Single-wides, double-wides and trailers
Independence Demolition Pros: Mobile Home Demolition in Independence, Missouri
Manufactured homes and trailers that are past moving, torn apart on the pad, the steel frame scrapped, the skirting, deck and piers hauled and the lot left clean.
- Independence and 10 towns within 20 miles
- Written price before any work starts
- City permit, utility and asbestos steps explained
- Local, licensed, insured contractors
Independence Demolition Pros connects owners in Independence and the rural edges of eastern Jackson County with local contractors for mobile home demolition. A manufactured home that can no longer be moved, because the frame is rusted, the floors are gone or no park will take it, is taken apart where it sits: the shell stripped, the steel chassis cut and sold for scrap, the piers, skirting, steps and deck hauled, and the pad graded.
Paying $300 to $800 to have a trailer hauled "as is" by someone with a truck and no landfill account usually ends with it dumped on another lot and a nuisance notice in your name; a proper demolition at $2,000 to $6,000 ends with a disposal ticket and a clean pad.
What it costs
$2,000 to $6,000
The published national range for mobile home demolition (Fixr). A single-wide with easy access sits near the bottom; a double-wide with additions, a built-on deck and a long haul sits near the top. Scrap value of the steel frame is sometimes credited against the price; asbestos in older floor tile or furnace rooms is priced separately.
Calls answered Monday to Friday 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
When a mobile home is a demolition, not a move
- A frame too rusted for a transport company to hook to
- Floors soft or gone from years of leaks, with the roof seams opened
- A unit built before 1976 that no park will accept
- Additions, porches and a roof-over that cannot be separated for transport
- A lender, buyer or the county asking for the pad cleared before a sale or a new home
How a mobile home comes apart
Utilities first: the power pedestal is de-energized, the gas or propane is disconnected and the tank removed, the water is shut at the meter and the sewer line is capped. Anything worth keeping comes out. Then an excavator with a grapple peels the roof and walls, the aluminum siding and copper are sorted for scrap, the wood and gypsum go to a roll-off, and the steel I-beam chassis is cut with a torch or a shear and sold. The last pieces are the concrete piers, the skirting, the steps and any deck, and the pad is graded.
- Title
- The Missouri title is surrendered when a manufactured home is destroyed; ask the contractor for the disposal ticket
- Scrap
- Steel frame, aluminum siding and copper are sorted and sold
- Asbestos
- Pre-1980 floor tile and furnace closets are tested first
Older units and asbestos
Manufactured homes from the 1960s and 1970s often carry asbestos in nine-inch floor tile, in the mastic under it, and around the furnace. Missouri rules put a licensed asbestos inspector through any structure before demolition, and the asbestos page explains what gets sampled. A clean inspection keeps the demolition price at the published range; a positive sample adds an abatement step before the grapple arrives.
Trailer past moving?
Say whether it is a single or double-wide, roughly how old it is, and whether a machine can reach the pad. A local contractor prices the teardown and the disposal in writing.
Call (816) 846-2347Lots, parks and rural pads
Inside Independence a mobile home is a structure and takes the City demolition permit at the $200 tier. In a park, the park owner usually sets the rules for utility disconnects and hauling. On a rural pad in unincorporated Jackson County, the permit comes from Public Works on West Walnut, and a septic tank or well on the lot has its own closure steps. Tell the contractor which one you have on the first call.
Mobile home removal around Independence
Most of these calls come from the acreages toward Oak Grove and Grain Valley and from the older parks along the highways. A mobile home pad is sometimes cleared ahead of a stick-built house, and a concrete removal of the piers and slab is part of the same job.
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Frequently asked questions
What owners ask before a teardown
How much does mobile home demolition cost in Independence?
The published national range is $2,000 to $6,000. A single-wide with good access sits near the bottom; a double-wide with additions and a deck sits near the top. Scrap steel is sometimes credited.
Why not just have it hauled away?
If a transport company can move it, that is cheaper. Most units that reach the demolition stage have frames too rusted to hook to, or additions and roof-overs that cannot be separated.
What are the signs a mobile home should be demolished?
A rusted-through frame, floors gone from leaks, a pre-1976 unit no park will take, or additions that make it impossible to transport.
Does an old mobile home need an asbestos inspection?
Missouri rules require a licensed inspector before demolition. Nine-inch floor tile, the mastic under it and the furnace closet are the usual positives in 1960s and 1970s units.
What happens to the title?
When a manufactured home is destroyed the Missouri title is surrendered. Keep the contractor's disposal ticket; the Department of Revenue and a future buyer of the lot may both ask for it.