Church Demolition (Part 1), Bethesda

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    Part 1: The Luther Hall educational building. Demolition 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".

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  • @gravydog51
    @gravydog51 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The work is so slow! It's like they are afraid they will hurt the building or something.

    • @bobbrinkerhoff3592
      @bobbrinkerhoff3592 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Or something, try pricing out a replacement hydraulic hose or cylinder that has been damaged by falling debris, then figure in the price of having the machine down while tracking down and replacing the parts. Lots of people think that operators are way too slow or chickens*it , not so , haste makes waste .

  • @ronaldgaska4480
    @ronaldgaska4480 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Wow! A demolition of a beautiful church. Brick with nice large windows and slate roof. Rather then tearing it down the developer could of turned the church into apartments. A guess a new structure, taller will cram in more apartments. Nice demolition video.

    • @slayedclaw317
      @slayedclaw317 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lol its ugly

    • @svenulfskjaldbjorn5401
      @svenulfskjaldbjorn5401 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      At least an apartment will pay taxes. Something that church never did!!!

    • @unclesquirrel6951
      @unclesquirrel6951 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Personally I blame squirrels

    • @johnfoltz8183
      @johnfoltz8183 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Cheaply built sawdust and cardboard apartments marketed as luxury apartments

    • @johnfoltz8183
      @johnfoltz8183 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yuppies don't want to live in a repurposed church building as it doesn't have all the modern amenities of most apartments

  • @constructionwatcher5381
    @constructionwatcher5381 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Thanks John. It's nice that this section is out in the open where you can get access to film.
    Looking forward to more on this project.

  • @grumpyg9350
    @grumpyg9350 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Painful to watch. Appears both operators were new, perhaps.

  • @k.c.beagle7102
    @k.c.beagle7102 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Thanks John for sharing these great videos. Always enjoying and entertaining. Seems them folks at Berg Demolition Construction never bore a person.

  • @janeblake5083
    @janeblake5083 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Amazingly quick! Remember years ago how long it took to demolish homes to make room for the TTC North/South line!

  • @hjooy
    @hjooy ปีที่แล้ว

    Why no separation of wood, metal and brick/concrete?

  • @rickwright7267
    @rickwright7267 ปีที่แล้ว

    wow john a great video to watch i came a cross your video and now i am watching it for the first time

  • @johnmaguire9305
    @johnmaguire9305 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What’s the point of the m/c with the metal bar? It doesn’t appear to be adding any value to the job! Better to have a clam-shell attachment which can bite into the brickwork

    • @ctiley2212
      @ctiley2212 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Amateurs, they obviously have no clue.

  • @pauljames5914
    @pauljames5914 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Makes me sad. Can't watch beautiful buildings get wrecked.

  • @richardmattingly7000
    @richardmattingly7000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    With that many widows a heavy chain between them being pulled from outside would be faster especially if it were a floor or two below not just one at a time...

  • @rangercwgbear6352
    @rangercwgbear6352 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Dang took two naps watching this so slow

  • @marvinjgerald6007
    @marvinjgerald6007 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I’m sorry but the fellow operating the excavator with claw on the left seems to not want to just use the claw auger exactly for what it’s designed for. It’s not a wrecking ball, just freaking claw the structure down, because even gravity is on your side, you know?

  • @brucemartini2288
    @brucemartini2288 ปีที่แล้ว

    22:06- machine like- "i lost my stick, can you help me find it"?🤣

  • @darrenrobson1562
    @darrenrobson1562 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    you need to do some of the video part 2 would be good

  • @lionelspencer-ward3527
    @lionelspencer-ward3527 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good start...When are they going to get rid of all the other churches???

    • @joeblailock6669
      @joeblailock6669 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why would you say that?

    • @lionelspencer-ward3527
      @lionelspencer-ward3527 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@joeblailock6669 They are replacing the church with an apartment building which will house families. If all the churches were demolished and replaced with family housing we could solve the homeless problem overnight.
      Or would you prefer to have women and children living on the streets??
      Not very Christian really.....

