They Said I'm Doing It Wrong, Are They Right? Is This Even Worth It?
Вставка
- Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
- The salvage of the limestone off this abandoned church continues. BUT, am I doing wrong?
VEVOR Hammer Drill:
www.amazon.com...
Facebook:
/ captainkleeman
Instagram:
/ con. .
TikTok:
vm.tiktok.com/...
DISCLAIMER'. this is not a how to video and I am not responsible for any actions you take on your equipment or property
#captainkleeman
#homestead
#heavyequipment
I would love to hear the limestone history. Great project! Thanks.
I second that!
You proving people wrong is one of the many good qualities of this channel . I tune in to see how you do stuff, not to tell you how I do stuff. Keep up the good work!!!
The way you are doing, it is the least difficult of the two scenarios The less you have to carry them the better off it will be
I think your "one piece at a time" retrieval technique is best here. Unless I'm mistaken, I can see the black sooty material left on the backside of that limestone, which means it was heated considerably in the fire. And limestone which was heated is likely to be more brittle, and won't survive the deliberate collapsing of the structure to make it a ground-level operation (as your gravel recovery comment showed). If this wasn't fire damaged, pushing it down might make more sense. But undoubtedly your slow and steady method will yield more.
Also, considering you're working mostly solo, you need to take more time and care for safety. You may not always be "safety first", but you have safety firmly in the top 5 (mostly).
Good job!
Wearing safety harness in a backhoe without doors....you might be the safest 555 operator on UA-cam!😂 Thank you for all the great content and sharing your talents!
There’s a big difference between easier and effective, that stone is fragile so knocking everything down is going to break a lot of precious stone. As a tradesman I believe your method ( piece by piece and I also completely trust your judgement/methods ) achieves better results/most gain. Excellent as always Mike ( loved this video , you’ve achieved an awful lot ) 👍 The monetary value is nothing compared to the beauty value, I personally think it’s more than worth the effort, limestone history, yes please 👍 Stay safe and best wishes to you and yours, from Britain 👍🇺🇸🇬🇧
Thanks! Appreciate the feedback
The way you are doing it is based upon first hand information and “feel” at the site. It’s easy to second guess someone through the interweb. Pretty amazing work you are doing on that salvage.
You nailed it… my dad and I salvaged bricks when I was a teen. The craze for ‘used brick’ construction had pushed the price to nearly double the cost of new.
There were some structures where the bricks were pavers and ‘wall’ bricks mixed. Some walls were built with homemade mortar. (It turned to sand once you disturbed the bricks.) Some had mortar more adhesive than rubber glue.
Every salvage job was different… until you get on-site, you can’t predict how it will go.
There was an old smokehouse that we thought was going to be a total waste… but it ended up being easy to disassemble. And we got a really high yield… we made bank on it because we bid the job with virtually no yield.
Limestone has great compressive strength when sitting solid…. But, it is so brittle that the least impact turns it into rubble. Especially if it gets hot from sun baking or fire…. The Cap’n is doing it the right way.
You have to walk a mile in one's shoes before criticizing!
My Grandpa worked for Bedford Limestone as a sawyer in the 1950's and 60's and retired from there. I don't know if he sawed the pieces you are handling, but to see you working with it brings back many fond memories. I'm originally from Mitchell, and proud of the role Bedford Limestone paid in building of many iconic landmarks around the world. Love your channel, keep up the great work.
I think your doing great. I live in a state full of limestone, most people don’t realize it’s very fragile. A 6”-8” thick piece can easily be broken with a hammer. A 2” thick piece falling 10’ onto a more dense material, total destruction.
The history would be great.
Limestone history would be 👍
Keep doing as you're doing. Don't listen to people who aren't doing.
but aren't all commenters on UA-cam "experts" at everything they watch a person do? 🤣
Limestone history. Thursday morning thank you for making me smile and laugh you're doing the right thing. It is so worth saving i'm glad you are doing it. Thank you for sharing this amazing journey!😊❤
Your way seems safer, better for your back and just smart. I got some history of Indiana Limestone from the HGTV show "Good Bones." Where they had to find matching stone for an old house. Episode just aired this past weekend. Good stuff!
