House Demolition, Hunt Avenue (Tile Roof)

[@nancyweliczko9334]

Sad to see a beautiful brick home destroyed.

[@arnaldovinagre4350]

Such a beautiful house.... shame, lost forever....

[@denisec.9857]

People are doing that all over the DC area. So much for a lifetime of memories. :-(

[@litiviousspartus4611]

Wow, that was a nice brick house....R.I.P

[@Salguine]

It was mightay migh-tay.

[@garypamflett2150]

only to be replace by a modern cheap monstrosity ..

[@DjResR]

@Bobby Sue It's usually norm these days to build cheap plasterboard boxes to sell for maximum profit._

[@johnfoltz8183]

All glitzy inside the house, but cheap on the materials

[@sebfannumber1]

I've been enjoying residential demolition for more than 50 years by now starting back in the 1950s and have seen all kinds of excavator operator styles in demolishing buildings. This guy in my opinion does a great job, not a surgical approach but he gets it done no doubt on time and on budget. Just sorry to see such a beautiful house go down.

[@vsvnrg3263]

ney hargan, i beg to differ. he hits the house with the bucket rather than putting it in place and then using the machine's break-out force to dismantle. also, notice how the machine rocks around? you either take steps to stop the rocking or you develop skills so that a rocking machine does not effect your precise movement of the bucket.

[@narendrasharma8681]

Oh no why are they dismantling this beautiful house.It surely can be repaired if it is needed.Old houses are classic in design and are gorgeous.

[@lachlanslightsandfans]

Here in Australia we do it extra slow and we sort the materials as it gets demolished

[@stevegray5263]

Similar on most sites in the UK now. And what is it with US 360's having thumb attachments, have they not heard of Quick Hitch?!!

[@integr8er66]

Our labor prices make reclaiming junk cost prohibitive, besides nobody would install those old inefficient windows in their house, most codes require better, likely there was mold inside and its just not worth the time and cost to save the junk

[@stevegray5263]

@@integr8er66 yes our labour prices aren’t cheap either! I’m talking about recycling not reclamation. A controlled top-down demo can actually pay for some if not all all labour costs. (Depends on materials of course 👍)

[@integr8er66]

@assassinlexx Agree, he was making a career out of it.

[@integr8er66]

@@stevegray5263 I agree, I like the idea, and in fact usually the best way is to donate to anyone who wants the stuff to come and take it before you demo, but of course lawyers and liability doesn't allow that either, if they get hurt doing it they sue you and anyone related to you.

[@StereoMike06]

Such a waste. House looked very well built and in great shape. What was the reason for this?

[@JohnZWetmore]

In this neighborhood, they are tearing down the old houses one by one to put up the biggest McMansions they can squeeze onto the lots.

[@andyhughes5885]

What was wrong with that house ? It looked solidly built with a real tile roof as well, unlike the houses that seem to be built consisting of mainly wood.

[@Novusod]

Look at all the moss on the roof. Probably led to water damage.

[@austinaubinoe]

It's in the DC suburbs, All of the pre war to 1950s houses are being torn down and replaced with Mcmansions. Cheap materials and designs mean they surely won't be this solid in 90 years.

[@andyhughes5885]

@@austinaubinoe Its the same here in Scotland.Whole new towns sprang up after the war and to create new housing when the slums were pulled down in Glasgow. They were only designed to last 30 years yet they are always being upgraded with central heating, new roofs and new windows. If they were pulled down there`d be no-where to house people. There`s just no room. The houses and flats were made from cheap materials yet, they are still here after 60 years.

[@joemcconnell2674]

I think the houses built of wood! Or next to be demolished. Could be wrong though.

[@IVANSALAS1912]

I would do anything to have a house like this

[@stuartarundale6219]

Hell, I'd at least have saved that loo roll that was still on it's holder! Worth a small fortune in these mad times ;)

[@urbanplanner7200]

To be replaced with OSB mcmansion?

