Demolition tips, prices and guide: Demolition contractors in Adelaide

Demolition contractors

Demolition companies have the machinery and know-how required to turn your out-going house or building into easy-to-remove rubble. Where attempting the process yourself can be dangerous, time-consuming and possibly expose you to insurance issues, demolition contractors are specialists with the right equipment, licenses, experience and contacts to tear down your property, remove what's left, and leave you with a flat building surface.

Choosing a demolition contractor

When choosing a demolition contractor, you need someone who can demolish your house and surrounds, and remove the remains, green waste and possibly any hazardous material such as asbestos. Other things to consider are whether you would like the contractor to deal with all required council demolition approvals and how much effort they might make towards keeping your neighbours on-side when it comes to things like dust from the demolition and, of course, noise.

If time is a significant factor, you should make this clear and seek assurances from potential contractors that the job can be finished on time. Some demolition contractors can offset the cost of their work by taking a careful and gradual approach that salvages as much of a demolished house as possible - scrap metal, fittings, roofing tiles, bricks, timber and more are all things that can be re-sold elsewhere.

Readers Brad and Jess emailed to say they saved $1,000 by using a company that took a couple of extra days to extract every recyclable item of value from their house.

Commercial vs Residential demolition contractors

Small commercial buildings are not always significantly different in size from a large multi-storey residential site and most demolition contractors will happily advertise for and give a demolition quote to those requiring either work - in the end, the service performed in each case is pretty similar! Where specific providers may be required is in the case of larger buildings, the demolition of which might call for the use of explosives, or very strict environmental monitoring. Some contractors provide services to gut commercial properties for a new fit-out.