Thats just foolish, makes a mess, no rhyme or reason as to what you are doing. I've done a fair amount of this work in more recent times to make a buck, I'll lay out my cuts with a chalk line in gypsum wall board, cut with a knife and carefully take it apart, demo never takes a lot of time, but you can save yourself a lot of patchwork, and eliminate poor quality work if you plan it out. If you are gut rehabbing an entire structure, not so bad, but say you are changing something, I don't see the value in cave man tactics LOL !
Last spring, the neighbor lady's daughter finally moved out, 4 year college and nursing school grad, RN now and has a nice career started, so she bought a place, very admirable young person. Mom wanted to change all the back to back closets in the house, eliminate one on one side and enlarge it, as well as making nice double closets in each room, it worked out nicely. I had her assist me on her days off, made it easier for me. First thing she wanted to do was take a hammer and start smashing away. I said no, let me show you a better way. I took the tape measure, chalk line, did a neat layout, used a straight edge to guide my knife and carefully cut all of it, then removed what was coming out, the new trim covered all of it,no patching, on the reverse side, there was less work to patch in a new piece of wall board, less mess, dust and so on. One thing I hate using is my power tools for things like this, all that dust is sucked into the motor, is dispersed everywhere, and in my case I will take the tool apart and clean it with compressed air.
A few years back I did a large job in a 100x100 building a friend bought to base his business out of. I did 2 35 yard containers worth of demo. I had to use my trusty old Hilti TE-53, with a chipping bit on it, to take off old masonry or plaster in what was at one time a Ford dealership shop bathroom, I did not have time to do it by hand, what a mess, I took the TE-53 completely apart and cleaned it, like I would a rifle or other prized tool, hate doing work like that, schedule dictated it, next time I'd think different, hire it out or what have you, good tools cost money, hate the smash and bash technique. The rest of the job, modifications were done with minimal impact and or mess. Most times I have a fleet of trash barrels lined up, containers outside, no piles allowed inside whenever possible, makes a mess, hazardous to walk on, as it comes down, it goes out immediately, customers appreciate being neat on a job, had many notice that when I did this to keep busy after leaving my career for several years.
Rightfully so, my background is in construction management, and some may think demo is smash and bash, never really a good tactic. One has to realize, structural components need to be respected, identified, mechanical, electrical and plumbing as well, all of this has associated dangers, like I said above, demo work usually goes quick, but one must always use care, like with anything else, compel things to happen according to a well thought out plan. Field conditions will change things at times, but you just cannot go in blindly, you may regret it or it could hurt you, someone else etc.
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