[@cathiwim]

Matt probably widening the road

[@JohnZWetmore]

Yes. Many existing homes in this neighborhood are being replaced with McMansions.

[@williammanns9927]

I looked up the address, as the house number was still on the side... They were saying it was Chevy Chase... according to what o read it was just sold last Oct for $815,000... I wonder who's got money to build a brand new house in this economy?

[@johnfoltz8183]

@@williammanns9927 Chevy Chase iS a really high end place

[@1dollarten]

That goes up like a match

[@emeyers5984]

I hate seeing another beautiful, well built home being demolished. The brickwork and woodwork is amazing and that craftsmanship is not seen like that these days. It’s sad no one salvaged anything from that home. We have several businesses here that would have loved to obtain many items.

[@peon9282]

I‘m from Europe, but I also find it sad to see a solid building being torn down to build a cheap OSB house.

[@catkeys6911]

That was a really solid brick house, old 4704. It looks like it was bricks outside of cement blocks. Definitely looked tornado-proof (well, not the windows, maybe but...). SUCH a shame- that was a damn well made house!

[@stevelinwood8362]

Fun to watch this stuff! Enjoyed this video

[@thomaswykes3647]

All those old memories are like tears in the rain

[@jamesbarrow4688]

This is James Barrow this beautiful house is amazing and it getting demolished how heartbreaking 😥

[@cameronward7137]

Good lord this must be this operators first day.

[@Bigitaly57]

Talk about being rough on your equipment, that thumb is ready to fall off.... forget separating the scrap metal we'll just turn it in to a giant pile. Great video

[@stevegray5263]

We have separate attachments with auto quick hitch here in UK and europe, I don't understand why the US doesn't use these? Safer jobs and more productive (much less material separation time)

[@Fuzzbrain61]

Amazing that demo company salvaged nothing from this. What a waste of good materials that could have been recycled.

[@briansullivan1927]

wait...I thought you said 124 Monroe street. ooopsie !!!

[@jonathandeatherage9271]

It had a spiral staircase, Too! INSANE!!

[@milleb17020]

The judge said she gets the house, but I keep the property. Sooooo, I'm sending her the house.

[@noe29933]

That’s a good one👍😂

[@the_1_who_sails_the_seasto367]

As an build it yourself activity

[@c165vin]

Just a question, nobody wants to recycle the copper flashing from the house. There's probably enough to buy dinner for everyone there.

[@shanestamball1886]

must be this guys first house demo

[@adamn7516]

So sad. The house looks real nice. Should have been saved. Original solid wood doors it look like. Also those classic cast iron radiators. Wonder what other original architecture was inside that could have been salvaged and reused. Also saw a perfectly good toilet and toilet paper. :-)

[@rjdee3305]

It should look nice, it sold for $815,000 in 2019. Probably some corporation bought it because they wanted the land, for almost a million dollars

[@PreservationEnthusiast]

There was a spiral staircase to the top floor too. That place definitely worth a soft strip to salvage items like doors, tiles, wiring, and copper piping. A good few thousands in scrap materials and salvage items in there.

[@poohbear4130]

She didn’t go down easy! Funny some towns won’t let you take down 100 yr old crack house’s. But they take down this brick beauty?

[@funkyeggroll1212]

What a shame tearing down a solid brick house to put up a Vinyl sided one.

[@joemcconnell2674]

Not only the beautiful house demolished. All them tree's behind where the house stood will probably be cut down.

[@ethan.000]

@@joemcconnell2674 So sad 😭

[@macguy12341]

The wife must have gotten the house in the settlement! lol

[@dklucas1]

Or she didn't make the mortgage payments lol 😂

[@jackx4311]

In England, we wouldn't dream of smashing down a house like that!! Okay, it might need repairs which aren't obvious from the outside, but surely not enough to be worth destroying the whole thing? What a waste . . . The place I live in is getting on for 150 years old, and with upkeep of the roof, I see no reason why it shouldn't still be sound in another 150 years. The American writer, Bill Bryson, lived for some time in a small village in the Pennine Hills in Yorkshire - and said that there were more pre-1700 homes and farmhouses in that one village than in the whole of the lower 48, Alaska and Canada. But what amazed him, he said, was that people in Britain just treat them as . . . homes and farmhouses, and not as museum pieces.

