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Most demolition jobs in Jenkintown don’t fail because of bad demo work. They fail because the demo contractor hit asbestos in a 1920s plaster wall, stopped everything, and left you scrambling to find a separate abatement company while your timeline fell apart. That’s the scenario we were built to prevent.
Virtually every home in Jenkintown predates 1978. That’s not a guess — it’s the reality of a borough incorporated in 1874, where the residential streets were built out over the following decades and very few homes have ever been fully gutted. Asbestos in insulation, floor tiles, and pipe wrap. Lead paint layered under decades of renovation. These aren’t edge cases in Jenkintown. They’re the baseline.
When you hire us, testing, abatement, and demolition all happen under one roof. Your project doesn’t stop. A second contractor doesn’t show up with a different schedule and a new invoice. You get a licensed, certified team that knows exactly what older Jenkintown homes look like on the inside — and knows how to handle whatever we find.
We’ve been working in Jenkintown and the surrounding Montgomery County area for twenty years. That means we’ve gutted homes on streets just like the ones off Old York Road and Greenwood Avenue — Victorian-era colonials, early 20th-century twins, mid-century ranches with original plaster and asbestos floor tiles. This isn’t a crew learning on your project.
We’re fully licensed, bonded, and insured, and we hold Pennsylvania’s state-issued asbestos certification — a legal requirement under Act 194 and Act 161 that most demo contractors operating in this area simply don’t have. Our team includes a Certified Lead Inspector and Risk Assessor, and we operate in full EPA and HUD compliance, which matters on every pre-1978 property in Jenkintown. That’s essentially every house in the borough.
We’re also reachable at any hour. If a pipe bursts in January and you’ve got water-damaged walls full of old insulation, you don’t have to wait until Monday morning to get a licensed contractor on the phone. We pick up.
It starts with a free estimate. We come out, walk the space, and tell you what we’re looking at — honestly, without padding the quote. For most Jenkintown homes, that walkthrough includes an assessment for asbestos-containing materials and lead paint before we ever talk about what’s coming down. That’s not an upsell. In a borough where the average home is 80-plus years old, it’s just the responsible first step.
If testing confirms hazardous materials — and in Jenkintown, it often does — we handle the abatement ourselves. No stopping the project. No waiting on a second company. Our licensed team removes the material safely using HEPA filtration and proper containment, which matters especially here given how close together the homes sit. Asbestos fibers don’t respect property lines, and in a borough this dense, containment isn’t optional.
Once the hazmat is cleared, the gut-out begins. We remove what needs to go — walls, ceilings, flooring, fixtures, whatever the scope calls for — with the precision that selective demolition requires. Jenkintown Borough requires building permits and, in some cases, sealed architectural plans before work like this can begin. We know the borough’s permitting process and work within it. When we’re done, the site is clean, inspected, and ready for the next phase of your renovation.
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We handle the full scope of what a Jenkintown renovation project actually requires. That means asbestos testing and removal, lead paint inspection and abatement, mold remediation, interior gutting, selective demolition, above-ground oil tank removal, and environmental clean-outs — all coordinated by one team, on one timeline. If you’ve gotten quotes from demo-only contractors and then been told you’ll need to hire someone else for the hazmat side, you already know how fast that gets expensive and complicated.
For Jenkintown homeowners, the environmental piece isn’t a side issue. Montgomery County’s historic housing stock is well-documented as a region where asbestos and deteriorating lead paint are common — and Jenkintown sits at the older end of that spectrum. Our Certified Lead Inspector evaluates the property before work begins, so there are no mid-project discoveries that derail your schedule or your budget.
We also offer cash discounts, free estimates, and a beat-any-legitimate-estimate guarantee. If you’ve already gotten a quote from another licensed contractor in the area, bring it. We’ll be straightforward about where we stand. The goal isn’t to be the cheapest option — it’s to be the one that actually finishes the job without sending you to three different contractors to get there.
Yes — and Jenkintown Borough has its own permitting structure, separate from Abington Township, which surrounds it. That’s a detail that trips people up. Because Jenkintown is an independent borough, you’re dealing with Jenkintown’s own code enforcement office, not a township’s. Building permits are required for structural alterations and gut renovations, and depending on the scope of work, you may need sealed plans from a licensed architect or engineer before the permit is issued.
Zoning permits are also required before any structural alteration or change in use, and mechanical, electrical, and plumbing permits apply when those systems are being modified as part of the renovation. The borough references the International Building Codes and won’t sign off on work until the Building Inspector has inspected and approved it. Working without permits creates real problems at resale and can complicate financing, so this isn’t something to skip. A contractor who doesn’t bring up permits during the estimate conversation is one worth questioning.
