Residential Demolition
House demolition in Burleson and the Fort Worth area. We tear down the house, break out the foundation and haul the debris off with our own roll-off trucks.
We take on demolition and dirt work in Keene, a Johnson County city about 10 miles south of Burleson. The city sits on US 67 and FM 2280, with Cleburne, the county seat, along its west side. The first settlers arrived in 1852, and the community was once known as Elm Grove. Postal officials picked the name Keene, and the local post office closes on Saturdays rather than Sundays. In 1894 Seventh-day Adventists opened a school to train ministers on 836 acres. Southwestern Adventist University has been in Keene for more than 130 years. Census data shows the median Keene home was built in 1985, and about one in three before 1980.
Decades of demolition and dirt work sit behind Texas Best Demolition, a Burleson company. That history includes an earlier Burleson demolition company, built and sold, plus dirt work and roll-off dumpster businesses. About 20 people work for us, and 17 to 18 house demolitions are running at the same time. Our excavators run from a compact Bobcat E88 up to a Kobelco 350, backed by dozers and wheel loaders. Debris leaves in our roll-off dumpsters, about 75 in all, and dirt moves in high-side end-dump trailers. We handle whole-house demolition, garage and barn demolition, concrete slab removal and building pads for new homes. Estimates are free, and we price each job at the property.
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Older Keene houses get one extra check before they come down. Homes built before 1980 can hold asbestos in siding or old floor tile. Texas requires an asbestos survey by a licensed inspector before demolition of public and commercial buildings. On an older house, we raise the survey question at the estimate. Where the rules require it, a survey and licensed abatement come before any demolition. Once the utilities are off, the excavator brings the house down and debris goes into our roll-off dumpsters. Then the slab or pier footings come out, and we grade the lot smooth.
Detached garages and old barns come down the same way. On a tight lot, our compact Bobcat E88 and skid loaders handle the work. Tell us what you want set aside, and the rest leaves in our dumpsters. Old slabs and driveways get broken out and leave on our own trucks. Before a start date, we call Development Services at Keene City Hall to confirm what the job needs. If a new shed goes up, Keene requires a permit for a storage building over 200 square feet.
Keene sits on a regional watershed divide. The north and east sides of town drain to Turkey Creek, part of the Trinity River watershed. The south and west sides drain to East Buffalo Creek, part of the Brazos River watershed. So before we start lot grading and site prep, we look at which way the water already runs. Johnson County also sits on heavy clay that swells when wet and shrinks when dry. We build each pad to the elevations and specs the builder or engineer gives us. When a pad needs more height, we handle the fill dirt hauling with our own trucks.
For pond construction on acreage outside town, that same water check picks the spot. Excavators and dozers dig the basin, and the dirt they cut goes into the dam. Extra dirt can stay on the property or leave in our end-dump trailers. Lot and brush clearing comes first when a site has grown over. We take the same dirt work west into Cleburne and 7 miles east along US 67 to Alvarado.
Communities & areas we serve around Keene: US 67 corridor, FM 2280, North Old Betsy Road, Southwestern Adventist University area, Turkey Creek watershed, East Buffalo Creek watershed.
Keene ZIP codes served: 76059.
House demolition in Burleson and the Fort Worth area. We tear down the house, break out the foundation and haul the debris off with our own roll-off trucks.
Commercial demolition for retail and industrial buildings in Burleson and across the southwest Metroplex. We take the structure down and haul the debris off on our own trucks.
We strip commercial tenant spaces to the shell, gut kitchens and baths to the studs, cut out slab sections and haul the debris out on our trucks.
We break out concrete driveways, patios, slabs and foundations across the Burleson and Fort Worth area. Our roll-off trucks haul the rubble away, and the dirt gets graded once the concrete is gone.
Partial and full pool removal for Burleson and Fort Worth area yards. We break out the shell, haul the rubble in our roll-off dumpsters, then fill and compact the hole.
We take out old single-wides and double-wides across Burleson and the Johnson County acreage around it. The trailer leaves on our trucks and the pad gets graded.
A few of the questions we hear most around Keene. Don't see yours? Call us and ask.
A house or building that needs to come down, a slab or pool that needs to come out, dirt that needs to move? Call or send the form and we will look at the job with you and price the whole thing, teardown through cleanup. The estimate is free.
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