Elite Demo and Junk Removal
Crew member prying deck boards off the framing during a San Marcos deck removal

Demolition

Deck removal and demolition

The boards, the framing, the posts and the footings. We take the deck apart, load every piece on the trailer and leave the yard clear.

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  • Full tear out
  • Footings pulled
  • Debris hauled off
  • 35 miles from San Marcos

The work

A deck is two jobs and most companies do one

A demolition crew will knock the deck down. A junk hauler will take a pile off the curb. Between those two you are the one loading a truck, making landfill runs and pulling nails out of the lawn for a week.

We do both halves. The deck comes apart, the lumber goes on the dump trailer, and the trailer leaves. That is the reason this company is called Elite Demo and Junk Removal instead of one or the other.

Decks come out for all kinds of reasons. Boards are soft and springy. A rail is loose and there are grandkids now. The house is going on the market. A patio or a pool is going in and the deck sits in the footprint. The teardown is the same either way.

What comes out

  • Decking boards, wood or composite
  • Handrail, balusters and stair stringers
  • Joists, beams and the ledger off the house
  • Posts and concrete footings
  • Lattice and skirting
  • Screws, nails, joist hangers and hardware
  • Whatever was stored underneath

Usually on the same trip

  • A hot tub sitting on the deck
  • An old pergola or shade structure
  • Fence sections in the way of the trailer
  • The junk pile that lives behind the deck
  • Brush and limbs from clearing the area

One trailer and one trip instead of three phone calls.

Sequence

How a deck teardown runs

Same order every time. Top down, then the frame, then the ground.

  1. 01

    Clear the deck

    Furniture, grill, planters and whatever is stored underneath comes off first. If it is junk, it goes on the trailer with the rest.

  2. 02

    Railing and stairs

    Handrail, balusters and stair stringers come off before anybody is standing on loose boards.

  3. 03

    Decking off the frame

    Boards come up off the joists. Screws, nails and split pieces get picked up as we go instead of ending up in the grass.

  4. 04

    Joists, beams, ledger

    The frame comes down next. Where the deck ties into the house, the ledger board comes off the wall and the fasteners come out with it.

  5. 05

    Posts and footings

    Posts get pulled. Concrete footings either come out of the ground or get cut below grade and backfilled, whichever you want.

  6. 06

    Load and haul

    Lumber, hardware and debris go on the dump trailer and leave with us. The spot gets raked over before we pull out.

Real job

Rolling Oaks, San Marcos

May 2026. A weathered backyard deck with the patio furniture still sitting on the boards, and the pile of yard junk stacked behind it.

Furniture came off, boards came up, framing followed. The dog house, the metal feed trough and the lawn chairs behind the deck went on the trailer in the same visit, because there is no reason to leave a yard half cleared.

The last photo is a load of stripped deck lumber and framing stacked at the curb on a different job. Red stained boards, joists, the whole frame. That is what a deck looks like once it is off the posts, and it is the part you never have to touch.

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Pricing

What changes the price

Deck removal gets priced by the job, once we know what is actually out there. These are the things that move it.

Size and height

Square footage sets the volume of debris. Height sets how much of it is real work. A deck at grade is one thing. A deck eight feet up with stairs and a landing is another.

How it was built

Pressure treated pine, cedar and composite all load differently. Bolted framing, buried posts and poured footings take longer than a small deck sitting on blocks.

Access

How close the trailer gets to the deck. A wide gate on the driveway side is fast. Carrying lumber around the house and through a narrow side yard is slower.

What goes with it

A hot tub, a shed, a fence run or the junk underneath all add volume to the same trailer. Bundling beats separate trips.

Call with the dimensions, the height off the ground and a couple of photos from your phone. That is usually enough to talk numbers.

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Before we start

Utilities, permits and the caveats

Underground lines

Texas law requires underground utilities to be located before excavation, and 811 is free. If concrete footings are coming out of the ground, that call gets made first. Irrigation lines and low voltage wire are not on the 811 map, so mark those yourself if you know where they run.

Power, gas and water

Deck lights, an outlet on a post, a gas stub for the grill or a hose bib in the way all need to be dead and capped before demolition starts. Electrical and gas disconnects belong to a licensed electrician or plumber, not to a demolition crew.

Permits and HOAs

Some cities want a permit to remove a structure attached to the house and some do not. Some HOAs want notice first. Check both before the day of the tear out.

Related work

The rest of the tear out list

Same crew, same trailer. If more than one of these is sitting on your property, put them on one call.

Jobsite lumber and tear out debris is construction debris removal. Everything we do is on the services page.

Service area

Where we pull decks

San Marcos is home base. The trailer runs about 35 miles out in every direction.

Deck removal questions

Do you haul the deck away or just tear it down?
Both, on the same visit. That is the difference between us and a demolition crew that leaves a lumber pile in the driveway, and between us and a dumpster company that drops a box and lets you do the lifting.
Do the posts and concrete footings come out?
Yes, that is part of a full deck removal. Posts set in concrete either come out whole with the footing attached or get cut below grade and covered. Tell us which one you want. If footings are coming out of the ground, the underground lines get located first.
Can you take the hot tub off the deck too?
Yes. A spa sitting on a deck that is coming down is the easiest time to deal with it, and it rides out on the same trailer. See hot tub removal.
What about composite decking?
Composite, cedar, redwood and pressure treated pine all come apart the same way. Composite is heavier per board and none of it burns, so all of it rides to the landfill.
Do I need a permit to remove a deck?
That depends on your city and on whether the deck is attached to the house. Call your city building department before the work starts. It is a short phone call and it is worth making.
How long does a deck removal take?
A small ground level deck is a different day than a raised deck with stairs, railing and buried footings. Call with the size, the height off the ground and how the posts are set, and we will tell you what we are looking at.
Where do you do deck removal?
San Marcos and roughly 35 miles out from it, which covers Kyle, Buda, New Braunfels, Austin, San Antonio, Round Rock and Cedar Park. The deck on this page was in the Rolling Oaks area of San Marcos.

Get the deck gone

Tell us how big it is, how high it sits and what city you are in.

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