Demolition contractor · Maryville, TN

Demolition Contractor in Maryville & East Tennessee

Old barns, leaning sheds, rotted decks, and slabs sitting where you want to build. We take structures down, load out the debris, and leave the ground graded and clean so the next thing can go up.

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  • Teardown & haul-off
  • Site left graded
  • Locally owned
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Demolition & teardowns

Taking it down is the easy part. Getting it gone is the job.

Kiefer Property Solutions is a demolition contractor based in Maryville. We take down barns, outbuildings, decks, and slabs across Blount County and the surrounding East Tennessee area, and we plan the teardown around what is standing near it.

Demolition work we take on

  • Barn and tobacco shed teardowns
  • Sheds, carports, and lean-tos
  • Decks, porches, and stairs
  • Concrete slabs, footings, and pads
  • Old mobile homes and single-wides
  • Fence lines and failing retaining walls
  • Debris loaded out and hauled off
  • Final grade over the old footprint

One shed in an afternoon through a multi-day barn teardown. Tell us what is coming down and what has to stay standing next to it.

Cleared teardown site in East Tennessee with siding and plywood stacked for haul off
On the job Structure down and the debris sorted into stacks, the stage right before the footprint gets graded back flat

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Why local experience matters

We take down East Tennessee buildings every season

Blount County has a lot of old structures still standing on family land. Pole barns, tobacco sheds, spring houses, carports bolted onto a slab, and single-wides that have not been lived in for years. Every one of them comes apart differently.

That is why we walk the site before we quote. Access, what is standing next to it, how the building was framed, and where the debris has to go all change the plan. Getting that wrong is how a teardown turns into damage to something you wanted to keep.

  • Old farm buildings Barns and tobacco sheds built long before anyone thought about taking them back down.
  • Tight setbacks Structures sitting close to a house, a fence line, or a neighbor with no room to just push it over.
  • Soft, sloped ground Clay and grade that turn into ruts fast once loaded trucks start coming and going.
  • Long haul distances Rural sites where getting the debris to a disposal site is most of the day.

Warning signs

Signs a structure is past saving

Walk around it and look at the roof, the corners, and where the building meets the ground. If you see several of these, you are usually spending money to delay a teardown rather than to avoid one.

A building that falls on its own costs more than one you take down

When a structure collapses by itself, the debris ends up spread out, mixed with whatever was stored inside, and sometimes across a fence or a driveway. Cleaning that up takes longer than a planned teardown and you lose any say in how it comes apart.

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What we handle

Demolition problems we solve

Almost every teardown comes down to two questions. How does it come apart safely, and where does all of it go afterward.

Collapsing outbuilding

A barn or shed that is coming down whether you plan it or not. We take it down in a controlled way before it takes itself down.

Slab in the way

Old concrete, footings, or a former building pad sitting where the new one goes. We break it out and haul the material off.

Debris with nowhere to go

Most of a teardown is loading and hauling. We handle the trailers and the trips so you are not renting a dumpster for a month.

Tight working room

Structures close to a house, a fence line, or a power drop cannot just be pushed. We work them down in pieces instead.

A site left rough

A hole, a ring of block, and buried nails is not finished. We backfill, grade, and clean the footprint so it is usable again.

Our process

How a teardown runs

Same order every time, whether it is a backyard shed or a barn that takes most of a week. It keeps surprises off your invoice.

  1. Walk the structure with you

    We look at how it was built, what is standing near it, where trucks can get in, and what you want saved out of it before anything comes down.

  2. Flag anything that needs checking first

    Older buildings can have material that needs testing, and some teardowns need a permit. We will tell you straight if that applies so it gets handled before we start.

  3. Confirm utilities are disconnected

    Power, water, gas, and septic connections have to be cut and capped by the utility or a licensed trade. Nothing comes down until that is done.

  4. Take it down in a controlled order

    Roof, then walls, then frame, or piece by piece when the building sits too close to something you are keeping. The goal is a pile where we want it.

  5. Load out and haul off

    Debris gets separated where it makes sense, loaded, and hauled to the right disposal site. Metal and salvage can be set aside if you want it kept.

  6. Backfill, grade, and clean the footprint

    Holes filled, ground shaped so water runs off, and a pass over the site for nails, glass, and block so the ground is safe to use again.

What we take down

If it is standing and you want it gone, start here

Most of what we take down is the stuff that has been on the property longer than anyone wanted it to be. Tell us what it is, how it was built if you know, and what is around it. We will tell you how it comes apart and what the haul-off looks like.

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  • Barns and outbuildings

    Pole barns, tobacco sheds, spring houses, and equipment sheds that have been standing since long before you owned the place.

  • Sheds, carports, and decks

    Backyard sheds, metal carports, rotted decks, porches, and stairs pulled off the house without tearing up the siding.

  • Concrete slabs and foundations

    Old slabs, footings, block foundations, and pads broken out and hauled away so new work has clean ground to sit on.

  • Mobile homes

    Single-wides and older trailers that are past living in, taken apart, loaded out, and removed along with the piers and skirting.

Before it comes down on its own

A failing structure is cheaper to plan for than to react to

Buildings rarely fall all at once. The roof leaks, the sills stay wet, a corner post rots off, and one winter later the whole thing is leaning. Right up until it goes, you still get to choose when it comes down and how the debris is handled.

Once it collapses on its own, that choice is gone. The pile lands wherever it lands, often across a fence, a driveway, or something you were still using, and the cleanup costs more than the teardown would have. It also becomes a liability for anyone who walks near it in the meantime.

  • Keeping people and livestock out of it now
  • Emptying it before the roof gets worse
  • Pulling anything worth salvaging early
  • Getting utilities disconnected and capped
  • Checking whether the teardown needs a permit
  • Scheduling it in dry weather instead of after a storm

Common question

Repair it or tear it down?

Not every rough looking building needs to go. Here is how we read it before recommending a direction, including when the answer is to leave it standing.

Worth repairing when
  • The frame is straight and the posts are still sound
  • The roof leaks in one spot rather than everywhere
  • Damage is limited to siding, doors, or a few boards
  • The foundation or piers are still holding level
  • You have a real use for the building once it is fixed
Tear it down when
  • The roofline is sagging and the walls are out of plumb
  • Sills, posts, or floor joists are rotted through
  • The foundation or block has failed underneath it
  • Repairs would cost more than the building is worth to you
  • It is in the way of what you actually want to build

Not sure which side you land on? We will walk it with you and tell you straight, including when the building is worth keeping. Request a free quote →

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Service areas

Based in Maryville, tearing down across East Tennessee

Give us a call. Not sure if we cover your area? We are happy to help.

Location 1834 Kelton Ln, Maryville, TN 37803

Areas we typically serve:

  • Maryville & Alcoa
  • Knoxville & West Knox
  • Blount County
  • Friendsville & Louisville
  • Walland & Townsend
  • Surrounding East Tennessee (ask us)
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