Day one of demolition. The debris has to be handled in a certain fashion. The tin has to be removed and washed on site before being taken to a recycle pile in Forbes Park. Then the metal has to be set aside for recycling.
The ash and debris has to be removed and hauled off and treated as if it has asbestos. Only certain contractors were licensed to haul asbestos and of those there were only two in the area. We could have taken the time to have the site tested for asbestos but that came with a $1,500 price tag. In Colorado asbestos is still a legal building material and all sites have to be treated as if they have it or be tested and proven otherwise.
The contractor, James was skilled with his backhoe and could scrape it all into a heap.
A sad sight.
When the contractor left to a break for lunch Matt checked to see if he left the keys behind in hopes of taking the Backhoe for a joyride.
With a little down time we drove to the back of the park to see the effect the firefighters had on Bonnet Park. The area was completely unrecognizable, the quiet, secluded hike now looked like a 4 lane dirt highway.
At the very back of the park the firefighters had bulldozed a large path as a last line of defense but the fire never made it that far. Instead the fire turned east and headed toward La Veta.
Back at the cabin the demolition continued.
We started cutting down trees leaving large swaths of naked land.
Every chance we got we used a magnet to pick up nails, screws and metal. I am trying to avoid future flat tires. The guys and the contractor might have thought I was little over the top and obsessed but hey, no one wants to get a flat tire so far from town.
Our collection.
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