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03-06-2009, 10:18 PM
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What are some rules of thumb for demo work??
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Most important rule is... make sure you arrived at the right address before your excavator bucket enters the building 
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03-06-2009, 10:30 PM
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Figure on getting dirty.
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03-06-2009, 11:47 PM
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Recycle as much as you can to help enhance your profits
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03-07-2009, 08:06 AM
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Recycle as much as you can to help enhance your profits
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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
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04-05-2009, 11:54 PM
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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.
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05-04-2009, 08:40 PM
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Recycle as much as you can to help enhance your profits
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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
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06-18-2009, 09:09 PM
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Originally Posted by greg24k
Most important rule is... make sure you arrived at the right address before your excavator bucket enters the building |
that is the best advice ive herd all year... 
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06-18-2009, 10:23 PM
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Dig with BIG TOYS
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yeah... just goes to show ya, no matter how lost you think you are, the gps just makes it worse
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06-19-2009, 06:11 AM
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I suggest you take a "Crash Course"
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08-23-2009, 10:18 PM
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Originally Posted by joasis
Make a profit?
So what are you asking exactly?
I just went through a demo bid and have yet to see any 2 that are even close...the amount of material to remove, number of roll offs, construction of the building, concrete, depth of footings and foundations, utilities, returning site to grade.....on and on.
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agreed make $, be safe!
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08-28-2009, 12:20 AM
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Originally Posted by rbsremodeling
by the time someone says what's that noise?? its to late
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And my second favorite.... "What's that smell?"
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08-28-2009, 01:23 AM
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don't loose your thumb by not paying attention to where you cut with the chainsaw.
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08-30-2009, 11:04 PM
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Dig with BIG TOYS
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don't loose your thumb by not paying attention to where you cut with the chainsaw.
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yeah that one would deffinitley put a damper on the day... i guess you know someone who found that out the hard way...
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08-30-2009, 11:36 PM
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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 =)
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11-17-2009, 12:00 PM
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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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11-17-2009, 07:43 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SiteGirl
What are some rules of thumb for demo work??
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get it knocked to the ground, deal with the euphorians later.
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