Demolition and Tear-Downs in Weaverville, NC
Old barns off new ground.
Weaverville grew by nearly half between 2010 and 2020, and most of that growth went onto old farm ground up Reems Creek and along the ridges either side of I-26. The barn, the shed and the old mobile home that came with the land are in the way. McKinley takes them down, hauls them off and grades the site back.
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Demolition in Weaverville
Weaverville grew by nearly half in ten years
The town went from about 3,100 people in 2010 to about 4,600 in 2020, and the ground around it filled in faster still. Nine miles north of downtown Asheville, with Reems Creek running through the middle of town past Lake Louise, it was farm valley until recently.
Farm valleys come with farm buildings. When a few acres are split off and sold for houses, the new owner inherits a barn, a tractor shed, an old mobile home or a chicken house that has stood empty for years, and usually it sits on the flattest part of the lot. That is where the demolition work here comes from.
An old barn or mobile home on a new homesite
A barn that has been empty for a decade is rarely worth saving. The sills have rotted, the tin is loose and the floor is gone. McKinley takes it down with the excavator, loads it and hauls it. Any slab or footings underneath come out at the same time if you want them gone.
Old mobile homes are the other common call. The frame, the skirting, the piers and the pad all go, and the ground is graded so the new home site starts clean. The guide to site prep for a manufactured home in Western NC covers what comes next if another home is going back on.
Creek bottom on one side, ridge lots on the other
Weaverville has two kinds of ground. Along Reems Creek and the smaller branches, lots are flat and the soil holds water. Up the hollows toward Ox Creek and on the ridges, lots are steep, and the thing to be torn down is often below the house with a bank behind it.
The ground shapes the finish. On the flat, a hole left where a slab was becomes a pond, so it is filled and crowned. On a slope, the fill has to be compacted in lifts and graded so water keeps moving past the house. Where a cut bank is exposed once the building is gone, a retaining wall in Weaverville may be the right next step.
Town, county and the Air Quality permit
Inside town limits, the Town of Weaverville Planning and Zoning office handles zoning questions, and Buncombe County Permits and Inspections handles the building side. The Asheville-Buncombe Air Quality Agency requires a permit before any building in Buncombe County is demolished, whatever its age. Ask them before a date is fixed.
NC811 marks the buried utilities before any digging, with the three working days' notice that North Carolina law requires. Private lines such as a well line or a septic run are not on that locate, so show McKinley where yours go. Any power, water or gas to the building is disconnected by the utility first.
Getting a truck to a Weaverville lot
Debris leaves in the dump truck, and on a farm lot that is usually simple: there is room to turn around and a field edge to stage on. On a new subdivision lot with the house already up, it is tighter, and McKinley may bring the mini excavator and the tracked skid steer to work a side yard without tearing it up.
He looks at the access on the free estimate visit and prices the job the way it will actually be done, with the hauling in the figure. If the drive gets chewed up by truck traffic, gravel driveway repair in Weaverville is work he does too.
What is left when he leaves
The site is clear, the void is filled and compacted, and the ground is graded to shed water, ready for a pad, a drive or seed. If the old building was sitting where water used to pool, that gets looked at while the ground is open; see yard drainage in Weaverville.
Old concrete that is coming out on its own, without a building on it, is covered at concrete removal in Weaverville. For the whole Asheville area, and for the list of what McKinley will and will not tear down, see demolition in Asheville.
Demolition
Sheds, garages, barns, carports, decks, mobile homes and old slabs taken down, hauled off and the ground graded back.
See the serviceTalk to McKinley(828) 540-6856
Tell McKinley what is on the lot, how old it is and where the drive comes in. He comes out to Weaverville, looks and gives you one figure.
Call nowWhat that covers
- Barns and tractor sheds. Tin, timber and poles down, loaded and hauled, the poles pulled.
- Old mobile homes. Frame, skirting, piers and pad gone so the new home site starts clean.
