What areas does your demolition business cover?

 

Introduction

Written by: Ryan Walsh

Date: 05/08/2024

With three generations of demolition expertise, our company has a proven track record of success in demolishing many commercial and industrial buildings across a wide area.

Most of our work is concentrated in South Wales and Bristol areas where we have built a strong reputation for offering demolition services. Over the years, our range of demolition and dismantling services has evolved, with a primary focus on commercial demolition and scrap metal recycling.

 

We cover a wide area:

We cover a wide area, including Somerset, most of the South West of England, and most of South Wales.
Our specialist demolition machinery and expertise are needed across this vast area. For example, heavy-duty and robust excavators are required for steel processing and metal recycling. We own demolition excavators fitted with mammoth-sized jaws to cut through metal beams. Powered by hydraulics, these machines can cut through steel like a hot knife through butter.

 

Bristol commercial and industrial demolition services

Our team is often called upon to handle complex commercial demolition projects. Whether it’s factory clearance, demolishing steel structures, safety is always our top priority. We understand the importance of maintaining a safe working environment, especially in live factory settings.

Taking commercial buildings in Bristol back to a steel shell

Another service we offer is to take a steel warehouse or factory back to its original shell; we use excavators and our workforce to take warehouses, factories, and other commercial buildings back to the steel shell, removing unwanted materials.

 

Scrap metal recycling in Bristol and South Wales

Sometimes, such vast equipment, such as manufacturing equipment, can weigh more than 10 tonnes.
This could be a redundant generator, a steel press, or a cast-iron piece of machinery used, for example, to make blow-moulded plastics.

Often what’s needed is a demolition excavator and a machine fitted with a specialist and equipment that can be put into the machine and cut into manageable sections.

Therefore, Stephen Walsh Demolition has become renowned for its commercial and industrial demolition factual clearance capability.

 

Impressive demolition machinery

Therefore, right across the South-West and South Wales, we have teams busy undertaking scrap metal recycling and demolition services. This could be to remove the whole factory unit, or it could just be to move the contents of the factory and take it back to its original shell.

Here’s a list of the range of demolition and dismantling services that we can offer you:

  • Factory clearance
  • Scrap metal recycling
  • Scrap metal cutting
  • Removal of redundant machinery
  • Factory clearance in Bristol and South Wales
  • We have over 30 years of demolition experience

Steel demolition specialists

We have a range of crushers, excavators and scrap metal cutting machinery

Do you require a quote for factory clearance?

There are a large number of warehouses and factories that often need emptying or demolishing quickly.
If you’re looking for a local demolition company and looking further, Stephen Walsh Demolition. We can demolish any structure with our Hitachi excavators.

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How is your demolition/dismantling business well-equipped for scrap metal recycling and site clearance contracts?

 

Introduction

Many demolition contractors in the city of Bristol primarily concentrate on residential demolition. However, our company has a strong track record of factory clearance, site clearance, and scrap metal recycling within buildings.

This means we have adhered to our machinery purchases and equipment for scrap metal processing and recycling. This makes us much more efficient, means that we have the attachments, the excavator’s mixed tease clear our factories or indeed to demolish the whole of the factory in a short period.

Factory clearance services within the city of Bristol

When you look at areas such as Avonmouth or some large factories and international brands located there, what often happens is that when a piece of machinery is rendered redundant or inefficient, it needs to be removed. However, this is not like a washing machine that can be disconnected and removed from the front door in moments.

Instead, within the docks at Avonmouth, there is often large metal machinery, gantries, and other equipment, such as stainless steel conveyors, used in food processing.

To dismantle this equipment, powerful excavators fitted with Jaws and grabs often make light work of removing the scrap metal. Usually, time is of the essence, meaning that the company doesn’t have weeks to remove the equipment. Instead, a demolition company, such as Stephen Walsh, must be contacted to remove this metal and send it to be recycled.

 

100% recyclable nonferrous and ferrous metals

the good news about factory clearance services that we offer and demolishing steel framed buildings throughout Bristol is that we have the demolition expert-only equipment to demolish buildings so that these industrial and commercial buildings can sometimes be 100% recycled.