    • @joeblailock6669
      @joeblailock6669 ปีที่แล้ว

      CEDAR this country has the riches poor people in the world Most homeless people are homeless because of bad choices , sad but true and most people who attend church are there to worship The Living God , Jesus Christ

    • @joeblailock6669
      @joeblailock6669 ปีที่แล้ว

      peon you knew anything about the teachings of True Christianity them you would have never made those comments. Sounds like you need Jesus . Don’t wait long to change your mind .

  • @kellymeadows353
    @kellymeadows353 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Cool....I guess it's time had come ....had been unused for awhile now........

  • @jonathandye6218
    @jonathandye6218 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Lighthouses are more useful than churches- Ben Franklin

  • @thejeepdoctor
    @thejeepdoctor 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Did they move the bodies from the graveyard or just build on top of them?🤔

    • @svenulfskjaldbjorn5401
      @svenulfskjaldbjorn5401 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      They are dead. They don't care!!

    • @JohnZWetmore
      @JohnZWetmore  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      There wasn't a graveyard at this church. (Although that has been an issue at another location just a couple of miles from there.)

  • @22hfang
    @22hfang 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hey John, Berg operators seem to like their excavator tools. Waiting on part 2!

  • @mackhopper
    @mackhopper 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Why not convert this existing structure to apartments (which is often done) rather than build some new crappy looking, “cheaply constructed” apartments? Just stupid.

    • @thenussbaum44
      @thenussbaum44 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You don't know what you are talking about. It was built as a church not an apartment building, its much different.

    • @thenussbaum44
      @thenussbaum44 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Julie The Bookieworm Yeah I've been in the construction business for years I think I know what I'm talking about to stay in the kitchen and make her husband some food

  • @MrGoofy53
    @MrGoofy53 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Warum gehen die so vorsichtig mit dem Abriss vor.

  • @paulstagnoli3964
    @paulstagnoli3964 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That backhoe on the right if he would turn that tool in the jaws one quarter turn either way it would be more effective in pulling down the walls!

    • @paulbrasier372
      @paulbrasier372 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He was there only to make sure the wall didn't come down toward the street.

  • @rudylittlewolf
    @rudylittlewolf หลายเดือนก่อน

    Excavator: "NOM NOM NOM NOM......."

  • @woofusdad
    @woofusdad ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love this, old fashioned demolition, more please.

  • @doninventura9474
    @doninventura9474 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Like watching grass grow.

  • @matmabira
    @matmabira 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I would like to be in the place of the operators, this must be fun !

  • @Kraber50
    @Kraber50 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Jeder normale Schaufelbagger hätte mehr abgerissen, als die beiden Spielkälber der ersten 10 Minuten !!
    Any normal bucket excavator would have torn off more than the two play calves of the first 10 minutes !!

  • @peteneal5914
    @peteneal5914 ปีที่แล้ว

    this video is 1 year old bet there still taking it down so slow

  • @paulthesoundguy1
    @paulthesoundguy1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Maybe I am an idiot……..but if I had that big metal Rod connected to an excavator…I would have had that building on the ground ……NOW😁😁😁

    • @paulbrasier372
      @paulbrasier372 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      He was there to make sure the wall didn't come down toward the street.

    • @paulthesoundguy1
      @paulthesoundguy1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hello Mr serious……my comment was a joke and self deprecating at that😁😁😁😁😁

  • @nighthawk784
    @nighthawk784 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Were the real machine operators off that day? These two don’t seem to be very good at it.

  • @randykennedy7444
    @randykennedy7444 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Way to much debri mixed together!! push the windows in then pull the brick down & clean up as you go anybody can mix it all together .

    • @svenulfskjaldbjorn5401
      @svenulfskjaldbjorn5401 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      And half the commentors think they know more than the guys doing it. Know so much, go get a job doing it!!

    • @bobbrinkerhoff3592
      @bobbrinkerhoff3592 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@svenulfskjaldbjorn5401 Exactly !

  • @davemarks7322
    @davemarks7322 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    painfully slow.

  • @allan8004
    @allan8004 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Sorry couldn't watch to much the only things getting a work out were the tracking peepers

  • @georgefilippello7972
    @georgefilippello7972 ปีที่แล้ว

    Are these people mad ? What a beautiful building . An Appartment?

  • @charlesramsey3238
    @charlesramsey3238 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That's one way to rip down a big building just get two excavations on It satisfying to watch

  • @howie4150
    @howie4150 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Must be getting payed by the hour...

