Hey guys, what was your favorite part of the demolition? I'd love to hear your thoughts!

Imagine all the History that Gym saw. Kids growing up, fun games, dances, shows, etc...

Sad to see all the backboards go without being reused

I’m surprised at how much was left inside… the bleachers, the basketball hoops, the scoreboard, the lights? All of that could’ve been reused or at least sold off to people who could use it

A lot of heavy wood doors worth quite a bit on the salvage market lost there. Sad to see nothing was reclaimed.

those silver coolicon lites on ceiling are worth a lot in uk and europe about 600 sterling each with galleries ( the bit that holds the bulb)

Hope the brick and blocks get salvaged and reused . I used to be in the Antique Brick Business and sold about 2 million brick a year . I see a lot of videos of really old buildings being torn down and they have the old bricks dating back when the mortor was a lot softer and when the brick would fall the brick were pretty well clean enough to stack on pallets . I bought a lot of brick by the box car load out of St. Louis and Chicago . Couldn't get them fast enough for the home builders as the housing market was hotter hell . We tore a bunch of buildings down and got a lot of really nice brick that were really popular . Great video , Thanks for posting .

I agree, the inside shots are great, and I also like the sound of demolition, especially smashing glass.

I'AM SURPRISED THE LIGHT FIXTURES ,DOORS, THE AM. FLAG WERE NOT TAKEN AWAY FIRST.

Amazing how much was left inside. People love to have those lockable baskets in their houses or garages as a funky but functional storage display, and all the hoops and backboards, scoreboards, lights, bleachers, all just destroyed.

The inside camera was awesome. Not too often you get to see some demo being done from that POV.

The inside camera was awesome. Not too often you get to see some demo being done from that POV. and Very well done. I enjoyed the inside shots as you normally don't see them on demo videos.

Very well done. I enjoyed the inside shots as you normally don't see them on demo videos.

Why is hose guy spraying the side of the building... And NOT the clouds of dust

That brick and block crumbled like it had no mortar. That gym wouldn't last long in a seismic zone. Gave me chills thinking about all the folks that would pack inside for a game. GREAT VIDEO!

Those hi bay lights were valuable.

I got hooked on Lets Dig 18 when he was tearing down buildings and trailers. Got you channel on the suggested stuff. Subscribed in an instant!

I liked watching the excavator take the brick wall down, big sections falling. The inside view with all the ceiling tiles falling was excellent and should be used in a compilation of your best shots. Also, watching the excavator remove an entire truss in one move was a really good show of skill and power. The operator is thoughtful, slow (a good thing), and methodical. This is the best demolition channel on KZfaq by far, also, your voice intros are excellent, almost no one does them! Keep up the good work and stay safe. Thank you for taking the time to make these videos, it brings a lot of enjoyment to guys like me.

What a cool video I enjoy watching your videos I like your videos a lot keep making great videos I like your videos a lot keep making great videos

The entire video is my FAV!!!

Glad to welcome you! Great video, thanks) And my team and I are engaged in demolition and dismantling of houses and clearing of sites. You could say we make beauty.

The School Wrecker is back!!! Another enjoyable video, buddy.😢 Man, I grew up in gymnasiums like this one. I could smell that place as you gave us a quick tour. Inside. I also got a good chuckle when I saw the old basket lockers…I remember those. You couldn’t hide anything in those dang things! That internal green ceramic brick is fantastic - so mid-century! Do me a favor and save a couple of truckloads of that for me! 😂 Please? It’s kind of a sad shame that the old “school mascot iconography” wasn’t salvaged off the wall and placed into the new facility. It was impressive watching that wall of bricks cascading to the ground - especially the top curve. Wow, they designed the walls of this gym with three layers - external brick, cater blocks and internal brick? Dang! And, once again, I can see that this school district doesn’t care about salvaging their chairs! LOL. this is weird to me because our local school district accounts for all supplies and salvages every desk and chair. I’m also really surprised that the school isn’t saving the scoreboard. Speaking of salvage, what are your plans for the two salvaged basketball goals???

Great Video, I love the bricks falling, looked Great, Hope the can be recycled.

Great job, well done, now for the separation process!

Reminds me of the demolition of my old lower high school (frosh & soph years). IL law changed that it was no longer exempted from asbestos rules. The student population had dropped such that it hadn't been used in 30 years. It was all cinderblock, so setting up wifi, they would have needed an access point in every room. In addition, two of the three boilers were done. Since asbestos mitigation had to be done regardless, the decision was made to drop the building. The 1961 expansion building was kept and expanded however, and is now the new "cool school", surpassing the campus that opened in 1974 that in my time had housed the upper classmen.

Damn!, that wall went quick even the roof was buckling when the slabs were going down.

That's the first time I've seen a brick wall demolished from the ground up!!!!

Water hose guy was taking a nap lol

Love these videos..

That is a nice new school!

The same will happen to our school gym sometime in autumn.. well, my sadness is limited haha

There were lot of items that could have been salvaged, the ceiling lamps for one... the steel doors, the bleachers.

