Mobile home demolition in Florence, SC is what we do when an old unit has to come off the lot. Maybe a single-wide has sat empty for years and the floor is soft. Maybe a double-wide got left open to the weather and the roof gave out. We take the unit apart on site, load it out and haul every piece off the property. The estimate is free and we give it after looking at the actual home.
A mobile home comes apart differently than a house. The metal shell and roof separate from the wood, insulation and flooring. The steel frame comes out on its own load. We take down houses, barns and outbuildings too, and those come apart another way. When another home is going back on the lot, the old pad can be regraded for the replacement. We work Florence and the towns around it, all listed on the areas we cover.
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The order is different from a stick-built house or barn. We start at the property and look at the whole unit with you. Anything you want out of it comes out while the home is still standing. Then the skirting comes off and the tie-downs are cut loose. We pull the metal shell and roof away from the wood, insulation and flooring. The mini excavator does the pulling, and the saws cut long pieces into sections that load.
Once the unit is on the ground, the track skid steer works the pile. The mini excavator loads the dump trailer and we run the loads to a permitted construction and demolition landfill. South Carolina open burning rules prohibit structural burns, so every piece leaves on the trailer. The steel frame goes out on its own load. Units that sat open for years hold water in the floor and get heavy, so the load count runs higher. When the last load is gone we pull the blocks and piers. Then we rake the footprint and push the dirt back level.
Power, water and gas get shut off and confirmed at the meter before anything moves. Call the utility company and have the service drop pulled. If the home runs on propane, the propane company pulls the tank. Point out the well head and the septic tank lid so we mark them and leave them alone. Pull out anything you want to keep while the home is still standing. Tell us then whether the deck, the porch and the shed go with it.
Florence County requires a permit to demolish any building or structure. The Demolition Permit Application goes to the county Building Department on South Irby Street. That form puts the SCDES and utility notice on the contractor. Inside the Florence city limits the application starts at the Planning Department instead. The Historical Commission approves it, then the Building Department issues the demolition permit. We look up the address and tell you which office it falls under. Digging goes through SC811 at least three business days ahead. That count skips the day you file, weekends and holidays.
A mobile home carries a title from the SCDMV the way a vehicle does. Both the SCDMV and the county need to hear that the home is gone. The Florence County Assessor handles mobile home registrations and moving permits, so that office covers the county side. The SCDMV covers the title. We tell you which one to call and give you the date the home came down.
The SCDMV handles the title side and lists its mobile home paperwork on its own site. Call the SCDMV with the date the home came down and ask what it needs to close out the title. The county assessor handles the mobile home registration and the tax record. That side of the job is paperwork, and it belongs to the owner. What we hand over is the teardown date and a note on what left the property.
Mobile homes are nearly one in five housing units in Florence County. That comes from the Census Bureau American Community Survey 2023 five-year estimates. Inside the Florence city limits the share drops to about 2 percent. One county over it climbs. Darlington County runs more than one in four. Marion County and Dillon County each run more than a third. Across South Carolina it is about one in seven.
We take mobile homes down in Darlington, Marion, Lake City and Timmonsville along with Florence itself. The counties around Florence carry a bigger share than the city does. Williamsburg County runs more than four in ten housing units. Lee County runs about a third, on the same Census estimates. If another home is going back on the lot, read what a lot needs before a manufactured home is set. Send us the address and we will come out and price the teardown.
From the first walk of the property to the last pass of the grade, here is exactly how it goes.
We come see the actual job first: the structure, the brush, the ground under it, and how equipment gets in. Demo and land work price off what is really out there.
You get a free, no-obligation quote with a real number and a real plan: what comes down or gets cleared, where the debris goes, and when. It holds unless the scope changes.
The equipment shows up when we said and the job runs the way we quoted it: teardown, clearing, digging, grading. If something unexpected turns up, you hear about it right away, not on the bill.
When the work is done we go over the property together. Debris hauled the way we agreed, grades draining the right way, the site left clean. Done means you say it is done.
Common questions about mobile home demolition across Florence & the Pee Dee. Don't see yours? Give us a call and ask.
We tear down houses, barns and outbuildings around Florence. The debris gets hauled off and the lot is left clean.
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We grade lots, level rough yards and get home and mobile home sites ready around Florence. Free on-site estimates.
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We clear overgrown lots and acreage around Florence. Underbrush and small trees come out, and the piles get hauled off on the dump trailer.
View DetailsThe house comes down, the debris leaves on the trailer, and the lot gets graded flat. The same people handle the whole sequence, start to finish.
A mini excavator, track skid steer, tractor and dump trailer, matched to residential lots and rural acreage. Big enough for real work, small enough to spare your yard.
We look at the property in person and price what is really there. The estimate is free, and it holds unless the scope changes.
Based in Florence, covering Darlington, Hartsville, Sumter, Marion, Lake City and the towns between. Most jobs sit within an hour of home base.
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Read more →A structure that needs to come down, an overgrown lot, stumps in the way, ground that holds water, a pad or driveway that needs building? Call or send the form. We come look at the property and hand you a free quote with a real number on it.
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