Church Demolition (Part 2), Bethesda

[@jimmywinchjr8913]

Look at all that firewood and scrap metal. Beautiful

[@charlesramsey3238]

I love watching the videos seeing how they tear down buildings so satisfying

[@hesawarmspirit]

yes, nice ! 😉

[@mugwump242]

Looks like slate roof shingles. If that's what they were, I'm surprised they weren't salvaged before demolition. I've heard those things are worth a pretty penny (both for retro-styled new construction and replacing broken and chipped shingles on vintage/historic slate roofs).

[@JohnZWetmore]

Large slates in excellent condition. And a lot of them. It was sad to see them trashed, but very little is salvaged in most demolitions I see.

[@quicksc1]

Resistance was futile for this building. It was destroyed by the BERG.😃

[@wailnshred]

😂

[@NorthernThinker]

One down, many more to go.

[@sloveniandude9458]

Edgy

[@hesawarmspirit]

I hope there will be others ! 😉

[@crizzekk_rblx]

what

[@floeki-jekker]

THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING, MAKE THE APARTMENTS IN SITE, COST LESS AND IS STRONGER THEN TODAY.

[@johnfoltz8183]

Unfortunately they tear down strong church buildings for cheaply built sawdust and cardboard apartments, cough. Cough, Wheaton

[@socomm203]

What an awesome channel. I live in Bethesda so its very interesting seeing these demos!

[@JohnZWetmore]

Thanks. I also live in Bethesda, so I will film any local demolitions that I hear about in time.

[@constructionwatcher5381]

Thanks, John. An interesting project, well photographed. That guy really goes to town on this one. Do you know when this building was built? I'm perplexed. The totally wood truss roof structure, spanning the full width of the building, individual board sheeting on the roof and floors, plastered ceiling, and slate roof suggest to me late 1940's or early 50's. But the serious structural steel and steel truss floor joists make me think considerably later.

[@jdpinbaytown]

I was wandering about that too!, Strange, Unless the Roof structure was replaced

[@JohnZWetmore]

The educational building (this one) was completed in 1955. The sanctuary (visible in the background) was completed in 1956.

[@constructionwatcher5381]

@@JohnZWetmore Thanks, John.

[@lklpalka]

Interesting to watch how carefully and purposefully it's done. A lot going on there. Shame, the building looked well maintained and sturdy but church complexes are difficult to re-purpose.

[@PreservationEnthusiast]

@@lklpalka The operator made excellent use of the tool and a ramp for reach. Also separated materials. People complain it was slow, but it looks like a large building was gone in a morning and a good pile of scrap collected. I think the demo was pretty optimum.

[@bettyprice6316]

What a lovely demolition..

[@woofusdad]

Love the girder being used to smash it all to bits, a bit like a man being beaten to death with his own amputated leg!

[@iracole5612]

This guy is good he know how to work that thing

[@thirtyfourelevators]

I remember this place very well.

[@DiscordC]

audio issues with the mic sound like you kep covering the mic

[@JohnZWetmore]

It is probably a problem with the audio processing circuitry. It might be necessary to get a new camera.

[@nathansdrawinguk1882]

It looks like it’s after a disaster, but cool demolition!

[@williamlogan7318]

anyone have an idea why there are abservation windows in the doors

[@PeterMackett]

I wouldn't want the job of trying to sort out all that mess!, apart from the metal everything else is all mixed up!, they left all the furniture inside too!

[@constructionwatcher5381]

He also made efforts to separate masonry from everything else, but was successful mostly with the exterior walls. Aside from metals and masonry, I don't think there is any incentive to separate.

[@paulkelly1702]

@@constructionwatcher5381 If I remember correctly, Let'sDig18 explained that construction debris - wood, drywall, glass - is disposed by weight, brick and concrete is by the load (so one does not want that in the general debris) and metal is scrap price.

[@tomstickland]

Don't mess with the Berg.

[@ladystef5055]

Is there a part 3?

[@JohnZWetmore]

Part 3: The Steeple, and Part 4: The Sanctuary, are currently being edited and should be uploaded in a few days. They just finished the last of the steeple and the sanctuary this morning.

[@onestepbeyond7240]

Wonder how much money there is there just in metal scrap

[@askinlad]

would have made a good apartment building conversion.

[@trekforphotos]

wonder if ther was any Bibles in there?

[@ironmike7562]

Seems a shame to tear it down, but at the end of the day alot of people will have a nice new place to live...

[@matts.1042]

We were married in that church in 1994. :(

[@StereoMike06]

Another very well built building being demolish for dime a dozen matchstick apartments....

[@jesusmylordsaviorking3726]

I think a wrecking ball might of been a faster method of bringing the church down.

[@PreservationEnthusiast]

Excavator is better in this case because he was able to achieve separation of materials. Wrecking ball is better suited to higher reinforced concrete structures.

[@BradfordGuy]

They started out slow and methodically...then Homer went rogue! Almost like Satan himself razing that building 👷‍♀️

[@christopherhachet5184]

Tear it down!

[@miguelamaya6246]

What's wrong with the tractor ? 🚜 or is it the operator ?

[@freds7002]

????

[@lauraharding3101]

They couldn't just convert it to condos, wtf?

[@pavelow235]

Typically to bring it up to code takes more money. Also, there is NO WAY they could fit 310 Apartments (what the developers are building) in that tiny church.

[@lauraharding3101]

@@pavelow235 Right. Leaving an inch of grass is not an option.

[@pavelow235]

@@lauraharding3101 Manhattanization of the world is happening everywhere, not sure why this piece of land should be treated any different. Despite Covid, human population is expanding and living longer, what are the other options?

[@andrewdutton3831]

@@pavelow235 actually, western culture (Western Europe, USA, Canada, Japan, Australia/NZ ) populations are DECREASING, as fewer people have children, and those that do have fewer children. US population growth is only happening because of a large influx of immigrants from areas of the world where population is growing fast.

[@slayedclaw317]

@@pavelow235 These churches are useless, nobody even goes to them

[@frankgeurts3912]

Berg demolition sounds dutch🤗

[@mtnviper1963]

Is it just me, or is this operator a little on the slow side?

[@PreservationEnthusiast]

It's just you I think. He was also carrying out basic separation of materials. Masonry, wood,and steel were all roughly sorted. Very competent operator. The object is not just to smash it as quickly as possible but to do it safely, not risk damage to the machine, and also to separate materials.

[@howie4150]

@@PreservationEnthusiast Tear it all down and sort it all out after it's at ground level.... Or you can milk it for weeks while tearing it down.

[@jens-peterreckling5542]

If you make like this a demolishen in germany you will go in jail. We must seperate all, so you must know all that is in such a building. Recycling is a very big part in germany if you look videos aboud demolishen in germany , you will see the differents.

[@PreservationEnthusiast]

He was separating the steel. Also you don't know that they didn't sort the rubble and wood later on.

[@jens-peterreckling5542]

@@PreservationEnthusiast we seperate all at the moment we demolish the building. like this it was in germany in the 70is.

[@PreservationEnthusiast]

@@jens-peterreckling5542 In the UK usually the same. We do a soft strip then separate cladding or brickwork. Concrete is often crushed on site and separated from rebar. But in the USA I have noticed they often take the whole lot down at once. Especially timber frame houses. It is either dumped in landfill or separated back at the yard/recycling facility.

[@edschultze552]

Hose man - worst job in demo

[@Deionburns114]

Did you graduate from Walmarts bathroom?