Removing an old deck 

we use carbide chains on our roof saws at the FD. Still get dull and teeth come off. Sawzall probably best demo option

What this video exposes that has so many people coming unhinged is that Andrew still has a lot to learn about house building. The moment I saw him do it I went, there is a lesson to be learned here and I am confident that he has learned the lesson. This was how my brothers and I became contractors (General, electrical, plumbing, HVAC, flooring) by taking on jobs we knew nothing about (with out google) and making many mistakes (some very costly) and then learning from those mistakes. Andrews gitter done attitude is his driving force and sometimes inhibits his I,d better consult google on this subject attitude and he will make mistakes but I only see that as part of learning.

The Homeowner could at least move the ladder under the deck and the Grills etc so that Andrew can do his job... Really silly having your contractor to move those household items for you.

Sawzall Reciprocating saw with 12" blades would be ideal for this job (cutting the old deck) ,Sawzall blades are relatively cheap, and they cut wood and metal, I would suggest that you bring sawzall with on job sites.

Once again youtube has put up one of your videos that I haven’t seen! Nice to see Levi jumping around. Your quality of filmmaking already has your signature here. I might go back and revisit some more around this time.

Looks like the owner had the bad wall framing repaired nicely AND lowered the deck. I imagine that they'll build a landing and steps out the back from the double doors. Another great job Andrew!

reciprocating saw is my go-to tool. blades are fairly cheap, and a good blade will have no trouble at all cutting wood+metal

Every time i am sad or want to come down i watch a little andrew doing his thing and i am getting better right away

I like how you say " Ok, Lets get Started " nice touch.

Love every single video this young man creates, the only thing I questioned on this one is why not remove the lag or carriage bolts holding the deck to the house. When the siding and door moved I got nervous!

i love working, i can spend hours looking at it... and this this by far the most awesome channel

A deck can be more than 3 feet off the ground but you need a railing if it’s more than 3 feet off the ground

That is actually really satisfying being able to knock down a tree and cut it up without worrying about damaging the deck. Awesome video, man!

I can hear the homeowner when Andrew first shows up ... "he's ONLY ONE GUY??" ..... and then after Andrew is done .... "OMG.. OMG .. OMG .. how does he DO ALL THAT??!!!!" You are a joy to watch Andrew .... keep up the fun videos !!!

Andrew you do good work, you never let anyone hanging like how you finish it up for the new Deck.

These videos make me realize that I've been felling trees all wrong! I need an excavator!!

just save a couple of old chains that u can abuse but keep sharp for demo use, dont use good chains for demo

cheeky bastards leaving you to move all the stuff before you can start!!!

Andrew, you definitely enjoy your work. And thats all that matters. Good videos. Love the thought that goes into the shots. Great work. I would hire you any day. Cheers

Carbide chains can break and spit teeth on just what you hit. They don’t get as dull as quick however it’s like cutting with glass teeth.

Smart move on not taking the big stump out, I would’ve done the same thing. Looks good man👍🏼

Really should have disconnected the deck from the house first. Looked like the wall flexed with that first pull. lol

Amazing what you can do with that size excavator. Pushing over those trees. I think that sawing the deck loose from the house would have been a better way to go. I have never seen a deck flashed to where it won't rot out that sill plate at the back. I had as similar problem on my house but the rot was caused by bad window seals. The spot where the deck attached was also starting to rot. I ended up making the deck free standing so water would not get into the sill area.

Great job! I'm learning a lot watching your videos Andrew, thanks!

He totally didn't unbolt the old deck ledger board from under the door ...had to be major cracked drywall damage after this video on the inside of the house... He about ripped the door off as it was still attached to the wall that was attached to the floor that was attached to the deck.... Collateral damage !!!

Ouch............ good thing the home owner was planning to replace the back doors........ the minute I saw you try to pull off the floor. I knew there was going to be trouble....... great videos by the way!!

I love how you live your life. You started from the bottom and worked your way up. That’s the way I want to live my life farm and have my own excavation busy and work for my self

Andrew your call on leaving the stump by the foundation was on point. I believe you are a really skilled operator beyond your years. Keep it up your parents should be proud.

-bob- andrew the builder it's always a pleasure to watch

Needed that Burke Bar but you always getter done with whatever tool you have in your hand. Merry Christmas, Andrew. Best to you and yours.

