Demolition
Selective interior demolition: taking out finishes and fixtures without damaging what stays.
Demolition on a remodel is selective, not wholesale. The point is to remove exactly what the plan calls for while protecting the floors, finishes, and structure that remain. Utilities get shut off and capped first. What is found once the walls open — old wiring, hidden plumbing, water damage, framing that was never right — often changes the scope.
What the work involves
- Shutting off and capping water, gas, and electrical circuits in the work area
- Protecting floors, stairs, and adjacent rooms, and setting dust containment
- Removing cabinets, counters, fixtures, and appliances
- Taking out flooring, underlayment, tile, and backer board
- Removing drywall and plaster to expose framing and mechanicals
- Selective wall removal, with temporary support wherever a wall is bearing
- Documenting what is found behind the walls before it is covered again
- Debris containment and haul-off
From the portfolio
- Frasch Construction's portfolio includes before-and-after pairs: a beige laminate double vanity, and an alcove tub with blue walls, each photographed alongside its replacement.
Questions
- What happens to the debris?
- It is contained during the work and hauled off. Cabinets, fixtures, and appliances still worth having can sometimes be set aside for donation or reuse, but that has to be decided before demolition starts — once a cabinet run is pried off, it usually cannot be saved.
- How is the rest of the house protected?
- Floors and stairs along the path in and out get covered, doorways to the work area get sealed, and the area stays under containment while dust is being made. Furniture and anything hanging on shared walls comes down before the first day.
- What happens if something unexpected is behind the wall?
- It is common: old wiring, a drain that is not where the plans show, rot around a window, framing cut through for ductwork. The right response is to stop, document it, and price the fix before it gets covered up. Surprises belong in demolition, not later.
Where Frasch Construction does this work
Rockford and Wright County, the Lake Minnetonka belt, the west metro, Minneapolis and St. Paul — 82 towns.
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