House Demolition, Maple Ridge 

The bricks too. 65% can usually be salvaged.

I agree with you

Comes down to cost. A contractor/business isn't going to pay for a team of workers to meticulously disassemble, carefully handle, clean/prep, pack, and haul away used building materials, unless the specific material is unusually rare or valuable. By the time you add in all the extra handling costs, it becomes more expensive than the new material. It's literally cheaper to throw it all in a dumpster and have it hauled away. Often, the only people who take the time to sell, donate or repurpose used materials are homeowners or small-time contractors. When they do all the work themselves, they have little/no labor cost and they have the extra time and incentive to handle everything with care.

where i live in Canada, British Columbia, house recycling is now law, reusable materials must be removed before demoing the structure, my city even has a store that sells used items left over from demos or home renos, at reasonable prices of course..

@@phoenixman8569 as someone who is also from BC, i'm glad to hear that. Too much wasteful demolition with no consequences.

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There has to be a reason why it was tore down, Something we CAN'T See 🤷‍♀️

@@colleen7845 mentally challenged owner that is issues

plot twist there is a massive roof hole in the back

Yeah they really should paint a big orange X on the house just to be sure.

@@krakenwoodfloorservicemcma5975 They really should. They tried painting a big orange Z, but that went against zoning ordinances.

Zoning board might rethink that if the wrong home gets knocked down😂 it does happen on occasion. Sometimes map and parcel numbers can be tricky if they are used.

Oh my gosh!! That was a beautiful house to be torn down...nice brick home. The white sided house on the upper side should have been the one torn down instead....sooo sad!!

Maybe they got the wrong house.

No it's not. Weak brick walls, full of lead paint, horrible windows, no insulation. No modern conveniences. Terrible house, would be damp, too hot in summer, too cold in winter, and very high utility bills. Disgusting.

you are crazy@@brnmcc01

You read my mine. I was thinking the same thing.

You mean the fake Christmas tree beside the fake fireplace and the fruitcake everyone hates?

a lot of the old houses in Bethesda are built in the center of 2 lots. at least the one my mother and sister use to rent was. it was bought torn down and 2 houses were built next door they built 2 homes also. so the builders don't really care about saving anything at the site

Land values are through the roof there. If you have the pile of money it takes to buy it, a smallish old house(no matter the quality of the build) doesn't stand a chance. These buyers want new and much bigger houses.

There was nothing wrong with that house it looked nice all they had to do is gut the inside and update it

@@garyholt369 There was also nothing wrong with the last car you traded in. All you had to do was renew the engine and transmission and maybe some bodywork. Of course maybe that's none of my business and maybe you wanted something different that was newer and got better gas mileage. Maybe more room to haul around a growing family?

​@@tbirdracefan That is NOT a good comparison!!! Old cars are sold to another for further use. If the engine is blown or Transmission gone you can have them repaired NOT just towed to a junk yard. Even if that happens you can still salvage most parts then the rest gets recycled. Tearing this house down does nothing but create land fill and harm to the environment.

It's all about greed for the contractor...but like where your heart is...

@@bradrook3919 not the contractor. New OWNER had it torn down so they can build a bigger house!

@@Og-Judy oh ...ok...

Still, you have the right to do what is best for you with your own house.

That still is no reason to destroy a whole house. Aging homes are easily rewired and new plumbing run. Furnace runs can also be reworked. Better to spend money "gutting" a well built home than to build a new house with the cheap garbage they sell these days for construction materials . Even a 2 x 4 isn't really those dimensions anymore ☹️🤷

@@Og-Judy hard to tell that to people that bought a house for 170,000. and to remodel is 75,000 and a builder offers 600,000 to just pack up and go. Diy home remodeling isn't cheap anymore go price out wood and drywall alone. In that area everything has to be permitted they like licensed people doing everything. And don't get caught without a permit that's Montgomery County they don't mess around big fines. I wish it wasn't that way ,but in that area it is and they will keep destroying these older homes as long as there is a market for new homes with people waiting. these old houses have plaster and lattice walls and ceilings not that easy to just upgrade very affordably they barely have closets let alone space to run ductwork . I love old houses but if you do the math on paper most end up this way. why do you think they build a new store down the street and move rather than rebuild what they have all about the $$

I doubt that, nobody wants to work today for a fair price making repairs unreasonable, it's easier to tear down and build cheap prefab looking houses.

@maynardcat I'm a retired plumber I spent a lot of time in those houses in that area over the years.

and what is the why... ?

In the description he says it was torn down just to build a bigger house.

Neve trust romantics.

@@azumi-osaki to build a bigger house.

They'll get a bigger house. With crappy cheap building materials to build it with. Houses back then were built to last. Ugh. Wonder what trashy mini mansion design they have in mind. I bet it will stick out like a sore thumb because it's not going to fit with the rest of the neighborhood 🤦

Well said

Agreed! They should let people sign a waiver to enter the home for architectural salvage.

