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Basement Access & Foundation Type Assessment

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Live walk through of a House Demo

What happens here

The contractor notes that the house's basement has only an exterior access, which is unusual for Minnesota homes that typically have interior basement stairs for furnace access and maintenance. This exterior access might complicate removal procedures. More critically, he emphasizes assessing the foundation type—whether it's rock, concrete masonry unit (CMU), or poured concrete. Poured concrete foundations are significantly stronger than rock or CMU, making them much more challenging and costly to demolish. Understanding the foundation type is monumental for accurate bidding and planning.

Goal: Determine basement access and foundation type for demolition planning

Tools and materials

  • Flashlight — Illuminating dark basement areas for thorough inspection

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allocate extra time in just to understand if I'm going to put an extra day or two in digging that basement out and I'm going to have a lot more material to haul out so let's go check out this basement and see what we've got going on with there's no Landscaping that has to come go out on this project so we're good there once I get all of the utilities removed I get the plumber to come in and do a license cut he's got to be a Master Certified plumber I'll have the sewer and water disconnected at one Fell Swoop I've got to have you can see in the background right here got to have that is the phone know is that the electric that's the electric sorry that's got to be off the house can't stay on there of course cuz I mean you just can't have it so here's the basement by the way they had this all barricaded up with bicycles not the easiest thing to get into I don't know why they did that but let's go I'm going to flip the camera so you're going to be my eyes here real quick golly there is no heading room down in this basement check this out look at that antique washing machine dude that is so cool that's a ringer that's got the ringer attachment in it man oh man oh I want to see this cobwebs everywhere you know it would be cooler is if it had like a roller on it like like the old hand roller dude that would be so awesome I love running into stuff like this cobwebs everywhere and the smell down here well okay there you go there's where the smell is coming from got a couple old toilets that furnace look at this they got a high efficiency oh check this out that is a cool bicycle if the rest of the part I bet the parts are here here somewhere that thing is awesome those things are expensive see see the problem come into a house like this and you're like look

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