  • @skinmaxdestroyer
    @skinmaxdestroyer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    nice vid
    keep it up !

  • @PeterMackett
    @PeterMackett 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This is fantastic!, i love watching brick buildings being demolished and they certainly ripped through that end quick!, hard to use the spear sideways as the idea is to push through the walls then pull it out with the hook, looking forward to seeing more of this building coming down.

    • @matmabira
      @matmabira 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      nice com 😉

    • @PreservationEnthusiast
      @PreservationEnthusiast ปีที่แล้ว

      The spear was there initially to prevent the collapse of the gable outwards over the edge of the site. Once the danger had been removed, he could start to operate normally.

  • @brianholley1942
    @brianholley1942 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Is the guy on the first excavator just a learner he seems very hesitant. Those two machines are taking far too long on this job.

    • @lukelegg9915
      @lukelegg9915 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      the one with the pole i assume you are talking about, he was there to hold the front wall up so it didn't fall onto the street, and afterwards he was grabbing metal out

    • @rhythmblackheart917
      @rhythmblackheart917 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      There also trying to keep the bricks separated from the c&d debry because the landfill don't take bricks mixed.

    • @lukelegg9915
      @lukelegg9915 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@rhythmblackheart917 i doubt that, berg is a huge company and couldn't care less about saving bricks, maybe a small machine will come back later but i doubt it

    • @rhythmblackheart917
      @rhythmblackheart917 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lukelegg9915 there not saving them in stating they cannot go to the landfill. Landfills don't allow bricks and debry to be mixed.

    • @lukelegg9915
      @lukelegg9915 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@rhythmblackheart917 no, they do allow bricks in most places

  • @dammitbobby283
    @dammitbobby283 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    1:18 The individual handling the hose demonstrates a lack of intelligence. The building in question has a height equivalent to approximately 3.5 floors, which roughly translates to a reach of 35 feet from its foundation. This measurement becomes relevant if a wall were to collapse, which is the primary focus of the video. A person of higher intelligence would likely possess a more potent hose, enabling them to execute their duties from a safer distance.

    • @frmerrin2
      @frmerrin2 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Why don't you go on down there and show them how it's done.

  • @ernest7619
    @ernest7619 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Why are they being so picky obout taking it down????

  • @trudeausmagiclamp1472
    @trudeausmagiclamp1472 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Tear down a beautiful brick structure and erect a wooden tinderbox... How American.

  • @Leatherface123.
    @Leatherface123. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    They need to make demolition proof buildings. What a waste of incredible architecture

  • @markmeeck7372
    @markmeeck7372 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Low profile operator, he doesn't know nothing, it's a shame.

  • @thejeepdoctor
    @thejeepdoctor 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    In the beginning….. the bar from hell

  • @joefraga7377
    @joefraga7377 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    See notes an abandoned building 5
    years .
    Mold

  • @gregherold6295
    @gregherold6295 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Such a shame looked like a nice church

    • @lukelegg9915
      @lukelegg9915 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      its been abandoned for five years so, it looked extremely rough the last time i drove by

    • @STARDRIVE
      @STARDRIVE 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lukelegg9915 When did you drive by? Before or after the demolition?

    • @lukelegg9915
      @lukelegg9915 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@STARDRIVE much before, a few months back

  • @Leatherface123.
    @Leatherface123. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Tearing down history to replace it with garbage

  • @David-yk9hm
    @David-yk9hm ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That looks like a pretty nice church

  • @davidpatrick2997
    @davidpatrick2997 ปีที่แล้ว

    I feel as though this guy on the left is doing most of the work.

  • @Jarial7
    @Jarial7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Such a shame it's a beautiful church tragic to see its end

  • @monicap5071
    @monicap5071 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Don't understand why knock down such a charming building. Surely the rooms could've been used for the homeless?

    • @billyumbraskey8135
      @billyumbraskey8135 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They hate God and churches. This is all part of the genocide of White Christians.

    • @constructionwatcher5381
      @constructionwatcher5381 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Who would you have pay for this housing?
      The church has clearly been unable to support it's operation there. They have apparently been out of the building for several years.
      They tried for over a decade to create a new structure for the church and with housing, and were unable to make that happen. So finally they sold the property, for over $20M according to realtor websites, and it is being developed into about 300 apartments.