Therefore, nonferrous and ferrous metals, such as stainless steel, copper, lead, or mild steel, can be recycled. Because we have powerful excavators fitted with jaws, we can cut the steel into small pieces, process them, load them into a skip, and take them to a scrapyard close to Bristol.

 

Are you looking for a site clearance for a commercial demolition company?

Throughout the city, there is always a strong demand for a company concentrating on commercial and industrial demolition. It could be the case that, let’s say, a silo outside the building has been rendered dangerous because the supports have become rusted; through an inspection, a spectre has deemed the equipment and safety needs to be demolished urgently by a reputable and respected local demolition company.

This is where Stephen Walsh Demolition can step in and demolish any commercial or industrial building. We offer factory clearance and industrial demolition on any scale.

Therefore, whether it’s just one piece of machinery, such as an old rusty hopper, that needs to be removed from a factory or a substantial industrial steel building that needs demolishment, we are always on hand to help you demolish such a building.

Factory clearance Bristol

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Factory clearance and industrial demolition

Sometimes, a brand-new company will take over a vast warehouse or industrial premises in the fantastic city of Bristol.

Sometimes, the old company might have gone into administration, and now there’s a large amount of redundant machinery, old forklifts, and piles of unwanted stock left in the warehouse.

This is cluttering up the warehouse, so much so you need a demolition company that offers an internal factory strip-out team and services.

That’s precisely what our company can offer, so let’s elaborate and tell you more about the demolition services we can provide you throughout the fantastic city of Bristol.

 

Factory clearance

In some warehouses, you, for example, in Avonmouth docks, you get old machinery that easily weighs more than 25 tonnes being left in an old factory that needs to be removed.

Getting rid of this will not be simple; you need specialist demolition equipment to eat into the machinery and break it into small pieces.
That’s precisely what we can offer, we can track in our excavators, and it is our demolition specification diggers fitted with specialist attachments to eat into old machinery and cut them into pieces.

 

Metal recycling

Then often, it’s just a matter of taking the broken pieces of steel, whether they’re made from copper or perhaps cast iron, and we can use our lorries to take them to a local scrap metal recycling yard for recycling.

We have demolition specification machinery, which can break apart any old and redundant machinery, giving you a nice clear and open space within your warehouse ready for you to install your new machinery and equipment and stock.

 

Years of experience recycling steel and also offering factory clearance services

We have a vast amount of experience, over 30 years of clearing old factories and warehouses.

You often want smooth concrete floors for your forklifts to drive on; you don’t want machinery and old redundant equipment in the way.
Therefore, whether our burners need to use oxygen and propane to cut bit machinery into pieces or whether we need to use our demolition specification machinery to do that work, we can clear away the unwanted machinery in a short period of time.

 

Factory clearance Bristol

So, whether you need an old printing press or stainless steel food production equipment removed, we can help you achieve it.
Call our demolition company today.

If you’re looking for a demolition company in the South West of England that offers factory clearance services, then we are the company to talk to.

We offer free quotes:

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Demolition Bristol- How does you demolition company demolish commercial buildings in Bristol?

Introduction

How you go about demolishing a commercial building, such as a large and vast steel building, is very different from how you would approach demolishing say brick-built residential structure such as a row of streets.

Every building is different, so a unique set of (RAM’s), which stands for “Risk Assessment and Method Statement is needed for every building we demolish.

Therefore, this article only gives an overview of how we approach demolishing most commercial buildings.

 

Site visit

First things first, the demolition contracts manager will need to visit the demolition site and walk around within and outside of the building.

These highly experienced demolition staff, that’s our demolition contract managers will quickly notice potential hazards and how they want to approach the demolition and then look at areas, such as how can we bring in a 30 ton excavator.

Therefore, there are 101 questions that the demolition manager will need to contemplate before offering a quote.

 

Writing out the demolition method statements and risk assessments

This allows you to think carefully about how we will go about demolishing that building. Every building presents a unique set of challenges, such as how close are neighbouring buildings- and how can we mitigate damage and inconvenience for these residents.

We will also need to know whether there is asbestos within the building, or is the building built close to a railway line or lets say other hazards such as overhead electricity cables, so a lot will need to be considered.

All of these need to be carefully considered before any demolition work starts.

