Mechanical demolition is the most common term you will hear when hiring a professional house demolition contractor. Though there are other types of demolition, mechanical demolition is one of the most popular. It involves using heavy-duty, state-of-the-art and powerful machines to bring down buildings. Machines can be used as part of total demolition projects or selective demolition. Only a particular area of a building is demolished for renovations in selective demolitions. Therefore, the machines used are not as heavy-duty as those used in total demolitions.
Here is the list of some popular and efficient machinery used in House demolition Vancouver projects across the world.
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Excavators
Regardless of the size of the building, excavators are the most common type of machinery used for demolitions. Loaders or bulldozers can be attached to these excavators, depending on the intensity of the work required to be done by them. Excavators are very popular in demolitions because they can cut through concrete and steel very easily. Hydraulic excavators and long-reach excavators are used to demolishing small and big buildings.
Since you can attach many other tools with these excavators, they can be used for various purposes. The versatility and flexibility of these excavators definitely deserve a special mention. Mostly, claws, hammers, pulverizes, buckets, shears and grapples are attached with these excavators to get the desired job done.
Backhoe Loaders
These machines are extremely useful in demolishing small buildings. They perform two roles simultaneously – a wheel loader in the front and an excavator at the back. They are highly flexible and can be used with many attachments depending on the purpose for which they are used. When demolishing rocks, concrete, or other very hard materials, hydraulic breakers are attached with these loaders to do the job easily.
Skid Steer Loaders
Demolition companies use these skid steer loaders on small demolition projects, because these machines are compact, quick and highly efficient. They are quite versatile as their front buckets can be replaced with other useful attachments, depending upon the nature of demolition. Hydraulic breakers, snow blowers, pallet booms and mowers are popular attachments that go well with skid steer loaders.
Wheel Loaders
Also known as bucket loaders or front loaders, these machines are widely used for post-demolition cleanup activities. These machines move a pile of garbage, scrap, or debris from a particular place and load them into a dump truck. A square bucket at the front of this machine helps scoop out the soil’s garbage without creating any spillage or mess.
Crawler Loaders
These are heavy-duty machinery that can be used for industrial demolition projects. They come with metal tracks to clear out large piles of dirt and scrap instantly.
Bulldozers
With their front-facing giant blade operated by hydraulic pistons, bulldozers are the heaviest machines used for demolition projects. They are used for shifting huge chunks of dirt piles and other materials from one place to another.
Other machines used in demolition projects are cranes, oscillating multipurpose tools (to cut remotely located wood, metal and more), sledgehammer, concrete crushers and wheeled tippers.