Demolition in Athens, TX
Most demolition jobs around Athens are not big. They are the farmhouse nobody has lived in for twenty years, the mobile home at the back of an inherited tract, the barn that finally lost its roof, or the lake cabin on Cedar Creek that is coming down so something new can go up. FireSkid Services handles demolition in Athens, TX and across Henderson County from teardown to haul-off. Our crews and equipment are based in Tyler, about 30 miles up the road, and we work Henderson County jobs every week.
House and mobile home demolition in Athens
We take down houses and manufactured homes that are past repair: fire and storm losses, vacant rentals, inherited places, and homes coming off a lot ahead of a rebuild. Utilities are disconnected before a machine moves. The slab, driveway and porch footings come out if you want them gone, and the site is graded flat when we leave. If you want a pecan tree, a well, a septic field or a fence line kept, we work around it.
Lake lots on Cedar Creek and Lake Athens
A lot of Henderson County teardowns are on the water. Old cabins and weekend houses on Cedar Creek Lake and Lake Athens get bought for the lot, and the structure has to come off before the new build starts. Those jobs bring narrow lake roads, tight lots, neighbors close on both sides, and a shoreline you do not want rutted. We size the equipment to the lot and haul debris out the same way it came in.
Barns, sheds, slabs and outbuildings
- Houses and mobile homes: full teardown, slab removal optional, site graded flat.
- Barns, sheds and outbuildings: metal, wood and pole barns, including ones already half down.
- Concrete: old foundations, driveways and pads broken out and hauled.
- Small commercial buildings: shops, storefronts, canopies and interior tear-outs.
- Storm and fire damage: structure takedown and debris removal after a loss.
Teardown, hauling and cleanup in one price
Demolition makes more debris than people expect. We knock the structure down, pull out what can be recycled, load the rest, haul it to a permitted disposal site, and rake the ground out. You do not need to rent roll-offs or find somebody to take the concrete. If the property also needs brush and scrub cleared, we can do land clearing in Athens, TX on the same trip, so you are not paying for two mobilizations.
What to ask an Athens demolition contractor
Ask three things before you sign. Is hauling and disposal in the price, or does it come as a second bill? Who handles permits and utility disconnects? The City of Athens and Henderson County each have their own process, and a crew that does not know it can cost you weeks. And did anybody walk the property before quoting it? Our answers are the same on every job: hauling is included, we handle the paperwork, and we quote in person.
What demolition costs in Athens, TX
It depends on the size of the structure, what it is built from, whether the slab goes, how far the haul is, and whether anything inside needs special handling. A firm price over the phone is a guess, and guesses tend to go up. We walk the property, look at access and what is standing, and give you a number for the job in front of us. The walk-through and estimate are free.
Service area: Athens and Henderson County
We work demolition jobs in Athens, Malakoff, Chandler, Brownsboro, Murchison, Eustace, Gun Barrel City and around Cedar Creek Lake, plus the neighboring counties: Smith, Anderson, Van Zandt, Cherokee, Wood and Rusk. Closer to Tyler? See demolition in Tyler, TX. For the full list of what we take down, see our demolition services in East Texas.
Have something that needs to come down? Call FireSkid Services at 903.530.5225 for demolition in Athens, TX, or use our free estimate form. We answer the phone, we show up when we said we would, and we leave the site clean.
