Tearing Down The Farm House

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  • @janvandenbos7085
    @janvandenbos7085 5 років тому +1

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

  • @johnapel2856
    @johnapel2856 5 років тому +42

    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.

  • @dougmay8924
    @dougmay8924 4 роки тому +1

    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!!!

  • @eliteearthworksllc
    @eliteearthworksllc 5 років тому +2

    Awesome! Love watching the demo videos! Great work!

  • @thefinalfrontier1219
    @thefinalfrontier1219 4 роки тому

    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.

  • @clydeacor1911
    @clydeacor1911 5 років тому +13

    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
      @letsdig18  5 років тому +5

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

    • @clydeacor1911
      @clydeacor1911 5 років тому

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

    • @delcasaleexcavating9508
      @delcasaleexcavating9508 5 років тому +2

      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

  • @TL64329
    @TL64329 4 роки тому

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

  • @charlesmiller5078
    @charlesmiller5078 5 років тому

    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.

  • @snipercurgan1
    @snipercurgan1 5 років тому +1

    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!

  • @JimPeachley
    @JimPeachley 5 років тому +2

    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.

  • @MaddogJones
    @MaddogJones 5 років тому +1

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

  • @keithdunlap2701
    @keithdunlap2701 5 років тому +1

    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 !!

  • @patg6705
    @patg6705 4 роки тому

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

  • @dwaynekoblitz6032
    @dwaynekoblitz6032 3 роки тому

    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!

  • @davidnull5590
    @davidnull5590 5 років тому +3

    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
      @letsdig18  5 років тому +3

      yeah i saw after it went between the roof trusses

  • @mbhales
    @mbhales 5 років тому

    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.

  • @Lowincome2023
    @Lowincome2023 3 роки тому

    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..

  • @brucethec8150
    @brucethec8150 5 років тому +6

    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.

  • @silentepsilon888
    @silentepsilon888 5 років тому +1

    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.

  • @michaelpoole1378
    @michaelpoole1378 3 роки тому +1

    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),.

  • @mischef18
    @mischef18 5 років тому +4

    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

  • @JWW922
    @JWW922 5 років тому +36

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

    • @stretch130MFE
      @stretch130MFE 4 роки тому +2

      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
      @jimmystrain883 3 роки тому

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

    • @jimmystrain883
      @jimmystrain883 3 роки тому

      Loved that place

    • @bobkohl6779
      @bobkohl6779 3 роки тому

      Just what I was thinking

  • @1995jug
    @1995jug 5 років тому +1

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

  • @markdelfavero7542
    @markdelfavero7542 5 років тому

    I could watch you all day. Thanks

  • @trentonbartley6417
    @trentonbartley6417 5 років тому +15

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

  • @treefrog7795
    @treefrog7795 3 роки тому

    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.

  • @46rambo49
    @46rambo49 5 років тому

    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. !!!

  • @justj2728
    @justj2728 5 років тому +44

    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
      @rallyscoot 5 років тому +2

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

    • @justj2728
      @justj2728 5 років тому +1

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

  • @arnoldromppai5395
    @arnoldromppai5395 5 років тому +1

    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

  • @stumppiler1002
    @stumppiler1002 5 років тому +10

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

    • @squarewrangler
      @squarewrangler 5 років тому

      No worries. Most of it blew into the water .

    • @tom73055
      @tom73055 5 років тому +1

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

  • @brianmillar5075
    @brianmillar5075 5 років тому +20

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

  • @TheUb3rN00b
    @TheUb3rN00b 5 років тому

    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.

  • @johnnyholland8765
    @johnnyholland8765 5 років тому +6

    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.

  • @larrylittletonjr9644
    @larrylittletonjr9644 5 років тому +6

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

  • @scssarge4409
    @scssarge4409 5 років тому +1

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

  • @blackjack8217
    @blackjack8217 4 роки тому

    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.

  • @rick8910
    @rick8910 5 років тому +4

    Going to be a nice place to build on.

    • @marcryvon
      @marcryvon 5 років тому

      Yeah, with a pond already there !

  • @rajbeekie7124
    @rajbeekie7124 5 років тому +8

    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
      @ralphsterz2889 5 років тому +2

      Next to busy road and under electrical or telephone lines?

