Serving the Westside and South Bay
Southwest Hauling Demolition & Disposal · Los Angeles CA
Our Services

Interior Demolition in Los Angeles, CA

Interior Demolition · Los Angeles, CA

We gut the space and leave the rest of the house alone.

Interior demolition removes the inside of a building in Los Angeles while the structure stays standing. We take out kitchens, bathrooms, walls, flooring and ceilings, down to bare studs when the plan calls for it. Anything that stays gets covered before a tool comes out, from wood floors to the front walkway. The debris comes out by hand, room by room, and leaves on our own trucks.

Greg started this company in 1994 and still runs the jobs himself, on site. We run three crews out of a truck yard in the South Bay, with our own trucks and skid steers. For twenty years we held City of Los Angeles contracts on foreclosed and abandoned properties. The line painted on our trucks since the nineties still fits: It's All About Service.

What We Handle

  • Full gut demolition down to the studs
  • Selective demolition of walls and ceilings
  • Kitchen demolition before your remodel starts
  • Bathroom demolition down to the framing
  • Plastic dust walls and floor protection
  • Flooring, tile and subfloor strip out
  • Debris hauled out on our own trucks
  • Licensed and insured, CA license #792182

Free Interior Demolition Quote

Tell us about your project and we will get right back to you.

How we work inside a finished home

Most of our work happens in houses people still live in, or plan to move back into after the remodel. A full strip out takes a room back to bare studs and subfloor. Cabinets, tile, drywall and trim come out in pieces small enough to carry, over floors we cover first. If the whole structure is coming down instead, that job is house demolition, and we do that too.

Selective demolition means we cut only what the plan calls for, and we stop at the line. Your contractor or designer marks the walls, and we open them without chewing up the finishes beside them. We check for wiring and pipe before the saw goes in, and stop when something looks live. Crews sign NDAs on high-profile homes, so quiet work and no talk about the job is normal for us.

Do you need a permit for interior demolition?

Interior work usually needs a permit from LADBS, and your contractor pulls it along with the remodel plans. Pulling cabinets or a non-bearing wall carries lighter paperwork than opening up structure does. Removing a bearing wall gets reviewed by the city before anyone swings a hammer. We work with whoever holds the permit, and we start the day the paperwork is in hand.

Older buildings need an asbestos survey before demolition work starts, and that comes up often in Los Angeles houses. Old floor tile, mastic, popcorn ceilings and duct wrap are the common places it hides. If the survey finds asbestos, South Coast AQMD has to be notified and a licensed abatement crew handles removal. We schedule our part around that so your remodel keeps its start date.

Interior demolition on the Westside and in the South Bay

Our trucks run the Westside every week: Beverly Hills, Bel Air, Brentwood, Santa Monica and Pacific Palisades. We did cleanup work in the Palisades after the fire, and our crews still run that side of town. Our yard sits in the South Bay, which puts Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach and San Pedro close. We take jobs down to Long Beach, and the full list is on our service areas page.

Estimates are free, and Greg comes out to look at the space himself before we quote. Call 310-546-4855 and tell us what is coming out and how the house sits on the lot. We check truck access and the path our crews will use to carry the debris out. Then you get a price and a start date your remodel crew can build around.

Room stripped to bare studs during interior demolition Staircase and walls opened to framing during a full gut demolition

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What You Can Expect

How a Job With Southwest Hauling Runs

From the first look at the job to the final walk-through, here is exactly how it goes.

1

Call or Send the Form

Tell us what needs to come down, come out or get hauled off. A few photos help. We cover the Westside and South Bay, Beverly Hills to Long Beach.

2

Greg Looks at the Job

The owner prices the job at the property, free. He checks the structure, the access and where the trucks will sit, then gives you one number for the whole job.

3

Our Crews Do the Work

Three crews, our own trucks and skid steers. The teardown, the loading and the hauling stay with one company, so the schedule holds.

4

The Site Leaves Clean

Debris goes out on our trucks to licensed facilities. We sweep the street, clear the drive and leave the property ready for whatever comes next.

FAQ

Interior Demolition Questions, Answered

Common questions about interior demolition across the Westside and South Bay. Don't see yours? Give us a call and ask.

Call (310) 546-4855

What does interior demolition cost?
Price comes down to how much is coming out and how hard it is to reach. Square footage, the number of rooms, floor level and stair access all move it. Tile and plaster take longer to break out than drywall does. Debris weight and dump fees count too. Call 310-546-4855 for a free estimate.
How do you keep dust out of the rest of the house?
We seal the work area with plastic dust walls and tape off the vents. That keeps dust from riding the air system into the clean rooms. Floors, stairs, door casings and railings along our path get covered before we start. We clean the route out at the end of each day, so the rest of the house stays livable.
How long does a gut demolition take?
A kitchen demolition or bathroom demolition is often a day or two. A full gut of a single story house runs closer to a week. Access moves the schedule more than size does, since a hillside home with long stairs slows the carry out. You get a start date and a finish date before the first crew shows up.
Do you haul the debris away?
Yes. We load and haul on our own trucks, so the job does not stall. You are not waiting on a bin service or paying a dumpster to sit at the curb. Cabinets, tile, drywall and old flooring go out with us. If furniture or stored clutter is left behind, ask about <a href="/junk-removal">junk removal</a>.
Do you work with remodel contractors and designers?
Most of our jobs come from builders and designers who bring in interior demolition contractors before the build starts. We read the plans and mark what stays before anything comes out. You get back a clean shell that is ready for framing and rough-in. We are licensed, CA #792182, and insured, so the paperwork side is covered.
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Why Choose Southwest Hauling

Why Westside and South Bay Owners Call Southwest

Thirty Years in Los Angeles

Greg started Southwest Hauling in 1994 and still prices the jobs himself. The slogan on the trucks has not changed since: It's All About Service. Same owner, same phone number, same standard.

The Hauling Is Ours

Our own trucks and skid steers do the loading and the hauling. Debris leaves on our schedule, not a bin company's. The teardown and the haul-off are one job and one price.

City-Contract Discipline

Twenty years of City of Los Angeles contracts clearing foreclosed and vacant properties. That work runs on deadlines and documentation, and the habit stuck. Sites get finished, not abandoned.

Quiet on Purpose

Much of our work sits behind gates on the Westside, and NDAs are routine. Crews park where you say, keep the site tidy and do not talk about whose property they are on.

Guides & Resources

Interior Demolition Guides

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