Demolishing this old house

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[@mhrogers53]

I assume this house was razed to allow for a new apartment building on the site. The house looked to be in reasonably good condition, considering its age (built in the 1920s, perhaps?). Someone had gone to the expense of re-roofing it with fire-resistant, engineered tiles, and the exterior paint appeared to have been kept up. The saddest sight was at the end of the video as we saw the front steps leading nowhere, to what only an hour before had been a proud home...

[@spencerweeks3980]

There not always apartments built nee houses are built or neighbors or new stores could be built lot times if close to something stores are built commercial use

[@padraicbrown6718]

Should have knocked down that ugly apartment block!

[@nancyweliczko9334]

So sad they are tearing down this beautiful old home.

[@PJ.BJ135.MONSTER.B.A.LL.S]

Looks cool to destroy though

[@dougsilva8603]

​@@PJ.BJ135.MONSTER.B.A.LL.Snot funny

[@PJ.BJ135.MONSTER.B.A.LL.S]

@@dougsilva8603 I just said it looked cool

[@Triggerpug]

it does look pretty cool

[@PJ.BJ135.MONSTER.B.A.LL.S]

@@Triggerpug EXACTLY

[@TriTip1950s]

That was an arts and crafts home, I saw the built-ins, and archways...OMG...This house could've been relocated. The tall architect dude with the cowboy hat on tv, this is his wheelhouse...he would've taken it. I'm dizzy and ill now. 😵‍💫🤢 That was a beautiful home, such a waste! 😢

[@drwhoeric]

Such a beautiful house, but it didn't take much to tear it down.

[@EdmondBouchard-sy3ml]

That was a nice house today they dont make them like they used to.

[@hakeemsd70m]

For sure, it's a way more solid, robust, and unique home than the paper-thin condos that are popping up everywhere.

[@jeswonderin1103]

This is absolutely disgraceful. What an utter waste of a beautiful old home, and a completely unnecessary load of debris added to the landfill. This house could have easily been relocated. I despise developers who do this. At the very least, have someone come in and dismantle it. Materials can be salvaged, repurposed, and/or reused. A two middle finger salute to the developer!

[@brnmcc01]

Beautiful? Maybe on the outside, but did you see all the dust. It was full of rot.

[@DaPlenThing]

Thing was not salvageable It was clearly abandoned and they needed the land

[@zynifi]

Cry even more, i’ll drink them tears 😂

[@ErikVince]

Yep I'm 100% agree with you this building could have been

[@davidrahrich3404]

It's not your decision to make.

[@nigel1964]

That house would of been perfectly alright. Just because it needed a little dusting they knocked it down 😂

[@brnmcc01]

It was full of asbestos and dry rot

[@DaPlenThing]

That thing was literally rotting away did you see all that dust

[@catkeys6911]

Looks like the hose should have been set to spray a wider pattern to try to minimize the dust. You can see by the exposed lath that the house had plaster walls rather than sheetrock, which probably accounts for all the dust.

[@ihateactors]

Developers are literally evil incarnate.

[@David-hi9rp]

So oddly satisfying and easier than taking a house down in England as most house are fully Brick and block

[@jayj6008]

Do you get to see a lot of demolition by you? I could watch it all day.

[@David-hi9rp]

@@jayj6008 I am a Carpenter and joiner so worked in the building trade for 30 years so seen a few mate

[@jayj6008]

@@David-hi9rp id love to smash one down

[@txviking]

That’s because there’s little forest left in England to make lumber out of. Gotta build with what you have.

[@ErikVince]

This house definitely could have been remodeled for a family that really

[@dodge33445]

You will never see the quality in detailing like you did on this home EVER again. Now just cheaply made particle woods... and other corners cut to throw up a house as FAST and as cheap as possible. Back in the days builders took PRIDE in their work.. Not just in their WALET . They would carry around their hand made tool box.. Well it would be hand engraved and made to be very detailed .. This is how they showed the quality of their work.. By their tool boxes.. Now builders dont care... They buy all the stuff from HOME DEPOT and throw it up .. No quality .. No workmanship..

