Demolition Contractor in Soledad

Ranch Home and Garage Demolition in Soledad

Many Soledad neighborhoods are made up of single-story ranch homes, along with older houses near the center of town. Owners replace homes that have aged badly, take down detached garages and sheds, or clear rear yards for second units. Lots are generally flat and roomy enough for equipment.

Ranch homes here are mostly slab-on-grade with stucco walls. Taking them down is fairly direct once the permit and surveys are done, but the slab and footings are often a large part of the debris, and we plan the concrete recycling accordingly.

Older Downtown Houses and Mission-Era Character in Soledad

Soledad has deep roots. The old Soledad mission stands just south of town, and the older streets near the center of Soledad have small houses that are much older than the ranch tracts on the edges. Those older homes tend to have raised wood floors, single-wall additions and detached garages, and they are more likely to contain asbestos and lead paint.

When one of these older houses is replaced, we treat it the way we would an old Salinas house: survey first, abatement by a certified contractor if anything is found, then a careful teardown with water on the debris. Usable old lumber and doors can be saved if you want them.

Pool Removal in the Hot South Valley

Unlike Salinas, Soledad gets real summer heat, so backyard pools here see more use. Still, some aging pools are more trouble than they are worth, and owners choose to remove them. We do partial and full pool removals with permits from the City of Soledad, draining, demolition, compacted backfill and grading.

Hot, dry ground means fill needs water to compact properly, and we bring enough to do it right. Dust control is also more demanding in dry summer conditions.

• Permit from the City of Soledad
• Partial fill-in or full removal
• Water added to fill for proper compaction
• Dust kept down in dry summer heat

Ag and Industrial Building Demolition Around Soledad

Farmland surrounds Soledad, with vineyards on the benches along the west side of the valley and vegetable fields on the floor. Ag operations here have shop buildings, storage sheds, cooling facilities and processing buildings. Industrial buildings sit along the highway and rail corridor.

We take these down with excavators, sort steel and concrete for recycling and coordinate refrigeration clearance where needed. The asbestos survey and MBARD notice are required here as in Salinas. If abatement is required, a certified abatement contractor completes it before our crew begins.

City of Soledad Permits and Summer Work Hours

Soledad is an incorporated city, so demolition permits are filed with the City of Soledad building department, not with Salinas or the county. We file the permit and arrange the PG&E and city utility disconnects it requires.

Summer afternoons in Soledad can be very hot, which affects crew safety. We start early, schedule the heaviest physical work for the morning and keep water and shade on site. That approach also helps with dust, since the afternoon wind tends to pick up as the day heats.

Most of the time the heat and the wind arrive together. Bare soil on a cleared lot dries out fast in Soledad, so we keep the water truck or hoses running longer into the day than we would in Salinas, and we leave a moist surface when the crew leaves.