That screen door made me Cringe

Love your site Andrew and I've learned a lot. One criticism though. You rarely cut a relieving wedge on the downward side of trees when you cut rather than push them down. And the result is you often get barber chairing.

carbide chains are good if you accidentally hit a nail. we use sawzalls for this kind of thing, blades are much cheaper to replace

I own a tree service. And have used those carbide-tipped chains before yes they're expensive and they work okay for a little while but then the carbide tips seem to snap off love the videos man keep them up

When the deck on the house was being pulled away it looked like the door wanted to come along for the ride.... They did a nice job replacing rotten siding and a new door.....!

Carbide duro chains hold edge longer but only suitable to cut wood. The tungsten tip would snap off hitting that and then the expensive chain would be stuffed. I work for stihl and have experiences with these.

Cool, I like watching a job from start to finish and seeing the tangible outcome. Well done.

3:20 the background music just gold haha

Andrew, carbide chains are great for all kinds of demo work but not recommended for cutting steel or aluminum . That's where demo saws are mainly used.

Yes to the carbide chains. My fire dept uses them on our saws. They last a long time. We use stihl so the dealer sharpens when dull for a fee.

Yeah, my bad. I saw they replaced a lot of the siding.

That one tree that leaned over on the deck wanted to Barbara chair on you. You a lucky man.

I dont know why i love your each n every video.its motivational for me

that glass door looked like it was half way out of the house. probably due to rot. glad to see it fixed at the end of the video. cool video.

Looked like you might have to buy a new saw bar. Great videos . Thanks for taking the time.

Chainsawing a deck. Hadn't seen that done before! I would have been afraid of hitting nails or lag bolts but that join plate would never have been expected.

I like watching someone doing good at their works. Feels like i am doing it👍

It's nice to andrew wearing his safety helmet with ear defenders and a visor all he needs now is the safety boots and trousers :)

At 4:42. It's called "kick back". That's a good example of it. At least he did stop, but went a bit too long perhaps.

You did a good job of clearing the trees and removing that old deck. Tell Levi hi.

Looks a lot better without that rotten old deck. Nice job as always Andrew.

Nice work, yeah man, get a heavy duty Milwaukee sawzall, they ain't cheap, like $200 bones, but well worth it. I've dismantled barns with LOTS of oak and both of mine are still running well. The 12" demo blades with carbide last a pretty long time, even when hitting old nails. I don't know if Milwaukee still makes the one with the rotating head, but if they do that's a good one. I'm sure that little Honda generator will run it fine, just need a nice 100ft or 50ft power cord and you're golden. The battery powered ones are nice, but don't last too long. Thanks for the upload!

Invest in some rigging rope and learn how to use a throw line. Also try not to cut all the way through your hinge wood. Love the channel, thanks!

You need to make shirts that say: ‘Alright, let’s get started!’ - A. Camarata property management

Fine job man. That was a fine example of shotty chraftsmanship. Concidering the door and windows nearly came with it. Great video.

Good job paisan that means you are Italian like me 😊

Most every deck I've ever seen and especially built has a ledger board that is bolted to the house. You can't just rip them off the house without damaging the house. I've watched a lot of your videos and I like your work, but I have to say this one was pretty damn sketchy to be honest. I think you ruined that door the way you were pulling on that deck. There are multiple ways to properly remove a deck from a house. They all involve first detaching the deck from the house. Please don't ever try to rip another deck off a house unless you're taking down the entire house.

Undercut, undercut, UNDERCUT!

Could you do a tour of your Shipping Container Castle. I would love to watch that video.

I had a cabinet shop before I became a GC. Carbide will stay sharp longer. But if you a nail it will chip and get dull

Love your videos, but the back cut on the tree after it was wedged was way to high. You want it to splinter as the tree falls (for control) where as yours just broke off (losing control). Just an FYI.

Man, that excavator takes all the backbreaking work out of the job. You do make it look easy because you know what you are doing. LOL

2:11 Honest question: If you push it away from the house why do you dig on this side of the tree and not on the other where the roots would be that hold the tree from falling away from the house. Thanks

Clients of mine always ask how to kill a stump.You Tell them copper nails or copper too just hammer into stump and by summer it's dead. Ottawa by law if tree is dead the city has to remove it as long as the tree is on your property. But this hack works well anywhere.

