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Interior Demolition for the Warehouse Conversion

Bob meets with construction foreman Keith Elmore of Two Trees Development to discuss the demolition work in progress in the project building. The crew has already removed a service elevator, opting to increase the available square footage for living space. The plans also call for the removal of selected support posts. The structure has been certified to hold without the extra support that was required for industrial use. Vila and Elmore then discuss some of the brick demolition work required to make room new or enlarged windows on the third floor. Elmore also explains that additional beamwork will be required to support the additional floor they are building above.
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Interior Demolition for the Warehouse Conversion

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" While -- on the third floor with Keith -- this kind of running the demolition aspects of the job right now -- how many guys -- now working on things here and I think that's been through surface. All right so obviously demolition has to start over from the top of the job down to the bottom its gravity comes into play yeah. And who will all of the flooring be ripped up here coolers popping wounds from them yet but yeah. The the structural system is in pretty good condition throughout the band is pretty good air compressors have been moved out. What have -- here with the elevator shaft well. The finger down from top down. The only reason we burned out the elevator car and around -- do you mean you used the torches to remove best the steel nails yes. Sporting a level where it. Relatively dangerous part of the job and and that is the pit down there Laurie looks to be full of water yes isn't it. Well we we -- or so and Britain's monarchs did. Bob what do you mean you structure overhead here now is any of this being removed these posts and beams across here -- just disposed of fifth. Original ones in the back. So the span is two spots it's. Mission all about me. And then how the flooring gets ripped out that we're on the top floor here so we have the possibility of windows. And what's going to happen here in the so when we hadn't. We'll hear a window that's you know that's -- making one of the flawed. So we have to remove some of the brickwork along here Brooklyn. And most of this brick even though we're not exactly sure about the age of ability most of this brick is mid nineteenth century and put together with a lime mortar. Then comes apart pretty easily and should look so let's look over here. What are we -- this big blank brick wall achingly we gonna cut into these walls does what I hear -- over one window. And what's sad and bigger than the other -- We're high enough in the building that we don't have party -- don't have a building on the other side yes so right here we can have a window what about these. These back windows over here we want to enlarge these back when news him. Even though it's kind of like just a tenement space that's exactly right -- yes it does broad daylight and ventilation. And it's what happens up. On another small. Rental truck was full of their -- so there will have to be a little beefing up of the structure yes all right keep your hard now."

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