    • @rajbeekie7124
      @rajbeekie7124 5 років тому +1

      @@ralphsterz2889 Thanks, did not see those.

    • @bparsons72007
      @bparsons72007 5 років тому +1

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

    • @yipp-7841
      @yipp-7841 5 років тому +1

      no burning construction debris in NC

  • @papaw5405
    @papaw5405 5 років тому +8

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

  • @JohnSmith-lb6pz
    @JohnSmith-lb6pz 5 років тому

    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.

  • @Swindy1794
    @Swindy1794 5 років тому +3

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

    • @marcryvon
      @marcryvon 5 років тому +1

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

  • @jasonking2943
    @jasonking2943 5 років тому +7

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

  • @kzpylj7729
    @kzpylj7729 5 років тому +13

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

    • @billrobbins5874
      @billrobbins5874 3 роки тому

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

  • @bradleymincey6905
    @bradleymincey6905 5 років тому +2

    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
      @letsdig18  5 років тому +1

      no its a low flow mower

  • @slomoe5409
    @slomoe5409 5 років тому +1

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

  • @philipbengtson7066
    @philipbengtson7066 5 років тому +2

    Thanks for opening the windows right away!

  • @bigtarheelfan
    @bigtarheelfan 5 років тому +2

    Chimney is no longer crooked.

  • @timothyturigliatto7853
    @timothyturigliatto7853 5 років тому +24

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

    • @BrettWae
      @BrettWae 5 років тому +5

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

  • @meanjoegreen4925
    @meanjoegreen4925 5 років тому +3

    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

  • @crippledrider
    @crippledrider 5 років тому

    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!!!

  • @bohhica1
    @bohhica1 3 роки тому

    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.👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

  • @Todd.Roberts
    @Todd.Roberts 5 років тому +7

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

  • @dailylife6432
    @dailylife6432 5 років тому

    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.

  • @shirleyqualls8036
    @shirleyqualls8036 5 років тому

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

  • @lugnutz9025
    @lugnutz9025 4 роки тому

    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.

  • @jerryrolen9639
    @jerryrolen9639 5 років тому +27

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

    • @thisisconstruction.
      @thisisconstruction. 5 років тому +4

      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
      @cathiwim 5 років тому

      It makes me cry. 😞

  • @glendahandley6266
    @glendahandley6266 2 роки тому

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

  • @marcryvon
    @marcryvon 5 років тому +1

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

  • @stephenkeefer3436
    @stephenkeefer3436 5 років тому +25

    “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”

  • @chuckjohnson8407
    @chuckjohnson8407 5 років тому +2

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

  • @0_O_0001
    @0_O_0001 5 років тому +1

    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?

  • @JD-iu3vi
    @JD-iu3vi 5 років тому +1

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

  • @perryroberts3792
    @perryroberts3792 5 років тому +2

    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!!!

  • @spencespencer3814
    @spencespencer3814 5 років тому +2

    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
      @slomoe5409 5 років тому +2

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

  • @danchretien6801
    @danchretien6801 5 років тому +2

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

  • @shannonyt1
    @shannonyt1 5 років тому +1

    Good Work.

  • @thomasdesmond2248
    @thomasdesmond2248 5 років тому +8

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

  • @toddreynolds8875
    @toddreynolds8875 5 років тому +2

    Chris. Ide like to have that place ! And good resonable old shape farm or hunting ground in your area. Ide love to find one. I have 100 acre farm here. With 1721 farm house. But looking for some out of state hunting ground

  • @Boot_185
    @Boot_185 5 років тому

    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.

  • @doubledarefan
    @doubledarefan 5 років тому +2

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

  • @drewgardner81
    @drewgardner81 5 років тому +1

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

  • @michealmartin8565
    @michealmartin8565 4 роки тому

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

  • @arkansas1336
    @arkansas1336 5 років тому

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

  • @AuditRecon
    @AuditRecon 5 років тому +2

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

  • @leol1682
    @leol1682 5 років тому +1

    Keep the job going Chris .

  • @loftonharris5632
    @loftonharris5632 5 років тому +2

    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...

  • @johnm.evangelis693
    @johnm.evangelis693 5 років тому +2

    Great video Chris!!!

