Tearing Down The Farm House

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[@dougmay8924]

YOU ARE A VERY ANILITICAL,,MAN IN YOUR PROFESSION AND YOUR VIDEOS GOT ME THRU MY HOSPITAL STAY MORE THAN A MONTH !!STILL GOIN THRU PHYSICAL THERAPY AND YOUR VIDEOS ARE AWESOME 👌 THANK YOU!! WHISH I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO WHAT YOU DO NOW! I LOVE IT!!!

[@janvandenbos7085]

Nice farmhouse and barn demolition Chris clearing up and burning and storting out materials 👌👍

[@johnapel2856]

Bummer that they let that neat old farmhouse die. Too bad nothing could be salvaged. Man, it was brittle. Sad, but interesting to see how you do it. Thanks.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Awesome! Love watching the demo videos! Great work!

[@TL64329]

Lots of good memories here for someone. Life goes on.

[@clydeacor1911]

They sure don't build them like they used to! When we do a demolition we try to see if the local fire department would like to use it for training, it's easier to burn that way because you don't have to worry about permits and the fire department gets needed training. It's a win, win for everyone. Really liked the video, nothin like mayhem and destruction!

[@letsdig18]

they wouldnt burn it because it was so close to the power lines

[@clydeacor1911]

@@letsdig18 well that would definitely make sense. At least it was a good donor for you to make a great video!

[@delcasaleexcavating9508]

We're in NJ and can't burn them with the fire department, however we are allowed to use the houses for training on breaching walls, saw training/ roof cuts for ventilating a fire....& this all happens through our township fire prevention /fire inspectors.....by the time we get done tearing the place down the demolition company doesn't have anything left to do !! Lol

[@charlesmiller5078]

While Im watching, Im thinking about the memories that were made in that old home, how many adults remember this house when remembering their child hood. The home I grew up in was sold after we all grew up and moved out. Another family has now raised their children and they have grown up and moved. And its still in great shape, worth around 200,000, we paid 9,998 in 1957. But the good part is memories dont go away only the platform they were made at.

[@thefinalfrontier1219]

I love watching these Machines tear houses down you really get a good perspective of the power that these machines have. It’s pretty incredible.

[@Lowincome2023]

Watching this video today and paused it to go on some errands. My daughter asked to use phone and seen the video paused and says to me " Dad how can you watch a 30 minute video of a guy tearing down a house".. Haha I tell her its just satisfying to watch.. Been watching for 6 months slowly getting through all the videos, Love the content keep it coming..

[@davidnull5590]

Chimneys are built after the house is framed, the builder tells the mason where the chimney is the exit the house, the mason builds the chimney to reach that point. Many of them are intentionally built "crooked" so the leave the roof where the builder wanted.

[@letsdig18]

yeah i saw after it went between the roof trusses

[@MaddogJones]

Gotta love that lead and asbestos (and maybe a little mold too) dust first thing in the morning...

[@snipercurgan1]

I enjoy brush cutting and forestry mulching videos, please show more in the future if you can, either way love the channel and keep up with all the amazing uploads!

[@keithdunlap2701]

And that's how it's done !!! That looks like it could be a nice lot after it's all cleaned and cleared.... Great one Chris !!

[@mbhales]

The crooked chimney was on purpose. They used to build them that way supposedly to aid in a better draft. We tore down an old (1904) house here in Idaho last fall that had the same thing; The chimney for the old coal -->> oil furnace was way leaned over, but the fireplace (probably built years later) was straight up and down.

[@JimPeachley]

I've been told that, to minimize potential leaks, chimneys were built so they would exit the roof at the peak, but they start wherever the fireplace is, not always perfectly under the peak. So you get an angled chimney.

[@brucethec8150]

I must be learning something watching all these construction vids. As soon as the vid starts I am already planning how to do the job just as chris would.

[@1995jug]

Chris you are a great roofer don't take you long to remove one.

[@dwaynekoblitz6032]

Think of all the sweet tea, biscuits, and love making, that were made in that old house? History forgotten. But you sure gave it Heyell!

[@scssarge4409]

The big bad wolf just smashed this house down! this house was like straw.