[@Leo-fk9ch]

Years ago I was with a company that tore houses and buildings down, I learned on a Cat D9. They place a drag chain at rear of house, 4’ up above floor level. Couple the chain to cables on each side. Cables hooked to winch. Put that 100,000 pound Cat in first, power up and let her go, Chain broke through entire home, toppling it. Then the D9 would do the rest of the demolition.

[@Leo-fk9ch]

I'll add, I couldnt count how many times during demolition people would get outraged at our demo site. It's the developer, the city or county council that's held accountable. Not the demo company. They are just doing their job. I couldnt agree more that tearing down perfectly good homes paves the way for increased housing costs as supply diminishes for affordable, existing homes.

[@davidrahrich3404]

​@@Leo-fk9chwhat is your definition of affordable?

[@atad]

Looks like they had fun doing it :D

[@mikibihon8826]

Such a beautiful house, could be worth $2.5M in California, just to get demolished within an hour.

[@BitterDemo]

THAT CLAY TYLE ROOF WAS STILL WORTH THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. I HAVE REPLACED THEM ON MANY HOMES IN HILSBUROUGH , CA.

[@brnmcc01]

Junk

[@tonykeddellsteinke3711]

Please tell me you salvaged the wood work and columns from inside before it was demolished.

[@Parascuba]

You're under arrest for murder the house!

[@JLindbert]

Excellent operator

[@anthonyfeeney1210]

Have a Beer on me

[@spamanator666]

What a wasteful world. So much that could have been salvaged, but of course the developer didn't want to have any salvage company waste a few days to come in and save it all. Old doors, fixtures, the roof tiles, interior tiles and cabinets, windows, even the columns in front. Sad. Almost certainly going to be another cheap block apartment just like the one behind it.

[@kenlund9671]

Bit of a shame for such a nice house, but good job, and excellent driver. Have been interested in seeing the house from the inside. The first shots maybe shouldn't have been in the sunlight. But then it went fine.

[@MrJeep75]

Nice old house

[@jeannesnow4366]

Unfortunate such a beautiful house had to be destroyed!!!

[@nathanielorthmann4830]

This is really to bad, that was a cool old house. Just torn down to make room for boring apartment complexes. It’s an all to come thing nowadays.

[@nikkimcdonald4562]

Progress

[@nathanielorthmann4830]

I hate that word, for this reason.

[@nikkimcdonald4562]

@@nathanielorthmann4830 well people need places to live.

[@franksmith2200]

It must have cost too much to move it to another location.

[@richardhaan6944]

Finally someone that knows how to knock one down. Rip and tear baby rip and tear ya

[@BitterDemo]

WHAT WAS THEIR REASON TO DEMO THIS BEAUTIFUL HOME. i WOULD HAVE REFURBISHED IT FOR A NOTHER 75 YEARS. THIS HOUSE LOOKS AS THOUGHT IT WAS BUILT AFTER WW-2.

[@ddavejb]

Definitely a pre-WW-2 house. The wood lath, plaster, and custom built-ins indicate such. Construction techniques changed radically from those used in this house, during the 40's and 50's, when houses needed to be more standardized and built quickly. Even houses built in the 40's and 50's are very solidly built compared to the garbage slapped together today.

[@user-fp5hq5kj2b]

Removing houses blocking water channels and other public spaces is painful but its the right thing to do. Not removing the houses will lead to flooding, which can structurally weaken and possibly damage all the surrounding houses.

[@royvankan2723]

The demolition of these kind of homes takes the same amount of time as they building homes these days. Prefab all over. By the way the first time I saw home with actually fireproof roof tiles in the USA. These pillars are made of cardboard if you ask me, at least it sounded like that when the whole floor came down.

[@mark77193]

Looked and sounded like cast iron. A huge waste, they could have been reused just like the solid wood doors etc.

