Building Demolition
We knock down commercial and industrial buildings, warehouses and apartment buildings around Weymouth and Greater Boston. The debris leaves the site as part of the job.
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House demolition takes a whole house down to the ground. We tear down single-family homes, along with the detached garages and barns that sit beside them. Clearing the demolition debris off the site is part of the job. MJ Masonry is a demolition and masonry contractor serving Weymouth, and our own heavy equipment does the teardown.
We do house demolition for homeowners, property owners, developers and general contractors. Some have a house past saving, and some need a clear lot for a new build. We look at the house and the lot, then put the quote in writing. Apartment buildings and commercial buildings are a bigger job, covered under building demolition.
Tell us about the demolition or masonry work and where it is. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.
Demolition needs a permit from the building department in the town where the house sits. In Weymouth, that office is the Department of Municipal Licenses and Inspections. Its demolition permit sheet lists the sign-offs the town wants, with a line for a Dig Safe number.
Before demolition, state rules have an asbestos inspector survey any building with materials that might hold asbestos. The report lists the type, amount, condition and location of what turns up. An asbestos abatement contractor removes any asbestos before the teardown starts. MassDEP, the state environmental agency, gets notice at least ten working days before that removal begins.
An older house can also face a wait. Weymouth's Historical Commission reviews applications to tear down historically significant buildings. If it rules a house preferably preserved, no demolition permit can issue for six months. Our guide to the demolition permit steps in Massachusetts lays out the full list.
Every utility line to the house gets disconnected before any machine work. With the permit in hand, the knockdown starts. Our machines take the house down, and the debris gets loaded out as the work goes.
State law has the demolition permit name the facility where the debris will go. Massachusetts waste bans also keep brick, concrete, metal and wood out of landfills. We clear that debris off the site as part of the job.
The foundation and the hole come last, when the quote includes them. On those jobs, the foundation walls get broken out and the hole gets filled. The written quote spells out what happens to both on your lot.
Census figures put the median year built for Weymouth's housing at 1964. About one home in five went up before 1940. Age is one test in the town's demolition delay: 100 years old or more, or of unknown age. Federal guidance lists siding shingles and vinyl floor tile among the places asbestos can turn up.
A detached garage or an old barn can come down on its own, with or without the house. The asbestos survey rule covers those buildings too. The building department tells you what permit a garage teardown needs.
Sometimes the frame is worth keeping and only the inside has to go. That job is interior demolition, a gut-out ahead of a renovation. A full teardown fits when the whole house is coming out.
Call or text for a written quote. We work about 90 miles around Weymouth across Massachusetts.
(617) 838-0280From the first call or text to the finished work, here is how it goes.
Call or text (617) 838-0280 and tell us what the job is and where. Photos help, and so do plans on commercial work.
We come out and look at the job. On bid work, we go through the plans and specs instead.
The price comes in writing, with the scope spelled out. Once you say yes, we set a start date with you.
A teardown waits on the permit and any asbestos removal. The utilities shut off their service before our machines arrive. On a commercial job, we work to the general contractor's schedule.
Our machines take the building down, and we load out the debris as we go. On masonry jobs, the walls go up to the plans, and we go over the finished work with you.
Common questions about house demolition around Weymouth and the towns of the South Shore and Greater Boston. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
We knock down commercial and industrial buildings, warehouses and apartment buildings around Weymouth and Greater Boston. The debris leaves the site as part of the job.
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Interior demolition for houses and commercial spaces around Weymouth and Greater Boston. We handle gut-outs and selective demolition ahead of a renovation and carry the debris out.
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Footings, foundations, slabs, pads, steps and landings for homes and commercial buildings. We pour the concrete that goes with our masonry work.
Learn MoreOne company can handle the teardown and the masonry that follows. We can clear an old building off a lot, then lay the block and brick for the new one.
Our own machines do the knockdowns, on a detached garage or a full commercial building. Clearing the site afterward is part of the same job.
On a teardown, you decide what happens to the foundation. When it comes out, we break it up and fill the hole.
We look at the site, or the plans on bid work, before we price anything. Then the quote comes to you in writing.
What house demolition costs in Massachusetts: national cost guide ranges per house and per square foot, plus asbestos, utilities, permits and disposal.
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What has to happen before a building comes down in Massachusetts: the demolition permit, asbestos survey, MassDEP notice, Dig Safe and delay reviews.
Read more →Use the form to tell us about the work and the town it is in. You can also call or text (617) 838-0280 and send photos or plans.
Tell us about the demolition or masonry work and where it is. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.