What Do You Get With a Boulder Mobile Home Teardown?
- A price before the work We walk the lot, look at the unit, and hand you a number. Free, and it does not change once the crew arrives.
- The whole structure, not just the box Skirting, steps, decks, awnings, tie-downs, and concrete pad or slab removal if you want the lot fully clear.
- A clean lot when we leave We sort metal from general debris, haul it out, then sweep and rake the pad. Front Range wind scatters loose insulation across a whole park in a day.
- Straight answers on permits and older units Including when the honest answer is that you should not tear it down at all.
How Do You Know a Manufactured Home in Boulder Is Past Repair?
Check the floor first, especially near the tub or the back bedroom. If it feels soft or spongy, water has been getting in for years and the framing is likely gone.
A solid floor, a dry roof, and a straight frame usually mean repair still pencils out. We walk it with you and tell you which one it is, even when the answer costs us the job. Most folks already know. They just want someone to confirm it.
Older units hit this wall first. Homes built before the mid-1970s were made lighter, with thinner walls and less insulation, and Colorado winters are hard on them. Once water gets into the floor decking it spreads under the vinyl, and nobody sees it until a foot goes through.
- Soft or sagging floors in more than one room, especially near the tub or under a window
- A bowed roofline, or ceiling stains that come back after every patch
- Piers or tie-downs that have shifted, leaving doors and windows out of square
- Mold along the bottom of interior walls, or a smell that never clears
- Rust or rot on the steel chassis where the frame sits on the piers
When Should Boulder County Property Owners Skip Demolition?
Skip it when the unit is worth more standing than it is in a dumpster. We will tell you that on the estimate even when it costs us the work.
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A mover says it can travel
If the frame and axles handle a road trip, moving costs real money but can beat a full teardown.
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Someone wants to buy it
A park manager or buyer has made an offer. Sell it as-is and skip the whole job.
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Only part of it is bad
A rotted addition, a collapsed deck, or a ruined bathroom can come out on its own.
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You are waiting on a decision
Do not tear anything down before you know what is replacing it, or before the permit clears.
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It is still rentable
Some landlords pencil it out with real work and repair wins. We will say so.
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It is packed, not failing
A full cleanout first is a smaller day for us and a much smaller bill for you.
Age matters. Units built before the mid-1970s predate national build standards, and most parks in Boulder County will not accept them on a transfer. Newer double-wides in decent shape move and resell all the time.
What Happens During a Mobile Home Teardown?
It is a planned sequence, not a wrecking ball, and most of the work happens before anything comes down.
We walk the lot first to see how the home sits, where the skirting and tie-downs are, and whether a truck can back in without taking out a fence. On older Boulder County lots, access usually shapes the entire plan.
Utilities get shut off and confirmed dead before anything starts. The soft stuff comes out next, then skirting, steps, decks, and awnings, along with the tie-downs anchoring the home to the pad. The structure comes down in sections, roof and walls first, then the frame.
Debris gets sorted as it is loaded, metal one way and wood and general debris another. The pad and lot get swept and raked before we pull out.
Your part is small. Pull anything you want to keep, tell us where the lot lines are, and say whether a shed, hot tub, or slab is going too.
How long it takes
Most single-wide teardowns wrap in a day or two. Double-wides, or anything with a large attached deck, run longer because there is more to disconnect and haul.
Who Pulls the Demolition Permit in Boulder County?
Most teardowns here need a permit before anything is touched, and the utility disconnects behind it are what actually set your date.
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The demolition permit
The building department wants the address, who is doing the work, and proof the utilities are dead.
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Park manager sign-off
If the unit sits in a park, this is the thing that quietly stalls jobs. We ask about it early.
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Gas
Capped at the meter by the utility, not by a demolition crew.
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Power
Service pulled and the meter removed before anything comes down.
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Water
Shut at the curb stop and the line capped.
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Sewer or septic
The connection gets sealed as part of the disconnect sequence.
Each disconnect can take days to schedule, and none of them can be rushed on demolition day. Start them the week you decide, not the week before the crew rolls.
Full breakdown here: mobile home demolition permits in Boulder County.
Does an Older Boulder County Unit Need an Asbestos Inspection?
Yes, and in Colorado the inspection is the owner’s legal responsibility, not the contractor’s.
Before a manufactured home comes down, state law requires an inspection by a CDPHE-certified asbestos inspector, and the owner submits the Notice of Demolition to the state. A sample and a lab report usually settle it in a few days.
- No asbestos found. You move forward and schedule the teardown.
- Non-friable asbestos. It can generally stay in place during demolition, because routine demolition will not make it friable.
- Friable asbestos. It has to be removed first, by state-certified asbestos workers under a state removal permit. The demolition waits.
Anything built before the mid-1970s can have it in floor tile, siding, duct wrap, or old furnace insulation. Lead paint shows up in the same era of units. Handle both up front so nobody is scrambling on demolition day.
Where to start
The CDPHE Asbestos Compliance Assistance Group can be reached at 303-692-3100. They point you to certified inspectors and abatement contractors. We schedule the teardown once the paperwork clears.
What Makes a Manufactured Home Teardown Cost More in Boulder?
Nobody quotes this off a price sheet. A company that gives you a number over the phone without asking questions is guessing.
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Size and access
Single-wide or double-wide, plus whether a truck can back in and stage debris. Older lots and park rows make access the biggest variable.
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Disposal weight
Landfill and transfer stations charge by the ton. Older manufactured homes are heavy, and weight is money at the scale.
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What comes with it
The deck, skirting, steps, sheds, and the pad. Bundling other structure removal into the same project means one mobilization and one bill.
A packed home adds a full cleanout before demolition even starts. Metal siding and framing can sometimes be pulled for scrap, which takes a little off the disposal side. We quote on site, free, with hauling and cleanup included rather than billed separately at the end.
Where We Tear Down Manufactured Homes in Boulder County
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Boulder County lots
Boulder, Longmont, Lafayette, Louisville, Superior, Broomfield, Erie, Niwot, and Gunbarrel.
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Fully insured in Colorado
Locally owned, working across the Front Range since 2023. Ty is on most jobs personally.
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Every kind of teardown
Single-wides, double-wides, trailers, decks, and pads. See all our demolition services.