Before starting house demolition in Brisbane, all essential services must be safely disconnected. Utilities like electricity, gas, water, and sewerage are deeply integrated into your property, and failing to remove them properly can lead to serious hazards, legal issues, and costly damage.
For safety and compliance, only licensed professionals can handle these disconnections. Each provider – whether it’s electricity, gas, or internet – has specific procedures, and scheduling these removals in advance is crucial to avoid delays in your demolition timeline.
In this guide, we’ll walk you through which services need disconnection, who to contact, and how Next Gen Demolition can handle this process for you.
Here's a list of the things that should be disconnected from your property well before the demolition team turn up!
Electricity/Solar
All lines, meters and connections need to be removed from your property by a licensed professional
Sewerage
This is usually a job for a qualified plumber. You may have to ring around to find one that will do this if you have a composting system or something a little different installed in your house, you’ll need to contact the installer for the best advice on how to remove it.
Water
The metre may have to be removed, as well as underground pipes. The water needs to be turned off at the street and capped. Your demolition team may need to access water during the demo to settle dust etc.
Phone lines
Telstra will have linesmen that come out to the pole to disconnect the lines and remove the service.
Internet/NBN
Contact your provider to find out the procedure they require. However, Telstra will probably be the one to disconnect the lines from the house.
Gas
Gas, whether it’s in bottles or mains lines, all need to be disconnected and some pipes removed before the demolition can commence.
Storm Water
Generally any stormwater infrastructure that is within your boundary will be dealt with by the demolition company but it’s good to know where your legal discharge point is into the main system.
Because most people don’t know who to contact or what information to supply, we can do all this for you as part of our demolition service for you. We have staff who know who to contact, and what forms to fill out. We can make this part of the process relatively painless for you.
There are lots of things to consider before you demolish a house. If you are in any doubt about the process or are looking for a quote, give us a call at Next Gen today for a friendly professional chat about house demolition by a professional team!