How much does house demolition cost in Pittsburgh? The usual demolition job filed with Pittsburgh is $26,900, from 368 priced permits (October 2023 through September 2026); the middle half of firms file between $15,000 and $31,850. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill. The file does not say which Pittsburgh demolition permits were whole-house teardowns and which were garages, sheds or partial demolition, so every figure here covers all of them.
The usual Pittsburgh demolition permit is filed at $26,900, from 368 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. Half were filed for less, half for more. The file does not separate whole-house teardowns from garages, sheds or partial demolition, so read it as the middle of all demolition jobs, not a house-only price. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill. A demolition permit here usually takes 119 days from issue to final inspection. How long permits take →
Approximately, from each firm's own spread: every firm's range of filed values, weighted by its 368 priced permits across 57 firms, pooled into one. Half of Pittsburgh demolition permits were filed between $15,600 and $37,900.
| Percentile | Filed value | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 10th | $9,000 | 1 in 10 permits filed below |
| 25th | $15,600 | 1 in 4 filed below |
| 50th | $26,500 | the middle permit |
| 75th | $37,900 | 1 in 4 filed above |
| 90th | $64,900 | 1 in 10 filed above |
Firms split into thirds by the usual value of the homes they work on, with each third's usual filed value weighted by permits. Home values: Allegheny County assessments (2012 base values). Home values are on the county's old 2012 base.
| Firms working on | Usual home value | Usual filed value | Firms | Permits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower third | under $16,000 | $29,600 | 19 | 193 |
| Middle third | $16,000–$34,400 | $39,500 | 19 | 119 |
| Upper third | $35,000 and up | $15,000 | 19 | 56 |
Top 10 by permits in the last 12 months. Usual is each firm's middle filed value; middle half is the range its middle half of jobs were filed in. Busy is not the same as careful: pick what you value to build a list.
| Firm | Permits | Last 12 mo | Usual | Middle half | Finished |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orm Contracting Corp. | 49 | 22 | $21,450 | $15,000–$28,350 | 88.8% |
| Minniefield Demolition Services, LLC | 38 | 22 | $39,500 | $30,250–$49,337 | 87.7% |
| Wreckcrew Demolition LLC | 28 | 21 | $40,580 | $31,397–$87,450 | 7 of 7 |
| Schaaf Excavating Contractors Inc | 35 | 18 | $29,600 | $22,500–$39,050 | 97.3% |
| Unis Demolition Company | 38 | 17 | $31,850 | $26,225–$42,500 | 97.7% |
| Deller Professional Service Inc | 33 | 14 | $32,950 | $26,900–$36,950 | 97.5% |
| Noralco Corporation | 15 | 14 | $23,750 | $18,000–$31,058 | — |
| Five Star Construction Inc | 26 | 13 | $40,000 | $32,250–$60,750 | 96.7% |
| Allen Demolition LLC | 15 | 9 | $8,750 | $2,500–$12,250 | 3 of 6 |
| DJ Demo Company | 8 | 5 | $12,000 | $11,875–$15,875 | — |
Line your quote up against the file. In Pittsburgh, 1 in 10 demolition filed values sit under $9,000, the middle half between $15,600 and $37,900, and 1 in 10 over $64,900.
Pittsburgh files the fewest demolition permits in November (52 against an average month of 100) and the most in July (254). If you can choose, ask for quotes in a quiet month. We have no prices by month, so this is about crews' schedules, not a discount. When each trade is busiest in Pittsburgh →
Source: City of Pittsburgh permits (Western Pennsylvania Regional Data Center). The window is October 2023 through September 2026; a permit filed after that isn't here yet.
Usual is the middle permit: half were filed for less, half for more. Only permits with a filed value count; a value of $0 or none is left out.
The spread is approximate: we keep seven points of each firm's own range of filed values, not every permit, and pool them.
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