[greg24k]

What are some rules of thumb for demo work??

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

 

[knucklehead]

Figure on getting dirty.

 

[Brickie]

Recycle as much as you can to help enhance your profits

 

[JDavis21835]

Recycle as much as you can to help enhance your profits

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]

Recycle as much as you can to help enhance your profits

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]

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

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

 

[Dan_Watson]

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

http://www.associatedcontent.com/video/354589/contractor_knocks_down_wrong_house.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" :whistling

 

[fullcompass]

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.

agreed make $, be safe!

 

[GC-B]

by the time someone says what's that noise?? its to late

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]

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

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?

 

[dayexco]

What are some rules of thumb for demo work??

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

 

[supwd]

Locate The Water Main, Prior To Starting. :whistling

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:w00t:

 

[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.