House Demolition 1, Old Georgetown

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  • čas přidán 13. 09. 2024
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    Demolition of a house on the grounds of the Christ Lutheran Church on Old Georgetown Road in Bethesda, Maryland. It will be replaced by an apartment building.
    Produced by John Z Wetmore, producer of "Perils For Pedestrians".

Komentáře • 34

  • @dmacnet
    @dmacnet Před 2 lety +1

    This house, 5017 Rugby Avenue, was originally the Christ Lutheran Church parsonage, first occupied in 1951 by Rev. Otto C. Schuetze and his family, according to their web site. In 1988 it became the Christ Church Children’s Day Care Center.

  • @andyhughes5885
    @andyhughes5885 Před 2 lety +2

    The disproportionate size of the excavator to the size of the house makes it look like its tearing down a dolls house.

    • @JohnZWetmore
      @JohnZWetmore  Před 2 lety

      They will need that big boy when they get to the actual church building.

  • @HeatherTaylor-ov5rv
    @HeatherTaylor-ov5rv Před 11 měsíci

    I love how he uses the steel I beam to help

  • @PeterMackett
    @PeterMackett Před 2 lety +3

    That house didn't last very long!, there is another one across the road that looks like it needs the same treatment!

  • @HeatherTaylor-ov5rv
    @HeatherTaylor-ov5rv Před 11 měsíci

    Would be great to have you talk more in your videos

  • @_nelson
    @_nelson Před 2 lety +2

    This house must been built in the late 50s.
    Seeing built out of bricks
    You see house built out bricks be very slim chance

    • @JohnZWetmore
      @JohnZWetmore  Před 2 lety +1

      1951. It was originally used as the parsonage for the church.

    • @_nelson
      @_nelson Před 2 lety +1

      @@JohnZWetmore
      Wow I guess right
      I was looking at the insulation most of it look like it was white packing foam .

    • @johnfoltz8183
      @johnfoltz8183 Před 2 lety +4

      Now all new houses are made out of sawdust, cardboard, glue, wood chips, plastic, and formaldehyde.

  • @constructionwatcher5381
    @constructionwatcher5381 Před 2 lety +1

    Thanks, John.
    No effort to separate materials here. Just get her down!
    I see this was another plan to save a failing church by building apartments on part of the site, but after 16 years that plan came to naught and now the church is out and it's all apartments. Are there more houses coming down for this? Will you be able to film the church demo?

    • @JohnZWetmore
      @JohnZWetmore  Před 2 lety +3

      Several plans for the property came and went. The church has been holding services at a nearby community theater. I do not know what their plans are for a permanent home, or how they will use the proceeds from the sale of their old home.
      There were 4 houses on the property. I filmed 2 of them. They will start on the church next week, and I plan to be there. It should be easier to get good camera angles with all of the other structures already removed.

    • @constructionwatcher5381
      @constructionwatcher5381 Před 2 lety

      @@JohnZWetmore Looking forward to it.

  • @gerhardtaupe7044
    @gerhardtaupe7044 Před 2 lety +2

    Welchen Beruf hat dieser Baggerfahrer? Zuckerbäcker?

  • @skylark8918
    @skylark8918 Před 2 lety

    🙁Szomorú. Szép ház volt.🥺

  • @Gospelsingles2000
    @Gospelsingles2000 Před 2 lety

    Efficient work is different...

  • @FrankTech
    @FrankTech Před 2 lety

    This guy isn't messing around.. how they all should be.. lol

  • @jonnyteeee
    @jonnyteeee Před 2 lety

    Shame the Tree was in the way 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤷🏽‍♂️

    • @lukelegg9915
      @lukelegg9915 Před 2 lety

      he tried to avoid it 😂

    • @JohnZWetmore
      @JohnZWetmore  Před 2 lety +1

      They cut down lots of trees on the site, including one just six feet from that one. It was very annoying that they left it in the way.

  • @jeffe.1586
    @jeffe.1586 Před 2 lety +1

    I hate to see good houses being demolished when there are so many other houses in disrepair that need to be demolished.

    • @fnhwk
      @fnhwk Před 2 lety

      What makes you think or say this was a "good" house?

  • @rainerrohn3630
    @rainerrohn3630 Před 2 lety

    the camera position is shoot thumbs down

  • @davecoombs6060
    @davecoombs6060 Před 2 lety

    This operator is extremel messy, & waste's alot of time running around, should have scraped the brick's off the exterior first & folded the roof & walls into it's own foot print, poor execution in my oppinion

    • @lukelegg9915
      @lukelegg9915 Před 2 lety +1

      theres no material separation, berg is a professional company and they'll have a bobcat out the next hour to clean everything up, the only job of the excavator driver is to get the building down safely and quickly, taking the bricks off would take hours

  • @fredrobinson6990
    @fredrobinson6990 Před 2 lety +1

    Operator was painfully slow, as if he didn’t really know how to work the machine.

    • @lukelegg9915
      @lukelegg9915 Před 2 lety +1

      "painfully slow" yet he had half the roof gone in under 5 minutes

    • @cameronhamer9432
      @cameronhamer9432 Před 2 lety

      @@lukelegg9915 half the time his claw is empty and not moving , my guy loads trucks at the same time

    • @lukelegg9915
      @lukelegg9915 Před 2 lety +1

      @@cameronhamer9432 you do realize theres a thing called dust, the few times i saw him stop he was waiting for his water guy. Also this is a 7 acre cleanout, if you know anything about demo then you'd know the only job of the excavator is to get all the buildings down as fast as possible, then a skid steer or mini excavator will come along and clean up.

    • @cameronhamer9432
      @cameronhamer9432 Před 2 lety

      @@lukelegg9915 l thought he was running the Minnie excavator you should see ours , I’m 5/6 and l can stand strait up in the bucket . Sorry l couldn’t see the hose man , here they require us to remove the dry wall , lnsulation , aspestos , lead before demolition metal must be recycled here it rains so much and they require the shingles removed prior to demolition the contents are usually wet . It’s expensive here to do demolition, and you have the government building inspector watching you every move the landfill guy inspects every load if he doesn’t like it he’ll regect it

    • @lukelegg9915
      @lukelegg9915 Před 2 lety

      @@cameronhamer9432 nah hes in a full size excavator, regulations here dont require removal of interior unless the building has asbestos, usually recycling is pulled out by the mini excavator after the building is down but in these houses theres not much other than wiring