[@katherinecalderon50]

And they call this progress....🤔🤨

[@davidrichardson3894]

yea thats what they call it but progressing to what?

[@lesliegray3172]

Must be that guys first day on that excavator, he's playing at being a demolition man

[@amfwelsh]

why? he got the job done and did it safely

[@jamesdoherty5093]

He's very sloppy and beating up the machine unnecessarily

[@nickzooco2978]

This guy should be eating bricks right now. I’ve never seen a chimney taken down so unsafely

[@southernhomesteadtransformatio]

@@nickzooco2978 He got lucky for sure, was very sloppy on the controls.....

[@helookalikaman79]

It is probably was the owners little son practicing...

[@skinmaxdestroyer]

nice job, cool !

[@tombrigola1086]

This is the best demolition video I ever watch the excavator operators just reffing everything

[@alanspagnolia9474]

Ricardo; couldn't agree with you more ! Yes, the guy operating "jaws" was quite passionate about getting this house completely trashed !!

[@peon9282]

I wonder why they didn‘t remove the interior/wood or at least the isolation. That just leaves a huge mess all mixed up.

[@dvddmc]

would be interesting to see a picture of what was replaced there after the demo

[@sebfannumber1]

One of the best demolition videos I have ever seen, and the operator did a great job.

[@seeswrobertthurman1852]

OMG! Is there no end to the senseless waste in this country! To see such a lovely house destroyed makes me sick,

[@THEAarhus]

It,s sad to see nothing is reused, that is just so much a Shame.

[@HarryWhittle2019]

Their would have been a reason that I cant be used

[@k.c.beagle7102]

Finally an operator who means business !!!

[@Johngauthier740]

Hope you meant that sarcastically

[@DoubleMonoLR]

If "Means business" = completely trashing a building, for saving (little)time.

[@k.c.beagle7102]

I did@@Johngauthier740

[@swithinbarclay4797]

I don't believe, that the guy who paid for this job, was particularly interested in salvage recycle. Just look at his machine guy's style, he's doing his best to mince up the stuff, to get it all to landfill as as fast as he can.

[@JC-pr2cp]

Someone left a roll of toilet paper on the roll, interesteing. 7:10

[@jdpinbaytown]

I seen that too Lol

[@plurallydial]

LMAO

[@helookalikaman79]

They didn't bother salvaging anything... With Covid 19 and the TP shortage you would at least grab the TP before demo....

[@rosetodaro5081]

The hose guy is the star of this video

[@georgefilippello7972]

Just think of all the beautiful homes all through the years that were destroyed in the name of progress .(Housing Developments, parking lots ,and high rise apartments of glass and steel )

[@JohnZWetmore]

Old houses in this neighborhood are being demolished one by one to put up McMansions.

[@kelliskinner1929]

It happened in my old neighborhood in FL. One by one, perfectly good homes were ripped to pieces and hauled to the dump. To be replaced with cookie cutter modern houses. Pricing us originals out via rising property taxes. Gentrification sucks. Just as hard as rich people do. Nothing lasts forever though. So, just be here now That helps

[@kipphenderson9802]

Looks like a perfectly good house 🏘️

[@jays106]

what a shame such a beautiful house there was still TP on the holder in the bathroom! thinking it was not gutted inside for all the copper wire and pipes by looks of it :(

[@james82430]

That was a good looking house.yes it needed a roof ,but that’s only thing that I see wrong with that house was the roof.

[@Fresh-tw7ev]

Look closely. The radiators that come tumbling out later on in the video might provide you pearl clutchers with a valuable clue.

[@CaptainEverythingHumorandMore]

The owners son with 30 minutes of training. Still faster than Most stuff on KZbin. I gave it a like. 👍🍺

[@dancurrier6421]

where I used to live they tore down 4 house's just to build little small park next to the river with benches what A waste of money 💰

[@markpinther9296]

Shout out to the water hose dudes for keeping the dust at bay!

