Demolition Contractor in Castroville

Older Home and Garage Demolition in Castroville

The town itself is small and old by California standards, with a grid of streets off Merritt Street and a lot of modest wood-frame houses, many with detached garages and sheds. Some have been added onto over the years without much planning, and owners eventually decide a rear addition or a tired garage needs to go, or that the whole house should be replaced.

These houses often sit on raised foundations. Salt air from the bay is close enough to rust nails, hardware and metal roofing, and some framing shows rot near the ground. We check the structure before work so we know how it will come apart, and plan around neighbors on the closer lots.

Farm Shed and Ag Building Demolition Around Castroville

The fields around Castroville are among the most intensively farmed in the state, and they carry the buildings to match: equipment sheds, shop buildings, worker housing, cooling and packing structures and storage barns. As operations change, older buildings come down to make room for new ones or simply because they are no longer safe.

Farm buildings tend to be steel or wood frame with metal siding and roofing. We clear the inside, have any refrigeration or fuel systems made safe by the right trades, and take the structure down with equipment. Steel goes to scrap, concrete to a recycler. Work is planned around planting and harvest so field traffic is not disrupted, and dust is kept down next to growing crops.

• Equipment and shop buildings
• Older cooling and packing structures
• Storage barns and sheds
• Concrete pads and wash areas

Monterey County Permits and the Coastal Zone Near Castroville

Castroville is unincorporated, so demolition permits come from Monterey County Housing and Community Development rather than any city. Parts of the area west and north of town fall within the coastal zone, where the county applies its local coastal program. Demolition on those parcels can need a coastal development permit or an exemption before the building permit is issued.

We look up each parcel's zoning before filing, so you know early whether coastal review applies and how it affects timing. Water and sewer in town are run by a local services district rather than the big Salinas providers, so capping those services is arranged with that district. PG&E handles gas and electric disconnects.

Asbestos and MBARD Notice for Castroville Demolition

Castroville is inside the Monterey Bay Air Resources District, the same as Salinas. Before any building comes down, a California Certified Asbestos Consultant inspects it, and the district receives a demolition notification. Older homes and farm buildings often have asbestos-cement siding or roofing, vinyl floors and pipe insulation. Material with a positive lab result goes to a certified abatement firm, and the teardown is booked for after that firm signs off.

Wind is part of the picture here as well. Castroville is close enough to the bay that the onshore breeze arrives early and steady, and it blows straight across the fields toward town. On farm building jobs we keep water on the work from the first pull, and on in-town lots we pay attention to which way the neighbors' open windows face.