Failing Foundation Leads To Entire House Demo

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[@davecoombs6060]

You Demo house's correctly, keep 97% of all debri in the structure's foot print, you know how to keep the mess down & make's for an easier final clean up, Great Job As alway's!👊💪

[@PsychoticusRex]

Always thought it was kind of fun watching some good ol'boy with a dozer just driving over it again and again until it was flat, pushing fill on top and calling it a day. XD

[@Yoshida83318]

A beautiful little house with a lot of memories. What a heartbreak 😔 it looks like it was well Loved.

[@martingardener90]

Makes you wonder about all the people that grew up happy in that house.

[@richardcyr9007]

Being a retired plumber, that's the fastest way to empty a water heater I've seen.

[@jdelbrid]

Right...after a few years those drain valves no longer work. At least not in our neck of the woods.

[@deadghost1964]

Yep seen that few times before. 🤣

[@markpashia7067]

@@jdelbrid They do if you keep them maintained, but no one seems to do that anymore. Mineral build up in the bottom is the problem and in those areas you need to flush them often. Once the minerals get higher than the drain it is too late.

[@jonathanzellner906]

Every plumber needs one of these in their service truck for the time savings. It’ll pay for itself.

[@dre04mach]

@@jonathanzellner906 Needs what? A big ass Volvo? :D

[@tommyrandolph2866]

When i see the family looking on i know that the memories that the house represents. Reminds of that song The house that built me. I had my childhood home demo'd and it was a tear jerker.

[@noway990]

After spending over 30 years of my life building houses, you can't imagine how much I would enjoy sitting in the cab of that excavator doing a demo like this.

[@jamjames1971]

Man Chris i love how you have so many different jobs you take us on everyday thanks man

[@canman225]

One of these time i wanna see ya just drive the new loader right through one!😎

[@gwpsr58]

That poor woman. Looked like she tried her darnedest to keep her property and house looking good. Glad you saved those two euonymus trees out front.

[@tomrogers9467]

I know their names, but they prefer to remain euonymus.

[@desertmulehunter]

You were right about that house being well built and I see you took it apart like a puzzle. That was awesome and I love the crushing of the piles, it's just what I needed after a hard day at work! Thanks

[@FastLaneLyfe]

Love the precise execution of skill you have using heavy equipment. One of the best channels on the KZbin!!

[@BobCaseyAerial]

Agreed. Should have over a mil in subs.

[@ryanhoward1013]

He is the best operator so he has the best channel on KZbin

[@ryanhoward1013]

@@BobCaseyAerial At the very least he should have 10 million subscribers

[@kens.3729]

Glad to see John figured out where to park the Dump Truck so you could Load from the Tailgate.😬

[@kens.3729]

Tearing down a House is different than a Double Wide w/Polyester Curtains & Redwood Deck😬👍

[@JCrook1028]

Not really.

[@haroldphipps3457]

Now she's run off and I've got to trail her, dang her black heart and her pretty red dress!

[@robertgeorgewerner]

Reminds me of the Sunday school song: The Wise man built his house upon the rock". Sweet little home that had obviously been loved and upgraded but the no one ever addressed the foundation and in the end the "flood" (rot, soil movement, mold, etc) took this cute place down. Interesting work you do!

[@dianea3324]

Looked like you had an audience there. I myself would've of pulled up a lawn chair and been watching also. It would've of been nice to see a time lapse of just one angle of this cute little home coming down. Nice job.

[@BobCaseyAerial]

Agreed. A time lapse now n then would be cool

[@deadghost1964]

Pappapari photographers

[@David_B_Dornburg]

That's got to be a Godawful feeling watching your home that you've raised a family/grew up in for decades get torn down. I feel for that Lady. ☹

[@DChub-jx8wn]

When I Remodeled my 105 year old home......all the floors bounced when you walked over them. What I found was all the rough cut lumber floor joists 2.5 x 11x 20 they had huge cracks near knots. I sister 2x8 on both side and raise the floor to be level again.

[@drivingmylifeaway7149]

I'm in the same boat! old canal house built in 1857! dirt floor basement. I've lived here for 5 years. have to fix kitchen floor! bowed

[@Todd.Roberts]

When you are tearing down a house it’s always nice to have a pair of wire cutters handy never know when you will need them

[@BobCaseyAerial]

Every now n then I have to say hydraulics are amazing. The bucket and thumb just crunched the back porch up to kindling. Lol

[@davoupnya3202]

Looks like that house was added on to more than once !

[@rjlewis8346]

Man the amount you work. Much respect.

