spot.

Down South brings it down with the excavator, loads everything and hauls it away. Poles are pulled, footings and any slab are dug out, and the spot is filled and graded. Gates, feeders and old fencing attached to the barn can come down with it if you want them gone.

Sheds, carports and chicken houses

Smaller buildings follow the same path. Metal carports, old block sheds, well houses and chicken houses all come down the same way, and several small ones can often be handled in a single visit. Doing them together saves a second trip for the machines and the trucks. A carport anchored in concrete has its footings pulled like any other building.

Buildings that need asbestos abatement are not part of this work. Older siding and roofing can raise that question, and it is settled before anything goes on the calendar.

Close to Berry

Winfield is on US-43 north of Berry, so it is close to where Down South is based. The machines are tracked: a Cat dozer, a Cat compact track loader and an excavator. Tracks keep them working on soft pasture where a wheeled machine would rut or stick. The machines go in through the same gate the cattle used if it is wide enough, or through a fence panel taken down and put back.

If the field road to the barn is in rough shape, it can be fixed on the same trip. See gravel driveway work in Winfield and culvert installation in Winfield.

Shutoffs and locates

Call the power company to disconnect any service to the barn before the date. Power the owner ran from the house to an outbuilding counts as a private line, and Alabama 811 does not mark private lines, so show them at the estimate. If a barn had a water line run to it for stock tanks, that pipe is yours as well.

Alabama 811 needs at least two business days before footings are dug out. Inside Winfield's city limits, ask the city about a demolition permit before a date is fixed. The Alabama demolition permit guide explains the general picture.

Done right at the end

The last step is grading. A barn footprint left as a soft hole will hold water and grow up in weeds. Filled, packed and shaped, it can go back to pasture or take a new building. If the house on the place has to go too, see house demolition in Winfield.

The estimate is free. The price comes from the building's size and makeup, the slab, the haul and the access. Small jobs carry a minimum, and the figure is yours to weigh before you commit. The main barn demolition page has 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

Hay and cattle barns. Rotted poles and rusted roofs taken down.
Small outbuildings. Carports, sheds and well houses, often several at once.
Footings and slabs. Dug out and hauled with the debris.
Ground put back. Filled, packed and graded for pasture or a pad.

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Winfield and nearby

Everything in Winfield

Winfield, AL

A small city on US-43 north of Berry, with in-town lots and farm and timber ground all around.

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Barn & Outbuilding Demolition

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

Main service page

Winfield and the towns nearby

Up US-43, barn demolition in Hamilton covers the Marion County seat and the Buttahatchee valley around it. South toward home, barn demolition in Fayette works farms across Fayette County. Clearing and the rest of the ground work around town are on the Winfield land clearing page, along with work in Guin, a few miles up the road. Each one gets the same free look first.

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.

Mulched ground and a tree line under tall clouds, seen from the machine with the mulcher push bar in the corner

Mulched path through dense young hardwoods in dappled sun

Mulched access lane running through young pine and brush under blue sky

Questions about this work

Questions people ask

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

Is it safe to take down a barn that is about to fall?

It is safer to take it down with a machine than to leave it standing. The excavator works from outside the building, so nobody has to go in. Keep people and animals clear until it is down and loaded.

Do you remove the old poles in the ground?

Yes. Poles and posts are pulled, and footings and any slab are dug out. The holes are filled and the ground graded. Stubs left in the ground get in the way of mowing, fencing and anything built later.

Is Winfield in Marion County or Fayette County?

Both. Most of the city is in southern Marion County, and part of it reaches into Fayette County. For barns out from town, it helps to know which county the property is in when you check on permits. Down South works both counties.

What does it cost to remove a barn near Winfield?

There is no set price. It depends on the barn's size and what it is built from, whether there is a slab, how far the debris is hauled and how easy the site is to reach. Estimates are free, small jobs carry a minimum, and the figure comes before you commit.

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