Would you happen to know what episode that was that aired? Thank you, I appreciate any help sir!!!
Mike, your certainly taking the blocks apart the best way, and salvaging them with the most good blocks out of it all. And I love the look of Sandstone blocks, when used for applications, they make buildings look really nice. You just don’t see them much anymore, nice work Mike, looking for your next video, have a safe one Mike
Great video, what’s wrong with people ? Your on a salvage mission not a destroy mission. You know what you are doing. Great job !
Breaking things gets substantially more views than doing anything else unfortunately. That and horrible failures get lot of views.
As you move further away from the camera, one starts to get a better sense of the scale of the building that you are working on. Great job.
Surprised that some viewers are not aware that you are a genius. Keep up the excellent and very hard work.
Lol
Hey Mike, careful unloading those pallets, you're gonna scratch your truck :-D Glad to see you got some bee protection this time! and yes History does factor into it, always a supporter of saving things when you can. Keep up the good work!
Great job so far salvaging some of the stone. I look forward to seeing what you use it for. I think a little limestone history would be good content.
I'm sure you truly want to walk across all that well placed fill material with heavy stone all day. Demo is coming along nicely. Stay safe
It's amazing how the fire cooked the mortar to the point that it comes off with very little effort.
It really is!
I can't wait to see what your plans are for the limestone. There's tons that can be done with the salvaged brick. Amazed you have been able to do so much so quickly...mostly by yourself!
Being a salvage operation where you're hoping to come away with as much useful material as possible, the way you're going about it is really the best way. Knocking it in and sorting out the pieces won't yield the result you're hoping for.
I'm with you Captain, if your salvaging materials you take a building down and get everything you can as opposed to knocking it down and see what you end up with 😊
Yup!
Preserving history by reusing material is satisfying not only for the end user but also for past owners, especially if there’s remaining family. Limestone history would be interesting.
Hey Captain, that Man Lift was worth its weight in gold. It made a very hard job so much easier. Well done. Cheers Steve
Seeing first hand from your video the damage caused by the heat of the fire, I can only imagine how fragile the reconstruction of Notre Dama is in Paris. I see how the mortar no longer holds the structure together. 😢
Yes to hearing about limestone history. Thanks for posting and sharing.
Limestone history…FTW! You’re not the only history nerd out there Cap. Please share the knowledge!
Would love to hear the history of the limestone. Really glad to see you repurposing history rather than just burying it in a landfill or pit. Can't wait to see how you use it. Keep up the good work. Stay Safe!
Piece by piece is the way to go when working with fragile stone, for sure!!!
That "basement" hole, at 23:35 mark was much DEEPER than it looked!!!
Looking forward to how you are going to use this stone and can't wait to hear some history about it. What do you know about the church?
Unfortunately I don't have a lot of information about the church
As old as that limestone is and its susceptibility to breakage ( it's not granite ), one must be a little careful with it. I find your method is somewhat tedious but the correct one. I wonder how many of those who commented you were wrong have never done it themselves.
If you're doing it the way you want to do it then you're doing just fine! It's easy to make suggestions when you're not on site but the one suggesting is not the one who has to do the job. Very interesting series Captain. Keep up the good work! 💪
I'm always up for some history. Limestone history, quartz history, whatever you got!
Planning and perseverance. Not every job can be slam blasted into successful completion. Well done.
Thanks!
This video gives me better appreciation of engineers who say it is better to level a site and then rebuild.
It was pretty obvious (in my opinion) in the last video that knocking the wall over to salvage the stone was not going to work because in the video you could see the brick covering the limestone and from personal experience I know walking on brick is as difficult as it seems in this video.
Bring on the limestone history! Sometimes just having a cool story to tell makes things worth it. I call that living life.
I’ve always thought that the person on site makes the call, Mike! I think you’re taking a smart approach to this work. I’m interested in a little history. Thanks for the fun to watch videos!
Appreciate ya watching
I love the Win/Win aspect of this job. You are getting useable building material. The land owner is saving demo cost. More importantly, you are removing a huge safety liability from the landowner.
I'm not sure your plans are with the stone but some could be a walkway at the bell tower just offering the suggestion !