[@kens.3729]

I’m sure there were a Lot of Great Memories in this House over the past 85+ years. 🙏👍

[@heatherlane9270]

A careful and considerate demo. Must have been so disappointing for the owners to lose their home like that. Well done Chris.

[@phillovelace]

I felt for those 5 people watching from the front yard. I got the distinct impression they may have grown up in that house 😔

[@r1mein54]

That place looks like 1940s construction. The way the rafters and roof was framed looks like the attic of the house I grew up in that parents built in 1947. Nice that they saved the water in the heater for you. Good to see Uncle Jon and him helping to save scrap wire. You have more spectators.

[@deadghost1964]

I saw G-P installation removed from the walls. G-P is less than 20 years old higher grade installation.

[@markpashia7067]

That place was built in a whole bunch of years a piece at a time. Porches became living spaces inside the house and new porches added on, etc. The original house was kind of tiny. But like you said, you could find a piece of that place from every decade from the twenties forward.

[@markpashia7067]

@@deadghost1964 Original build likely did not have insulation at all. Lots of retro fitted insulation at different times and eras.

[@daviddogruel7851]

That's not a sump pit, it is a vertical driveway culvert. They were all the rage in the '40s.

[@excavatorguy]

Great advice to keep it all in the house and leave the outer walls up! It’s always fun to watch you work and hear your thoughts.

[@Hunting451]

I know back in the 60s and 70s people would gladly take it down by hand for the wood and what ever. Nothing but waste these days.

[@pavelow235]

Too much time wasted, maybe the debris can be burned into a energy source.

[@Manoffire260]

But in the 60’s and 70’s we were tearing down much older houses made with “real wood”. Today we are tearing down those houses built after the 50’s so it’s nothing but plywood and dried up dimensional lumber. 60-70 year old pine 2x4’s seem weak like a toothpick after that long.

[@tmscheum]

As a 10 year old in the mid-sixties I remember my grandpa had mason jars full of old bent nails and my job was to straighten them all. Depression era folks wasted nothing.

[@BillW-NJ]

Great crunchy sounds when you opened the window of the cab! You are a smart videographer!

[@kevinkenyon7045]

Chris something different for a change! Thanks for sharing. Kevin

[@mohawk1778]

My ocd goes through the roof when material gets stuck to the thumb tines, and what a relief it is when it comes off 🙌🏻

[@user-dx2nn2jv1t]

Yeah that's what it is

[@plumbcrazy375]

I've done enough remodels on old farm houses to know when it's time to tear em down

[@One-mg7fz]

The master with the machine great job Chris 👍🏻

[@sylviaprudhomme5417]

Never would have known to keep junk in. Would learn the hard way. Nicely done

[@julieenslow5915]

I am hoping the owner was able to rebuild what he wanted on that lot. Sad when the structure fails like that.

[@terryrogers1025]

Appliances, air conditioner, bricks from chimney, scrap metals, virtually worthless, watching Chris surgically removing them, priceless.😏😉

[@radioace318la]

11:51 you read my mind. I'm thinking the root cellar was more of a tornado shelter. I bet someone is sad to see it go.

[@ranger2316]

It never ceases to amaze me that you can crush a tree, or a porch with that bucket and claw and then pick something without even denting it. Is there some sort of a resistance sensation in the controls that gives you that 'feel'? That old house didn't do down easy. There is a LOT of those kind of houses in NC aren't there?

[@fhuber7507]

A lot of 1920s to late 1940s houses were kits, often sold by Sears. Sears never really made anything. They contracted with companies to have their name put on. The appliances labeled Kenmore in the mid 1970s to when they sold out to K-Mart were mostly Whirlpool, GE, Frigidaire and Maytag.

[@markpashia7067]

@@fhuber7507 While they were made by all those companies and it changed from year to year, the Kenmore label meant that Sears had insisted on better standards and better parts to justify the warranty and reputation of Kenmore name. They were the best for decades. I know because I use to do appliance repair on those old machines. You could always get the parts for the old Kenmores even if the other names were hard to get. Sears insisted on carrying parts for a full ten years and often longer for every model. Back when they were built to be repaired instead of throw away machines.

[@BeytekinConstructionMachinery]

That would be a nice job for the CAT 977. What will be the first job for the track loader? 😊

[@OFCbigduke613]

I'm amazed they don't let the fire dept. burn these down for practice in search and rescue. I suppose the EPA would have a fit.

[@craigwavra3495]

Demo days are always a good time to watch. Always interesting to see how you take them down. And, you don’t have to shovel the tracks!!