- Garages and carports. Block or frame, taken down and the slab out with it if wanted.
- Decks and porches. Boards, posts and footings out, the ground graded back.
Weaverville, NC
Fifteen minutes north of Asheville on US-19/23 and I-26, growing fast with new subdivisions on old farm ground and mountain lots up Reems Creek and Ox Creek.
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See the pageAlso in WeavervilleGravel Driveway Repair in Weaverville, NC
See the pageThe serviceDemolition
Sheds, garages, barns, carports, decks, mobile homes and old slabs taken down, hauled off and the ground graded back.
Main service pageWeaverville and the towns nearby
North Buncombe is close to home for M&S, and the same work goes on up the valley through Barnardsville and Mars Hill, and west along US-19/23 toward Marshall. South, the tear-downs in Asheville itself are more often old garages on steep in-town lots than barns on farm ground, and east up the Swannanoa valley in Black Mountain it is storm damage up the coves. The Weaverville service area page lists everything else done in town, from gravel drives to drainage.
You get McKinley. Not a crew he sent.
You call
You call or text. McKinley 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.
He runs the machine
Then he shows up and runs the machine himself.
Ground left usable
Voids get filled, water is given a way out, and the ground is left so you can build, pour or seed.
Photos of his work.
These are photographs from actual jobs. See more recent work. Or read about the full demolition service.
Questions people ask
Not seeing yours? Call (828) 540-6856 and ask McKinley, or read the guides.
Do you tear down barns outside Weaverville town limits?
Yes. Most of the barn and farm-building work is on county land up Reems Creek, Ox Creek and the roads off US-25 and US-70, not inside the town. Permits for those lots come from Buncombe County, and the Asheville-Buncombe Air Quality Agency needs to be asked about any demolition in the county.
Can you remove an old mobile home and get the site ready for a new one?
Yes. The home comes down to the frame and is hauled, then the piers, skirting, steps and pad go. If a new manufactured home is going on the same spot, the pad is cut, filled and compacted in the same visit so it is ready for the setup crew.
Who do I call about a demolition permit in Weaverville?
Inside town limits, the Town of Weaverville Planning and Zoning office for zoning and Buncombe County Permits and Inspections for the building side. The Asheville-Buncombe Air Quality Agency requires a permit for any demolition in Buncombe County, whatever the building's age. McKinley can tell you which applies to your lot.
Do I need to arrange a dumpster?
No. The debris is loaded as the building comes down and leaves in McKinley's dump truck, so there is nothing sitting in the drive afterwards. On a farm lot he can stage at the field edge; on a tight lot he loads from the street. Hauling is in the one figure you get before the job starts.
Can the old slab stay for a new building?
If you want it, yes, and it is worth saying so on the estimate visit. Most of the time an old farm slab is thin, cracked and not where the new building needs to be, so it comes out and the ground is graded for a fresh pad.
Other work he takes on
Most jobs end up being two or three of these at once, and they get quoted together.
Demolition in other towns
Gravel Driveways
A new drive cut into the hill, based in lifts and crowned to shed water.
Learn moreDriveway Repair & Grading
Washouts, ruts and potholes fixed at the cause, not just regraded.
Learn moreDrainage & Erosion Control
French drains, catch basins, culverts and riprap so the property sheds water.
Learn moreRetaining Walls
Block, boulder and riprap walls that hold a cut bank up.
Learn moreLand Clearing
Lots, building sites and overgrown acreage cleared, stumps and root mat out.
Learn moreHouse Pads & Site Prep
Pads cut, filled and compacted on ground that started at anything but level.
Learn moreFree estimate in Weaverville.
Where it is, how long the drive is, how steep it gets and what it is doing now. We come out, walk it, and give you a real number.
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- One crew from clearing through to the last load of stone
- Drainage designed in, not sold to you afterwards
Need demolition in Weaverville?
Call or text McKinley. He walks the ground before he gives you a price.