That's actually one of the plans! Should look good
Piece by piece is the best way to get the limestone. Good Job Mike.
The limestone history is a big reason for doing this salvage in the first place. Hopefully, whatever you do with it will outlast you and it will be cool to document it's origins.
Love this entire video. I vote for limestone history. Really think you are doing a great job.
You're making wise decisions & it's absolutely worth it. Great materials & helps community with clean up of burn debris.
Hi Captain, the method you used was correct, Reclamation is what you are doing, removing every thing of worth to you ,then demolition. The other way is paid for demolition and anything of value is a bonus, which is not what you were doing. It is working out exactly as you planned so well done .👍
Hi Mike enjoyed your video. I think your plan was spot on . That is nice stone and is worth the effort to make sure you don’t damage anymore than you have to . Your not afraid to work
Limestone history will be appreciated!
Well I’ll say you do it the way you can do it. Yeah lime stone is not as strong as people think. It is a soft stone. Hell Mike the way your doing is great to save it!!!!! Keep it up!!!!! I don’t think your pronouncing vevor right but it is what it is!!! A bee sting only hurts for a few, Mike you act like there going to kill you, unless you have allergies to bees like I do.
Limestone history!!!!!!!!
LImestone History. Also, 100% behind the Captain Kleeman way of doing this project. Way to go young man.
History is good. Need more history . Always amazed at looking back on the original build. How many people worked laying each brick, mixing mud for the bricklayers. cutting the limestone. This didin't go up in a couple months.
Definitely a lot of work
Mike,
You are absolutely right to say what works for you is what is right.👌
You defined this job as a salvage which by definition is "Saving as much material as possible."
If it were a demo job then just knock it down and haul it away.
I just built my house from salvage materials I deconstructed on a coffee farm I was previously living on. Talk about a lot of work. Wow. I had to unbuild the existing structures in order to be able to build the new structure on a new property. The materials were free, but the cost was $2,600 in fuel, 25,000 miles plus in transporting the materials and equipment, not to mention the man hours to get everything taken apart, loaded, moved, unloaded, stacked, and organized, then design the new house using all of the pre-cut materials and finding ways to maximize those materials with as few cuts as possible.
I appreciate your channel because I do all my own work, by myself and have for the better part of 50 years, so I relate to your reality and practical mindedness.
Of course the hairbrained ideas help to.😂🤪
Thanks for the inspiration.
Safety eventually is a great moto.🤣🤙
Your method works best in my opinion ! You're getting a lot of full length stones. Real monsters!
Youre method is by far the best method, it just depends if it's economically viable, machine costs, your time vs value.
Captain, I just want to thank you for the laughter. Your personality is just awesome. I have learned a lot from your videos while being thoroughly entertained.
Lime stone history, yes for sure! I have loved history since grade school; Might be from growing up in Virginia which is full of history!
I sure wouldn't mind hearing the limestone history Cap,n. It's all important to us, I think. Sure is a nice look!
Absolutely Kleeman the history of any project makes the story that much better
Captain I agree with you, the method you are currently using is going to yield way more useable block than knocking it over with the 555 and picking thru the rubble 🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️
Another great day at the church!! Can’t wait to see what you have planned for these stones!! 👍🇺🇸
💪
Bonjour Mike tu as fait un beau travail la récupération et formidable peut toujours servir bonne journée à la prochaine vidéos 🇨🇵🇨🇵🇨🇵🤗😘 de papy Gilbert de France bisous bisous ❤❤❤
Popping it off the top is very high recovery...but cost of rentals isnot that much...youve got 85% access to useable stuff..CARRY ON
History, please. It's always nice to hear history of something. I'm enjoying this video series. But I enjoy all your videos. Be safe.
Your sense of humor is a big reason I can't wait for each new video to come out.
Lol I appreciate that
Yeah, let’s hear some history! Now, I think that might be a 400 amp meter service hanging on the wall. Which may have copper feed lines to the weather head. With the price of copper, might pay for a spot of fuel or two if it is. Keep up the good work Captain!
The meter base alone is a $100 lol. I hear
You are doing the best job possible in taking the stone down. Yes history would be great to here always up for learning.