 

Actual demolition

A suitable excavator must be used; for example, a small building might need a 10 ton excavator but a large building might need a 70 ton high reach excavator.

 

Clearing away the waste

All the metal and rubble, and plastics will need to be sent for recycling. The demolition contractor should use local recycling facilities to reduce the amount of road haulage to help protect the environment.

 

Metal buildings and recycling steel

We can recycle non-ferrous and ferrous metals. The good news is, if we are demolishing a steel building, often we can recycle close to 100% of the building.

 

Breaking up the concrete slab

Then, a large excavator fitted with a hydraulic hammer needs to break through the slab to break up the concrete into pieces, which needs to be fed into a crusher.

This then produces concrete hardcore, which can be resold, and therefore, the concrete is recycled.

 

Do you need a commercial demolition contractor within Bristol?

If you need the help of a demolition contractor in Bristol who can demolish warehouses, factories, and other commercial buildings, contact us today.

We have a large excavator fitted with demolition shear; which can cut-through steel. We can recycle both non-ferrous and ferrous metals. If you require the contents of a factory or warehouse to be cleared, such as old forklift, metal racking or internal buildings, then contact us.

 

We also offer internal demolition services throughout the city of Bristol.

Contact a highly experienced demolition company today, contact Stephen Walsh

If you need any building demolished, whether it be residential, industrial, or commercial. Do contact us today

 

 

 

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Factory clearance Bristol

 

Introduction

We are a demolition company that doesn’t just demolish the whole building, such as steel frame structures; we can also offer factory clearance. This means we can completely remove old machinery and content of factories, ready for a new client to take over the warehouse/factory.

In the city of Bristol, there are many large industrial units and warehouses that need clearing. For example, a company’s lease might have expired, the owner might have chosen to relocate to another part of South Wales of England, or the company might have gone into administration and therefore the landlord needs the building emptied. Therefore, a lot of old machinery or racking could be left in warehouses.

Therefore, we can come along with our demolition excavators, ranging from 7 tons to 30 tons, and remove the contents of a factory or warehouse.

 

Factory clearance

We can offer factory and site clearance services; in this article, you can explain how we can help your business.

 

Removing old antiquated machinery

Often, companies want to invest in more state-of-the-art and modern machinery. The old metal machinery might, therefore be in the way and need removing from the factory.

So, a demolition company often needs to work outside of hours, perhaps in the evening or on weekends, using burners and cutting equipment to cut the machinery into parts and remove it from the factory.

 

This is then loaded into metal recycling bins and taken for recycling to a metal recycling facility.

 

Metal recycling Bristol

We can recycle 100% of non-ferrous and ferrous metals, put them into a large skip, and take them to a licenced scrap yard for recycling.

All of the scraps, therefore, should be fully recycled.

 

Removing internal buildings

Sometimes, they will be internal building and suspended floors within a building. It might be, for example, an internal building made of breeze blocks.

Therefore, we can bring in a demolition excavator, such as a 10-ton Hitachi excavator, and safely demolish and remove the internal buildings.

 

Commercial and industrial demolition services

As this article illustrates, we can offer commercial and industrial demolition services. Our demolition services are wide-ranging, therefore one week we might be taking down a massive silo outside the building, or next week we could be working within a factory to remove old machinery.

 

Therefore, if you require a demolition company that can demolish internal buildings and offer factory clearance services, we are most definitely the company to call in Bristol.

We have the demolition excavators, we have the lorries, and we have the staff to offer factory clearance services.

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What demolition equipment will be required to demolish a steel-framed building?

 

You will often see it on most demolition contractors’ websites that the company will offer two distinct services: commercial and residential demolition.

The reason for this is that often; different demolition equipment is needed to demolish these two very different types of buildings.

For example, the demolition equipment used to demolish houses is different from what is used to demolish a steel building.
Within this article will explain what that equipment is used to demolish steel buildings.

 

Steel shears

Often, steel shears must be fitted at the end of a large excavator; then hydraulic hoses power this metal shear. This powers the opening and closing of a powerful shear, which is capable of cutting through steel beams. The power of the steel shears depends on the size of the excavator that its fitted to.

