Selective Interior Demolition
Interior Demolition in DFW — Clean Strip-Outs That Don't Slow Your Remodel
A remodel only moves as fast as the strip-out before it. We hit interior demolition jobs hard — kitchens, bathrooms, full tenant fit-outs, office floors — protect what's staying, contain the dust, and hand the space off to your framing or MEP crew on the date you committed to.
Residential interior demo
- Kitchen demolition: cabinets, counters, flooring, drywall
- Bathroom gut-outs: tile, tubs, vanities, subfloor
- Whole-house renovations down to studs
- Non-load-bearing wall removal (with engineer-approved openings in load-bearing)
- Flooring removal: tile, hardwood, carpet, glue-down LVT
- Popcorn ceiling removal with asbestos pre-test
Commercial & tenant strip-outs
- Office tenant fit-out demolition between leases
- Retail / restaurant strip-outs for re-tenanting
- Ceiling grid, MEP rough-in and fixture removal
- Selective structural demolition under engineer's stamp
- After-hours and weekend work to avoid tenant disruption
- Negative-air containment for occupied-building work
- Recyclable separation (metals, ceiling tile, carpet)
Our process
How this job runs, step by step
Scope walk
We walk the space with you (or your GC / architect) and mark exactly what stays and what goes — usually with paint and tape so the crew has zero ambiguity.
Containment plan
Plastic poly walls, zip walls, floor protection on adjacent surfaces, and negative-air machines where dust migration matters. Adjacent tenants stay clean.
Demo & haul
Crews work in a sequence that keeps debris flowing out continuously — usually to a roll-off staged at the loading dock or curb.
Broom-clean turnover
We don't hand off a debris pile. The space is swept, the dumpsters are pulled, and your next trade can mobilize first thing the next morning.
Pricing
What it actually costs
Residential interior demolition typically runs $2–$5 per square foot for kitchens and baths, $1–$3 per square foot for whole-house strip-outs. Commercial tenant fit-out demo lands $1.50–$4 per square foot depending on ceiling height, MEP density and after-hours requirements. After-hours / weekend premium is roughly 25–40%. Dumpster fees, asbestos pre-tests and any abatement are itemized separately so you see exactly what you're paying for.
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FAQ
Questions we hear all the time
Can you work nights or weekends so we don't shut the business?
Yes — a significant share of our commercial interior work is after-hours. We coordinate badge access with the property manager, set up at end-of-business, demo overnight, clean up by 5 AM, and the space is presentable for staff in the morning.
How do you keep dust out of the rest of the building?
We frame poly zip walls at the boundary of the work zone, run negative-air machines with HEPA filtration to keep airflow into the demo area, and seal floor transitions with adhesive matting. On occupied jobs we also dampen surfaces during demo to suppress airborne dust.
Do you take out kitchen cabinets without damaging them so I can donate them?
Yes — when cabinets are in decent shape we unscrew them as units rather than breaking them down. Habitat for Humanity ReStore in Dallas picks them up free, and we can coordinate the pickup. Same for appliances, vanities and intact doors.
Will you remove flooring glued or thinset to the slab?
Glue-down LVT, hardwood, and ceramic tile thinset to concrete all come up. We use ride-on or walk-behind scrapers depending on square footage. We don't grind or shotblast the slab — if you need a polished or sealed finish, that's a flooring-contractor specialty.
What about asbestos and lead paint in older buildings?
Anything built before 1985 in Texas gets an asbestos pre-test before we open walls or remove flooring — required by TCEQ. If we find asbestos-containing material, we bring in a licensed abatement firm; the cost gets added as a separate line. Lead-paint disclosure is required for pre-1978 residential and we handle disposal per EPA RRP rules.
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