Demolition of dilapidated houses and buildings is becoming increasingly relevant in our country. This is primarily due to the fact that houses built several decades ago are hopelessly outdated. In addition, new construction technologies have appeared, as well as building materials, which have more worthy characteristics. Thus, a person’s desire to renew an old house is understandable and justified.
To dismantle the house yourself, to attract a random brigade, or to contact a specialized company?
To build a new cottage on the site, you must first disassemble the old house. Dismantling the structure yourself is quite difficult. In any case, without preparation and skills, it will take a lot of time. Even if you connect your friends and acquaintances. Having spent a lot of time and effort, you will still encounter the problem of garbage disposal. You have to rent a special container, which is also not cheap. Hiring random brigades, you are at great risk: if something goes wrong, you will have to bear responsibility alone. For example, a team can damage a neighboring house, crash a road, dump construction waste in places that are not intended for this. In addition, the prices for the work of such "craftsmen" are practically comparable to the prices for demolition from specialized companies. Thus, it is best to use the services of organizations. Dismantling companies conclude service agreements with customers, bear legal and material liability, and do not raise prices during the work. That is why dealing with organizations is safe.
Legal issue: permission to demolish a house
If you plan to demolish a house, and build a new one in its place, then before dismantling the building, you need to examine its foundation (specialists will do it best). If the foundation is reliable and can withstand the load of a new building, then it should not be disassembled. Here it must be said that the dismantling of the foundation can be up to 50% of the total amount for demolition. This means that you can save on the foundation only by updating and strengthening it.
If you will build a new building on an old foundation, then you will not need to obtain permission to demolish the house. On the legal side, if you are building a new building on an old foundation and it has similar characteristics, dismantling is usually made out as "reconstruction" or "overhaul". However, many dismantle the foundation and fill in a new one, making it the same way. Even if the technical characteristics of the new house change slightly, then BTI will take these changes into account when registering it.
However, you may have problems with the law, if your house is not separate from others, connected to public utilities, has more than three floors, if it has more than one owner or its demolition can cause inconvenience to neighbors in the site. In such cases, permission to dismantle is necessary.
To get permission to demolish, you need to apply to the local administration. The application must be accompanied by identity documents, the plan of the plot, as well as the rights to the house and the plot. Without such a package of documents, obtaining permission will not work.
Technical question: manual disassembly of a house or demolition?
Demolition of the house by equipment takes only one day, along with garbage removal, manual dismantling of the house - up to five days. With manual disassembly, you can save suitable building materials for recycling, when demolished by equipment, everything will turn into construction waste. When storing materials on the landfill, fewer cars will leave for the landfill, which means that the total amount of dismantling will be cheaper. Keep in mind that one container that is disposed of in a landfill will cost you between 6 and 10 thousand rubles. It depends on the capacity of the container, as well as on the remoteness of the landfill from the object of work. As for prices, the demolition of construction equipment will be a little cheaper. It is important to understand that the technique may not be used in all cases. The proximity of other facilities or the lack of access roads may interfere with this.
Practical question: when is the best time for dismantling?
Definitely, the best time to demolish an old house is winter or fall. During this time, you will complete all the technical and legal procedures, and with the onset of warm days you can begin to build a new cottage. In addition, in winter, competition between dismantling companies is higher, since not all teams are engaged in other jobs. This means that the prices for services are lower than in the summer season. In winter, many companies offer good discounts.