[@mischef18]

It's like ya favorite breakfast cereal it's all about the crunch. Sure is in a lovely spot next to that pond though. Great video bro

[@markdelfavero7542]

I could watch you all day. Thanks

[@brianmillar5075]

Gee mate!!! that was the wrong bloody house, thats my house you tore down, where the bloody hell am I gunna live now?

[@kzpylj7729]

It's kinda depressing if you think about how much history these houses hold. Some old man today probably grew up here lol

[@billrobbins5874]

Didn't take as long to demo it as it did to build it. That's progress. Supposedly,?

[@stephenkeefer3436]

“Someday son, this mansion will be all yours” “ Gee pa, I dunno “ “Just don’t let them Yankees find the gold under the floor “ “0K pa , they’ll never know we wuz rich”

[@JWW922]

Just think of the hopes and dreams of the people that built it and all that have lived there ..............

[@stretchmfe4913]

I think the same thing about old ratty old cars. At one time, buying that car was the best day in someone's life. That farmhouse reminds me of Jenny's though... needed crushed.

[@jimmystrain883]

Yes I was ,thinking, the same .a.l the hopes and dreams. How many families that. Iived there that .over that place

[@jimmystrain883]

Loved that place

[@bobkohl6779]

Just what I was thinking

[@patg6705]

You can hear the dryness in that old wood, the wind is blowing hard too. Thanks for sharing, good video

[@meanjoegreen4925]

Chris when you were tearing down the house by the bathroom you should have had Timmy ( as u call him) sitting on the toilet. that would have been a funny as heck scene to me -- if no to others

[@stumppiler1002]

Watch out for that lead paint buddy, no joke, the wind is your friend.

[@squarewrangler]

No worries. Most of it blew into the water .

[@tom73055]

squareyed now . don’t go drinking the pond water or letting the animals drink from the pond now that it is lead contaminated

[@silentepsilon888]

That was fun to watch, let's do another house. Maybe the neighbor's house? I heard they are on vacation for at least another week.

[@46rambo49]

reminds me of the first house i lived in as a kid, a converted chicken house it was, not much bigger than the porch on this one. People just don't realize how damn good you are with that big ass bucket. !!!

[@johnnyholland8765]

There was a song in the eighties called "burning down the house" should be renamed "tearing down the house"....... Kind of a shame just because that used to be someones home. Folks used to tear old houses down and reuse or as they call it now repurpose the lumber. All that destruction at ones fingertips.

[@treefrog7795]

Oh my i knew you knew your stuff on popping the lid off a pop bottle but you can even open a can of soup with that mow chine.......Awesome work..and i am riding my bike during this whole clean up.

[@bradleymincey6905]

Demolition and land clearing is always awesome!! I thought you got the new skid steer without the high flow option. I figured the bush hog/brush cutter attachment for the skid steer would need the high flow option. But if it doesn't, then that is a cost saver for you and I don't even want to know what is a "high flow" attachment for that machine! Lol

[@letsdig18]

no its a low flow mower

[@Todd.Roberts]

Be sure you save that 50 cents worth of copper wire if that old house even had any lol

[@blackjack8217]

Suggest while tearing down old housed like that that you use a filter mask. There is alot of stuff in them that are hazardous to breathe when it become airborne.

[@arnoldromppai5395]

thats a lot of cost that we dont go to here, we wait until the snow covers the bush, and walk though all the buildings with a drip torch, and let them all go, even if there are high voltage power lines not far off, not going to hurt them big bare ESR cables, then in the spring after half loads come off in mid June we go in and clean up whats left

[@trentonbartley6417]

To do this everyday.. living the dream! Also, 200k knocking on the door!! 👍

[@HuntGamingProductions]

199,673

[@JD-iu3vi]

Wait! Wait! Wrong house! Wrong house! It's the one next door you're supposed to demolish!

[@rick8910]

Going to be a nice place to build on.

[@marcryvon]

Yeah, with a pond already there !

[@JohnSmith-lb6pz]

Ever thought about letting the local fire department use something like that to use as practice? I did that one time and it worked out good, I didn't have as much to move and the local VFD got some good practice training in.

