demolition

[yellowdogsvc]

Looking at demolishing a building. Specs are for all scrap to be recycled and not put into containers for landfill.

Based on the pics, after collapsing, is this type of material best suited to torch cutting or would a saw or scrap shear be a better solution? I'd rather not spend the dollars on renting a scrap shear.

The building is 75x35' and it has 6" and 12" roof purlins, 12" i beams for vertical supports, and corrugated metal for roofiing and the exterior sides.

Experienced advice appreciated.

 

[brin]

In our area there are folks that will come take buildings like that down for the Tin and Materials and clean it up to...no cost to you...My neighbor at my farm had a huge 50 yr. old chicken house that someone took apart and hauled away and cleaned up ...did not cost him a penny...they got the materials.

 

[Mark @ Everlast]

A plasma cutter would work well in this situation.

 

[two_bit_score]

Looking at demolishing a building. Specs are for all scrap to be recycled and not put into containers for landfill.

Based on the pics, after collapsing, is this type of material best suited to torch cutting or would a saw or scrap shear be a better solution? I'd rather not spend the dollars on renting a scrap shear.

The building is 75x35' and it has 6" and 12" roof purlins, 12" i beams for vertical supports, and corrugated metal for roofiing and the exterior sides.

Experienced advice appreciated.

I take it you are bidding on the demo job?

In it to make money and don't need an unnecessary extra expense.

You probably have a torch. That is what I'd use.

I had some old poultry houses I have been working on taking down on a place and ran into some spring steel augers in the feed tacks. Spring steel was heck to cut with anything I had and the outer tube it was in was galvy so I hated o breathe all the fumes using a torch to cut it so I'd did buy a Stihl cut off saw which worked great. Cut right through the

Keep us posted on the progress, please.
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[two_bit_score]

A plasma cutter would work well in this situation.

Would be a good excuse to buy one. Especially if you were going to have air available already.

 

[deereman75]

I would say use a torch for cutting the heavy stuff, but it would probably be worth it to switch to propane.

 

[weldermike]

Smash that thing to bits with a loader, fold it up and crush it as much as possible and a gas powered abrasive saw will prob do the heavy stuff. Hard to tell from pics tho, I understand. Looks like alot of galvanized, hate breathing that crap!

 

[Taylortractornut]

Id use a torch on the beams. I took down a few like this with my 12 000 ound mini ex and thumb. I didnt saw the purlins just bent them double. Then loaded them into rollo ff cans. You could probably sell the beams for more than scrap. WHat happened on one job a farmer bought the old beams and had them sand blasted and put them up for a machin shed.

 

[yellowdogsvc]

I'm looking at getting about half of the scrap. the other half, the owner wants.

Job scope requires recycling what isn't saved by owner.

I have thought about a 5 or 6 inch angle grinder with metal cutting blades to assist. I have a torch setup. Wish I had a scrap shear!

 

[yomax4]

If you don't already have a Plasma...I would opt out of this deal. You just wont make any money if you have to do all the work and only get half. The physical part of the clean up wouldn't even be worth the money let alone the trouble and danger of cutting it all up. Just sayin..