The general contractor, framers and HGTV personnel were on site while
the husband and two buddies (again, no experience at all), were
demolishing the roof. To say they were clueless and operating in an
extremely unsafe manner is an understatement.


You got that right. At one point the framing crew left early so they didn't get
struck by debris. I mean the homeowner was cutting the entire hip roof
structure free and trying to topple it over the edge.

But WHY? Their general contractor talked them into demolishing the second floor
structure so his crew "didn't have to measure and fit the new walls to match
the old construction." Of Christ's sake, they demolished hundreds of square
feet of perfectly good walls and roofs so the GC's crew could frame faster.

--
Dennis