[@royvankan2723]

@@mark77193 and much more!

[@foxysolerider]

show the dumpster load up too!

[@shawncossel1100]

I cannot believe someone didnt reclaim the tiles and the bricks since i didnt see the inside and maybe I am glad I did not as doors and shiver handdone woodwork ugh.

[@mikecroaro519]

Why not buy an empty lot (for less $$) and build your new "dream home".

[@qrptedmac]

So ru responsible for the haul away too or just the demo? And where is the water coming from?

[@LINJ638]

Revenge is a meal best served cold.

[@helainegardner7971]

I think that they should put an Ames Department Store there because Ames is a very excellent store thank you.

[@DaPlenThing]

Ames went bankrupt… like a long time ago..

[@BitterDemo]

That house 3/4 torn down has more integrity than many houses built today. the Front rooms down stairs probably could still be saved even with the roof torn off. I bet the fire place is at this time of demolition is still a thousand times safer than the modern pipe ones. look at the windows, they were even the modern ones. The front Porch could still entertain a large group as a gathering place . There were thousands of poor people out on the street thanks to our Government homeless who would have loved that home and made a beautiful life there. this had to be owned by a very selfish and greedy man. or organization or stupid government

[@dodge33445]

If I was the neighbor I would ask to buy some stuff like those front posts from the front porch.. Or some other stuff. Im sure the crew would be cool with selling if if they are jus gonna trash it.

[@Michael-fd8ob]

Since the apartments next to it had asbestosis I’m sure that house had some in it and or lead paint!!!!

[@redcarbon4395]

Aside from breathing in all of the lead dust, your video has a thin black line along the left side for some reason. Excellent audio. 👍

[@biffking8198]

Don't understand why they never put containers close to drop wood, metal, so its not been moved twice

[@brucemartini2288]

the only dust that does not require a 😷

[@imdjc4]

You sure you got the right address?

[@diegohorton869]

Could have use some trim boards off the house. 🏠

[@ericfreeman273]

Why did they allow this? This house was nice bro.

[@playtimeisdone8490]

Why was this lovely home being torn down?

[@HomeWreckerBrian]

They converted this house into small apartments years ago. They're planning to build a new and much bigger apartment building in its place.

[@nikkimcdonald4562]

@@HomeWreckerBrian I would love it if you put this type of information in the description.

[@spencerweeks3980]

​@@HomeWreckerBriandon't they still build homes i see lot.places build homes tear old.omes down

[@davidnull5590]

The excavator operator here needs to better understand the purpose of the swing motor, the swing motor and huge ring gear beneath the cab of the excavator allow the excavator above the tracks to rotate. The strength of the swing motor is not anywhere as close to the strength of the hydraulic operating the boom and stick. Swinging the cab and bucket sideways when demoing a house can cause the swing motor and the giant ring gear to break. Fixing that is a little difficult, you have to lift the entire cab, boom and stick off the tracks. Figure 12 hours of an inexpensive mechanic labor time plus parts ($4k-$6K parts). Most mechanics will also bill for a helper too. A real CAT dealer will charge a whole lot more. Do whatever you want with the boom and stick, anything, just be gentle with the swing.

[@TheRocco96]

He drives it like he rents it.

[@whitevamp1051]

please don't FF the vid., yes I know if you don't like it don't watch it, i just see a lot of the smaller chans doing this any more and it is a shame.

[@johndemeen5575]

Crunchy like an old corn chip.

[@billylocklear8827]

Man I couldn't watch this no more sorry sad

[@alphonseroy421]

Why would you mix all the different building materials when you have a modern excavator with a hydrologic thumb ??

[@dominos6576]

What's the water for?

[@HomeWreckerBrian]

Just to help keep the dust down.

[@dominos6576]

@@HomeWreckerBrian It doesn't look like it's working. If it sprayed over a wider area, it would work better.

