# Removing Construction
**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/removing-construction/1491
**Category:** The Bunker
**Created:** [May 28, 2013, 3:43am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/removing-construction/1491 "2013-05-28T03:43:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
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### Author:  [@osoII](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/osoII)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2013, 3:43am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/removing-construction/1491/1 "2013-05-28T03:43:48Z")
How do I do this? Specifically I have some log walls I’ve put up that I want to add windows to. I suppose I could set the section on fire and control it with a fire extinguisher, but the risk is too high and I don’t know how long it would burn.
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### Author:  [@Weyrling](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Weyrling)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2013, 4:07am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/removing-construction/1491/2 "2013-05-28T04:07:04Z")
You can smash log walls down, generally a sledgehammer is necessary, but if you’re strong enough you can use any decent bashing tool, alternatively you can use the bionic Sonic Resonator, explosives, or fire, in order of risk.
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### Author:  [@osoII](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/osoII)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2013, 4:12am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/removing-construction/1491/3 "2013-05-28T04:12:52Z")
Oh, derp. I thought I tried it and it said “there is nothing there” but I just tried again and it works. Thanks.
Is there a way to make garage doors by any chance?
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### Author:  [@keldoclock](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/keldoclock)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2013, 4:30am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/removing-construction/1491/4 "2013-05-28T04:30:31Z")
You can build a palisade gate and then use a rope and pulley system to raise and lower them.
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### Author:  [@DWC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/DWC)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2013, 4:42am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/removing-construction/1491/5 "2013-05-28T04:42:31Z")
Jackhammers can knock them down too, right?
You can get them from mines and farms.
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### Author:  [@vultures](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/vultures)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2013, 6:15pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/removing-construction/1491/6 "2013-05-28T18:15:22Z")
Metal barriers like doors to misc. bunkers, reinforced stationaries… Anyone?
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### Author:  [@Morrigi](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Morrigi)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2013, 2:14pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/removing-construction/1491/7 "2013-05-29T14:14:18Z")
Pipe bombs.
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### Author:  [@osoII](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/osoII)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2013, 11:16pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/removing-construction/1491/8 "2013-05-29T23:16:07Z")
I figured out why it said “there is nothing there” you apparently can’t smash a half finished one. So I finished building it, then broke it down with a sledge, now I have plenty of firewood for the small mountain of meat I maintain from butchering pests while building.
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### Author:  [@KA101](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/KA101)
#### Post date: [May 30, 2013, 4:59am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/removing-construction/1491/9 "2013-05-30T04:59:00Z")
Huh, so there is a use for sledges. Good to know. I never bothered picking them up because they were so slow.
When I J-Hammered out some walls (one Log and one plain, both Constructed, shoveling out the rubble only gave me 2 Rocks each. Might be worth checking on that.
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### Author:  [@i2amroy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/i2amroy)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2013, 11:19pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/removing-construction/1491/10 "2013-05-31T23:19:28Z")
[quote=“KA101, post:9, topic:1491”]Huh, so there is a use for sledges. Good to know. I never bothered picking them up because they were so slow.
When I J-Hammered out some walls (one Log and one plain, both Constructed, shoveling out the rubble only gave me 2 Rocks each. Might be worth checking on that.[/quote]
You don’t have to actually use sledges, they just are nice since they have such high bashing stats.
Also yeah, there is quite a bit of imbalance with rubble/deconstructing things right now that needs to be looked at.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2013, 3:48am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/removing-construction/1491/11 "2013-06-01T03:48:31Z")
Was it a normal J hammer or the ‘special’ one?
Both could’ve been cursed by eldrich forces.
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### Author:  [@KA101](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/KA101)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2013, 6:26pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/removing-construction/1491/12 "2013-06-01T18:26:07Z")
[quote=“gtaguy, post:11, topic:1491”]Was it a normal J hammer or the ‘special’ one?
Both could’ve been cursed by eldrich forces.[/quote]
This was a Jack. I’ve used both and they seem about the same, so I use J-Hammer interchangeably.