Demolition, Clean-Up & Haul Away

KAE Solutions does demolition work of all varieties, from interior tear-outs to full-scale demo jobs, for homes and businesses in Hopwood, Uniontown and across Fayette County. We clear out old kitchens and bathrooms, take down walls, sheds and decks, gut whole rooms, and clean and haul away everything that comes out. When we started offering it in June 2025, we put it simply: "We handle the heavy lifting so you can start fresh." The estimate is free: call (724) 912-8151.

Interior Demolition: Kitchens, Bathrooms and Walls

Most interior demo comes before a remodel. The new kitchen can't go in until the old one is out, and the old one is usually more than cabinets: a soffit over the uppers, a tile backsplash, a floor laid over another floor, sometimes a wall that boxes the room in. What we take out on interior jobs:

• Kitchens: cabinets, countertops, soffits, backsplash and flooring, down to the walls and the subfloor.
• Bathrooms: tubs, showers, vanities, toilets, and tile walls and floors, once the water is shut off and the lines are capped.
• Walls: drywall, paneling, and old plaster and lath; partition walls taken down to open up a room.
• Flooring: carpet and pad, vinyl, tile, and old floors layered one over another.
• Whole spaces: a basement, a room or an entire floor gutted to the studs, the block and the joists.

Older houses take more work to strip. The plaster in a house from the 1930s or 1940s is troweled in coats onto wood lath, and it comes down heavy and in pieces, with far more debris per wall than drywall. Bathrooms of that age often have tile set in a thick mortar bed. We plan the job, and the hauling, around what's actually behind the surface.

A wall that carries the floor or the roof above it is a different job from a partition. Before one comes out it needs a plan to carry that load, and a structural engineer is the person to draw it up. If there is any question whether a wall is load-bearing, it waits for that answer.

Exterior Demolition: Sheds, Decks and Outbuildings

Outside, the usual jobs are the ones that have outlived their use: a shed with a rotted floor, a deck that has gone soft or pulled away from the house, an old outbuilding taking up the yard. The weather here is hard on them. NOAA's 1991-2020 normals for the Uniontown 1 NE station count 44.35 inches of precipitation a year and about 103 days that freeze and thaw. Wood that stays wet softens and rots, and posts and footings set in wet ground get pushed up by frost, a little more each winter, until the deck boards and stairs no longer line up.

Decks come down board by board, then the railings, joists, beams and posts, and the footings under them. Sheds come apart in pieces sized for the trailer. We do residential and commercial demolition, interior and exterior, and when the job is bigger than a shed, the same order applies: what stays gets protected, what goes comes out in a sequence that keeps the site safe, and the debris leaves as the work goes.

Tear-Outs After Water Damage

A lot of our demolition starts with water. When a basement floods, or a slow leak finally shows through the finish, the wet drywall, paneling, carpet and insulation have to come out so the walls and floor can dry and the source can be found and fixed. This is where demo meets the rest of our work: waterproofing, mold removal and crawl spaces are usually what comes next. Our basement restoration page covers how a water-damaged basement is put back together.

Here that often means an old basement. The Census puts the median home in Uniontown and Connellsville at 1942, and in Brownsville at 1938, and more than half of the homes in Uniontown, Connellsville and Scottdale were built before 1950. Their foundations were laid in block, stone or brick, for a furnace and storage, not a family room. Many were finished later with paneling and carpet set right against walls that were never waterproofed. When that finish comes out, we see what's behind it: damp block, white mineral crust on the masonry, rot at the bottom of the studs, mold on the back of the paneling. Mold on wood and drywall gets removed and treated rather than just carried to the curb; our mold removal page explains that work.

Before a basement like that is finished again, it is worth fixing why it got wet. Our basement waterproofing page covers the drains, sump pumps and crack repair that keep new walls dry.

Clean-Up, Junk Removal and Haul Away

Demolition makes a pile, and the job isn't done until the pile is gone. Clean and haul away is part of every demo job we do: the debris is loaded, the space is swept out, and the waste leaves your property. We also do junk removal and cleanouts on their own: a basement full of what the last owner left behind, a garage you can't park in, a yard stacked with old building material.

For jobs you'd rather handle yourself, we have a 6x10 dump trailer, ready for pick up or drop off. Our posts list what it's for: "hauling junk, debris, yard waste, or construction material." Call or text (724) 912-8151 to reserve it.

How a Demolition Job Goes, Step by Step

• Free estimate. We walk through what comes out, what stays, and where the debris goes.
• Permits. A building permit may be needed for structural demolition. Your township or borough decides, so check with its code office before work starts.
• Utilities off. Water, power and gas to the area are shut off before anything is opened, and lines are capped where the work calls for it.
• Protect what stays. Floors, doorways and finished rooms nearby are covered, and the path out to the trailer is kept clear.
• Tear out. Fixtures and finishes first, then walls, framing or structure, in an order that keeps the work area safe.
• Load and haul. Debris goes out as the work goes, not in one pile at the end.
• Sweep clean. The space is left broom clean and ready for whoever builds next.

Demolition clears the way for something new, and the next part isn't always ours to build. If it's something outside our scope, we won't leave you hanging: we refer you to licensed contractors we know for the work we don't do ourselves. When the next step is ours, such as waterproofing a basement before it's finished again or installing a support beam under a sagging floor, we do it. We're locally and family-owned, fully licensed and insured, and BBB Accredited with an A rating. Call (724) 912-8151 or send us a message from the contact page.

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