Demolition and Removal in Crawfordsville, IN
Crawfordsville is an old town that has stayed about the same size for sixty years, so its housing has aged in place. People call about a garage that has given up, a shed that was never good, or a barn on a parcel outside town. Travis takes it down, hauls it and grades the ground back.
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Demolition in Crawfordsville
A town that stopped growing in 1960
Crawfordsville is the Montgomery County seat and Wabash College's town, on Sugar Creek about 35 minutes north of Greencastle up US-231. It had about 14,200 people in 1960 and about 16,300 in 2020, with a dip in between. The houses, and everything behind them, are mostly older than that.
That is a different kind of demolition from the Indianapolis suburbs. It is not a deck from 1998. It is a garage from 1948 with a dirt floor and a sagging ridge, a coal shed, a block outbuilding behind a house near the college. Sixty years of not much growth means a lot of things that should have come down already.
Garages off the alley
Older Crawfordsville neighborhoods have alleys, and the garages face them. That is good for access: a mini excavator comes down the alley and the trailer waits at the end, so the front yard is never touched. The garage comes down, the material is loaded and the floor is dealt with.
Floors here are often a thin slab over nothing, or brick, or dirt. Travis takes out what is there and fills the spot so it does not sit lower than the yard. A neighbor's garage a few feet away is protected while the work goes on.
Barns and mobile homes on the county roads
Montgomery County is farm country, and the roads out of Crawfordsville have their share of barns past saving and mobile homes nobody lives in. A barn is pulled down with the excavator, the tin and lumber are separated and hauled, and the footings come out. A mobile home is stripped, broken down and loaded, with the piers and skirting.
The utility disconnects power and gas before anything is touched, and the septic line is capped. Travis looks at every one before he prices it, because the hauling is most of the cost and he needs to see how much there is.
Sugar Creek ground and the hole you do not leave
Crawfordsville sits on the bank of Sugar Creek, and the lots that run down toward it are low and sometimes in the mapped floodplain. Away from the creek the ground is Indiana clay that holds water like everywhere else in this part of the state.
Either way, a hole where a building was is a hole that fills. So it is backfilled, compacted and graded with a fall away from the house. If the lot is in the floodplain, ask the city before fill is brought in to raise it. A yard that was already wet is a job for yard drainage in Crawfordsville, best done while the ground is open.
Indiana 811 and the City of Crawfordsville
Indiana law requires notice to Indiana 811 at least two full working days before any excavation or demolition, and not more than ten calendar days ahead. Lines to an old garage are often still live even when the building looks dead.
Inside the city limits, call the City of Crawfordsville before a date is fixed and ask what it wants for a demolition on your lot. Outside the limits, ask Montgomery County. IDEM exempts a noncommercial house of four or fewer units from its asbestos inspection and notification, but a commercial building is not exempt, and Travis does not take on houses that need abatement.
Gravel, grass or a new building
An alley garage spot usually becomes parking, and a gravel pad goes in on the compacted base. Where a barn stood, a new pole barn pad can be cut and compacted. Where a mobile home sat, the ground is graded and seeded. Any slab that stays can be broken out and hauled on the same trip.
The price is one figure with tear-down, hauling and grading in it, after a free look. The demolition page covers the whole service, and the Crawfordsville page covers the rest of the work On Grade does in Montgomery County.
Demolition & Removal
Sheds, garages, barns, carports, decks, pools, mobile homes and old slabs taken down, hauled off and the ground graded back.
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Call or text Travis with the address and what has to come down. Crawfordsville is a regular run, and he comes out, looks and gives you one number.
Call nowWhat that covers
- Alley garages. Old garages taken down from the alley side with a mini excavator, floor out and filled.
- Barns and outbuildings. Pulled down on the county roads, tin sorted from lumber, footings dug out.
- Mobile homes. Stripped, broken down and hauled, piers and skirting included.
- Pools and decks. Above-ground pools and rotten decks removed and the yard graded back.
Crawfordsville, IN
The Montgomery County seat and Wabash College's town, 35 minutes north of Greencastle, with older neighborhoods and Sugar Creek bottoms.
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Sheds, garages, barns, carports, decks, pools, mobile homes and old slabs taken down, hauled off and the ground graded back.
Main service pageCrawfordsville and the towns nearby
Crawfordsville is the north end of On Grade's regular runs, about 35 minutes up US-231 from Greencastle, and Montgomery County parcels along the way are covered too. The same demolition work goes south down US-231 to Greencastle, and southeast into Hendricks County for Danville and Brownsburg. The Crawfordsville excavation page covers everything else On Grade does here, and the service-area page shows the full map.
You get Travis. One crew, first cut to final grade.
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 old garages in Crawfordsville?
Yes. Alley garages behind older houses are the most common call here. A mini excavator comes down the alley, the garage is pulled down and loaded, and the floor, whether slab, brick or dirt, is dealt with and the spot filled level with the yard.
Do I need a permit from the City of Crawfordsville?
Call the city before a date is fixed and ask what it wants for a demolition on your lot. Outside the city limits, ask Montgomery County. Indiana 811 must be notified at least two full working days before any digging or demolition regardless.
Can you remove a mobile home on a rural lot?
Yes. The home is stripped, broken down and loaded, and the piers, skirting and steps go with it. Power and gas must be disconnected by the utility first and the septic line capped. Travis sees it before he prices it, since the hauling is most of the cost.
My lot runs down toward Sugar Creek. Does that matter?
Taking the building out does not. If the lot is in the mapped floodplain, ask the city before fill is brought in to raise the spot. Travis will tell you when he looks whether the lot is low enough for that to come up.
What does it cost?
It depends mostly on how much there is to haul, which is why Travis comes out and looks before he gives a number. You get one figure covering tear-down, hauling and grading, and the estimate is free. Call or text (317) 203-8928.
Other work he takes on
Most jobs end up being two or three of these at once, and they get quoted together.
Demolition & Removal in other towns
Excavation & Site Prep
Sites stripped, cut and graded, ready for the builder.
Learn moreFoundation & Basement Excavation
Basements, crawl spaces and footings dug to grade and backfilled.
Learn moreDrainage, Culverts & Utilities
Water moved off yards and away from foundations; culverts and service lines set.
Learn moreDriveways & Finish Grading
Gravel drives built and crowned; yards finish graded for seed.
Learn moreLand Clearing & Forestry Mulching
Lots and acreage cleared, brush mulched in place.
Learn moreBuilding & Pole Barn Pads
Pads cut, filled and compacted for barns, shops and houses.
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