  • @oldpasink4452
    @oldpasink4452 5 років тому +6

    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.

  • @CaptKirk1701
    @CaptKirk1701 5 років тому +2

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

  • @raywilson800
    @raywilson800 4 роки тому

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

  • @thomasdesmond2248
    @thomasdesmond2248 5 років тому +1

    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

  • @tehsimo
    @tehsimo 5 років тому +1

    screeching bending sheet metal is the worst noise

  • @jplunkett3647
    @jplunkett3647 5 років тому

    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 UA-cam Videos being released ... WE Enjoy Watching ( Smile )
    ..

  • @zeke112964
    @zeke112964 5 років тому +2

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

  • @regsparkes6507
    @regsparkes6507 5 років тому +4

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

  • @markreetz1001
    @markreetz1001 5 років тому +1

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

  • @shawnfox8002
    @shawnfox8002 5 років тому +2

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

  • @doogssmee9742
    @doogssmee9742 5 років тому +1

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

  • @randyhughes5160
    @randyhughes5160 5 років тому

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

  • @jefftherailroadenthusiast8889
    @jefftherailroadenthusiast8889 5 років тому +4

    Poor house would've been nice to see it refurbished and in livable again

  • @rickychalk5936
    @rickychalk5936 5 років тому

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

  • @monoxidechild6161
    @monoxidechild6161 5 років тому +1

    What's a more appealing job for you? Demo,ponds,or clearing?

    • @letsdig18
      @letsdig18  5 років тому +3

      i like a good demo

    • @trevorrowe6231
      @trevorrowe6231 3 роки тому

      The order of that list for me is demo clearing then ponds

  • @SailorAllan
    @SailorAllan 5 років тому +1

    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......

  • @andrewneece8287
    @andrewneece8287 5 років тому +2

    yeah that tin was made when shit would last

    • @augustreil
      @augustreil 5 років тому

      Would love to have that for my big sheds !

  • @VIQAN
    @VIQAN 5 років тому +3

    How old is the house? Im from Scotland. Most of our buildings date back to 10th century.

    • @toddreynolds8875
      @toddreynolds8875 5 років тому

      Scotland. Were coming. Beautiful country. Did Ireland last year. What part you in

    • @toddreynolds8875
      @toddreynolds8875 5 років тому +3

      My dead tree house is 1721. And ready for another 100 years

    • @VIQAN
      @VIQAN 5 років тому

      I live in Washington State for the past 15 years but i'm from Tain just north of Inverness. If you like Glenmorangie whiskey that's a good town to visit.@@toddreynolds8875

    • @VIQAN
      @VIQAN 5 років тому

      True. I was wondering why you don't use stone here. You have plenty of it. :)@Paul Woolner

    • @toddreynolds8875
      @toddreynolds8875 5 років тому

      Yha i like wiskey. We will get there within the next few years.

  • @brianpinn7667
    @brianpinn7667 5 років тому +3

    Who thinks Chris and Jason works a lot should have a operator skills competition?

    • @Todd.Roberts
      @Todd.Roberts 5 років тому +2

      Brian Pinn it would be no contest I know Chris would beat him

    • @toddreynolds8875
      @toddreynolds8875 5 років тому +5

      Ide have one with chris. But he still win. He is just one smooth ass operator. And thats coming from a veteran operator!

    • @delcasaleexcavating9508
      @delcasaleexcavating9508 5 років тому +1

      We'll have to make Chris wear a blindfold so Jason has a slight chance. Lol

  • @stanpatterson5033
    @stanpatterson5033 5 років тому +2

    Not much insulation in that house. Unless it all turned to dust when the sun shone upon it.... I don't know how old that house was, but it must have been built when NC winters were warmer....

  • @silverado2500
    @silverado2500 5 років тому +1

    DO YOU EVER FEEL LIKE THERE ARE GHOSTS IN THESE OLD BUILDING YOU TEAR DOWN?

    • @JD-iu3vi
      @JD-iu3vi 5 років тому +1

      I ain't fraid of no ghost!

  • @toddreynolds8875
    @toddreynolds8875 5 років тому +1

    As ive said before. You got a couple chris working for yha and you would have a hell of a company

  • @adammaher2685
    @adammaher2685 5 років тому +1

    no good solid wood in the house at all?