Land Grading
We level and grade yards, lots and acreage around Bastrop. Low spots get filled, high ground gets cut, and the surface is sloped so water leaves.
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Demolition is how a lot gets a fresh start. An old house has gone past repair, a mobile home sits empty, or a barn has caved in. We take the structure down with our tracked excavator and a grapple, then load the debris in our dump truck. Concrete slabs, old driveways and foundations get broken out the same way.
Dupree's Dirt and Excavation is based in Bastrop and works Monroe and about 60 miles around. The excavator, the skid steer and the dump truck are ours, so the teardown and the haul off run together. When the building is gone we rough grade the lot so it drains and mows. If you are building back, the same ground can go straight into a new house pad.
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Utilities come off first. The power company pulls the meter, and the owner of each line handles the gas and the water. Louisiana 811 gets the call before anything moves, because state law counts a teardown as demolition. That notice goes in at least two business days ahead of the start date.
Then the structure comes down. The excavator works the building apart with the grapple and pulls the walls in toward the middle. The pile is loaded into our dump truck from the ground and hauled to a permitted landfill.
Last comes the ground. Old footings, piers and slab edges get dug out so nothing is left to hit later. That part is excavation work, and the same excavator does it. We backfill the holes and rough grade the lot, and land grading takes it further if the yard needs it.
Louisiana has its own asbestos rule for demolition, and LDEQ runs it. Residential buildings with four or fewer dwelling units are exempt from that subchapter. That exemption drops away on a commercial or public project, or if the building is burned. It also skips a building that was ever a regulated facility, such as an old store, church or shop.
A shed, barn or shop building on a homesite is not a dwelling unit. Those do not get the exemption by default. Where the rule applies, an accredited inspector checks the building and LDEQ wants its notification form before the work starts. Asbestos removal is its own trade in Louisiana, and a licensed abatement contractor handles it.
Permits vary by town here. Ruston puts demolition right on its building permit application as a class of work. Monroe runs permits through its engineering office, and city code enforcement handles condemned and blighted buildings. Bastrop and most smaller offices publish no demolition permit, so we check with the city or parish first.
A mobile home comes apart differently than a frame house. The skirting, the tie downs and the piers all come up with it. Title matters too, because one that was never immobilized still carries a Louisiana certificate of title. A home that has been immobilized has no title and is treated like a building on the land.
Barns, sheds, garages and old shop buildings come down the same way. Storm damaged buildings get the same treatment once the site is safe. The Easter Sunday outbreak in April 2020 dropped tornadoes on Morehouse Parish near Collinston and Oak Ridge. When wind leaves a barn half standing, storm cleanup handles the limbs and the debris piles around it.
Concrete removal is its own piece of the job. Old slabs, driveways and foundations get broken up with the excavator and loaded out by the bucket, rebar and all. What is left behind is a hole. We backfill it and blend the ground back in. When the site is short of dirt, we haul in fill dirt by the load.
Free estimates and site visits across Bastrop, Monroe and about 60 miles around.
(318) 614-2073From the first call to the final grade, here is how it goes.
Call (318) 614-2073 and tell us what the property needs. We ask a few questions about size, access and what you want at the end.
We come out and look at the ground, the access and where the water sits. Seeing it is the only way to price it right.
You get a price for the work and a plain list of what is included. The estimate is free.
Louisiana 811 is called before we dig, and any permit the job needs is sorted out first. Then the machines and the truck go to work.
The ground is graded back out and the debris is gone. We take a last look over it with you before we pull off.
Common questions about demolition across Bastrop, Monroe and about 60 miles around. If yours is not here, call and ask.
We level and grade yards, lots and acreage around Bastrop. Low spots get filled, high ground gets cut, and the surface is sloped so water leaves.
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We dig footings and cut and fill lots across northeast Louisiana. Soft ground comes out, good fill goes back in, and the spoil leaves in our dump truck.
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We haul fill dirt, select fill, topsoil, sand, gravel and crushed limestone by the load. It can be dumped where you want it or spread and graded with the skid steer.
Learn MoreWe are based in Bastrop and work northeast Louisiana, from Minden on the west side to Tallulah on the east.
The tracked excavator, the skid steer and the dump truck belong to us. Digging, grading and hauling all come from the same company.
Clearing, the pad, the drive and the final grade all run through us. You deal with the same company the whole way.
We come out and look at the ground before we put a price on it, and that visit is free.
Tell us where the property is and what you want done, and we will set a time to come look. Call (318) 614-2073, or fill out the form and we will get back to you.
Tell us about the job. We will get right back to you.
