Double-Wide Demolition in Eagle

Eagle's double-wides tend to sit on bigger parcels than you'll find elsewhere in the valley — acreage north of Beacon Light, older lots near Eagle Island, horse properties tucked behind newer subdivisions. That spacing is a plus for a demolition crew: more room to stage equipment and sort debris on site, though it can also mean a longer haul in off a gravel lane or private drive.

A double-wide comes apart as two framed sections joined at a marriage line, each one sitting on its own steel chassis with its own tie-downs, skirting, and usually a wood or block perimeter. Splitting the shell from the frame is most of the job, and where those pieces go afterward depends on rules that are specific to Ada County and the City of Eagle.

Where the debris actually ends up

Most material coming off a double-wide in Eagle heads to the Ada County Landfill at Hidden Hollow, off Seamans Gulch Road in the North Boise foothills — a short run out Hill Road to Highway 55 and over.

Hidden Hollow sorts by material type, and that shapes how a demolition gets staged. Clean wood, scrap metal, and concrete or asphalt go one way. Tires and Freon-bearing appliances go another, for a posted fee. Treated or painted wood doesn't qualify for the clean-wood diversion pile, and an untitled trailer or camper gets turned away outright — worth knowing, since the chassis under a double-wide is typically titled like a vehicle and needs that paperwork sorted before it leaves the property.

Eagle also runs a quarterly household hazardous waste drop-off at the West Eagle Park & Ride, which matters if a demolition turns up old propane tanks, paint, or solvents in a nearby shed.

• Scrap metal, clean wood, concrete and asphalt: accepted
• Tires and Freon appliances: accepted for a posted fee
• Hazardous waste: not allowed in with general trash
• Treated or painted wood: not accepted into the clean-wood diversion stream
• Untitled trailers, campers or boats: refused
• Household hazardous waste: quarterly drop-off at West Eagle Park & Ride

Permits before anything comes down

The City of Eagle's Building Division requires a permit for the removal or demolition of any residential or commercial structure, the same as it does for new construction. That's on the homeowner to have in place before equipment shows up, whether they pull it themselves or have the contractor handle it.

If the job calls for a dumpster or bin set in the street, on the shoulder, or on a sidewalk, that ground belongs to the Ada County Highway District, not the city. ACHD has its own temporary use permit for anything parked in that right-of-way, and skipping it is one of the easier ways a straightforward demolition turns into a call from code enforcement.

A mistake worth avoiding

Burning the debris is not a shortcut. Eagle Fire doesn't require a permit for open burning, but it's only allowed during posted hours, only when the air quality index is at or below a set threshold, and piles are capped at a few feet wide and tall. Construction and demolition debris, treated wood, and tires are illegal to burn under any of those conditions, which rules out a burn pile for just about everything that comes off a double-wide. It has to go to the landfill or get sorted for diversion — there's no way around that part.

Between the landfill's sorting rules, the city's demolition permit, and ACHD's right-of-way permit if a dumpster lands in the street, the paperwork on a double-wide teardown in Eagle is as much a part of the job as the equipment. Mobile Home Demolition Boise handles that sorting and permitting as part of the work — call for a free estimate if you're ready to get a quote on yours.