Rules Of Thumb For Demo Work??

greg24k

Most important rule is... make sure you arrived at the right address before your excavator bucket enters the building

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knucklehead

Figure on getting dirty.

Brickie

Recycle as much as you can to help enhance your profits

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JDavis21835

Unfortunately with copper prices under $3000 a ton and iron hovering around $100-$150 a ton, its almost not worth it. The copper will make you a little cash, but iron will be hard. That is if you can even find a scrap yard that wants iron right now. There are several large scale projects here complete last year. When the jobs started iron was around $400 a ton. By the time they had the building on the ground, and the iron cut to 2ftx4ft, iron had fallen to $100 a ton. The iron they prepared is still sitting where the building stood. It is likely to sit there for years with the current prices

d.g.reynolds co

phone asbestos canada. they'll fence the place off for you and take the wallpaper and the drywall. come back later with new board and mud.

Blackcloud

we made about $1000 each last summer demoing out a small building, they ran 3" copper vent pipes everywhere.

but now copper is not worth your time IMO

digdeep516

that is the best advice ive herd all year...

Dan_Watson

http://www.associatedcontent.com/vid...se.html?cat=64

digdeep516

yeah... just goes to show ya, no matter how lost you think you are, the gps just makes it worse

mrmike

I suggest you take a "Crash Course"

fullcompass

agreed make $, be safe!

GC-B

And my second favorite.... "What's that smell?"

slowforthecones

don't loose your thumb by not paying attention to where you cut with the chainsaw.

digdeep516

yeah that one would deffinitley put a damper on the day... i guess you know someone who found that out the hard way...

Kuba

Make sure the HO and any other none qualified individual stays off the site until the demo is complete..

Or someone will magically break a nail and shut you down =)

donzi82

JDavis21835 - that's a cool looking project.. Would you just let the structure settle after knocking out the bottom section and start again?

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dayexco

get it knocked to the ground, deal with the euphorians later.

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someday, i'll be as patient as Nick.

supwd

Very good advice. I do this on any job, no matter what kind of work we are doing.

Chasing Dreams

Clear building
Light Fuse
Run like hell

On a side note,..... Make sure ex-wife understands her job is to stand still and hold the pretty red sticks

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The only two things I want to hear.....Wow, you're really expensive! I hope your not to busy.

Dumpsters

I would sub out a few demo jobs first and see if you can work with an experienced demolition contractor. Watch and learn the tricks of the trade. There's a lot of very expensive problems that can go wrong on a demolition job and hands on experience is a must.

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