Cap’n I had the infant child of your cameraman crawl across my camera lens last spring. It looked like a shadow of some creature from a ‘60’s horror film had landed on my treehouse!
PS: when you lay those stones make sure they are damp. It’ll reduce their brittleness and help the mortar stick to them.
Good progress… done right, bud!
Limestone History!
Church History , including fire.
25% more per can, that’s 75% more. What a deal!
I enjoy your dry sense of humor.
You do it your way Capt you’re the guy doing the work 🇬🇧🇬🇧👍👍
Limestone history? Botany classes? You sure do spoil us professor Kleeman! Can't wait to see the project you use the stones for
I would love to hear about the limestone history! I admire your passion for history. 😊
The way I see it......the best way to harvest this limestone is to wait till you have all on pallets on the ground.....and then steal it in the middle of the night .........But that's just me
Mike, any idea at how they cut that limestone so precisely 100 years ago? Saw blade? Oh, "Wasp!" Look behind ya. lol
Yes, limestone history would nice to hear.
Thanks for your patience with the commenters, (wish I could tolerate people that well) and thanks for the entertainment in the videos, take care!
Mike, I love anything history and to be able to preserve it and to be able to mix your story with that history would be awesome. Keep safe, and no hanging about off that lift. Cheers
Keep doing what you’re doing Captain, it works for you. The keyboard warriors not so much, but they’re not the ones doing the heavy labor. Stay safe Captain.
I don’t think you touched on it yet, but how much Advil have you needed for this project? I’m pretty sure I would have needed a bottle of them! Those are muscles you don’t normally use everyday but I’m old also! 😩
i would think as a professional firefighter he uses those muscles all the time.
Are you doing it wrong if it works? YT is a crazy place man.
Thank you for taking us along.
Appreciate ya watching
Absolutely do the limestone history. By the way I think you have gone about this the correct way. Avoid any potential injury. Thanks for your videos.
Thanks!
You're doing it the right way, limestone will always break if it hits other stones,don't second guess yourself, great job 👏
History will be great! I was amazed when I got a sense of how heavy those blocks are.
Very heavy material
Love to hear the history of the building and the limestone.
youre doing great Mike, it's like "How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time." Share the history, I'm sure your viewers would be impressed to see the well known places it's been used.
Would love some limestone history. Doing a great job and you can"t be wrong it's your job.
Have you ever tried using dish liquid and water in a garden sprayer for the wasps. It works as good as gasoline or those exspensive sprays and it's really cheap. I use about a quarter of a cup of dish liquid to a gallon of water but you can mix it stronger if you like.
The way you are doing it is the best way there is no easy way to do it I would like to hear some history on the block
Loved these last few episodes. Lime stone history.
LIMESTONE HISTORY
This has been fun to watch. Nerd out on us and give us the history. We can start calling you Professor Kleeman. LOL!
Mike- of course a history lesson is required. The best part of watching your work is I don’t have to take a shower to remove the dirt, or a bath in dish soap to remove the grease 😂. And the aches the next morning aren’t nearly as bad as when I had the get up and go that you have going. Mine got up and left! I really appreciate your self deprecating humor, as well as the willingness to dig into difficult labor intensive projects. Great attitude and sense of self that is so lacking in far too many people where I reside currently. Stay safe and video on Capt. I must have missed reason that you are a Captain, can you please explain for me? 😊😊 (analytics ya know)
That is really nice stone. And will be a wonderful memory of saving a precious old time church stone on your property. Your way is best.
Fast and easy isn't always the best method. If you're increasing the frequency and time of handling and losing most of the product, it's a waste. Really enjoying this series, Mike!
Limestone history most definitely please, love to hear about the history of different places and times
I think that would be cool for the bell tower as a base.
I am from Bedford and that is a big history here in our town and the county
Lime stone history please. Thank you for your videos. Which impresses my husband) and you make me laugh (it’s a bird, it’s a bird).
🤣 appreciate ya watching
Give the limestone HISTORY
Limestone History …. PLEASE!
I think you are doing a wonderful job of salvage! The hornets or bees …. NO THANKS,
Look forward to more of this series!
Yes! Please "nerd out" on the Limestone! 😜