How NOT To Demo Your Garage
Call your husbands and sons because they will definitely want to see this. What started off as a community event quickly turned to OMG!
We invited neighbors over for coffee and donuts before the show .It’s the least we can do for them for putting up with our dust and wild homeschooled children and all their friends and barking dogs and loud stereos and a weedy garden…….I am confident donuts take care of everything!
First the boys tried the Amish way…
Hahahahaha They realized that wasn’t going to work and they needed to return to 2011 technology…The Jeep Wrangler.
How’s that donut Bryan?
Well, that didn’t budge it–maybe that should have been our first clue that the old girl was more sturdy than she looked. Much discussion ensued between boys er, I mean the men. Let me tell you it was like they were all 10 years old again. Giddy with excitement of donuts and demolishing a building and big trucks! Yes, big trucks!!!
–EEk don’t hit the refreshment table! Wouldn’t want to upset the neighbors!
They finally strapped her on to the Big Daddy truck.
Look at ‘em–boys and their toys!
The following photos need no commentary other than to say…this is not what the boys expected to happen!
Ready………….Go Joe……….
And there she sat
Now scroll through that series again quickly–it’s like a flip book!
Luckily she didn’t continue to tumble or the peanut gallery with bellies full of donuts weighing them down never would have gotten out of the way!
Now the boys were crapping their pants!
And everyone had an idea of what to do next. For me the excitement was really turning to anxiety. The longer the speculation of the next move went on the the more we were afraid the wall closest to the house would buckle and the structure would twist on it’s way down and hit the house or worse yet someone was going to get hurt.
The boys devised a plan to anchor one side and pull it towards the backyard. Well, just when you need your controls that run the bucket in the bucket truck to work-they fail. So we put caution tape around our entire yard and my husband drove back to work to get a different bucket truck. At this point the crowd dispersed and I was left stressed with all the donuts. sigh
My husband and I decided via cell phone that we should call a Demolition Specialist that his company has used in the past…. but of course the office was closed on a Sunday. So, we did what any desperate non Amish person would do-we googled the owners name and got his home phone number and called him on his day of rest.
When” The Specialist” showed up he was amazed at our ‘pickle’. “Well, I’ve never seen this happen before”
But to the boys credit he agreed with their anchoring idea. Having him confirm that was the best plan of action allowed them to put down the donuts and get back to work.
The guy in the yellow is “the Specialist” the other guy is our neighbor and Boy Scout extraordinaire! ( Who never shook his head in disgust at our home disrepair.Thanks good neighbor! I bet it was the donuts!)
They ran a strap down the center and attached it to the jeep and hit the gas (in reverse).
Even “The Specialist” is getting excited!
That cookie crumbled just the way it was supposed to. Thank Buddah! No one was hurt and the drama was almost over.
We kissed “the Specialist” feet for driving 45 minutes and leaving his wife to wash all the windows by herself just to come to our rescue. If you ever need a demo company YOU SHOULD CALL PROCON!
The steps that led to the upper part of the garage were still standing and holding up a portion of the rubble. It took more work to get that little bit down than the rest of the whole garage!
And through it all, a strong old door that we had stored in the upper part of the garage made a graceful landing, unscathed.
We decided to keep that door and use it somewhere in our house. Something to remind us of the good luck the sun shinned on us during this demo gone wrong. Things really could have gone a different way. We are so lucky no one was hurt and the corner of our house wasn’t damaged.
Thank you neighbors and friends for all the help and support!! I owe you many more donuts…… because next week we are knocking off the side of our house!!! I can’t promise it will be as exciting as this weeks adventure!


































































































