House Demolition in Fayette, AL
An old house, the barn behind it and the shed nobody has opened in years, taken down and hauled off. The slab comes out, the hole gets filled and the lot is left graded and usable.
Old houses and outbuildings taken down around Fayette
The old home place outside Fayette usually comes with company. There is the house nobody has lived in for a while, a barn leaning one way, a smokehouse or a shed behind it, and a fence grown up around all of it. Family land sits longer than anyone planned. By the time somebody wants to build, sell or just mow it, the buildings are past saving and the lot is hard to walk across.
We take the whole thing down and clear it off. The house comes down with the excavator, the debris is loaded and hauled to a permitted site, and the slab, piers and footings come out of the ground. The footprint is filled in layers, packed and graded to match the rest of the lot. An old well, cistern or septic tank gets dealt with, not just covered. Fayette County is our home county, so a job in Fayette is close to home.
What you are left with is ground you can use: a clean lot to sell, a place for a new house or shop, or pasture that is not hiding a foundation. Barns and sheds can come down on the same trip as the house, and our page on barn and outbuilding demolition covers those. The full scope is on the main house demolition page, and our other work around town is on the Fayette land clearing page.
What a Fayette demolition job covers
- House, barn or shed taken down by machine
- Debris loaded and hauled to a permitted site
- Slab, piers and footings broken out
- Old wells, cisterns and septic tanks dealt with
- Footprint filled in layers and packed
- Lot graded so water runs off it
What to know before a teardown in Fayette
City Hall comes first
Inside the Fayette city limits, start at City Hall. Ask who handles building inspection, whether a demolition at your address needs a permit and what the city wants to see first. Make that call before you plan a date. Outside the city limits the answer can be different, so ask the county before you assume anything. Our guide to demolition permits in Alabama lists the questions worth asking.
Gas and water are city boards here
The City of Fayette runs its own Gas Board and its own Water Board, so a house in town is often tied to city mains for both. Each utility shuts off and disconnects its own service before a machine touches the building, and the power company pulls its own meter. Make those calls early, because a disconnect can take longer to schedule than the teardown takes to do. Out past Fayette, tell us about the well, the propane tank and where the septic tank and field lines run.
Asbestos rules on older buildings
ADEM, the state environmental agency, handles asbestos rules for Fayette County. Its guidance says privately owned residential buildings of four or fewer units that stay residential property are exempt from the asbestos regulations. It also says regulated structures must be surveyed by an inspector holding state accreditation, and its Form 496 asks for notice 10 weekdays before demolition starts. A store building, a church, or a house coming down as part of a bigger project may land on the regulated side. Tell us the age and use of the building, and confirm with ADEM's Air Division.
Real Job Photos
Phone pictures from real jobs, captioned with what they show. See more recent work or read about our full house demolition service.
Do I need a permit to tear down a house in Fayette, AL?
Ask the city before anything is scheduled. Call Fayette City Hall, give the address and ask whether a demolition there needs a permit and who inspects it. If the house is outside the city limits, ask the county what it wants. Have your permit in hand, or ask us what to line up first.
Can you take down a barn or smokehouse along with the old house in Fayette County?
Yes. Barns, sheds, smokehouses, carports, chicken houses and storage buildings can all come down on the same trip as the house. Walk us around and point at everything you want gone, so the number we give you covers all of it and nothing is left standing by accident.
Who disconnects the gas and water before a demolition in Fayette?
The utility that owns the service. In town that often means the City of Fayette Gas Board and Water Board, plus the power company for the meter. Out in the county it may be a rural water system and a propane company that owns the tank. Call each one early and tell us when the services are off.
What happens to the old well or cistern on a Fayette County home place?
It gets dealt with, not just covered. A hand-dug well, a cistern or an old septic tank left open under fresh dirt becomes a soft spot or a hazard later. Tell us where they are if you know, and we will look for them when we walk the place with you. The hole is filled and packed with the rest of the footprint.
Fayette and Around
We cover Fayette and the country around it, including:
Forestry Mulching in Fayette
Brush, briars and small timber ground to mulch where they stand. No piles, no hauling.
See the Fayette pageExcavating in Fayette
Footings, trenches, culverts, stumps and the digging jobs that have no name.
See the Fayette pageTree Removal in Fayette
Dead, leaning and storm-damaged trees taken down by machine, stumps pulled, ground left level.
See the Fayette pageAll Services in Fayette
Everything we do in Fayette and Fayette County.
Fayette overviewFayette County
Land clearing, mulching and dirt work across Fayette County.
County overviewHouse Demolition
Old houses and outbuildings torn down, hauled off, slab out, lot filled and graded.
The full serviceHouse Demolition in other places
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