Chicago Demolition

Chicago Demolition is a locally owned and run demolition contractor serving Chicago and its close-in suburbs. They handle residential, commercial, and interior demolition, including garage, concrete, pool, hot tub, deck, shed, fence, and chimney removal. The business has been operating for over 34 years and covers the whole range from house demolition to full home tear-downs and rebuild work.

They explicitly cover Chicago and extend their services to Cicero, Berwyn, Oak Park, Evanston, and Oak Lawn. The business notes that size, machine access down a tight city lot, basement backfilling, and asbestos are key factors that move the price when demolishing a house in these areas.

The company identifies three kinds of work: an inside strip, a partial take-down, and a full teardown. Most of their work falls into one of these categories, and every type requires a permit pulled and the gas, water, and electric killed at the source before machines begin.

When a customer calls, the owner comes out to walk the lot, measure, and look at the alley to ensure trucks can fit past neighbors' garages. He personally pulls the permit and lines up utility disconnects, and if the house predates the 1980s, an asbestos survey is done before anything comes down.

Price is moved by size, foundation depth, access, and whatever is buried under the slab. A bungalow on a narrow lot with alley-only entry takes more hours than a corner teardown, while deep basements, attached garages, and buried oil tanks add days to the timeline.

For landlords and property managers, they phase the work around tenants. They also brace the party wall when a neighbor's two-flat sits four feet off the job site, ensuring that skipping this step does not turn the demolition into a lawsuit.

Most house demolition takes a couple of days on site, but a full home tear-down and rebuild runs longer. The foundation, filling the void, and grading the lot level take the rest of the week to leave the lot clean and ready to build on.

They are available nine to five, Monday through Friday, with a Saturday appointment if the job cannot wait. The form on their website reaches them even if contacted at midnight, and they respond once they are back at it.

Before a machine moves, they ensure the house demolition permit clears the city, which includes utility disconnects, an asbestos survey, and rodent abatement sign-off. Suspect material gets hand-stripped and tested before the excavator touches anything to avoid stop-work orders.

The smallest job they take is one bathroom stripped to the studs, while the largest is a three-flat to the ground. In between, they perform interior tear-outs, concrete sawing, slab removal, pools, chimneys, foundations, and hauling every bit of it away.

After tearing down a house, they provide clean fill and a graded lot. The foundation is filled, and the area is graded level so the lot looks bigger and is ready for new construction.

They use the same machines for commercial and residential demolition, adapting to narrow lots and alley-only entry. They emphasize that a bungalow on a narrow lot with alley-only entry eats more hours than a standard corner teardown due to access constraints.

They handle interior gut-outs on two flats and three flats, as well as chimney and porch removal. These services are part of their broader range, which includes concrete slabs, steps, and full teardowns on a city lot.

If a job genuinely cannot wait until Monday, they will come out on a Saturday. Customers can call the shop number or fill in the form on the contact page to get a straight recommendation and a line-by-line estimate.

The owner states that he pulls the permit himself and does not quote off a photo. He asks potential clients to consider who pulls the permit and whether anybody has actually looked at their alley to avoid issues with truck access.