Destruction, Demolition and DeconstructionThe Lone Groover says "I've just taken down a pergola with a metre-deep Russian vine over the top. It had nine birds' nests in it, and had rotted all of the cross timbers. It covered the entire lawn and needs a skip of its own." What's the biggest/worst thing you've ever taken down? Tell us your tales of demolition and wanton destruction.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 8 Nov 2012, 13:17)
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An old stable20 years ago, the old man and old lady bought a disused chicken farm which had huge poultry barns and a large stable. They paid someone £9,000 to demolish the poultry barns. They paid me nothing to demolish the stable.
I have a degree in a totally unrelated branch of engineering, but I worked out where to cut the various beams and posts so that the whole thing wobbled on the brink, ready to fall as soon as I knocked out the last central post with a sledgehammer. I did this and ran for my life as it collapsed in on itself with a satisfying "crump".
Then they told me about the asbestos roof I'd just managed to crack into 101 pieces. Hang on...asbestosis takes 35 years to show up, you're 55 and I'm 23. Why am I doing this?
Exploited, that's me.
(, Thu 8 Nov 2012, 20:13, Reply)
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