CM1995
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- Joined
- Jan 21, 2007
- Messages
- 13,416
- Location
- Alabama
- Occupation
- Running what I brung and taking what I win
I started this job for a fast food rest. the end of last month. Good little job - demo, undercut, export and import. It's the biggest job I have landed in the last couple of years and I am glad to have it.
First the fun part - demo. The building was 85x40, wood framed structure, slab on grade. Over the years this building housed a bank, dry cleaners and it's last tenant was the local Boy Scout Troop.
I punched a hole in the side of the building with the T250 to strip the ceiling grid out and collect copper. The building had wood trusses so the side wall of the building was not load bearing just the front and rear walls were carrying the load, so this didn't create an unsafe condition. I have spent the earlier part of my career building buildings but it so much more fun to tear them down!:avid
Interior demo. I wouldn't have normally done this due to the fact there wasn't that much copper but I was waiting on the Gas Co to kill the service.
Loader demo pic of after I set the roof on the ground. I used the 953 to put the building on the ground, yes a trackhoe would have been easier but I don't have one at the moment and this is a "Run whatcha brung" operation. I punched out the side walls with the loader and then the front, leaving the corner intact. Then I just pushed the corner in and the roof laid right down on the ground. I have used this technique before using the T250 to demo a garden home where they wanted to keep the slab. A friend of mine shot video of the operation, when I get it I'll post it on YouTube.
Building on the ground, now the expensive part - load out. There were 10 - 30 CY cans total, not including the slab. I bid 12 so now I have a little change in my pocket.
Slab removal. The slab was a simple turn down of 12" with a 4" floor slab. The loader took care of it with ease. We hauled the concrete to the local city ballpark where they are filling a ravine to add another field. Win-win situation.
First the fun part - demo. The building was 85x40, wood framed structure, slab on grade. Over the years this building housed a bank, dry cleaners and it's last tenant was the local Boy Scout Troop.
I punched a hole in the side of the building with the T250 to strip the ceiling grid out and collect copper. The building had wood trusses so the side wall of the building was not load bearing just the front and rear walls were carrying the load, so this didn't create an unsafe condition. I have spent the earlier part of my career building buildings but it so much more fun to tear them down!:avid
Interior demo. I wouldn't have normally done this due to the fact there wasn't that much copper but I was waiting on the Gas Co to kill the service.
Loader demo pic of after I set the roof on the ground. I used the 953 to put the building on the ground, yes a trackhoe would have been easier but I don't have one at the moment and this is a "Run whatcha brung" operation. I punched out the side walls with the loader and then the front, leaving the corner intact. Then I just pushed the corner in and the roof laid right down on the ground. I have used this technique before using the T250 to demo a garden home where they wanted to keep the slab. A friend of mine shot video of the operation, when I get it I'll post it on YouTube.
Building on the ground, now the expensive part - load out. There were 10 - 30 CY cans total, not including the slab. I bid 12 so now I have a little change in my pocket.
Slab removal. The slab was a simple turn down of 12" with a 4" floor slab. The loader took care of it with ease. We hauled the concrete to the local city ballpark where they are filling a ravine to add another field. Win-win situation.