[@larrylittletonjr9644]

I'd like to pilfer the barns first. Amazing what you'll find. Just leave the leaning chimney lol

[@TheUb3rN00b]

I use to live in a old A-frame house about 8 years ago, It still had the original windows with the counter weights to keep it opened. The only thing that was new to the house was a sliding door for the back door. I had to move eventually because the area turned into the "slum" part and the house was gonna cost more to renovate or remodel than to just sell it for what it was. It was a shame to see it go but at least someone got proper use out of the land and built a better house in its place.

[@michaelpoole1378]

Dang I would love to have that old siding off that house, I needed that, and lot more lumber,. Homeless man could use it , (rich peoples junk is a poor mans treasure),.

[@crippledrider]

I don't usually comment on your videos, but had to on this one. That house would have blown away, seemed it wasn't made out of much, just clap board and tin, WOW!!!

[@bigtarheelfan]

Chimney is no longer crooked.

[@slomoe5409]

The funk rushed out of that house and knocked me to my goddamn knees The taste stays on my mind

[@dailylife6432]

A lot of those old chimneys was not centered within the center of the rafters so they stair stepper or of set each layer if brick to bring it to the center of the rafters.

[@perryroberts3792]

Letsdig18, you say that the tin was way better back then, then how come you didn't use it on your pole barn then? Besides everything was alot better back then, as it didn't COST AS MUCH AS IT DOES TODAY!!!

[@jasonking2943]

Looks like the old Watson home place the tin wasn't the only thing that was screwed. Earl and Mable had 14 kids!

[@tomrogers9467]

No Television.

[@shannonyt1]

Good Work.

[@justj2728]

Awe man you should give us tours of the inside before you tear these places down you would probably get a ton of veiws and also that preserves the memory of these old places

[@rallyscoot]

I dont think it was very save to enter this house.. The floors would be very unstable.

[@justj2728]

@@rallyscoot yes it's possible but you don't just assume without checking who knows what they're could have been to see lol

[@lugnutz9025]

The property owner should have allowed the local Law Enforcement Agency and Fire Depts to use the house for practice. It is really helpful to them.

[@philipbengtson7066]

Thanks for opening the windows right away!

[@glendahandley6266]

You did a great job love old house's bet there was snakes in that thing be safe

[@bohhica1]

Question for you: do any of the ponds/tanks that you repair the dams on, have you gone back and tried to fish them or not interested? Some of the ponds are awesome in size and water clarity, just asking. Thanks for some great videos and job.👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@shirleyqualls8036]

I never tore a house down before, glad you let me ride along

[@drewgardner81]

I watch these videos and it seem like every move you make is the exact move I would make lol

[@rickychalk5936]

Check under front door jam for sure in old houses.... for old coin...

[@johnm.evangelis693]

Great video Chris!!!

[@shawnfox8002]

Did you see how beautiful that toilet was. Well at least it was at one time .

[@leol1682]

Keep the job going Chris .

[@spencespencer3814]

They should have hired a salvage company to tear the house down. Most people dont know old houses like that one or with a lot of value in antique wood metal roofing or other valubles inside

[@slomoe5409]

spence spencer Antique wood ........lmao

[@markreetz1001]

"Roll it up like a burrito, Johnny Jett!"

[@michealmartin8565]

You've got to love your job you get to do all kinds of cool stuff

[@rajbeekie7124]

If you are going to have a burn pit wouldn't it be easier if you burn the house, barn, etc. where they are and clean up later?

[@ralphsterz2889]

Next to busy road and under electrical or telephone lines?

[@rajbeekie7124]

@@ralphsterz2889 Thanks, did not see those.

[@bparsons72007]

Burn it first and then clean up what's left.

[@yipp-7841]

no burning construction debris in NC

[@chuckjohnson8407]

Damn you have way too much fun good stress reliever lol.

[@raywilson800]

Restaurant builders pay big bucks for that old rusty tin when they're going for that "rustic look"😎

[@Swindy1794]

Such incredible power at your fingertips, is it really worth it to save the steel roofing?.... maybe save a little on fuel cost.

[@marcryvon]

More and more city bylaws demand to recuperate all metal. Easely recyclable.

[@papaw5405]

How do you keep the haints that lived in those old houses from following you home?

[@thomasdesmond2248]

Chris's home inspections and remodeling is back in business. After that last misunderstanding. Going through a new home with fine tooth bucket. Don't worry just hold Chris's beer and he will get to the source of the problem. Lol

[@jerryrolen9639]

I have demoed many old homes. Never liked it though. To much history.