Let me get one of those goals :)

To bad its down. Nice bricks , could have recycled them some how.😮 alot of memories in that gym, basketball games, possibly dances, pep rallies, graduation and every day gym classes.

Great vid, nice job !

Very nice! 🎉

wonder if still hear Lassie barking on the second floor

What a cool video i enjoy watching your videos keep making great videos I like your videos a lot keep making great videos I like your videos

Nice work.

Likely mercury in those lights

Good job very methodical.

Great job,

First time watcher on these videos, you got me hooked! Completley hooked. Question tho, do you guys get to keep all the scrap metal and such, or does that just go just go off and on it's way.

Demo is getting pretty sophisticated these days. In NJ masonry, treated lumber, lumber, metals, dirt, and vegetation all go to separate recycling streams. The masonry becomes paver base, and patio or retaining wall blocks.

That's a shame, it had such a classic "school gym" look to it but nothing lasts forever.

Geez! Wood frame houses put up more of a fight than this place did. She did not want to stand anymore.

Interesting job, and good work, I just hate the fact that the structure you were tasked to take down probably oils have outlasted the new school. 😅

There are so many underprivileged schools who would love those basketball hoops and the lighting. Such a waste

You ever seen the youtube videos where the excavator uses a 20' I-beam to gain extra distance for hard-to-reach areas? Just the tall gym made me think of that.

All of you guys be safe out there and I love your videos

OSHA will love this no hard hat video

This is awesome! I hate gym class!

Doing this without window guards was a bold move ahaha.

Before u guys demolished that gym did anybody saved those wall hang basketball hoop racks & the bleachers looked to be amazing shape also mannn theirs alot of good bricks to be still useful.

Did yall take the whole school down ? Or just part of it.

When I used to do demo we would rip everything out sell what we can. All metal went to scrap all concrete and brick got crushed and sold as aggregate the only stuff we would haul to the dump was the building materials not salvage able. You can do demo in a way that makes a good deal of money on top of the contract.

Lots of good times had in that gym I’m sure. Wonder if the floor was salvageable even with asbestos’s mastic undercoating?

Hi. Just a question: The roof rafters over the bowstring steel trusses looked to be about 3x10. At what point do they become salvageable? Thx.

Nice 😊

think of all the basketball games, pep rallys anything and everything tht was in that gym!!!! crazy!

Nah, it's not a good idea to try to open doors with a excavator 😄. These amazing machines. Fun to see the interior both before and during the demolition. This was a very good video, thanks.

this looks like a sweet job to have

Now that's a lotta damage!

They definitely should have removed the US flag.

How many days did it take from start to end?

Man o man…it’d be great to live nearby and get some of that old wood (if that were possible) and repurpose it for some sort of table or bookshelf or something… workbench maybe…. And all those blocks and bricks! Wow! Could build several small houses with that many!

Great place to put the camera, about 6 miles from the action. Makes it easy to see what's going on

Question where does all the brick go? Can any of it be recycled or is it just thrown in a landfill?

Do you ever do asbestos samples when doing old buildings before the tear down?

i don't know anything about where this is but my first thought at the beginning of the video that is a fairly decent looking building lots a places would kill to have that in their community

Reminds me of when my high school was demolished...

Relaxing

Crazy to think about how long things take to build, and how little time it takes to destroy it.

You said to leave lots of questions and comments. Well I would like to know if you know if there was any effort to reuse or salvage any of the useful things mentioned in the comments? You were in the demolition, but just wondering if anyone did anything to use the useable?

a lot of work but interesting job

Where was this school located?

I would have started with the principal's office.

Why did you had to take footing out

What size is the caterpillar, 20 ton ?

But again, super cool- just wish we could chat easier than on youtube; i work for BERG Demolition in Washington, DC.

That one guy really had to piss!😁

Where's the wrecking ball always cool too see that also ❤

What is the school called

job is no sweat, building literally tearing it'self apart😆

The digger is going yum yum yum yum 😋

where is the school located?

Are you just filming or are you actually in the excavator?

Imagine if the kids are in school doing a session and the teachers and kids hear big excavator outside

As alock collector it Would be cool to get the door locks off of a place like this

hey brother I would love to get in contact with you. I own a demolition company down here in Florida. I wanna see what steps you took to get to the next level

That Cat makes the gym look kind of flimsy, operator skill and power applied at the right spots make it come down pretty easy. .Too bad you didn't salvage the old scoreboard, some sports bar would have loved to have it on their wall.

I am completely visually impaired. Would any of you have connections in the Boise area? Would love to be able to check out an excavator. 25:40

19:59 Why was there a layer of drywall partitioning the space above the ceiling on the rafter? I find that pretty interesting.

Marv Heemeyer approved.

Those Glass backboards seemed to be worth A LOT. Why not grab a ladder and take them down before tearing the place down?

Probably getting some more dam houses built there

So do they like, use all the brick and CMU's for recycling? Can they use that stuff as aggregate in new concrete?

AT ONE TIME THAT WAS A LARGE JOB FOR BRICK LAYERS AND MASONS ! ! !

Where is this

Water used to keep the dust down?