I thought it would take me two days to tear this thing down but it is in worse shape than I thought so I can't work off any of the platforms inside the structure for fear of the floors collapsing. The steps have all started to collapse as well. I have to work off of a ladder for the most part.
The top of this is about 40 feet off the ground and cutting wood with a saw-zall while standing on a ladder this high up is a little scary. Especially if you cut the wrong piece of wood.
Day 1 got the roof off. This took a few hours to do.
Day 2 Got it this far.
Yesterday was day 3 but I don't have pictures yet. I expect it will be down by this evening.
I have only been able to spend a few hours a day working on this due to meetings and numerous phone calls. This is more than the trivial roofing project that the local paper wanted to portray it as. I think they are realizing that because they sent a photographer out to to take pictures of me working.
That Day 2 picture makes that thing look totally crazy. And scary.
ReplyDeleteI'm hoping and trusting you got the rest of it down safely.
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ReplyDeleteThanks Gary for sharing your photos. More power to you!
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