Demolition
Houses, garages, barns, sheds and small commercial buildings taken down, plus interior demolition and concrete removal, with the site cleaned up after.
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An empty rental house on the wrong side of a repair bill is a common problem in Mount Pleasant. So is a barn on a farm that nobody has used in years. Both take on water and lose value every season. At some point the answer is to take the structure down and clear the ground.
Contracting Pros is a demolition contractor based in Bay City, about 46 miles east of Mount Pleasant on M-20. We take down houses, garages, barns and small commercial buildings, then clear the site. We also handle land clearing and hazardous tree removal on the same properties. Estimates are free and we are licensed and insured, so call or text (501) 520-1783.
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Mount Pleasant is a renter town. Census figures put about 64 percent of occupied homes in renters' hands. Central Michigan University requires first and second year students to live on campus. Upperclassmen then rent the older houses and apartments spread around town.
That housing is old. About one in six homes in the city dates to 1939 or earlier. More than half of all units went up before 1980. Houses that age carry plaster and lath walls and materials worth checking before anything comes down.
A gut renovation starts with interior demolition, where the house comes back to studs. We pull out old walls, floors and fixtures and leave the frame ready for a kitchen, bath or basement remodel. Downtown Mount Pleasant holds about 70 brick buildings put up between the 1870s and the 1950s. Selective demolition inside one of those storefronts opens the space without touching what holds the building up.
Isabella County is farm country. The 2022 federal agriculture census counted 750 farms working 212,342 acres, more than half the county's land. The number of farms fell about 22 percent from 2017 while the acreage held flat. Fewer, larger farms leave a lot of old buildings standing with no job to do.
Old dairy barns, corn cribs, milk houses and machine sheds reach the end of their run. Some lean. Some have lost a roof and are pulling the frame down with them. We take those down in a controlled way, set aside anything worth saving and haul off the rest.
Farms here also carry timber. The same census put 16,643 acres of woodland on Isabella County farms. Brush and fence rows grow in tight against buildings nobody has used in years. Cutting that back is part of getting a machine to the structure, and it is built into our demolition work.
Mount Pleasant sits at about 770 feet, roughly 170 feet higher than Bay City. The ground here is glacial till instead of the flat lake plain that surrounds Saginaw Bay. Ithaca and Conover loams cover tens of thousands of acres in the county, and sand shows up in places.
The ground still drains slowly across much of Isabella County. The soil survey lists somewhat poorly drained as the most common drainage class here. Muck ground shows up too, with Pinnebog and Adrian mucks covering roughly 22,000 acres. Those soils hold water for a long stretch after a wet spell.
Timing follows from that. Frozen winter ground and firm late summer ground are easier on a site than spring mud. The Chippewa River runs through the middle of town, then on to Midland where it meets the Tittabawassee. Work in low ground near the river gets scheduled around the water.
Plenty of owners already know what goes in place of the old structure. Contracting Pros handles both ends of that. We take the building down, clear the ground, then put up new homes and detached garages.
Some projects pull in more than one trade. Framing, drywall, decks and fences run through the same company. Working with one company means one point of contact from the first machine to the final inspection.
Mount Pleasant sits at the western edge of what we cover from Bay City. Isabella County work runs alongside our jobs in Midland County and the rest of the Great Lakes Bay Region. Call or text (501) 520-1783 for a free estimate.
Communities and areas we serve around Mount Pleasant: Downtown Mount Pleasant, Mission Street corridor, Central Michigan University campus, Union Charter Township, Isabella Township, Chippewa Township, Nottawa Township, Deerfield Township, Rosebush, Shepherd, Beal City, Weidman.
Mount Pleasant ZIP codes served: 48858, 48859, 48804.
Free estimates throughout Isabella County and the surrounding area.
(501) 520-1783 Houses, garages, barns, sheds and small commercial buildings taken down, plus interior demolition and concrete removal, with the site cleaned up after.
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We clear brush, undergrowth and small trees off lots and acreage around Bay City. Pick forestry mulching or conventional clearing, and we leave the ground ready to use.
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We take down dead, dying, leaning and storm damaged trees that threaten a house, driveway or fence. The debris goes with the job, so the yard is clear when we leave.
Learn More We run residential and commercial projects across the Great Lakes Bay Region as your general contractor. One point of contact covers the estimate, the permits, the trades and the schedule.
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We build new homes, detached garages and outbuildings across the Great Lakes Bay Region. Footings go in below Michigan's 42 inch frost depth, and we handle the permit and the inspections.
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We remodel kitchens, bathrooms and basements, and we take on whole-home renovation. Based in Bay City, licensed and insured, and every estimate is free.
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We build room additions, second story additions, attached garages and sunrooms across the Great Lakes Bay Region. The new space ties into your existing foundation, roofline and finishes.
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We build new decks, rebuild the ones that have gone soft, and put in privacy, picket and rail fences. Posts go below the frost, and we handle the permits and the MISS DIG locates the job needs.
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We frame walls and hang drywall for remodels, additions and finished basements. Drywall repair is part of it too, from water stains to cracked corners.
Learn MoreA few of the questions we hear most around Mount Pleasant. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
Tell us what needs to come down and where the property is. Call or text (501) 520-1783, or send the details through the form and we will get back to you.
Tell us about the job. We will get right back to you.