Tips for When a House is Being Torn Down

I think you understand well enough. A construction site is not the place to be. They've got big things going on. Thousands of dollars per hour are being spent when things are in operation. You are under foot and making a nuisance of yourself by chasing pennies around the jobsite. You are actually costing them money by being in the way and slowing things down.

I get that where i work too. I try to be good to people and let them do their thing but there are times when i have to run the scrappers off. It's hard to find the words to explain other than to say some of the scrappers put themselves in dangerous situations. There's little or no situational awareness on their part.

* The thing to do would be to somehow scrap the building before the demolition begins. Even that would have it's liability issues but if you knew the people, and they trusted you not to hurt yourself, they might allow it.

You gotta bear in mind though ... a couple of hundred bucks in wasted scrap value sent off to the landfill is meaningless on a $ 600,000.00 construction project. A few hundred might seem like a lot of money to you but it's nothing to them.

* Another way you might go at it is by developing good social contacts with people in the trades. Friends help friends. You do for them. They do for you. If they know you're into scrapping ... they will sometimes help you along your way. Maybe they throw you a bone every so often. It all adds up. *