Concrete Removal
We break out old slabs, foundations, driveways and patios with the excavator. The broken concrete goes out in our dump truck.
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An old barn leans a little more every year. A garage roof gives way, or an old store sits empty in town. Sanders Contracting handles building demolition for jobs like these around Murphy and the tri-state area. The excavator takes the building down and the dump truck hauls it off.
We are a demolition contractor based in Murphy, with a large excavator and a small one. Shed removal is often a short job. A big barn full of old equipment takes longer. Tearing down a whole house is its own service, covered under house demolition.
Tell us what you need done and where the property is. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.
Most outbuildings come down the same way. The excavator works from the outside and pulls the roof and walls in toward the middle. Then it loads the pile into the dump truck, and the debris is hauled off.
The large excavator handles a big barn or a block store building. The small one fits behind a house or down a narrow drive. On a steep mountain lot, the small machine can often reach a building the big one cannot.
A barn that is already falling in comes down the same way, from the outside. After Helene in September 2024, Cherokee County was one of the counties in the federal disaster declaration. Storm damaged barns and sheds are part of this work.
In North Carolina, a demolition permit comes from the county or town inspections office. Whether your barn or shed needs one is that office's call, so ask before the work starts. In Cherokee County, the county's Office of Building Code Enforcement takes permit applications.
Old cement siding and some older roofing can hold asbestos. A store or another commercial building needs an asbestos inspection first, done by an inspector accredited by the state. The state's Health Hazards Control Unit also wants a demolition notice at least 10 working days ahead, asbestos or not. For a home's barn or garage, the state still recommends that inspection.
If the building has power, it has to be off first, and you set that up with your power company. State law treats demolition like digging, so NC 811 gets notice at least three full working days ahead. A buried line from the house to a barn or garage is private, so 811 locators leave it unmarked. Show us where that line runs before the work starts.
Old stores and small commercial buildings come down with the same excavator and dump truck. Bigger commercial tear-down jobs we talk through case by case. Interior strip-outs, where the building stays standing, are not part of this service.
Our service area runs about 100 miles out from Murphy. In North Carolina, that takes in towns like Andrews, Hayesville, Robbinsville and Bryson City. Wherever the building stands, we look at it first and put the quote in writing.
Once the building is gone, the spot is cleaned up and ready for what comes next. If a new shop or a house pad goes there, that is site development, and we do that work too.
Call or text for a written quote. We work about 100 miles around Murphy across western North Carolina, north Georgia and east Tennessee.
(828) 342-1467From the first call or text to the finished work, here is how it goes.
Call or text (828) 342-1467 or (828) 361-8764 with the address and what has to come down or get cleared.
We look at what has to come down and how the excavator gets in. Steep lots and soft ground change how a job runs.
You get the quote in writing, with the work spelled out. When you say yes, we set a date.
You have the utility shut off power and gas. The public lines get marked through NC 811 before any digging or demolition.
The excavator takes the structure down and the dump truck hauls the debris off. We leave the lot cleaned up and ready for what comes next.
Common questions about building demolition around Murphy and the rest of the tri-state area. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
We break out old slabs, foundations, driveways and patios with the excavator. The broken concrete goes out in our dump truck.
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We clear brush and small trees off lots and acreage, then pull the stumps. The dump truck hauls the debris away, and the ground is ready to use.
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We cut house pads and driveways into sloped lots and dig for the foundation. Your build starts on level ground.
Learn MoreWe are based in Murphy, in Cherokee County. We take jobs across the tri-state area where North Carolina meets Georgia and Tennessee.
A large excavator and a small one do the tear-down. Our dump truck hauls the debris off, so one company handles the whole job.
We look at the job before we price it. You get the quote in writing, with the work spelled out.
Tell us what has to come down or get cleared, and where the job is. Call or text (828) 342-1467 or (828) 361-8764, or send the form, and we set a time to look at it.
Tell us what you need done and where the property is. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.