    • @monicap5071
      @monicap5071 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@constructionwatcher5381 calm down. It was just a general question.

    • @constructionwatcher5381
      @constructionwatcher5381 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@monicap5071 Yes, I saw that, and that's why I answered it.

    • @Rayfanz1
      @Rayfanz1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      There is no god, silly sheep. And as a very white Texan, your so-called genocide is hilariously fake. Stop living in fear and rage. Touch some grass. Get some hobbies. Don’t be so angry and scared all the time.

  • @jefferykeeper9034
    @jefferykeeper9034 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yes it is a shame to see your nice Church being demolished, but on the other hand most of the time it is cheaper to tear something down and build new.

  • @rhythmblackheart917
    @rhythmblackheart917 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yay I've been waiting lol!

  • @jamescampbell7780
    @jamescampbell7780 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The claw machine operator is wasting too much time as a spectator! And not cracking on with the use of the claw as intended.

  • @OldDocSilver
    @OldDocSilver ปีที่แล้ว

    You mean to tell me that it couldn’t be turned into low rental apartments or housing for the homeless????
    But…nope….that’s all just talk and empty promises.
    Disgusting waste.

    • @josephbennett3482
      @josephbennett3482 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's exactly what the land is being turned into after the church is torn down , an apartment building for low income people is going on the site.
      The church structure itself isn't designed for housing so replacing it is the only option.

  • @lynnbreazeale9134
    @lynnbreazeale9134 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This must be union work. An 80,000 lb excavator with a huge demo claw and this guy is moving 1/4 wheel root the time. Pitiful, wasteful and makes no sense.

  • @NofreedomofspeechonYouTube
    @NofreedomofspeechonYouTube 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is hilarious .

  • @KLM817
    @KLM817 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good video as always! Such a shame they couldn't save that building and repurpose it into the apartments. I guess sometimes it's easier to build new.

  • @inescividanes2403
    @inescividanes2403 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dois operadores ruins de serviço. Precisa se reciclar para serem mais rapido . . Por enquanto são pessimos opoeradores

  • @Ron-DeSantis2028
    @Ron-DeSantis2028 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    These guys better be in training if not, fire them.

  • @gskeezyio
    @gskeezyio 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Feed the dawgs

  • @louieokamoto8747
    @louieokamoto8747 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Watching the shadow on the wall looks like a steak just saying

  • @heathsmith3734
    @heathsmith3734 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You demolition people make tearing down a house or whatever it may be a lot harder than what it really is 🤦🤦🤦🤦😂 I mean really just tear the thing down 🤷

  • @lesliecabell3208
    @lesliecabell3208 ปีที่แล้ว

    I know a lot of people went to that church ⛪💯

  • @marknightser8527
    @marknightser8527 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    To boring brick by brick.

  • @yourwhiteknight636
    @yourwhiteknight636 ปีที่แล้ว

    How very sad

  • @XLR8RRICK
    @XLR8RRICK 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Frustrating to watch inexperienced operators. Waste my time and the contractor doing the take down. 2 Thumbs down from me.

    • @bobbrinkerhoff3592
      @bobbrinkerhoff3592 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What you were watching was a pair of Experienced operators practicing Safety First. A good operator will slowly and methodically bring down a building without injury to anyone on the ground or causing expensive damage to their equipment. What may appear to be a timid little poke is actually the operator testing the structural integrity of the building, so that there are no surprises or mishaps.

    • @howie4150
      @howie4150 ปีที่แล้ว

      I agree.. I know milkmen when I see them.

  • @richardcline1337
    @richardcline1337 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It's always sad to see a church destroyed.

  • @jongreen4893
    @jongreen4893 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Why are these guys so slow? Are they afraid to make a mess? They guy on the right needs to go back to work at McDonalds!

  • @michaelmullin7941
    @michaelmullin7941 ปีที่แล้ว

    How very sad to demolish a pretty church in favor of yet another beehive apartment complex!

  • @madjanetramerez2383
    @madjanetramerez2383 ปีที่แล้ว

    why do people do this. so evil