[@thisisconstruction.]

jerry rolen I am Carpenter, rebuilt most of my house by taking apart those old places no one wants too mess with!! So much good lumber! You can not get any thing like that at the lumber yard today😒.

[@cathiwim]

It makes me cry. 😞

[@danchretien6801]

Man that a dusty old house , thanks for the view.

[@tehsimo]

screeching bending sheet metal is the worst noise

[@thomasdesmond2248]

Chris I hope you didn't touch Tim's office aka the outhouse. Lol

[@marcryvon]

Amazing "gingerly peeling" off that tin roof ! Any wiring worth cherrypicking in that one ??

[@SailorAllan]

wow--did that place even have electricity run to it ? I didn't see any fixtures, wires, etc. Chris--I imagine a big part of any job you go to is on the way there watching for places to send Tim to for lunch......

[@loftonharris5632]

Chris, I really think you should wear a respirator when doing this work. Who knows what’s in all that dust! Maybe even some ghosts or other nasty stuff...

[@zeke112964]

If you figure out which way the tin is placed on the roof you can pretty much tear it off from end to end

[@doogssmee9742]

Nice video ....... I guess you could say "that brought the house down"

[@CaptKirk1701]

You keep on knocking but you can't come in lol, nice job!

[@0_O_0001]

Just out of curiosity, is it possible to film your final walk through (if you do one) just so we can see a fill before and after demolition?

[@gmshep717sdad]

Chris, you are young and I want to see you have a long and healthy career.... PLEASE wear a respirator when you are doing demo. You just don't know what all you are breathing in. Mold, lead paint, insulation fibers, etc.....stuff you can't even pronounce! You da man!

[@delcasaleexcavating9508]

Totally agree with you Michael ! I always keep the door closed and the AC on.... I have a pressurized cab

[@waynetharp]

A little taste every now and again will build up an immune system!

[@randyhughes5160]

Man what stress reliever I let them say I did everything wrong but the feeling of crushing a house in a hour

[@oldpasink4452]

I couldn't have your job and not own a metal detector. Imagine what was scattered and lost in and around that house over the years.

[@philipbengtson7066]

OldPa I’d have a kayak and fishing rods with me

[@Boot_185]

That house is like new yet! Even has air conditioning! Up where I live most have basements so they just get crushed into the basement and burned.

[@petenolte4192]

Crunch crunch crunch the wood happy days

[@doubledarefan]

Haul to the dump? Thought you were going to haul it to the burn pit, away from roads, forests, etc.

[@arkansas1336]

Keeping your job varieties active, something different each day/job.

[@regsparkes6507]

The wind was in your favor on this demolition, wasn't it?

[@ScanMan79]

Just curious Chris, Do you ever walk through these places before you demo them? Just out of curiosity or looking for forgotten treasures? There was a house near me that was demoed and the family just walked away from it. There were several guns and a lot of ammo, tools, and antiques just to name a few. It was still a really nice house as well. Shame to see it destroyed and replaced with a modular house.

[@petessite]

Cant you chuck a match in there chris , go have cuppa tea , when you come bach ,few bitsa tin an an old cooker , job done , no carting off , no diesel wasted , !!! !!! great vijoes .......

[@timothyturigliatto7853]

do you ever find antiques and or cool stuff doing demolition?

[@BrettWae]

Not doing it like this, I don't think. :P

[@jplunkett3647]

Thank You FOR being Mother Earth Friendly - Dig Hole for POND Project bury Stumps - Controlled Burn - Haul OFF old Farm House - And so Forth ... KEEP the KZbin Videos being released ... WE Enjoy Watching ( Smile ) ..

[@youngillinoisan4270]

I could never have that job, it seems like it would be cool but I just couldn’t bring myself to tear down an old house or barn like that.

[@rppvt]

what I like is how the excavator always wins.

[@stavinaircaeruleum2275]

Wouldn't be surprised if there was a beloved pet buried nearby...

[@mikehornsby599]

You know you can tear a building down!!!!

[@MRKUE]

Looks our place in Anderson!

[@stephenpierce6716]

Very satisfying video

[@AuditRecon]

Any Chestnut siding there? Any bass in that pond? You look like you've done that before.