House Demolition
We take down houses, garages, and small structures across Los Angeles. Our own trucks haul the debris, so the lot is clear and ready for your builder.
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Torrance was laid out as a planned city, and that plan still shapes a demolition job here. The Olmsted Brothers firm designed it, and ground was broken in October 1912. The plan tucked the utilities into the alleys and left the street side for landscaping. That is why the blocks of Old Torrance, around Downtown Torrance, are alley blocks. Torrance incorporated as its own city in May 1921, and it still sets its own rules. North Torrance, near the freeways, and the south end, home to Walteria, Hollywood Riviera and Seaside Ranchos, saw their first large housing tracts later. Access decides how we set up each Torrance job, whether the truck works an alley or a driveway.
Southwest Hauling was founded in 1994. We are licensed and insured, CA License 792182. Our truck yard sits in the South Bay, just north of San Pedro, so Torrance is a short drive. Multiple crews run our own trucks and equipment, so the demolition and the haul-off are one job. In Torrance we handle junk removal and garage cleanouts. Full house demolition clears a lot for a rebuild. Debris leaves the same day in our own trucks. Our crews are used to high-end homes, and they keep the noise down. Estimates are free, and an estimator comes out to see the job.
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On an Old Torrance alley block, we load from the alley when there is room. The truck sits behind the house, and the street out front stays open. The original plan put the utilities in those alleys, so we check where the service lines run first. On a demolition, the utility or a licensed trade disconnects and caps the lines before work starts. If an alley is narrow, a skid steer shuttles the loads out to a truck sized to it. Where a lot has no alley, the truck stages on the driveway or at the curb.
Garage cleanouts are core work for us. We set aside what you keep and haul the rest off the same day in our own trucks. If the garage is coming down too, the structure and its slab can go in the same job. Driveways and patio slabs come out with concrete removal. Clean concrete goes to certified recycling facilities, where it is crushed for base rock. We break out backyard pools as well, and the rubble leaves on our trucks.
Torrance has been its own city since May 1921, and it issues its own permits. Unlike San Pedro, it is not part of the City of Los Angeles, so LADBS rules do not apply. Torrance Municipal Code 46.3.1 sets the construction hours, and it also limits heavy equipment. The code names pile drivers, mechanical shovels, derricks, hoists, pneumatic hammers, compressors and similar devices. None of them may run in or next to a residential area until the Community Development Director gives permission.
Before any demolition, South Coast AQMD Rule 1403 calls for an asbestos survey by a Cal/OSHA certified surveyor. When notification applies, the AQMD must have it at least 10 working days before demolition. Torrance's recycling rules cover the projects the California Green Building Code covers. Before a covered project gets its certificate of occupancy, the applicant must show it met the recycling requirement. The proof is receipts or reports from every disposal and recycling facility that took material, showing type and weight. Skipping that proof brings an administrative penalty, set higher when the project includes demolition.
Communities & areas we serve around Torrance: Old Torrance, Downtown Torrance, North Torrance, Walteria, Hollywood Riviera, Seaside Ranchos.
Torrance ZIP codes served: 90501, 90502, 90503, 90504, 90505.
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(310) 546-4855 We take down houses, garages, and small structures across Los Angeles. Our own trucks haul the debris, so the lot is clear and ready for your builder.
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We tear down sheds, decks, patio covers and pergolas across the Westside and South Bay. The debris leaves in our own trucks.
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We tear out kitchens and bathrooms before a remodel: cabinets, stone counters, tile, tubs and vanities. The debris leaves in our own trucks the same day.
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We break out old driveways, patios, pool decks and slabs anywhere in Los Angeles. Our own trucks haul the broken concrete to a certified recycling facility, so removal and disposal are one job.
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Pool demolition and removal in Los Angeles. Partial fill ins and full pool removals, graded when the fill is in.
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A house that needs to come down, a garage full of junk, a lot that needs clearing? Call or send the form and we will look at the job with you and price the whole thing, teardown through haul-off. The estimate is free.
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