[@TriTip1950s]

Dust, fire

[@dominos6576]

@@TriTip1950s What fire? The electrical supply has been switched off.

[@mankatomn]

Did you crush all the old woodwork that you showed in the preview? Would be cool to watch you destroy the inside sometime.

[@X-GamerPro-HD]

Why would you destroy a perfectly good home what someone could have. You better have a good enough reason to say why they wanted it gone….

[@murphyeduard7145]

With demos, yes you haul away the demo. Are you responsible for a finish grade of the property?

[@HomeWreckerBrian]

Sometimes, it just depends on what their plans for the property are.

[@maynardcat]

what was the reason for tearing down this older home with a tiled roof, it looked to be in good sound condition. What a waste!!

[@1964amora]

Why are they wetting down the house?

[@DaPlenThing]

To lower dust, this time it didn’t work

[@jimsmith9819]

we dont know why it was demolished

[@BitterDemo]

home wrecker: are you just a demolition company hired or are you like many of these people who would rayher tear down than fecou/ that is a direct question to you. I used to be in the excavation business, and i tried to save as many places as i could. i owned a coast to coast trucking company and bought and refurbished many homes giving people jobs as well as a new chance in life.

[@hikiy]

Sad they are breaking this house up

[@skinmaxdestroyer]

The video is really good because the house looked in good condition 😉

[@jayj6008]

Gets me excited when they are still in good shape too. Fuck it, smash it down! HahA

[@playtimeisdone8490]

@@jayj6008 fuuuuuuck yeah!!!

[@alphonseroy421]

I think the government should enforce stricter recycling laws for demolition companies no doubt

[@mikel9567]

Just what do think happens to the debris when it's hauled off? Most of it gets recycled. Stop believing everything the media tells you. Just because it's hauled off to the dump doesn't mean it isn't recycled. Concrete will be crushed into aggregate, metal will be sold for scrap, wood gets shredded and used for numerous purposes. I bet at least 80% of that house will be recycled. Clearly you're a democrat.

[@turdferguson82]

Tell me you've never brought demo to a dump without saying you've never brought demo to a dump. Trust me, daddy government has done more than enough.

[@Silencer333]

@@turdferguson82 amen to that!!

[@allanlester3561]

As an owner of of 3-storey like this one, I could not watch more than the intro. Thanks, though.

[@charlesmurphy1510]

Why?

[@rogerhadley2763]

what a shame

[@nickpatrick1636]

Had to be done

[@daviddonahue1862]

Hands down the best demo operator i'v watched

[@brianayre8794]

I know this video is months old, does anyone understand all that dust? It seemed more than a normal amount.

[@BitterDemo]

WHAT A WAISTE. PURE STUPIDITY. I HAVE REDONE SEVERAL HOMES IN A LOT WORSE CONDITION. MORE MONEY THAN SENSE.

[@brnmcc01]

"Redone" something this old is more money than sense... Look at all the dust, that's dryrot especially in the attic. Plus place was full of asbestos, lead paint etc. Gross.

[@SuperMadman41]

What a waste !! Was there nothing worth salvaging ? like doors, fixtures (for bathroom, kitchen), old molding, beams or wiring?!?!

[@westogarage]

sad

[@ommaqbool6442]

If you are a Zionist, I will not participate. If you are a Christian and anti-Zionist, I will join you

[@bettyprice6316]

Wonderful destruction.

[@dougsilva8603]

Really?

[@allanharris4281]

What a waste

[@Godisgood778]

It takes so much time and effort to build it, and just seconds to destroy it. That's how life is, too. Have you given your life to JESUS CHRIST? Do you have eternity secure? Jhon 3:16-21 16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. 19 This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. 20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed. 21 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.

[@paulthesoundguy1]

Progress comes in many forms…we see a demolition but have no back story as to why…. A house being torn down is prob less valuable than the new structure to be built…or maybe the foundation was so bad it wasn’t cost effective. MAYBE no one wanted any of the wood work or trim…