The honest answer is: you don’t know until it’s tested. And in Jenkintown, where the overwhelming majority of homes were built before 1978, the probability of finding asbestos-containing materials is high enough that testing before any demolition work begins isn’t optional — it’s the responsible baseline. Asbestos was used in insulation, floor tiles, ceiling tiles, joint compound, plaster, pipe wrap, and roofing materials in homes built through the 1970s. A Jenkintown home built in 1920 or 1940 could have it in multiple systems.
Under Pennsylvania and federal EPA regulations, regulated asbestos-containing materials must be removed by a licensed abatement contractor before any demolition or renovation activity that disturbs them. We hold Pennsylvania’s state-issued asbestos certification under Act 194 and Act 161 — the legal requirement for performing this work in PA. We test, identify, and remove asbestos as part of the same project scope, so you’re not coordinating between two separate companies or waiting on a second crew to clear the site before demo can begin.
Demolition typically refers to tearing down a structure entirely or removing major structural elements — walls, framing, sometimes the whole building. Gutting is more surgical. It means stripping a space down to the studs: removing drywall, flooring, ceilings, fixtures, insulation, and mechanical systems while leaving the structural shell intact. For most Jenkintown homeowners doing a kitchen remodel, bathroom renovation, basement conversion, or whole-floor update, gutting is what they’re actually after.
The distinction matters because the scope, permitting, and hazmat considerations are different for each. A full gut renovation in a Jenkintown home built in the early 1900s almost always uncovers layers of older materials — original plaster walls, horsehair insulation, asbestos floor tiles, multiple generations of lead paint. Knowing that going in means you can plan for it rather than react to it mid-project. When you call for a free estimate, we’ll walk the space with you and tell you exactly what kind of work the job requires — and what we’re likely to find behind the walls based on the age and construction of your specific home.
They can — but only if they’re licensed to do both. In Pennsylvania, asbestos abatement requires a state-issued license under the Asbestos Accreditation and Certification Act. That’s a separate, legally required credential that most demolition-only contractors don’t hold. If a demo company tells you they’ll “take care of” any asbestos they find without holding that license, that’s a problem — both legally and practically.
We hold the Pennsylvania asbestos certification and perform both abatement and demolition as part of the same integrated service. This matters for Jenkintown projects specifically because the borough’s housing stock almost guarantees that some form of hazardous material will be present in any gut renovation. Having one licensed team handle both sides of the work means the project moves on a single schedule, with a single point of contact, and without the delays that come from coordinating between two separate contractors who have never worked together on your job.
Interior demolition costs in the Jenkintown area generally run between $2 and $8 per square foot for the demo work itself, with most residential gut projects falling somewhere between $1,000 and $5,000 depending on scope. A single room gut is on the lower end. A full-floor or whole-house gut renovation is on the higher end. Those are directional figures — the actual cost depends on the size of the space, what’s being removed, and what’s found during the process.
Where Jenkintown projects can diverge from those baseline numbers is the hazmat piece. If asbestos or lead paint is present — and in a borough where homes routinely date to the early 1900s, that’s a realistic expectation — abatement adds to the project cost. The important thing to understand is that hiring a demo-only contractor who then stops the job when hazmat is discovered will cost you more in the end: you’re paying for the demo contractor’s mobilization, then paying again for a separate abatement company, then waiting on scheduling gaps between the two. Our one-stop model is often more cost-effective in total, not just more convenient. We offer free estimates and a beat-any-legitimate-estimate guarantee, so you’ll know exactly where you stand before any work begins.
Yes. We offer cash discounts on demolition and environmental services, and it’s a straightforward way for Jenkintown homeowners to reduce project costs without cutting corners on the work itself. For a community where a significant portion of residents are managing renovation budgets on homes that were never cheap to begin with — the median sale price in Jenkintown is around $520,000, and older homes tend to carry older-home surprises — keeping total project costs manageable matters.
The discount applies to qualifying projects and gets factored into your estimate upfront. Combined with our free estimate offer and beat-any-legitimate-estimate guarantee, it gives you a clear picture of what the job will actually cost before you commit to anything. If you’re comparing quotes from multiple contractors, bring them. We’ll be direct about where we stand and what’s included in each scope — because a lower quote that doesn’t account for asbestos abatement in a Jenkintown home isn’t really a lower quote once the job gets started.
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