Demolition Services in Denver, Colorado

Full-Service Demolition in Denver

Much of Denver's housing stock predates 1978, so older homes often need an asbestos and lead check before any teardown begins. We work clean on tight infill lots where scrape-and-build is common, protect what stays, and haul every load off so the site is ready for the next crew.

What We Demolish

Demolition Permits in Denver

Denver's Community Planning and Development issues the demolition permit. Anything over 200 square feet or 8 feet tall needs one. Denver is the one metro city where Landmark Preservation reviews every total demolition, regardless of the building's age: 10 business days for the initial review, and a 21 day public notice if the building shows landmark potential. Adjacent property owners on the sides and rear have to be notified at least 10 business days before the permit is issued, and CDPHE approval has to be in hand before the application goes in. An optional Certificate of Demolition Eligibility, $250, locks in the Landmark answer for five years, which builders use when they are buying a lot to scrape.

Everywhere in Colorado, the structure has to be inspected by a state certified asbestos inspector first, and CDPHE needs a demolition notification on file for ten working days before the teardown, even when no asbestos is found. Utilities get disconnected and documented before the city issues the permit. We prepare and coordinate the whole package and build the lead time into the proposal.

Rules and fees change. We confirm the current checklist with the city for your address when we scope the job. Full city by city rundown: demolition permits in the Denver metro.

Denver Homes and What It Means for Demo

Central Denver is pre 1940 bungalows and Denver Squares on narrow lots with alley access, and that is where most of the scrape and rebuild work is. Wash Park, Platt Park, Berkeley, Sloan's Lake, and the Highlands all have houses coming down for new builds and pop tops. The 1950s brick ranches in Harvey Park, Virginia Village, and Park Hill are the other half of our Denver work: garage teardowns, basement guts, and full remodel demo. Almost every house in both groups predates 1980, so the asbestos survey is never a formality here, and a house three feet off the neighbor's fence means part of the teardown is done by hand.

Serving Capitol Hill, the Highlands, Washington Park, Five Points, Cherry Creek, Berkeley, and Central Park, and the rest of Denver. We demo it and haul it away in one job, insured and local.