Dude, did you just rip a deck from the side of the house without unbolting it from the house :D

You should'da cut or dismantled the deck a lot closer to the house even within a couple deck boards.. If it were done correctly that door should not have moved...

Fire department chains would be what you are looking for. They use the saws to cut through roofing material and what not, but they still get dull. Get a sawzall.

Good job on the deck but for an instence the pateo door it built to low ., I saw on RU-vid chain saw cuting concret block , with chain bar .

That yard looks great after all that work!

I'm amazed at the amount of waste people do. 90% of that deck is wood that can be reused. Same in many other videos, whole out buildings quite usable and mobile homes.

You should do a video on where to take the stuff you demo, trees, tires, decks, etc and how each is dealt with, costs or payments

Another fine job Andrew. My heart skipped a beat when you pulled on tbe last of the deck and the wall moved.

Ahhh no rim joist. That’s why they wanted to bring the grade up. Looks like they sistered to floor joists too.

We sell carbide chain. Just get a sawzall. Carbide chain is not that great and almost impossible to sharpen. Plus it's very exoe since.

I am from Quebec city and I like a lot your work . I saw every video you did, Take care

I was worried when you said you were taking down that leaning tree. I had visions of things going horribly wrong. Heavy equipment and not worrying about what's in the way make it a bit easier.

That deck was sketchy even when it was new.

Looked to me that the foundation blocks did not move, but rather the old siding that covered the blocks moved. However, yes, the entire door jamb was pulled outward.

Andrew, you talked about carbide chainsaw blades. I didn't like them because of there cost and they could be destroyed easily. I used a gas concrete chop saw with a Stil carbide demolition saw blade. It ate everything I ever threw at it and still have it 20 years later. Cuts steel straps, nails, pole barn spikes, wood everything. Costly but buy one and use forever. I gave about $400. Your friend Philip

A K-12 we use on the trucks for the FD, they come with blades that will work for ya

NOTE TO SELF: Keep a cordless power tool kit including Sawzall and circular saw on all demo jobs. Need to cut that close to the house first. Oh also and a pair of gloves! All in a day's work.

Interesting vlog and good mix of normal time and time-lapse.Where you dumped the old deck, was someone able to salvage material

that deck got pissed you called it shoddy lol

the woods there must be softer in that region. here where I live is very hard, Arueira, Pau Brasil, peroba, all trees that are very hard to cut, withstands more than 500 years. real steel.

Your like some sort of video game character on that Yanmar with that background Organ music. Maybe there is a Video Game Title coming to herald forth all your exploits.

Hard on that chain saw we've all been there

I have screw a lot of chains on nails and steel.Get your self one of those Cheap chain grinders at harbour freight .have one only use it for straight ing up those screwed up chains .start with a couple old Chains to get the feel for it

How about a Sawsall with bi-metal blade?

Neat spot, looks great!

"Look at this deck. That doesn't look like that was ever built too good to begin with." Indeed. There's no way that deck ever passed inspection.

My experiences with anything Carbide has been that they last a lot longer, but they do get dull. Sharpening anything Carbide is also very difficult, they don't last once sharpened.

Andrew... getting all "decked out".

Something about the way this man starts a chainsaw.... Lol.

Hi Andrew, Looks like you've been sitting on this video awhile. Outside working in a t-shirt, green leaves still on the trees. Then you cut to the snow. So I've got a t-shirt design for you. The slogan "Real lumberjacks don't use a chain saw" the picture is a silhouette of an excavator pushing over a tree. Cheers, Bill

Hey bud I am a firefighter here in Arkansas we use the carbide chains on our chainsaws they work great on abrasive material like shingles and dirt covered wood but as soon as we hit metals like big nails or gangnails the carbide tips get knocked of and the chain is trash

4:35 the rotty deck is pretty strong - lol surprising

Nice ! And as long as Levi is in it, it's okay ❤

Well, get a demolition blade made for firefighters for your saber saw. They'll cut virtually everything and are much less prone to catastrophic failures like a chainsaw.

You should have cut the deck away from the house at the wall first, about a foot out, got rid of the old deck and then finished up by hand

yeah,the screen, the frame, and part of the wall almost came down. the ledger board is most likely attached to the threshhold.