[@DirtBrute]

We tore one down today that had blown in insulation. Nothing like blowing the machine out twice a day🤦‍♂️. Good job 👍

[@MRKUE]

Big Bowl of Capn" C R U N C H ! lol That sounds Crazy

[@anndaily9872]

Why why why is it so satisfying to watch that thing tear💩 up?

[@glenjohnson9505]

No Love toys in that one!! Lol, great job as always

[@keithdunlap2701]

He Gone !! lolol... On to part #2 of this Demo !! Like you said, Chris, It looked like a nice little house but, ready to go at any time !! House was well insulated, everywhere !! Great so far Chris, on to the part #2 finish ! Have a Great Evening Man , and til tomorrow.....

[@williamgraham8809]

Controlled chaos! You do it so well!

[@timskiff9422]

Most satisfying job other than explosive demolition.👍

[@georgesehy8058]

Great video! The building reminds me of an old school, an old township hall, an old church. If it was built in the 30s I suspect it had outdoor plumbing as well. Old dirt "cellars" were common in Michigan and often just where the vegetables and fruits were stored in the winter. Perhaps wood, too, for the stove. Lots of memories just watching you work. The old one room school house that I went to was converted into a home as were many where I grew up. I suspect you are right, the wood was free because the families in the township came together to build the school for their children to attend.

[@davestinson5691]

Hell I've seen people who would rent that 20 more yrs. Nice clean up sir. That's a neat,pretty place. U can tell someone took pride in it

[@donnaflanagan6612]

That hole under the house was always going to be a problem. Take care & cheers from 🐨🦘🥰

[@patrickconnell223]

Sad to see a home go dawn. Sometimes its necessary.

[@ukstuartpatterson]

@21 there's a pedestrian walking towards the house..... it always makes me think someone is going to say "hey....WTF - that's MY house.... you're meant to demo THAT one over there!" :D

[@petenolte4192]

The specialists gave her the go away price we don't want to do it. Great job Chris stay safe

[@markpashia7067]

Yes sir that is exactly what happened or they do not specialize in this and did not know the right way to save one like this. They might not know how to retrofit one and just bid to put footings and walls under it all around like a new job would be done.

[@rayshutsa6690]

Thank you for another awesome video. 😀👍🇨🇦

[@adriannicholson8819]

one of the best operators I have seen know his gear and know-how fare he can push them

[@kennethlowe6337]

Down here in New Orleans after Katrina when we gutted or tore down we would have hoses going keeping the dust down. As far as blown in insulation we would spray down the attic it keeps it from blowing around.

[@markellars9245]

Hey Chris That's either a root cellar or it's a hideing spot from revenuers.

[@johnbell6956]

Might be a coal cellar if the house was early 40’s.

[@reese8752]

Might be where the still went :)

[@sandybarnes887]

Perhaps it's a tornado shelter?

[@kens.3729]

Since you Removed the Downspout by the Goose Neck, it wasn’t Showing Off so NO Worries. 😬👍

[@cathiwim]

Looks like a 1960 Jim Walter home! Chris, do the electrical wires ever get in your way? Snagging things, etc?

[@fhuber7507]

More likely a Sears house kit.

[@george8873]

Was curious why that chimney looked like it was leaning when you got to it during the demo, then you showed the chimney foundation, lol. Surprised it didn't collapse long ago. That house might have been a good candidate to move with as well built it was. Would probably cost more than it would've to fix the foundation. Have seen instances where people give the houses away with the stipulation it has to be moved. And people do it, especially if they have a piece of property. Could be cheaper to move a quality built house and fix it up than to build new. Plus, the older materials are usually better quality than what you can get today if they are in good condition.

[@haroldphipps3457]

Too many additions. If that had been all built as one unit to begin with, it may have been a candidate for moving,,,IF the mold issue was fixable.

[@davidweston4007]

Loved the part we’re you took the chimney down ,bet you could pick eggs up and not break them . Good job 👍👍🇬🇧

[@Cumbriahandyman]

Sounds like a challenge. Will he take it? 😳

[@Blossom_Chops]

I like the way u demo old houses cos u keep it kinda respectful to it's memories & history 🤔🙂

[@dsdragoon]

You mentioned the house had a spongy floor and I suspect it had a bad mold problem too. Rotten or termite eaten wood loses its strength and cause a spongy floor. Water under the house, like this one, is a house killer. The crawl space didn't seem to have any ventilation. Insulation under this floor did a great job of keeping the moisture against the floor framing speeding up the wood rot. If you squeeze that insulation, you will probably see water run out of it like a sponge.