 

Commercial demolition

Therefore, you often need a large and powerful excavator or multiple excavators to demolish a commercial building.
Often on the larger sections of steel cutting gear, that’s powered by propane and oxygen is used to manually cut the larger sections of steel.

 

How are steel-framed buildings demolished?

First, a demolition excavator will take off the outer metal cladding

Often, the excavator removes the metal cladding that’s attached to a building’s outside. This is often called “box profile sheeting”.

The metal cladding is then torn off the building, using the excavator and steel sheets and the metal is loaded into an awaiting skip.

This exposes the skeleton of the steel-framed building, mainly the angle iron and upright steel RSJ’s are all that then holds the building upright. These are much stronger than the outer steel cladding and, therefore, need to be cut with a steel shear.

 

Steel RSJ’s and angle iron

The next stage is to cut the steel sections into manageable sections, often, a top-down approach is needed.

Depending on the size of the building will dictate what type of demolition excavator is needed. For example, a large building will need a high reach excavator to demolish the building.

For those that don’t know what a high reach excavator is, its an excavator with a large boom that can extend well into the sky.

 

Cutting the steel into manageable sections

Some demolition companies then have a large excavator fitted with a much shorter arm with a more larger shear; the capability of this machine is to cut large box section of steel and a large RSJ’s into much smaller sections.

Then, the machine can lift the steel sections and load them into an awaiting skip.

The excellent news is that steel-framed buildings can almost be 100% recycled.

Therefore, the great thing about demolishing a steel factory in Bristol or perhaps a building such a huge warehouse in the South-west of England that’s made of steel is that it can often be 100% recycled.

Often, the steel is loaded onto an awaiting ship and the steel is transported around the world and made into other items of steel, perhaps the steel that’s been demolished from a factory, will be made into a new car, a tin of Coke, or maybe it’s made into a new bicycle.

 

Does your business require the services of a local demolition company?

If your business needs a local demolition company in Bristol, then why not call us? We are highly experienced in demolishing factories, warehouses and other buildings.

We can therefore offer the following demolition and dismantling services:
– Factory demolition
– Steel demolition
– Metal recycling
– Factory clearance Bristol
– Commercial demolition
– Industrial demolition
– Steel cutting

 

Therefore, why not contact us today if you want the following structures demolished?

We can undertake all commercial demolition contracts, so call us today if you want a commercial building demolished.

 

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Are you able to demolish factories/steel buildings?

 

Introduction

When you think of a steel building, it’s often very well constructed, these buildings are built with strength in mind, and some steel-framed buildings can easily last 100 years.

A steel framed building is often made of very thick steel beams, bolts and engineered by expert architects to last a considerable lenth of time.

Therefore, when it comes to demolishing these buildings, you need specialist demolition equipment. For example, giant shears, which are a bit like the claw of a giant lobster, can grab hold of the steel and start cutting it into manageable sections so it can be lifted into a skip.

You also need demolition contractors who understand how to safely demolish steel buildings. When you consider that you have hundreds of tonnes of steel above your head, factories need to be demolished at a distance and safely via demolition excavators. This is done through the use of powerful hydraulic excavators, such as Hitachi excavators.

The excavators are fitted with specialist demolition attachments, which allow the steel to be cut just as you would cut through, let’s say, a piece of food with a knife.

These machines can easily cut through steel the same way as a chef cuts food, using giant pincers called “demolition shears”.

 

Steel buildings can be 100% recycled.

The good news regarding demolishing steel buildings in Bristol, is that nearly 100% of the building can be recycled.
A large demolition excavator, called a 360 demolition excavator, can cut steel sections into small sections of metal.

These can then be loaded into a skip. Because steel is wanted around the world to manufacture items ranging from baked bean can through to cars, steel is wanted, and therefore, it can be 100% recycled.

Therefore, whether it’s a car showroom made from steel in Bristol ,or a massive factory that might span multiple acres, we can safely demolish any type of steel building.

 

Factory clearance Bristol

Quite often, a new company takes over a large warehouse / factory in Bristol, and the old tenants leave al the old machinery and metal racking or internal buildings that need to be safely demolished via an excavator.

