I have an old tile silo. Reddish / Brown/ Purple tiles - per 1930. I've seen these tiles used as flooring in a mudroom and they looked great. The silo is about 35-40 foot high. Any suggestions on how I should dismantle it? Keep in mind it would need to be done tile by tile to not break them. I'm located in northern Virginia. I'm open to hiring someone to do it. I'm a bit afraid of heights.
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flying belgian
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I helped my neighbor take one down piece by piece years ago. His was only about 25 ft. tall with no roof. We set the bale conveyor up and filled it with straw bales. Then he would stand on the bales and
take the block down to about his knees. Then throw down a couple layers of bales and take it down to his knees again. Repeat, repeat. My brother lives in Leesburg. How far are you from there?
take the block down to about his knees. Then throw down a couple layers of bales and take it down to his knees again. Repeat, repeat. My brother lives in Leesburg. How far are you from there?
farmerwithmutt
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The Amish take them apart one block at a
time and toss them down into a pile of sand
time and toss them down into a pile of sand
The correct way is to have someone that builds them come and take it down. They will have a platform that all the pieces fit through the door hole. Then they have a pipe that supports the load while guiding off the wall. They then use a winch and jib to lower the blocks down one at a time. A 2-3 man crew can take one down in about two days. Call around and I would think there are still companies that build and service silos in your area.
big tee
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When I was a kid my Dad and another guy took down the one that was on our farm. They used sledge hammers to knock blocks out until it started tipping--that's as far as it went. Tried pulling it over with tractors, didn't work--so finished with dynamite. It was a Dickey silo, made in Dickey Ville Wis. I still have the cast iron plate that was on it.-------Tee
You could do it like a guy did to a forty foot cement one around here 30 years ago. He drove his full sized sedan into it at 50m.p.h. Put a pretty big hole in it. After they got the car out they took sledge hammers and smacked a few strategic staves. I hear they only knock three or four more out before it came down like you'd fell a tree. That drunk didn't know just how close he came to enjoying his last bender. I talked to the guy who owned the silo, not the guy with the car, and he said to help myself to any debris I wanted. The broken ones I put in low or soft spots in the driveway and the whole ones I used to make a sidewalk and patio.
A while back when they were putting in the fiber optics cable the guy cut across the driveway with a machine like a ditch-witch with a spool on it. It kept hitting those buried staves. I think that guy must have been in the navy at one time as the language he used was very salty.
Okay maybe not the best advice, but it's nice that you plan on repurposing the material. JD
A while back when they were putting in the fiber optics cable the guy cut across the driveway with a machine like a ditch-witch with a spool on it. It kept hitting those buried staves. I think that guy must have been in the navy at one time as the language he used was very salty.
Okay maybe not the best advice, but it's nice that you plan on repurposing the material. JD
Northvale PA
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That's thinking. My wife and I watched a video of a guy using a sledge hammer to knock out staves and take one down. Well, they don't fall over like a tree. They just collapse. The fool was mighty close to being killed.
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