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I have an old 12×19′ single car garage on my property and would like to take it down myself. I have already taken the 12×5′ shed-roof addition on it, but am wondering if I am going about it the proper (read: safe) way.

It is a simple gable end box – I plan to take a circular saw and cut up along the rafters on each side, and take down the roof piece by piece from back (alley) to front (back yard).

After the roof is off – the walls should be simple enough to deconstruct.

Anyone have any other suggestions (other than using a truck to pull it down, or a backhoe/bulldozer). There are two other garages within two feet on both sides of the building, an alley directly behind and approx. 25′ to the back of the house.

Thanks!
Thanks for your suggestions – I think I’m going to get on the roof, make three cuts from ridge to edge on each side. Then, from inside the garage I’ll use a sawzall to cut the nails joining the deck to the rafters and take it apart that way. It’ll limit my time on the roof when it’s in an unstable condition.

I recently traded 30 acres of timber for 30 acres of stumps (and some cash ). Now I want to clear and grade these 30 acres to build a mobile home park. I need a cheap and effective way to remove thousands of stumps (mostly 6″-24″ pines) quickly. I do not have years for chemicals to work, more like a few weeks. Obviously I want to do this as cheap as possible, and paying someone with a backhoe $150 a hour to pull/remove the stumps could cost more than the trees sold for. Grinding the stumps would be cheaper, but still several thousand. I was thinking about buying some used motor oil from local automotive repair shops, hiring a couple of people to soak the stumps, and then come back a couple of days later to burn them. Is this feasible, or will it take weeks for the stumps to burn down? Time and money are of the essence! Any other suggestions are more than welcome too!!!
Also, I seen a lot of jokes about dynomite, but I wonder if it would really be time and cost effective or have someone come in and blow them out? Has anyone ever had this done?

I have an 8×12 rectangular trampoline (about 3 1/2 feet high) and I want the jumping surface to be flush with the ground. I live in the tampa bay area of florida about 4 miles from the water. I plan on this being permanent, and safe. I am concerned with drainage. I dont want it to become a mosquito trap. so my sub-questions are:

Will I need to use railroad ties and/or other type of reinforcements to prevent cave-ins? Like a log cabin built inside a hole? Hopefully a simpler, cheaper solution is possible.

Is any extra drainage system needed or will it just soak in to the ground?

What is the best way to dig this, with a shovel and a lot of time? I cant afford a backhoe, and even if I could, there is no way to get large equipment in there.
Thanks