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Conference 7.286::home_work

Title:Home_work
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Moderator:CSLALL::NASEAM::READIO
Created:Tue Nov 05 1991
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:2100
Total number of notes:78741

905.0. "Fire Pit" by LABC::FRIEDMAN (Don't be happy; worry.) Fri Jun 30 1989 12:34

    I would like to know how to demolish the following object:
    
    
    It is the seating around a firepit.  It is made out of cinder
    blocks covered with brick.  The seating is about 1' high and
    1' wide and describes a rectangle that is 10' by 8'.
    People have suggested sledgehammer, chisel, day laborers.  What is a
    quick, inexpensive way to remove this structure?  Do
    I have to use manual exertion or are there electric
    tools I can employ?
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905.1Hammer and ChiselOASS::B_RAMSEYJust 4 wheelin'Fri Jun 30 1989 13:436
    A cold chisel and a sledgehammer will break the mortar bonds between
    the bricks and or blocks.  I would say 1 full Saturday would break
    it up, load it into the back of a pickup and make a run to the dump.
    
    You could rent a jackhammer but I think that would be throwing money
    at a no-cost project.
905.2This will do the job!NECVAX::MILLER_CChuck - Don't Worry, be HOPpy!Fri Jun 30 1989 16:172
    Dynamite!!
905.3Looking for outdoor fire pitMETMV3::DRGWed Nov 29 1995 11:198
    Hi,
    
    I'm look to purchase a outdoor fire pit for our camp.  I've seen some
    that are modular concrete blocks.  Does anybody know where I can
    purchase something like this?
    
    Don Gellenthien
    DTN: 238-4320
905.4The interlocking ones ?FOUNDR::DODIERSingle Income, Clan'o KidsWed Nov 29 1995 14:287
    	If you're talking about the partly rounded interlocking ones used
    for retaining walls, I believe Home Depot has them. I'm not sure how
    well they'd hold up to constant heating/cooling. I know that regular
    cement blocks 8x8x16 send to crack up/fall apart after a couple years
    of moderate use.
    
    	Ray