[@bill53uk]

what a waste of good reuseable wood

[@jamesp8391]

Reusable everything truthfully!!

[@anthonyward7485]

So much waste. Salvage the windows, the porch railings and probably a lot more inside. Shame to waste all that material.

[@mdovideo1414]

Why did the house have to be demolished?

[@urbanplanner7200]

To feed Mammon.

[@lachlanslightsandfans]

Often these people decide to sell these houses and when people buy them they demolish them for redevelopment and putting up new houses and rent them out

[@beamer8907]

The roof looks so rotten maybe that’s why And it’s just crap

[@brianmeek5236]

You should see the beautiful parking lot there now

[@jonnydanger7181]

Why tear down that house looks solid

[@ryansansom6901]

What a sad disgusting waste of a beautiful old home. They will never build homes as well as this ever again. It would cost a fortune to have a exact duplicate of this house built today. Materials alone would cost upwards of 100,000 dollars to build this house. This will more than likely be replaced with a drywall and plywood shit box,that is cheap to build but will be way over priced. I would have at least save those radiators and any unpainted woodwork, as well as any original bathroom fixtures. Some of these items are in demand for people who are doing historic renovations to old homes.

[@alanspagnolia9474]

All I can say is; WOW! Fantastic demolition of an 88 year old bldg. Imagine all the mold, asbestos and disease this bldg had !! This was great to watch b/c after a long day in the city, now at home, shoes off, tie loosened, this was totally relaxing !! No offense to the peoples' comments saying this house shouldn't have been destroyed, however you've gotta admit; this was so cool to see!

[@perrydavis3612]

Why?

[@mlbabineaux]

Gotta take out the corner first...sturdiest part of the building

[@AnthonyTolhurst-dw1nc]

I cannot believe we destroy such creations

[@kelliskinner1929]

This was once someone's pride and joy. Someone's memories. Someone's lifetime or working to pay for... To be so violently ripped apart. It hurts my soul... Deeply. People are so careless and so ready to discard. But, acceptance of impermanence is the only way to cope. Namaste folks.

[@helookalikaman79]

I wonder if any time capsules were destroyed

[@stevealbers685]

The house wanted to have some demolition fun as well! 27:57

[@yunasfan3960]

Der Baggerführer hat wohl am Abend zuvor zu viel Bruce-Lee-Karate-Filme angeschaut (?) 😂😂😂

[@ThunderhawkMIB1980]

In Germany we say Wertstofftrennung

[@noe29933]

That’s a terrible sin looks a fine building to me I’d be glad of it

[@jeannesnow4366]

Amazing.... this house had cinder block walls under bricks. It would have lasted forever!!! What junk they build today!!!!

[@brianjure2683]

It's HIS fucking house, HE can do whatever he wants with it !

[@Youngg_Ronnie]

I hope this never happens to my house

[@integr8er66]

Just think some people get paid to do this shit. Man I'd love it

[@juliehare3403]

I can't even watch this...why didn't they move the house somewhere ...ehat a waste of long gone craftsmanship and materials.

[@desertbob6835]

There's something VERY wrong afoot in Bethesda.. .

[@konsejitos]

No recycling of doors, windows or any other salvageable materials, what a waste.

[@Michtario]

What's the purpose of spraying the water? Is it to keep the dust down? I've noticed they spray water on all of these demolition videos.

[@JohnZWetmore]

Yes, spraying water is standard practice to help keep the dust down. On the few demolitions I have seen without water, there was noticeably more dust.

[@albertcyphers1532]

Hello boss. Got good news, the house is down. Bad news we knocked down the wrong house

[@davidsekowski1710]

Probably a lot of good conversations took place on that front porch. Kinda sad to think of all the Halloweens and Christmas Mornings in that house. Hugging and kissing loved ones that came to visit on that porch.

