Salvaging Material From My Condemned House

Its almost time to demo my house in Upstate NY! Before we do, Mack and I went up and took out all of the existing windows and some of the electrical cable. It was a productive day, and now the house is on the schedule for knock down! Stay tuned for that!
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[@homesteadonomics]

The fridge clip!! 😂 so good!!!

[@dwwoodbuilds]

I see you had a special guest star helping! Crazy how the section of the foundation just caved in. Another step forward on the demolition completed! Shame how much $ was wasted on the house.

[@SchysCraftCo.]

Wowers that's definitely interesting. Glad to see a update on this project Chris. Can't wait to see more videos soon. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work my friend. Keep making. God bless.

[@DragonHeart5150]

That's sad. The brother's must have gone broke. But a great opportunity to get some awesome materials.

[@jwp_cards]

Glass is problematic yet all of the nails and screws that will come out of the house is not.....

[@MakeEverything]

I guess hes thinking he could at least run a magnet over the grounds for nails, but that glass will never get cleaned up. I tend to agree, ill sweep it a few times with the big magnetic sweeper before I drive my truck up there

[@nolana77]

Good to see Jimmy finally doing some work. Haha.

[@r.j.sworkshop7883]

Whatever you build, look at ICF. Super insulated structure is so nice.

[@homesteadonomics]

Couldn’t believe the foundation! Glad you got everything you did though👍

[@AtimatikArmy]

You should salvage some of those long wood beams.

[@MakeEverything]

We actually started demolition yesterday and tried to save some material, but most of it couldn't get out of the building in one piece, we did save som really long 2x8s

[@KingKong84]

That crawlspace just screams Don’t DIE

[@garagemonkeysan]

Nice video. Can't wait to see it flattened. Mahalo for sharing! : )

[@plsmithed]

Go kart track with a petting zoo. Perfect attraction for East Durham!

[@royworks28]

My suggestion would be to build an arts and crafts style house on that property, It would really show off your talents.

[@MikeVideos100]

OMG...Love the frig removal!!!!

[@DonnaMSchmid]

Couldn't you salvage some of those sheets of drywall? It's hard to tell on the video, but they looked to be in decent shape -- even if just to be used for sheds, garages, your workshops, etc.

[@protect.your.digits.creations]

When you were in the crawlspace I thought I saw a pair of green eyes looking at you in the dark corner. I think I know who was living there . hahahaha. Wish I could be there to help.

[@EngineerMikeF]

That foundation failure was epic, never seen one like that. Seen plenty of water in crawl space issues but never a stemwall that rolled over.

[@burner-thehippo5945]

I would love to buy those 2 bay windows

[@jwp_cards]

Nice video =) Reminds me of the fun I've had in the past

[@jamesbarisitz4794]

That will be a few containers worth off to the landfill. Clean slate. 👍

[@DustyWall]

1:30 I laughed my *** off! I need that as a repeating gif.

[@patkane5018]

I think we'd like to see you build a distillery on that land. "Up state burbon and rye" has a nice ring to it!!

[@hugochristoss324]

You certainly know how to remove a fridge!

[@MD-en3zm]

😂

[@WApnj]

Should definitely save that fireplace if it's structurally sound.. Good centerpiece of some new construction. Or just an outdoor gathering area.

[@davebauerart]

What happened to that sweet Craftsman table saw? Looks like it was new when the built the house.

[@MakeEverything]

We snagged it!

[@tropifiori]

Windows are crazy expensive. It was a good idea to save them!

[@MakeEverything]

Yeah it felt wrong to toss them! they'll get used somewhere!

[@jeremyspecce]

Hopefully that footage from the crawl space will squash all the “what a waste” comments. That was really eye opening! Nice to see the shed being put to good use already.

[@mdesousa6691]

So long as the wiring homeruns weren't stapled to attic framing, the same skidsteer method would've been worthwhile.

[@MakeEverything]

I almost went in that direction, but we couldnt get the skid steer around the corner to the back of the house with the foundation falling in like that, when the excavator ripped the roof off most of the wire stayed stapled to the beams!

[@spoplehughes]

Use all the windows to make a greenhouse for your garden

[@AndyM.]

DUDEZILLA! BUILD whatever you want!!! KRIPES Some crazy guy A.K.A Andrew C. build a freakin' castle out of shipping containers for christ sake!!!!!!! Last time I checked, we STILL live in a free country!!!!!!!

[@rldoyle5705]

That little window is sample window salesman

[@seangriffon6502]

I want that cute little window. I have a perfect use for it. A friend has a small playhouse for his kuds and that window would fit it perfect.

[@TheRootbeerfreak]

I spent a lot of time in Middleburgh and Cobleskill a few years ago. Being from the Island I really miss it, You guys anywhere near there?

[@ladeseddy5994]

somebody is a bad shot trying to get that deer.

[@robsdeviceunknown]

As a reseller, I look for value in everything. There isn't much their i would have left behind. But hey one mans treasure is another mans trash ;)

[@decentwoodart3838]

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[@arkitson]

Was that Jimmy helping? Nice!

[@hipairbrush1053]

Build an underground house or bunker with a kitchen and a bathroom.

[@creeplife2802]

You should've made videos of the demo. A part of building is destroying.

[@MakeEverything]

I’ve got footage of the knock down coming soon!!

[@cavaleru31]

didnt you contact Andrew Camarata to help with demo? i see Jimmy Diresta came over.

[@klubstompers]

Weird that someone would start insulating and rocking a structure before sheeting it from the weather.

[@gregmize01]

Was that Jimmy Diresta?😳

[@MakeEverything]

I needed a helper for the day and he came cheap!

[@kyronnewbury]

Any chance you're a black Keys fan?

[@roscoejones4515]

What that place lacked in everything else it made up for with bay windows.😏

[@klubstompers]

All that time and money, and they couldn't spend $500 to throw in some bar and grout the foundation? CMUs are only structural when they are reinforced with concrete and steel. If the structure was worth saving, this would have been a pretty easy one day fix too.

[@MakeEverything]

Yup! Years of work!!! When we knocked it down you could see how bad of a job they did on the block! What a shame!!!

[@mcallahan9060]

That crawl space was soooo sketchy!

[@user-yn9dz3wy6j]

1:32 - what the fuck!

[@MakeEverything]

Fastest appliance mover east of the Mississippi!

[@sbeckwith7801]

Demolishing a perfectly good house? Get a house mover to jack it up and rebuild the foundation. "FIX EVERYthING" At the very least, dismantle it to salvage the lumber.

[@kylebracht]

Demo guys worried about the windows...? Lol. Not all the nails, screws and other misc sharp objects?