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Interior tear-outs, structural and residential demolition, pool and slab removal, and site clearing across Palm Beach County — permitted, contained, hauled away, and left clean. The only Palm Beach County contractor who is also a certified energy engineer, and the owner inspects every job.
Scope of Work
Why It Matters
Every remodel, addition, and new home starts with something coming out — an old kitchen, a load-bearing wall, a tired lanai, or an entire structure on a lot you want to rebuild. Do that first step carelessly and it poisons everything after it: a wall pulled without checking what it carries, a permit skipped, a gas line cut live, asbestos scattered through an occupied house. We treat demolition as engineering, not just muscle. Before anything comes down we confirm what is structural, what the utilities feed, what the survey says about hazardous materials, and how the debris leaves the site — then we take out exactly what the plan calls for and protect everything that stays.
Because Bell Engineering & Construction is a full general contractor and roofer, the demolition is planned around the rebuild from day one. The crew that tears out is thinking about the crew that frames back in. That is a very different job than hiring a stand-alone demo outfit that leaves and never sees the finished room.
How We Work
A safe teardown follows an order, and skipping a step is how demolition goes wrong. Here is how ours runs.
Demolishing a structure — and most work that touches framing, electrical, plumbing, or mechanical — requires a permit in Palm Beach County, and the utilities have to be officially disconnected before a wall comes down. As a licensed GC we pull the demolition permit and coordinate the power, water, gas, and sewer disconnects with the right authorities so the site is legal and safe before the first swing.
Florida requires an asbestos survey before most demolition and renovation, and any home built before 1978 can hide lead paint. We are an EPA Lead-Safe Certified Firm (#NAT-F122701-2), and where a survey calls for it we coordinate licensed abatement before demolition begins. This protects your family, our crew, and the validity of your permit.
On an occupied home or a selective interior tear-out, containment is half the job. We set dust barriers, protect the floors, cabinetry, and finishes that stay, and control the debris path in and out. You get a clean remodel, not grit in every room for a month.
Then it comes down — by hand for a delicate selective demo, or with our Bobcat T740 and grapple for heavy structural work. Debris is separated for recycling and disposal where we can, hauled away, and the site is left broom-clean or graded. On a teardown-to-rebuild we roll straight from demolition into land clearing and site work — one team hands off to the next with no gap and no second mobilization charge.
Questions, Answered
Yes. A demolition permit is required for tearing down a house, a detached structure, or a load-bearing portion of a building, and utilities must be officially disconnected first. As a licensed general contractor we pull the demolition permit, arrange the disconnects, and carry the job through final inspection so nothing comes back on you when you build or sell.
Often, yes — anytime the work touches structure, electrical, plumbing, or mechanical it usually requires a permit, even when it is “just” an interior gut. Simple non-structural removal sometimes does not. We tell you which it is up front and permit whatever the code requires, because an un-permitted tear-out can stall the remodel that follows it.
Florida requires an asbestos survey before most demolition and renovation, and homes built before 1978 can contain lead paint. We are an EPA Lead-Safe Certified Firm, and where a survey calls for it we coordinate licensed abatement before a wall comes down — it protects your family, our crew, and your permit.
Demolition removes built structures — a house, a slab, a pool, interior walls. Land clearing removes vegetation, stumps, and debris to ready raw ground. We do both, and on a teardown-to-rebuild we roll straight from demolition into site clearing with our Bobcat T740 so one crew hands off to the next without a gap.
Yes — selective demolition is one of our most common jobs. We remove exactly what the plan calls for — a wall, a room, a roof section, an old lanai — while protecting the parts of the home that stay, then tie the new work in cleanly. Because we also build, the demo is planned around the rebuild, not against it.
Always. Every demolition includes load-out, haul-away, and a broom-clean or graded site at the end — concrete, drywall, framing, and fixtures separated for recycling and disposal where we can. You are left with a clean pad ready for the next phase, not a pile to deal with.
We contain the work area with dust barriers, protect floors and cabinetry that stay, shut off and cap the right utilities, and control dust and debris paths in and out. On an occupied home that containment is half the job — it is the difference between a clean remodel and grit in every room for a month.
It depends on size, what is being removed, access for equipment, disposal, and whether abatement or utility disconnects are involved. There is no honest flat rate — every estimate is free and in person. Call (561) 779-3213 and we will walk the site and give you real numbers.
Yes. We remove or fill-and-abandon swimming pools to code, break out old concrete slabs, driveways, and foundations, and take down sheds, garages, carports, and storm-damaged structures — then clear and grade the ground so it is ready for whatever comes next.
Yes. When a structure is a total loss or unsafe after a storm, we document the condition, handle the safe teardown and debris removal, and provide the paperwork your adjuster needs — and because we are also a full construction and roofing contractor, we can rebuild once the site is clear.
Free estimate, 24-hour response, and a licensed contractor who answers his own phone.