Demolishing old house

[@dannybee05]

Imagine the amount of memories made in that house.

[@dismantling-LK]

Hello! Thanks for the video, very interesting to watch and useful. Only those who do similar work themselves can experience this video 100%. My team and I are engaged in the demolition and dismantling of various buildings. Only we do it all by hand, without excavators... I definitely press the thumbs up)

[@srmcontracting]

Thanks for watching!

[@brendonziegenbein5226]

Really enjoy all of your videos! Thanks for making them!

[@srmcontracting]

Thank you 👍

[@brianelliot2719]

Thanks Sean! The house must have been very frustrating for the homeowner with the need for repairs. In the new build he’ll get a lot better insulation, more spacious rooms , better layout, and hopefully a building that will last for quite a while without major problems. Perhaps a suggestion - for sketchy chimneys like this I’ve seen operators pick up a long log or 6 x 6 with the excavator and use it as a “battering ram” on the brick/stone to keep away from the falling debris. Makes for a more interesting video too. 😊

[@e.l.norton]

The piece of shit replacing this irreplaceable 200 year old structure will probably last about 50 years, if that. It'll be built like shit, as most modern homes are, and will probably be an architectural affront.

[@chargermopar]

When we used to tear down homes we never had an excavator, usually a track loader

[@srmcontracting]

That had to be tough

[@chargermopar]

@@srmcontracting Honestly it wasn't too difficult until it was time to remove the foundation. Many times you could pry out slabs but if it was too deep we would just leave it for the builders. Wood frame homes were easy to crunch up with a combo bucket.

[@neilhud1]

Whoever formed and poured that hot tube was not messing around!

[@NealORussa]

Very clean at the end good work! I've learned from demo that I go a lot faster when I put the dumpster or Triaxle right next to the pile then climb up on the debris and dig into the pile to crush it up and load dumpster. It goes so much quicker than sitting down low and reaching out and trying to grab everything with thumb. Also tracking around on it and scooping into yourself really breaks up the debris good for packing in dumpster.

[@srmcontracting]

Thank you, I thought about doing that because like you said it's much easier to load a truck that way. But these tracks don't have that many hours on them and I was worried about tearing them up. I also though about building a dirt mount to sit on. But I was able to load the trucks in about 20 minutes so I figured that was fast enough anyway.

[@tchelle07]

How many dumpsters did it take?​@@srmcontracting

[@matteoricci19]

great video

[@gtech66]

They tore down a huge indoor shopping mall by me as it has been empty for years, only a handful of people ever shopped there. The developer is going to use the space to build low income housing.

[@rossnolan2883]

Smashing 😊😊😊😊

[@txviking]

Enjoyed the video, thanks for sharing. I especially enjoyed the inside view where you made a path to carry those big windows outside. I wish I were doing this for a living too. Question: It's obvious the smaller machine had the power to get the job done, but what about reach? Wouldn't things like that chimney have been easier with a larger machine with a bit more reach?

[@srmcontracting]

Thank you, yes a bigger machine would have helped in those tough to reach situations. But I've found as long as I can get to all sides of the structure it usually works out with this machine. Thanks for watching and commenting

[@marcdycus4866]

1760, that home would be considered historic here and probably protected. Where is this house?

[@srmcontracting]

It was original a "carriage house" and was altered many times over the years. I'm guessing that's why it didn't have any historical designation. All the proper paper work and permits were filed with the town. Bucks county PA

[@royr3820]

Great work Sean. Just a quick question but why don’t you have the excavator grading blade at the back of the excavator. Only reason I ask is I find when digging trenches, demo and even removing tree stumps, the excavator has more force and less bucking up and down.

[@srmcontracting]

Thank you, I'll give it a shot

[@wailnshred]

When you're demoing if a beam or pipe or something falls into the cab on the travel levers, if you have the idlers in front, you'll reverse away from it. If you have the sprockets in front, and that happens, you're going into it. Unless you're very quick about shutting the machine off.

[@mackhopper]

This is such a shame. All of that history thoughtlessly demolished. This entire structure, if it was a risk to remain standing, should have been completely salvaged and repurposed. All of those beautiful and historic wood planks and other resources - wasted. This should’ve been an historic structure manual demolition, not this!

[@d5k119]

It is sickening that this house was allowed to be demolished. Shame on you for accepting this job, the historic parts of the house should have been preserved.

[@nissantitan2013]

It probably wasn't safe to keep the house standing. But I agree with you on the part where they should have took some of the historic stuff that was actually worth something.

[@leelulady2010]

The wood beams alone...

[@aamericanfence]

So someone comes to him wanting him to do a big job (15k plus) and you’re shaming him for taking it? Pretty selfish of you

[@WilliamGould-kd7yk]

VERY VERY "BIG MISTAKE!" SHOULDN'T OF DEMOLISHED THIS 200 YEAR OLD HOUSE! SHOULD'VE LEFT IT ALONE!!😢😢😢😢😢