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Demolition · Lake Worth, FL
Looking for a demolition contractor in Lake Worth, FL? A Florida State-Certified General Contractor pulls the City of Lake Worth Beach permit, checks for asbestos and lead before anything comes down, and plans the haul-off around your narrow lot and your neighbours. The only Palm Beach County contractor who is also a certified energy engineer — the owner inspects every job.
Licensed Florida General Contractor CGC1528750 · EPA Lead-Safe Certified Firm #NAT-F122701-2
What We Take Down
Permitting & Survey
Lake Worth Beach, the incorporated city that voted in 2019 to add “Beach” to its name, runs its own Building Division at 1900 2nd Avenue North. A demolition permit for a house or a detached structure inside the city is issued there, not by the Palm Beach County Building Division. Utilities have to be disconnected and confirmed before work starts, and the demolition permit has to be finaled and closed before a rebuild permit is issued. We pull and close it as part of the job. The City sets its own review times, so we do not promise a date.
Some addresses with a Lake Worth mailing label sit outside the city limits, in unincorporated county west of it, and those go through the County instead. We check the parcel first, because it decides which desk reviews the permit.
Inside the historic districts (College Park, Old Lucerne, Northeast Lucerne, Southeast Lucerne, South Palm Park and the Old Town Commercial District) a demolition also needs a Certificate of Appropriateness, filed alongside the permit application. That review is its own step, so we raise it at the first walk-through, not after the permit is filed.
Before demolition Florida expects an asbestos survey, and a structure built before 1978 can carry lead paint. Lake Worth's housing runs from 1910s–30s wood-frame bungalows to 1940s–50s block homes, so the survey question applies to most teardowns here. We are an EPA Lead-Safe Certified Firm (#NAT-F122701-2), and where the survey calls for abatement we coordinate licensed abatement before a wall comes down.
Wind load matters for what you build next, not for the teardown. Lake Worth Beach fronts the Atlantic and sits in the Florida Building Code's Wind-Borne Debris Region, so new openings need impact-rated glass or approved shutters with Florida Product Approval numbers on file. We confirm the requirements for your address and the current code edition before we quote the rebuild. For windows and roofs, see construction in Lake Worth Beach.
The Lot
Older Lake Worth streets were platted for small lots, so staging is the real constraint. There is often room for one dumpster or none, a short street frontage, neighbours a few feet off the wall, and overhead lines on the approach. We walk the property before we plan, decide where the container stands and in what order the structure comes down, and protect the fence line, trees and structures that stay. Where a container cannot stand on the lot, we plan the truck sequence so loads leave as they fill.
Concrete, drywall, framing and fixtures are separated for recycling and disposal where we can, then hauled off, and the lot is left broom-clean or graded. If the lot also needs clearing for the rebuild, our Bobcat T740 and grapple take it from demolition into site prep. Slab or foundation worth keeping? Tell us what comes next and we will plan around it. Related: concrete restoration.
HOA & Neighbours
Many Lake Worth blocks have no association at all, but townhome and condominium communities do, and an association's approval is separate from the City permit. If yours has one, get the teardown, dumpster placement and truck-access approval in writing before demolition is scheduled, and give us the hours and access rules so the load-out is planned to them.
Proof
We have no owner-confirmed demolition project in Lake Worth, and we would rather say so than borrow one. What backs this page is the credential stack: Florida State-Certified General Contractor CGC1528750, which lets Randolph Scott Bell contract in any Florida county, an EPA Lead-Safe Certified Firm (#NAT-F122701-2), BBB A+ accreditation, the Palm Beach County business tax receipt (a local tax registration, not a licence), and a written one-year workmanship warranty on every job.
Also in Lake Worth
After the structure is down, the next question is what goes up. Roofing in Lake Worth covers the new roof on a rebuild, property management in Lake Worth is for an association or rental that has to keep running through the work, land clearing in Lake Worth is for a lot that needs grading after the slab is out, and food truck catering in Lake Worth feeds the crew or the party when it is finished. Demolition elsewhere: West Palm Beach and Boynton Beach; all towns are on the demolition hub.
Questions, Answered
Inside the City of Lake Worth Beach, the permit comes from the City's own Building Division at 1900 2nd Avenue North, not from the Palm Beach County Building Division. Utilities have to be disconnected and confirmed before the structure comes down. We pull the permit under our Florida State-Certified General Contractor licence, CGC1528750, and carry it through to close-out. The City sets its own review times, so we do not promise a date.
It can. The City has local historic districts, including College Park, Old Lucerne, Northeast Lucerne, Southeast Lucerne, South Palm Park and the Old Town Commercial District, and demolitions inside them require a Certificate of Appropriateness submitted with the building permit application. Tell us your address at the estimate and we will say whether it falls inside a district before any date is set.
Florida expects an asbestos survey before most demolition and renovation, and a house built before 1978 can carry lead paint. Lake Worth's oldest housing dates from roughly 1910 to 1935, with a second wave of concrete block homes in the 1940s and 50s, so the question applies to many lots. Bell Engineering & Construction is an EPA Lead-Safe Certified Firm (#NAT-F122701-2), and where a survey calls for abatement we coordinate licensed abatement before a wall comes down.
Not every Lake Worth mailing address is inside the City of Lake Worth Beach. Some parcels west of the city are unincorporated and permit through the Palm Beach County Building Division instead. We check the parcel before we quote, because the permit desk, the review path and the historic-district question all depend on it.
Older Lake Worth lots are often narrow, with limited street frontage and neighbours close on both sides, so we plan the dumpster position, the truck route and the load-out order at the walk-through. Concrete, drywall, framing and fixtures are separated for recycling and disposal where we can, and the site is left broom-clean or graded. If the lot also needs clearing, our Bobcat T740 and grapple take it from demolition into site prep.
It depends on whether the job is selective or full demolition, the age of the building, permit and utility timing, the volume and type of debris, and access for equipment. There is no honest flat rate, so we do not quote one over the phone. Estimates are free: call (561) 779-3213 and we will walk the site with you.
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