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Termite Demolishers   (+2)  [vote for, against]
(no, not that) : get termites to carry out demolition work

It's really expensive to get humans in to do demolition work, and termites love it. Get a large termite cooperative, buy them a van to get between jobs, and hey presto - you'd get your demolition done for next to nothing.
-- neilp, Jul 16 2003

lost dog's club found http://www.chrishobbs.com/1982.htm
search for 'bare hands' on this page [neilp, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 21 2004]

feedme's link after a lot of fiddling and detective work and tweaking etc... http://www.glossosa...20/housewreck10.jpg
hope it's fucking worth it! [po, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004]

How are they going to drive the van?
-- lostdog, Jul 16 2003


ter..might be tricky. probably why it's not been baked yet.

Perhaps they could just cycle between jobs
-- neilp, Jul 16 2003


i've worked plenty of demolition jobs myself - me and a truckload of ex-cons making minimum wage to whack at drywall with crowbars. it's actually a pretty high-demand temp job. a better idea for cheap demolition would be to get a few punk rock bands together at the place you want to wreck, provide a keg, and let their fans destroy the place from within. (liability waivers signed before the show, of course.)
-- feedmewithyourkids, Jul 16 2003


I'm sure that, many years ago, I read a news story about a Karate club who demolished a small, decrepit house using only their bare hands. Although it's possible I might have dreamed it.
-- lostdog, Jul 16 2003


[ld] see link - it's true !
-- neilp, Jul 16 2003


That's the easy part. The tough part is building a house with your bare hands. You know, Karate chopping boards accurately, pounding nails with your fist, painting.
-- Worldgineer, Jul 16 2003


perhaps kung-flue would help with the chimney construction
-- neilp, Jul 16 2003


Be careful not to pop a woody while you're driving them around.
-- LabRat, Jul 16 2003


[neilp]: One problem: Steel construction.
-- Cedar Park, Jul 17 2003


//a better idea for cheap demolition would be to get a few punk rock bands together at the place you want to wreck, provide a keg, and let their fans destroy the place from within.//
A bunch of us did just that in '85.
-- thumbwax, Jul 17 2003


Yes, by only having one keg you inflame their anger when the beer runs out.
-- krelnik, Jul 17 2003


Collect the methane released for compression into truck fuel. They should work out great (we geneticists sometimes use a crack team of highly trained phlebotomist mosquitoes).
-- n-pearson, Jul 17 2003


<a href="http://www.glossosaurus.com/meta/images/20030420/housewreck10.jpg"> Bring Your Own Bat</a>
-- feedmewithyourkids, Aug 09 2003


oh for goodness sake, use the link button!
-- po, Aug 09 2003



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