Therefore, if you have structures within a building that need to be removed, our demolition company can remove them for you.

We can place skips within the factory and remove any old steel racking or internal buildings.

Many customers want the factory to go back to the shell, so its completely empty inside, so that they have a completely empty warehouse that they can install their own racking and buildings that the business needs.

 

Are you looking for a local demolition company?

If you are, therefore, looking for a free local demolition contractor who can demolish commercial and industrial buildings and structures, do call us.

We have everything from high-reach excavators to mini excavators, so we can safely demolish any building that needs to be demolished within the Bristol area. We have a massive amount of knowledge of demolishing structures throughout the South-West of England, so if you are looking for a local demolition company, why not give us a ring today?

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We are demolition contractors, which specialise in commercial and also steel demolition

 

 

Steel demolition and recycling

We can demolish a large warehouse, which is often constructed using thick steel beams (RSJ’s), the roof is often made through angle iron; the whole building is built normally on a concrete slab.

Then, massive demolition excavators are needed to demolish these warehouses or factories, and then we can quickly demolish the building.

 

What other buildings can you demolish in Bristol?

We can demolish any type of commercial building. However, we do specialise in demolishing metal buildings, such as steel clad factories.

It could be a fire-damaged warehouse or a redundant factory that needs demolishing, and we have the jaw crushers, the demolition excavators and staff to demolish it.

The factory might need a demolition excavator that weighs more than 50 tonnes to demolish the building.

This demolition excavator might need to be fitted with specialist demolition attachments, such as water suppression hoses, and a metal shear, that can cut through the steel RSJ’s, like a hot knife through butter.

 

Burners

Within the demolition industry there are people who are experts at cutting steel RSJ’s into sections safely.

These people on demolition sites are described as “burners”.

These people are highly trained at cutting steel into sections using a blow torch.

 

Steel Recycling and Demolition

Oxygen and propane are mixed together, then ignited out of the end of specialist steel cutting equipment, this is used to cut through the steel.  

Large demolition excavators

To demolish buildings such as factories, warehouses,  shops in Bristol you often need giant excavators to do this work.

Therefore, we can use these demolition excavators to demolish factories and commercial buildings such as shops and warehouses.

 

Industrial demolition

Bristol is a  large city, and like any large city, which has a lot densely built building,  the city will have many commercial buildings in the city.

When the machinery becomes redundant, and needs to be replaced with more modern and efficient machinery often demolition contractors are hired to do this work.

The machinery that needs to be demolished is  often large; for example, you might be a substantial stainless steel silo that stores certain food products inside that needs to be demolished.

We can bring the demolition staff and large excavators fitted with specialist demolition attachments to demolish the equipment safely and at a competitive price.

 

Demolition contractors in Bristol, South West England

In Bristol, there are many commercial and also industrial buildings that need to be demolished every month.

Therefore if you want the building to be demolished safely in Bristol do call Stephen Walsh Demolition.

 

 

 

 

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Steel demolition and metal recycling in Bristol

 

Introduction

If you will need a specialist demolition contractor in Bristol to demolish a large steel building, then do call us.
Our demolition company has invested in modern, high-quality large excavators. These excavators then need to be fitted with special grabs, and shears. The shear looks a bit like a pincer on a lobster; it’s mighty and powered by a hydraulic ram, we use this shear to cut through the steel.

We can demolish any structure within Bristol, and we specialise in demolishing steel framed buildings, that is, former warehouses and factory units.

This article thoroughly explains why so many companies hire us to demolish the structures and factories made of steel.

Steel building demolition

Throughout Bristol, because there are so many factories based in Avonmouth right across from Aztec West, countless factories and commercial industrial units need to be safely demolished every month.

We have the demolition excavators, hydraulic shears and personnel to man this machinery and demolish any building safely.
Concrete slab

If you would like concrete broken up into small parts and then crushed, we can also offer this demolition service.
We can bring a powerful jaw crusher, that’s a giant crusher, where the concrete is fed into the hopper, slowly the stone moves into the jaw of the crusher, and it’s crushed down to a small size, then pushed out the other end on a giant rubber conveyor belt.

These aggregates then often stay on site, and are then used to make the base, perhaps for a new car park, base for the new building, or maybe a new concrete slab will be laid on top of the hardcore?

