Brick house taken down through a tight side lane, block left clear.
Based in Melton
Downto theslab.
Licensed & insured demolition contractors in Melton and Melbourne's west
- Fully Licensed
- Fully Insured
- Demolition & Excavation
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- Local Melton Crew
We take buildings down across Melton and the surrounding suburbs, then leave you a block the next trade can walk. Straight quotes. Local crew. No fluff.
Recent work
Four clips and photos from the crew, working across Melbourne's west.
Excavator digging a residential site cut in red clay. A rotating laser level sits on a tripod in the foreground, and a crew member in a Rock Solid hoodie directs the operator.
Site clearanceOrange Doosan excavator with work lights on at dusk, on a cleared block behind temporary fencing. A spare bucket sits in the foreground.
Residential knockdown
Excavator with a rotating demolition grapple lifting corrugated roofing and steel into a hooklift bin, inside temporary site fencing.
Site clearance
Excavator knocking down a concrete-block outbuilding on a slab. Timber is stacked separately from the masonry rubble, with an Iveco ACCO truck and a hooklift bin on site.
Commercial demolition
Why Rock Solid
What the recent footage actually shows. Demolition and excavation, from the same crew.
Our own machines
Excavators on these jobs, with a rotating grapple for loading roofing and steel, and buckets for digging a site cut.
Our own bins and trucks
Hooklift bins for the load-out, including an Iveco ACCO on the block-outbuilding job. Cartage is not left for the next trade.
Laser-level site cuts
On a residential cut, a rotating laser level on a tripod is how the grade is checked while the excavator works the clay.
Waste sorted on site
Timber, metal and masonry are separated where the job allows, so each stream can be recycled or tipped in the right place.
Fenced while we are there
Temporary fencing is up around the open block while roofing, steel and rubble are being moved.
Timed to the job
Work can start early or finish late. The Doosan on the cleared block is photographed at dusk with its work lights on.
The work we take on
If it needs to come down, or come out, we will tell you whether we are the crew for it. If we are not, we will say that too.
Asbestos-aware demolition
If a structure might contain asbestos, we stop guessing. We work with licensed removalists, keep the sequence clean, and will not start a knockdown on a maybe. Confirm the legal pathway with us before you book.
Site clearance
After the knock, or instead of one. Concrete, hardstand, old sheds, garden structures and the rubble everyone else left. We cart it and grade it.
Strip-out
Soft strip and interior demolition when the shell stays. We take partitions, linings, services and fixtures so the refit crew walks into a clear floor.
Commercial demolition
Factories, warehouses, tired retail and mixed-use. Programmed around neighbours, live sites and council conditions, not around our convenience.
Residential knockdown
Houses, units and the shop-with-a-dwelling-out-the-back jobs. We isolate services, take the structure down and leave slab or dirt, whichever the next trade needs.
Before, after, and the bit in the middle
Short films from recent Rock Solid jobs. Press play.
Weatherboard house coming down behind a fenced, signed site.
On site lately
Four steps. Then the site is yours again.
We keep the sequence short so you always know what happens next.
- 1
Enquire
Suburb, building type, and what you need left behind. Photos help. We reply with the next step, not a brochure.
- 2
Site visit
We walk it. Access, neighbours, services, trees, and anything that will move the price. You get the issues while we are still on the block.
- 3
Quote
One written number covering take-down, cartage and the finish you asked for. If the site hides extra work, we call before we touch it.
- 4
Demolish and clear
We knock it, we load it, we leave it ready. You should be able to walk the site in work boots the day we roll out.
We get judged on the site we leave
Anyone can make a mess. Rock Solid is the crew that takes the structure down, carts the waste, and hands you a block the next trade can start on.
Safety first, on paper and on site
SWMS on every job, induction for visiting trades, and a crew that treats live edges as live.
Victorian crew
We live in the same weather as the job. No fly-in franchise, no subcontract shuffle the morning of the knock.
Clean finish
The test is the site we leave. Rubble gone, steel stacked or carted, grade even enough for the next trade to start.
On the day we named
Skips, plant and labour are booked to the programme. If the weather or a permit slips, you hear it from us the same day.
The quote is the invoice
We price what we can see, flag what we cannot, and do not grow the bill in the last hour of the job.
Based in Melton. The suburbs around it are the run.
Melton is home base. The surrounding suburbs are a local job, not a travel add-on. Further out, ask — the kilometres go in the quote.
Melton and surrounds
- Burnside Heights
- Burnside
- Plumpton
- Hillside
- Taylors Hill
- Caroline Springs
- Eynesbury
- Toolern Vale
- Diggers Rest
- Deanside
- Fraser Rise
- Rockbank
- Bonnie Brook
- Aintree
- Thornhill Park
- Weir Views
- Strathtulloh
- Cobblebank
- Harkness
- Brookfield
- Kurunjang
- Melton West
- Melton South
- Melton
Nearby towns
All Melton suburbs we cover. If your block sits just outside this list, still ask.
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Tick what you already have. We will drop the list into the quote message so you are not retyping it.
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Tell us the suburb. We will tell you the job.
Name, phone, and a photo of the structure is enough to start. We call back within one business day.
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0434 999 799Or email info@rsdemo.com.au
Before you book
The questions people actually ask before a knockdown.
Do I need a council permit?
Most knockdowns in Victoria need a building permit, and some sites need extra council or heritage conditions. We will tell you what the job looks like from here, but the permit sits with you or your building surveyor. If the structure is in a heritage overlay or a bushfire area, say that up front.
How long does a house knockdown take?
A straightforward single dwelling is often a day on the tools once services are dead and the permit is in. Bigger structures, tight access, or asbestos removal sit in front of that. We give you a programme with the quote, not a shrug.
What do I need to do before you start?
Disconnect or arrange isolation of power, gas, water and comms. Empty the building of anything you still want. Tell us about tanks, pits, buried rubbish and trees that must stay. A clear site is a cheaper, safer site.
What about noise and dust?
Demolition is loud. We work the hours your permit allows, wet down where it helps, and sheet or hoard when the neighbour is close. We do not pretend it is quiet. We do keep it controlled.
Do you take the rubble?
Yes. Cartage is in the quote unless we agree you are keeping fill. Concrete, brick, timber and steel go to the right facility. You should not be left with a mound and a problem.
What if there might be asbestos?
We will not guess. If the era or the look of the building suggests asbestos, it needs a proper assessment and licensed removal before we knock. We coordinate with licensed removalists. This page is not legal advice — we will map the sequence on the site visit.
Do you work outside Melton?
Yes. Melton and the surrounding suburbs are the base run. Bacchus Marsh and Sunbury are close. Further out, ask — travel sits in the quote so you are not surprised on the invoice.