[@charlessmyth]

Never judge the quality of a house by the look of the siding :-)

[@ipaddlemyowncanoe.7441]

You were saying that was the cleanest house you had to demolish I remember a double wide that you demolished it wasn't so clean there was something stuck to the floor. 👍👍😀🇨🇦

[@karintippett753]

It is as though someone started to build a crawl space, common up this way, but gave up on it. We still have homes with two storey porches sitting on wood footings and knob and tube wiring in the big city.

[@ashleywynn4923]

There are whole subdivisions with lawsuits over foundations failing. Its what happens when you fill in wetlands but somehow they pass inspection.

[@rustysteel8714]

Looked like a nice little house, Chris. Well-kept lot, new-er windows and siding? There was PRIDE of OWNERSHIP in this one. Sad to see her go! 😥

[@gayle4804]

That was quite a job, A very successful one, but One that is very sad.

[@phillovelace]

7:10ish "Wood must've been free when they built this house" 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@rottmanthan]

our old house which burnt winter of 99 was built in late 1800s, the basement walls were made up of rocks. some areas like around the front door was round log, not lumber, and the back part which was an add on but still old had sawdust in it as an insulation, that part i didnt know till after the house fire, part of one of those walls was not completely gone, i noticed that days later when i went back, seeing it happened in the winter nothing was done with it till spring. so i was able to get my mothers cast iron pans out of the oven for her, which i now have.

[@WhataTry]

Hey he is knockin that house down, you had an audience of kids ,grt job.

[@rangercwgbear6352]

Really like the house demos Chris keep them coming

[@pia-lenechristensen]

Love a good demo 😊 my Chris fix of the day, thank you ❤

[@CapeAnnImages]

Did you find the gold coin? It was tradition way back to bury a gold coin under the fireplace. At least it's tradition around here where boat owners would put a gold coin under the masts of ships for good luck. As a kid I found 3 at demo sites.

[@scotsmanofnewengland7713]

Wish I had followed that career , going to work playing with your man toys and taking out your frustrations and getting paid for it. Damn Good Job. Nice vide and thanks for sharing?

[@gragor11]

There are old bunglows in the old coal mining village of Cumberland BC that have those pits in the 'basement' under their pier block supported floor beams. They dug holes down there, put in a small slab, dug a ditch around it for drainage to a sump and installed that new fangled furnace and hot water machine on the slab. Sure looks funny standing on that 80 ft square slap looking at the pier blocks and posts.

[@mikej6116]

Hey Chris. Just a thought. Ive torn down several buildings with an excavator over the years. I always found that it was better to get the owner if possible to get someone to remove the windows prior to demo. First one i did literally had thousands of shards of glass everywhere. Since then we removed the windows prior to tear down.

[@papabearcamaro]

Agree. Often wonder why they're not removed first.

[@boobybabs72]

Good job once again Chris 👍🏻

[@orionwarren4244]

That's a shame. Even though that was a modest home by anyone's standards, it still looked to be in decent shape!

[@lt1nut]

I'd say everyone that owned it tried to do what was right over the decades, it wouldn't surprise me if they ran out of health. It wasn't much of a castle but "he" did what he could to keep it safe, comfy, and sound.

[@markpashia7067]

@@lt1nut Yeah, but not enough knowledge. I could have saved it even at this late stage for less than the bid that they had. Just have to go outside the conventional thinking and know how to shore things up correctly.

[@bobjoncas2814]

knock 'em down special...lol..good one, keep safe..

[@GARDENER42]

Ever come across any of the nasty stuff like asbestos on these demolitions? Plenty used for panelling, gutters & roofing here in the UK between the 30s & 70s & legally it has to be removed under all sorts of restrictions.

[@cathiwim]

What nobody knows, you don’t have to account for.

[@GARDENER42]

@@cathiwim What God & my conscience knows is however of concern & there will be a reckoning.

[@sandybarnes887]

It was inspected for asbestos before demolition

[@keepingdistance4404]

That water heater looked like the Volvo was having a 🍺 . It's 5 o'clock somewhere!

[@bennetts-revenge_2]

Wow I feel bad knowing why the house had to be torn down. It looked like it was a cute house but if it's unstructurely sound what can you do. Hope the owner has a better place now

[@nomad7412]

At least half of this house is an extension of the old judging by the materials that were never around in the 40"s. Maybe the house was built on the old site.

[@tangothecat237]

You can't do that in the UK. Glass is removed for recycling wires and pipes remove . Doors taken off insulation removed bricks recycled beams removed basically everything is recycled. It cost a lot of money doing this but its the law.

