Buildings stripped back to the structural shell and left ready for the fit out or the refurbishment that follows. Partitions, ceilings, floor finishes, services, fittings and plant taken out, segregated and away, with the frame, the slab and anything you have asked us to keep untouched.
Before anything comes out we agree what stays: which walls are structural, which services are being reused, what the incoming fit out wants left in place. That gets marked and worked to. A strip out that takes ten percent too much is expensive to put back.
Metals, cable, timber, plasterboard and general waste separated at source rather than mixed into one skip and sorted at the tip. It recycles better, it costs less, and the waste transfer paperwork actually reflects what left the building.
Occupied buildings, shopping centres and units with tenants either side get worked in evenings, nights or weekends. Noisy breaking gets programmed into the hours agreed with the building rather than started at eight and argued about at nine.
Lifts, staircases, floors and finishes that are staying get boarded and sheeted before the first partition comes down, and routes out are protected the length of the run. Most strip out damage happens in the corridor, not the room.
It is everything that is not structure. Partitions, suspended ceilings, floor coverings, kitchens and washrooms, redundant mechanical and electrical services, furniture and fittings, all taken out and away so the shell is left clear for a refurbishment or a fit out. Where the building is coming down entirely, a soft strip also lets the recyclable material be recovered before the machines start.
Yes, and a lot of the strip out work we do is exactly that. It needs the floor or unit separated and sealed, its own access route, dust and noise controlled and, most of the time, work programmed outside normal hours. It is slower than an empty building and it gets priced that way rather than promised at the same rate.
Asbestos removal is licensed work and it is done by a licensed contractor, not by a demolition gang. What we do is make sure the refurbishment and demolition survey has been done before we start, work to it, and stop and report anything that turns up that was not in it. Removal gets arranged and completed before our strip out reaches that area.
Yes, once they are proved dead and isolated. Redundant plant, ductwork, containment, cable and pipework come out and go for recycling, and anything being retained for the new fit out is marked, protected and left live where that is safe.
A single retail unit or a floor of offices is usually a week or two. A whole building runs longer and is normally programmed floor by floor so the following trades can start behind us. The variables are access, the lift, the hours we are allowed to work and how much of the waste has to be carried rather than dropped.
Run from the yard at Poorsland Barn near Clitheroe, with machines out across Lancashire and into Yorkshire and Greater Manchester most weeks. Getting somebody out to look at a building is rarely more than a few days away.
Call for a free site visit and a written price that covers the take-down, the clearance and the disposal.