How To Demolish A Concrete Roof

It can cut clean lines or remove the surface as deeply as desired.

How to demolish a concrete roof. At this point grab the roof tear off shovel or pitchfork slide it under the top two rows of shingles and pry them up. This will reveal the top row of nails. Throw removed shingles into your dumpster as you go. A brokk robotic hammer carefully chips away at a concrete roof as part of a plant expansion b.

Hire a breaker from your local hire shop and jackhammer the concrete first then use an angle grinder to cut through the steel rebar if you want a straight cut use a diamond blade on your grinder and score the concrete first to a depth of 10 20mm. As garage installers we are best placed to demolish concrete or asbestos wall garages in a methodical and safe way. The brokk robotic demolitionsystem proved to be the ideal solution to remove the damaged areas of the plant s roof. As ati advanced the demolition the broken pieces of concrete were lowered down to the ground quickly and efficiently.

I put supports under the roof then used a petrol stihl saw to cut my roof away from the neighbours as close to the party wall as possible. When to cast floor slab before or after demolishing walls. This begins with the corrugated roofing being carefully removed then followed by the walls. Concrete garage walls rarely contain traces of asbestos but corrugated roofing on buildings constructed before 1990 invariably do.

Depending on the age this is actually a relatively quick way to remove the shingles. Then cut the rest of the roof away a bit at a time and slid it off the edge. Pull off the underlayment and sheathing with a pry bar so that the rafters are exposed. Remove the shingles using a hammer and pry bar or a roofing shovel.

Watch out for the sharp wire spikes left sticking out of the concrete chunks. The brokk proved light and nimble enough to break and demolish concrete at the roof level. Markstone80 20 dec 2013 in forum. Josh milner 4 apr 2016.

The 4 inch solid concrete roof was joined to a mirror image on the neighbours side. Hydrodemolition is done with various devices from handheld guns to robotic equipment. The water is directed at the concrete at 20 000 psi and 10 to 15 gallons per minute for handheld guns. Remove the ridge peak with the claw end of the hammer or prybar.

I had the same thing on my house. If the concrete contains rebar cut it with a reciprocating saw and metal blade or an angle grinder and metal cutoff wheel. Noseall 22 sep 2013. Demolishing outbuilding with concrete roof.

To find the seam between sheathing boards try removing some of the underlayment. So it s especially important to crack smaller sections.