This method of tearing down a home requires a more hands-on approach. What is the term used for demolishing a house by hand, piece by piece, with the intent of salvaging as many of the materials inside the home as possible?

When you manually take apart a house piece by piece with the intent to salvage as much as possible, it is called deconstruction. This process can recycle or reuse around 70% of the materials salvaged from the house for other projects. However, deconstruction is a very costly method of tearing down a house. Costs can be as much as 2 to 3 times the cost of the much quicker and cheaper method of mechanical demolition.

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