[@thewitt2890]

Gonna build a CVS or Berger King on the lot?

[@JohnZWetmore]

They are building the largest single family house that the zoning rules allow. In this neighborhood, a lot of the original houses are being replaced with McMansions.

[@swithinbarclay4797]

@@JohnZWetmore : I don't suppose they'd even spare Victorians, from the 1860's-90's, would they??

[@MauriceSaraber]

The house is still on Google maps.. it was for sale, probably sold it to someone that demolished it :( 4704 Hunt Ave, Chevy Chase, MD 20815

[@MauriceSaraber]

Yeah it is.. I hate to see such a beautiful piece of history disappeare :(

[@barbannco]

that is a disgusting waste of a beautiful house...I wont watch the rest of it

[@litiviousspartus4611]

Indeed...i didn't watch any of it.

[@orlandog3957]

What's the purpose for the water

[@chevy266nova]

If this house could talk. I wonder what stories it could tell about the families that have lived there.The birth of the home and it's death.The first wife to walk into it, And the first baby to come home to it.

[@BHersey69]

Get that hack out of the excavator!!!!!!

[@richardcline1337]

QUARRY LIFE , he's most likely union and he has to take three times as long to do the job so they can get more money out of it!

[@BHersey69]

@@OCC_Plumbing_and_Restorations give me a house to demo

[@mattmcfarland9154]

That was a prfectly fine house that was ripped down but typicle greedy richass snotnose developers build their developements that are built almost out of cardboard that may not be there any where near as long as the one knocked down what a waste. Here in australia and through many parts of the world the life expectancy of a house is 25 to 30 years and a building of several stories high is 30 years if lucky. Ive seen buildings get demolished that are not much older that 2 decades , talk about progress.

[@jeromewysocki8809]

There are a lot of abandoned houses in Chicago in a lot worse shape that are allowed to remain and continue to deteriorate. What was wrong with this one that it was demolished? There was a lot of good stuff in it that could have been recycled. What a waste!

[@JohnZWetmore]

A common pattern in this area is for older houses to be torn down and replaced by large McMansions squeezed onto the lot.

[@jeromewysocki8809]

Richard Cox , you're correct. My point was that more effort toward recycling should be done when houses like this are torn down. There is a huge waste of good, recyclable lumber in vintage houses, such as this one, for example.

[@myronfrobisher]

That is one well built house - to be replaced with crap.

[@nickmad887]

thanks

[@brichardsfourty]

That looks so fun to operate the T-Rex monster lol 😂 I’m sure he’s having fun with that destruction machine and getting paid good money I live in Phoenix Arizona please I would love to get a full-time job doing this kind of stuff please hire me Hell yes make my dreams come true

[@andyb3735]

How big is this excavator?

[@sweetkellymay]

Plot twist..wrong address...

[@unitedurbanwarriorsociety8286]

That operator dont know what the hell he is doing LOL.

[@michaelcarmichael1252]

He should of cleaned all that wood porches and bushes from around place,one big mix mess,my boss would of chalked me after he got first 3000 dollar dumpster bill........🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@IVANSALAS1912]

is beautiful these house....for why??

[@vickyburton2434]

Seems like a shame to rip down this home.

[@hantiioan8261]

RIP House

[@BlitzTalos]

So sad. Was a beauty.

[@macharrington7733]

Probably demolished to make way for a Taco Bell .......we have to stop this kind of stuff

[@briancritchley5295]

If you wreckers put it back together I will buy it..

[@alanspagnolia9474]

including the asbestos and mold ??!! LOL !

[@alanspagnolia9474]

@@quesadilla14 Most do though

[@timbow50]

Damn sure can't operate an excavator.

[@noe29933]

Seems a fine house and all who are homeless a disgrace and this is called progress more ridiculous

[@neverseenbefore_5638]

Everyone: "Aww such a shame! What a pretty building!" Me: This is the coolest thing ever. Destroy more buildings.

[@alanspagnolia9474]

@Chad Stephen Yeah, "jaws" was having a good ol' time !