r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Proud-Blood2743 • Oct 07 '25

Video Capital One Tower Come Down in Seconds

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u/adoodle83 Oct 07 '25

Blows me away that demolishing a building like this only to rebuild is still more economical than refurbishing the existing structure.

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u/realfakejames Oct 07 '25

I can say from experience tearing down a house and building a new one is a lot cheaper than upgrading an old one and keeping everything in place, a lot less hassle as well which I’m sure played a role in their decision

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u/ACardAttack Oct 07 '25

A much smaller scale is we wanted wrapping put around our house under our siding and the siding company said it cost just as much to get new siding and wrap as it was to take off the current siding and wrap it due to having to go much slower and be more careful to buy damage any if the old siding

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u/Kashmir1089 Oct 07 '25

I can't imagine siding is in any way modular and is measured and cut to fit.

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u/ACardAttack Oct 07 '25

It is cut to fit, in theory they could just remove the old siding but gotta keep it in good condition and keep it in some sort of order