 

Bristol and beyond

You may have seen one of our many demolition excavators working in Bristol, because we are diligently working on demolishing many buildings within this area for a long period.

We predominantly demolish steel-framed buildings, commercial buildings and industrial structures. However, we will also demolish residential buildings made of stone, brick and perhaps concrete.

 

Demolition contractors with a vast amount of experience

If you need to demolish industrial buildings and massive warehouses clad with steel sheets, its important you hire a highly experienced, demolition company It would be best to have a highly competent demolition contractor to bring this whole building to the ground safely. This is because steel sheets are dangerous, they could fly the wind and are very sharp edges. Heavy steel rsj’s, if it’s not cut correctly, could slip and potentially fly and hit the driver of an excavator.

Therefore, you need a highly experienced demolition contractor, somebody who knows what they’re doing, so that they can safely demolish the structure.

This is why so many people in South-West England call us every single day to demolish their factories, retail buildings, and industrial structures.

 

High reach demolition

We can use a high-reach demolition machine, which is a machine with three arms that can be used to nibble away at a steel building and safely demolish it and bring it down to earth.

We can use a high-reach excavator to demolish an industrial unit or any building.

Would you like a free and no-obligation quote to demolish a steel building in Bristol?

If you would like a free and no-obligation quote to demolish a factory unit within Bristol, why not give a call? We can demolish any commercial building or industrial structure anywhere within the South-West of England.

 Steel Recycling and Steel Demolition Bristol

Our company specialises in demolishing steel buildings and steel structures

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What type of buildings do you demolish within Bristol England?

We are a well-known Bristol demolition company within Bristol, we have been demolishing buildings for a long period in the South-West of England.

We use excellent quality excavators and highly experienced staff to demolish all of the buildings safely. Whether that’s a house or a large steel factory.

In this article, we will talk about the types of buildings that we demolish in the city of Bristol:

 

Factories and steel-framed buildings

Quite often, a new company will purchase an industrial building or a factory. However, the current building might be too small for the new company who owns the building.

Therefore, the business in Bristol will often hire us to bring in high-powered excavators, such as high-reach excavators, fitted with a metal shear that looks slightly like a “lobster’s claw” that slips away at the building and takes down the whole structure.

 

Fire damaged buildings

Sometimes, the building will be damaged by fire, and sometimes, an industrial building will suffer an arson attack. Therefore, it might even be unsafe, as the steel rafters have become weak after the fire.

We can bring a quality high-reach excavator, slip away at the building, and make it safe.

 

Commercial demolition Contractors Bristol

There are many other commercial buildings in Bristol, such as factories, warehouses, and retail shops; we can bring our workforce and our demolition excavators and demolish the building safely and efficiently.

We can then load the bricks and rubble onto “eight-wheeler lorries”, for example, onto a Volvo eight wheeler lorry.
The lorry then drives the rubble from the demolition site, to a recycling facility where it can get recycled.

 

Concrete crushing

Then, sometimes, there is a concrete slab left. This can sometimes be quite substantial and very thick; if you stood to the side of it, it might go right at your shoulders. It could be that thick the concrete. We use an excavator, fitted with a hydraulic hammer, to break the concrete.

 

Crushing services Bristol.

We can, therefore, bring in a powerful jaw crusher, a huge metal machine which crushes all of the stone.
You feed one end with rubble in large pieces of concrete, which gradually get broken down into smaller pieces and spit out to the end of the conveyor made into hard-core.

This produces hard-core rubble, which can be used on the new construction site; for example, the stone is often laid across the demolition site using a powerful excavator fitted with a grading bucket to level the hard core. Therefore, the stone can be reused.

 

Established Bristol demolition contractor

When a business needs a demolition company in the fantastic city of Bristol, Stephen Walsh often is the company that instantly comes to mind.

Stephen has vast experience demolishing commercial buildings and now specialises in demolishing steel-framed buildings and clearing away the contents of factories.

With our fantastic quality excavators, we can demolish any building quickly.

Therefore, if you are looking for a local demolition contractor, why not call Stephen Walsh today? We can offer you a very competitive quote for our demolition services.

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