Demolition and Removal in Brownsburg, IN
Brownsburg has two kinds of demolition call. On the old lots along White Lick Creek it is a garage or a shed that has outlived the house it came with. On the former farm ground around the edges it is a barn standing where a new house is going. Travis handles both.
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Demolition in Brownsburg
Old creekside lots and new ground
Brownsburg was settled in 1824 along White Lick Creek, and the creek still runs north to south just west of the town center. The old part of town is on that side, with houses from before the growth and the garages and sheds that go with them. The town had about 1,600 people in 1950 and about 29,000 in 2020.
Most of that growth is subdivisions laid over farm fields, and they are still going in. When a field is sold for houses, the farmstead on it usually has to go: a barn, a grain bin pad, a machine shed, sometimes a mobile home that was the farmhand's place. That is the other half of the work.
A barn on a lot that is about to be built on
An old barn is rarely worth saving once the sills have rotted, and it is usually sitting on the high, well-drained spot you would want for the house. The excavator pulls it down, the tin is separated from the lumber, and the pile is loaded and hauled.
Footings and any slab come out at the same time so the builder does not find them later. If the site needs more than that, Travis does the site preparation too: stripping, cutting and rough grading the lot so the builder can start.
Mobile homes and outbuildings
A mobile home that nobody has lived in for years is a common sight on rural lots north and west of town. It is stripped, broken down and hauled, and the piers, skirting, steps and any porch slab go with it. The utility has to disconnect the power and gas first, and the septic connection is capped.
Sheds, carports and lean-tos are the small version of the same job, and the price is mostly in the hauling. Travis will tell you up front whether something is a half-day or a full one.
The creek bottom and fill
The lots nearest White Lick Creek are the low ones, and some are in the mapped floodplain. Taking a building out of a floodplain lot is fine. Bringing in fill to raise the spot afterward is a different question, and the town or the county may want to know about it before it happens.
Away from the creek the ground is flat Hendricks County clay, and the same rule applies as everywhere on it: fill the hole, compact it and grade a fall so the water has somewhere to go. If it does not, yard drainage in Brownsburg is the next job, and it is easier while the ground is open.
Locates and Development Services
Indiana 811 must be notified at least two full working days before digging or demolition; Indiana law requires it. Old farm sites are the ones that surprise people, with a buried line to a barn that was fed from a pole nobody has looked at in twenty years.
Inside the town limits, the Town of Brownsburg's Development Services department handles building permits and inspections, so ask there before a date is fixed. Outside the limits, ask Hendricks County. A noncommercial house of four or fewer units is exempt from IDEM's asbestos inspection and notification; a commercial building is not, and Travis does not take on houses that need abatement.
A pad, a drive or seed
Where the barn was, a new pole barn pad can be cut and compacted. Where the garage was, the slab can come out through concrete removal in Brownsburg, or stay and be cleaned up. Where the mobile home was, the ground is graded and seeded.
One figure covers the tear-down, the hauling and the grading, after a free look at the property, and Travis prices the whole thing rather than piece by piece. See the demolition page for the whole service and the Brownsburg page for the rest of the work On Grade does in town.
Demolition & Removal
Sheds, garages, barns, carports, decks, pools, mobile homes and old slabs taken down, hauled off and the ground graded back.
See the serviceTalk to Travis(317) 203-8928
Call or text Travis with the address and what has to come down. He comes out, walks the lot and gives you one number with hauling and grading in it.
Call nowWhat that covers
- Barns and machine sheds. Pulled down on former farm ground, tin sorted from lumber, footings dug out.
- Mobile homes. Stripped, broken down and hauled, piers and skirting included.
- Garages and sheds. Old outbuildings on the creekside lots taken down and loaded.
- Decks and pools. Above-ground pools and worn-out decks removed and the yard graded back.
Brownsburg, IN
Northwest of Indianapolis on I-74, 35 minutes from Greencastle, with newer subdivisions and older lots along the White Lick Creek bottoms.
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See the pageThe serviceDemolition & Removal
Sheds, garages, barns, carports, decks, pools, mobile homes and old slabs taken down, hauled off and the ground graded back.
Main service pageBrownsburg and the towns nearby
Brownsburg is about 35 minutes from Greencastle up I-74, and the crew covers the towns around it on the same runs: demolition in Avon straight south, Danville at the county seat and Plainfield down by I-70. The Brownsburg excavation page covers everything else On Grade does here, and the service-area page shows the full reach, from Putnam County east into Boone County and Indianapolis.
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You call
You call or send the form. Travis comes out and looks at the job with you, on the ground, rather than pricing it off a photograph.
A number first
You get one figure before anything starts, with the hauling and the finish grading in it.
One crew does it
Then the same crew that quoted it shows up and does the work, first cut to final grade.
Ground left usable
Voids get filled and the ground is graded back so you can pour, build or seed.
Photos of his work.
These are photographs from actual jobs. See more recent work. Or read about the full demolition & removal service.
Questions people ask
Not seeing yours? Call (317) 203-8928 and ask Travis, or read the guides.
Do you take down barns in Brownsburg?
Yes. Barns and machine sheds on former farm ground are a regular call as the fields around town are built out. The excavator pulls the building down, the material is sorted and hauled, and the footings come out so the builder does not hit them later.
Can you remove a mobile home?
Yes. The home is stripped, broken down and hauled, along with the piers, skirting, steps and any porch slab. Power and gas have to be disconnected by the utility first, and the septic connection is capped. Travis looks at it and gives you one figure.
Who do I ask about a demolition permit in Brownsburg?
Inside the town limits, the Town of Brownsburg's Development Services department handles building permits and inspections. Outside the limits, ask Hendricks County. Indiana 811 has to be notified at least two full working days before any digging either way.
My lot is near White Lick Creek. Does that change anything?
Taking the building out does not. Bringing fill in to raise the spot afterward can, if the lot is in the mapped floodplain, so ask the town or county before fill is added. Travis will tell you when he looks whether the lot is low enough for that to matter.
Will you prepare a new pad where the barn stood?
Yes. Once the old building and footings are gone, the spot can be cut, filled and compacted as a pad for a pole barn, a shop or a house. That is usually the best-drained spot on the property, which is why the barn was put there.
Other work he takes on
Most jobs end up being two or three of these at once, and they get quoted together.
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Sites stripped, cut and graded, ready for the builder.
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Water moved off yards and away from foundations; culverts and service lines set.
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Gravel drives built and crowned; yards finish graded for seed.
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