A Pennsylvania man turned a marital row into a scene of destruction after threatening to demolish his family home and then carrying out the threat with an excavator while his wife and daughters were still inside.

Eric Pierwsza has been arrested after authorities say he used a Kubota excavator to rip through his family home following an argument with his wife.

Erik Pierwsza, 48, was accused of using an excavator to tear the back of his Pennsylvania house down while his wife and two daughters were sill inside.