These are some pictures I have of random buildings that we have torn down.
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These are some really old ones.
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these aren't necessarily demolition but they're kinda close.
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Nice, love demo work- get paid to wreck things.
I like the pics. Nothing better then getting paid to destroy things.
Some questions i have. I've never demoed a building before. How much effort do you put into keeping stuff separated. What do you do with all the mixed refuse?(concrete and wood)
We don't put a whole lot of effort into keeping stuff separated unless it involves asbestos of course. We also separate most of the iron and the copper. Otherwise all of it goes to our demolition pit that we operate. We also have a concrete crusher.
masterwelder... i am with you! getting paid to wreck things is the best. sure can't go home in a bad mood after a day of destroying other peoples stuff, and getting paid for it. i also have a question for you d&g... how do you go about finding demo jobs? i have only had a few, one was my own, one was dads, and one was word of mouth. but how do you go about finding a nice ole house to demo... and how do you get started?? who is responsible for disconnecting utilities, and finding asbestos and stuff like that?? the actual demo is the easy part, i just would like to find some more of these kinds of jobs to become confident in bidding them. i am talking more houses and barns and sheds and such... big ole factories are beyond my experiance level for now. andything you, or anyone else, could add would be much appreciated. thanks!!
Those are awesome demolition pictures. Looks like you've gotten to wreck some really old and cool buildings. Nice work man. You got any demolition currently going on? What's the oldest building you figure you have wrecked? Did you save anything from it, or all get trashed?
we use bidclerk.com. you pay a monthly fee and they have everything from small demo jobs to big industryal projects. alot of there work comes from the dodge report. privet home owners can post thier projects there also.
i also have a question for you d&g... how do you go about finding demo jobs? i have only had a few, one was my own, one was dads, and one was word of mouth. but how do you go about finding a nice ole house to demo... and how do you get started?? who is responsible for disconnecting utilities, and finding asbestos and stuff like that?? the actual demo is the easy part, i just would like to find some more of these kinds of jobs to become confident in bidding them. i am talking more houses and barns and sheds and such... big ole factories are beyond my experiance level for now. andything you, or anyone else, could add would be much appreciated. thanks!![/QUOTE] We do a One Call for a locate. Then once that goes through, the city utilities or the power company disconnect the service. Depending on when it was built, we have to have inspectors look for asbestos. All of the demo we do is for regular customers or people just come to us for a price and have us do it for them. We do a lot of demolition for the Schwan Food Company and thats where most of the pictures came from.
We don't have anything going on right now. I don't even know how old some of the buildings are because some of these old farm sites are hard to put a date on. We did take down an old block building for The Schwan Food Company that used to be a bank in the early 30s or so. It had a huge vault, still had the door and everything. We pulled a huge map out of there that was about 10 by 6 of the U.S. in the 50s. We've pulled some pretty valuable stuff out of houses and we've sold them. This summer we took down part of a grain elevator in Tyler, MN that was built in the early 50s, we had to use the 230 JD and a Cat 320
Value of salvage for 40 years we have operated a demolition company with a building salvage yard as well disassembly/reassembly of old buildings and we separated everything. From trim to doors, brick stone foundations, even legacy trees and bushes it all has value more that just trashing it into a pile and hauling it to a dump site. We presently inventory a 1870's railroad depot, a 1805 plantation mansion, a 1903 Federal Courtroom interior, and acres of stone, brick, steel, etc... We moved 23 buildings for the Virginia State Explore park and were paid big bucks to do it. We even do archaeological digs and Courthouse research to document the site. So we turn a demolition job into a reconstruction job as we get paid for the demo, and get paid a second time for the building parts and a third time to reconstruct it. Big market for architectural salvage of all kinds. The trick is to save what has value, store it and dump the rest. We get 3.00 a brick for old wood fired handmade bricks, old beaded interior 3" paneling strips for $1.00 a foot. Chestnut boards and beams go to furniture makers for $2-3 per bd. ft. It all has value. We even sell the dirt/manure from old barns sites for $60 per cu yard.
Really? I have never heard of anybody doing that around here. Is there a demand for it down there?
Barn demolition sales barn yard manure/compost is always good for resell. We make our own compost from free horse manure combined with fall leaf collections and waste wood chips and sell as much as we can make. We also mix barnyard manure in with it to make a good rich black gold that any homeowner will pay more for than topsoil. I took a snow collapsed dairy barn down in Wva. one time and made more money off the 400+ loads of manure dirt from the loafing yard than we were paid to take the barn down. We sold the beams and sheathing to furniture makers and the weathered siding went for paneling in suburban homes.
There isn't much $$ salvaging around here.
Do you have any basement work photos? Thanks for the uploads, good stuff. It looks like you are driving on some pretty rough terrain in those pictures. What are the main things you look for in your path so you do not damage your tracks/belly?
Nice pictures Great pictures. I'm looking forward to being able to start a thread at some stage.
Glad to hear you are saving all that cool old stuff. You got any pictures of the 1870's railroad depot, a 1805 plantation mansion, a 1903 Federal Courtroom interior,