[@thecolonel4037]

Really does look like an old Sears kit house!

[@aitutaki98]

It would be cool to see one of these in reverse. 😁

[@Bauzaunvideos]

It is so unbelievable to send a whole hoaus into a landfill without sorting anything.

[@kvn_gr]

Realy interesting to see how you can demolish a whole house in that short period of time. Here in Germany nearly all houses are made out of concrete or brick, so you need a lot longer for an operation like this.

[@wallbawden5511]

just love seeing a house being chewed up by an excavator the power of those machines is just amazing one thing there is a lot of dust in this one does it concern you that this may be asbestos or do you check this before demo you are a every talented operator i wish i could have been as smooth as you back in my day but that's passed now but i do enjoy watching your videos so keep them coming mate Cheers

[@korndawgg4485]

He who can pluck a brick chimney with huge Volvo tweezer wins! DIRT perfect, your move. I recommend a challenge!

[@markpashia7067]

If you noticed it was only brick through the attic and above the roof line. Down below it was those square chimney blocks stacked. Sadly they were unlined. Dangerous that way. Good thing that is gone. Likely only uses as vent for a gas furnace the last many decades if at all.

[@larrywalker7759]

That had to be the biggest flower sprinkler can I ever saw.

[@davidhall8874]

Demo...I was looking for a demonstration and you were doing a demolition. When I go into a restaurant they want to know what apps I want. I ask "for my cell phone?" No, to eat. Appetizers or application? I don't mean to be pedantic but I wish the hell English didn't so much as a language!

[@DownsouthMan]

That looked like a pretty good house. Foundations can be fixed with the help of a few friends. Looks like someone just didnt want it anymore. I burned the old house that i grew up in. It had a lot more problems than that.

[@jerryleejohnsonjr1377]

Its always sad to see old homes get taken down, I think of all the lives lived there over the years.

[@SUROBLEDEKchannel]

Good sharing 👍👀

[@jeroen1836]

Nice to watch this demo

[@captfuzzy3900]

I bet your new dozer would have made quick work of that. Now that would have been cool!

[@nerdgarage]

The way you took apart that chimney someone might mistakenly think you knew what you were doing. ;-)

[@monkeybarmonkeyman]

It's sad to see what looked to be good home from the exterior view be demo'd like this. I wonder why the homeowner didn't contact someone like Habitat for Humanity to remove all the reusable materials first? Strange. Most foundation issues can be fixed - would have like to have seen shots of the foundation.

[@GGigabiteM]

Yes, the house could have been fixed, but the question is how much money would it cost. Foundation repair is not cheap, it easily runs into the tens of thousands of dollars. It can be more if the foundation repair breaks plumbing lines or causes issues with the structure of the house that also have to be fixed. You could easily find yourself spending more than the house is worth. I do agree that it was a shame some of the building materials weren't recycled, that siding looks like it was near brand new. But someone would have had to tear it off the house, which would have been an additional expense. Habitat for Humanity doesn't go out and deconstruct houses, they rely on people bringing stuff in. They will do pickups of stuff, but they're not going to have people take a house apart for the materials.

[@markpashia7067]

@@GGigabiteM Well, Chris talked about what they were told, thirty grand (just for foundation), but I could have made it work for a lot less. That bid he mentioned was likely to build concrete foundation walls all around that place like the one side had started to be done. Would have been much cheaper to pour footings and stack blocks with beams across the tops and then back fill that hole to solve their water issues. Trying to save the hole was the expense. I have done things like this before for very little cost and that house could have lived on for a lot longer. Unfortunately too many folks don't think outside the box for unique solutions. Not sure of property values there but fixed up around my area that would have brought a hundred and twenty grand or more on the market today even in the lowest value areas, so spending fifteen grand to save it would have been a valuable solution. Problem is it looks like more than one attempt to solve it by folks who did not know how. Those block stacks were useless that way. I could have had that floor solid in less than a week but would take longer to solve the water issue. And I do not mean sump pumps. Most of that could have been solved by regrading outside the footprint of the house itself. That lot is way too level for the local rains. Raise some areas and put in swales to divert away from the building and you have ninety percent of the problem solved. A lot of the value will depend on the lot size and land value but that was really a nice little house and once the water was solved and the floor bounce fixed it could have brought good value for many more decades.

[@haroldphipps3457]

@@markpashia7067 at least you caught the foundation repair estimate that everyone else missed. But sounds like you missed the mold issue. Lots of things stacked against fixing the house.