@@michellesilva9459 Amen!!! I’m thinking of starting a reclamation/salvage business to save and resale resources.

The reason they did is because its located in Bethesda MD (red hot housing market) and someone decided it would be better to have a McMansion instead that the average person could never afford.

Thanks for stating the reason behind spraying the house with water!

come to northern NJ bergen county/hudson/passaic. this is done every day around here , old 40s and 50s homes being torn down and replaced with boxes that dont even fit the block. no landscaping or trees just brick pavers and driveways. even houses built in the 80s are being torn down in some cases, oh and they always rip up the roads in front of every new development

@@radiodude1976 I figured that was why, tear it down to build a stupid “modern” mansion that will look way out of place in the neighborhood.

Same bricks used also here in Virginia

Это всё мишура ,картонный дом для кукол . В России зимой замёрзнешь.

@@crockpot5194 And in South Carolina, thats the same brick my houses made of :)

And I Michigan as well …

it's the US, the most wasteful nation on earth. Reycling doesnt exist there.

Owner saw a spider

Because it's old and inefficient. Cause too much to upgrade

@@jcoats5529 And that is a bullshit narrative

So true about today's houses! Seems like new houses only last about 15 to 20 years. If that.

That is the goal for developers. To make disposeable homes so that you're forced to replace them in a decade.

I grew up in a house built in the 1940 it was a army barracks during WW2 and prisoners from germany worked the dairy farm that was there

It's as if old homes cannot exist in Canada. Developers are tearing down any single family home they can get their hands on. Meanwhile in my homeland, the average house is 600-800 years old.

@@SupramanTRD That is so sad. All that beauty and charm just wasted. I grew up with a saying, if it's not broke, don't fix it. It's ashame Canada is destroying so much. No wonder land fields are so full. Supraman, may I ask where homeland is? Those are some mighty old homes. How awesome.

@@baileymilliken4250 , we had a set of those in my town. Actually, we still do. People still live in them. I don't know all the history about them, but have heard people who lived there worked the pickle plant across the road from it during the war.

Because the house is located in Bethesda and someone decided to replace it with a McMansion because they can sell that for more money. That's the only reason I can think of.

It looks like you have been busy. Keep it up.

@@JohnZWetmore thanks a lot man

Спасибо что под держали меня мне тоже дом. Жалко. .!

Legit I'd go in there for free to dismantle myself I need some doors 😂

Hi, Home much time would such a demolition take. The house next to be is going to be demolished and replaced by 4 townhomes. I'm concerned about the noise and the debris especially since I have a dog that's very sensitive to sounds.

A typical house demolition takes less than a day, not counting digging out the foundation.

It's a cute little huuuus!!!!

It might look nice from the outside but the inside might be bad

​@@collinrichmond9492 Okay the inside might have had some issues but they can fix it.

Haha, good one

Yep, also looking at the walls hardly any insulation so probably cheaper to tear it down and start over.

Old houses are the best . My home is a 160 year old farm house . Yes the basement is a solid 24 inch structure that needs re- pointing ,but the house is in very good condition . It was refurbished and I did the rest of the work to bring it back to its old glory . It's a work in progress bet it has lots of memories .

Wow that's fat grip of money for Just the property Which a new house will be built Which it cost more to build a new house

Thanks for the info. I suspected this was a case of highly prized land in a critical location. The heavy equipment operator was not in his “first rodeo” given his skills. A shame though… since so many folks need housing and it was a solid home.

@@odysseywrecker I totally agree with every single word you wrote. You were responding to someone else but addressed it to me. My comment spoke of what a shame it was to demolish a good solid home given the housing problem. I added that the contractor was obviously not “ at his first rodeo”. I mentioned nothing about time. In fact …I admired how “careful” and nimble the operator was… he appeared to know how the place was built. I also noticed how well the demolition was contained within the perimeter. I did however understand why they were tearing it down given the location close to Washington and the sheer value of the land. So yeah ….wadn’t my comment at all. Cheers Bud 👍

You may be able to find a real estate listing with pix for it. I find that many of these houses are recent sales and the new owner demolishes it to build a McMansion in it's place. Insane when you consider many of these houses are selling for well north of a million dollars as they are. Land values in Bethesda and the surrounding area are grotesquely high.

@@ddavejb I have friends who owned a house on Maiden Lane in Bethesda. They bought it a little over 20 years ago and sold it two years ago as a tear down. McMansions were on both sides of them by the time they sold it. It was a very well built brick split level home. If I could have afforded to buy it I would have. They sold it for 850,000.00. The area was made of all similar homes, but many of them are now McMansions now.

@@tonyz6421 Não querido. Foi apenas o desabafo de quem não tem uma casa própria. Neste mundo eu não espero nada de ninguém.

He was filling in the basement to drive on it.