Most crews will quote your Sacramento demolition without asking one question that changes everything: are you in the city or the county? The answer can move your start date by two months.
Demo Patrol is a full-service demolition contractor based in Sacramento. One crew handles permit support, structural demolition, debris hauling, and grading under a single written scope.
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Recent Sacramento project, backyard pool demolition
What We Tear Down
Full house demolition with foundation removal, debris hauling, and rough grading so your lot is ready for the rebuild.
Building demolition for offices, retail, and warehouses, plus industrial demolition of metal buildings, with parking lot removal and prevailing wage public works.
Single-wide through triple-wide, including tight-access mobile home park removals.
Full pool removal or partial pool removal, then backfill and compaction. Swimming pool removal in Sacramento starts with one question: keep the shell or take it all out.
Driveway removal, slab removal, and retaining walls, with the concrete crushed for recycling.
Hazmat-aware teardowns with ash containment and insurance coordination.
We take full structural demolition jobs. Teardowns, foundations, parking lots. If you already know the type of structure you need removed, use the instant quote calculator or call (916) 909-1359.
Permits
Sacramento runs two different building departments, and your parcel decides which one you deal with. The difference is not small.
City of Sacramento demolition permits require notarized documents and run 1 to 2 months out. Buildings older than 50 years often trigger historical review, and the planning application needs sign-off from multiple departments before a separate wrecking permit is issued.
Sacramento County is simpler. In Spencer's words, "Sacramento county is very simple usually around $250 for a permit," with a permit application and a waste management plan.
Here is how the two compare as of July 2026:
| Sacramento County | City of Sacramento | |
|---|---|---|
| Permit cost | About $250 | $300 and up |
| Typical wait | Days to weeks | 1 to 2 months |
| Paperwork | Permit application plus waste management plan | Notarized documents, multi-department planning sign-off, then a wrecking permit |
| Extra reviews | Rare | Historical review for structures over 50 years old |
We handle the demolition permit paperwork and inspection coordination either way. You get one project timeline that already accounts for which office you are in.
Before the Teardown
Any Sacramento demolition starts with SMAQMD, the regional air district. We file the notification describing the work and square footage, submit the asbestos report, and wait out the 10-day clearance period.
If the survey finds asbestos, licensed abatement partners handle asbestos abatement, then the structure is retested with proof before teardown. Lead paint and other hazardous materials follow the same rule: identified first, handled correctly, documented for hazardous waste disposal.
Utility disconnect timing is where most schedules slip. SMUD and PG&E usually want a demo permit number before they will schedule an electric disconnect or gas shutoff, so we send them the application number the day we submit it.
Water shutoff is simpler: we cap the line at the house.
Why Demo Patrol
Spencer Farman quotes your job and runs your job.
City wrecking permits and county waste management plans are paperwork we have filled out before, not research projects.
The Kubota excavator and skid steer fleet is owned by the crew that shows up. Equipment scales to the job, dump trucks included.
Sacramento makes you protect trees, and trees are often right in the way of the equipment. We plan around them from the first site walk.
Dust control, noise control, and site fencing are set up front, with jobsite cleanup included in every quote.
Your itemized estimate spells out scope of work, dump fees, and exclusions, so change orders stay rare.
If something in the structure matters to you, tell us before teardown and we build salvage into the scope.
Concrete is crushed and reused instead of buried.
Local Work
Recent Sacramento-area work: a 3,500 square foot house demolition with full pool removal, foundation removal, and 50 tree removals in Arden Oaks. A prevailing wage double-wide removal in the Florin area. A garage demolition in midtown worked entirely from the alley.
Rancho Cordova has been steady ground for us for years. We also work East Sacramento, Land Park, Arden-Arcade, Elk Grove, and West Sacramento.
Downtown and midtown lots bring tight alley access, and older neighborhoods bring tree protection requirements. That is exactly the kind of job we plan equipment around.
Before-and-after photos from Sacramento projects are available on request, and schedule coordination with your builder is part of the scope, not an extra. We also serve Chico and Butte County.
Full pricing detail lives on each service page, and the Northern California demolition permit guide covers permit costs, timelines, and asbestos rules for every jurisdiction we work.
Recent Sacramento Work
An abandoned in-ground pool in a Sacramento backyard. Shell broken out, material exported, pad backfilled and graded for new use.
Process
We look at access, structure, trees, and debris volume. Request a quote and we walk the property.
Upfront pricing with inclusions, exclusions, and schedule assumptions in plain language.
Permit support, asbestos clearance, and utility disconnect scheduling run in parallel to protect your project timeline.
The structure comes down under controlled conditions and loads go out to the right facility.
Backfill where needed, compaction, and rough grading. Site preparation ends at a clean rough grade, honestly stated, so the next trade knows exactly what they are getting.
Common Questions
Yes, permit support is part of every full-service job. We prepare the county permit application and waste management plan, or the city’s notarized planning documents and wrecking permit, and handle inspection coordination through final sign-off for both residential and commercial demolition jobs.
As of July 2026, Sacramento County demolition permits usually run around $250 for a typical house demolition. City of Sacramento permits start around $300 and climb with plan review, and the city process adds notarization and multi-department sign-offs that the county does not require.
The teardown itself is fast. A typical 1,500 square foot house comes down in about a day, site conditions permitting. Permits drive the real timeline: county jobs often start within weeks, while City of Sacramento permits run 1 to 2 months out.
Yes. SMAQMD requires an asbestos survey and notification before any Sacramento demolition, followed by a 10-day waiting period. If the report finds asbestos, licensed abatement happens first, then a retest with documented proof before the structure comes down. Pre-1980 homes get extra attention.
We focus on full structural demolition: complete teardowns, foundations, and parking lots. Interior/soft demolition, selective demolition, and tenant improvement demolition strip-outs are outside our scope, and we are glad to point you toward the right crew for that kind of remodel-prep work.
Metal goes to Sims Metal Management or Universal Recycling. Concrete removal loads go to GR Trucking, also known as Crete Crush, for crushing and reuse, and general debris goes to Kiefer Landfill. You get disposal documentation for every load that leaves your site.
Next Step
Send photos and site details through the contact form, use the instant quote calculator, or call (916) 909-1359.
Tell us the structure type, approximate size, access notes, and whether you are in the city or the county. If you are not sure, give us the address and we will tell you.
One crew. One written scope. A Sacramento demolition that starts when we said it would.
