Got a call and e-mail today to slate in this front entrance on a big new Lodge near Moosehead Lake.
Tented in, heated, bunkhouse and meals.
Thought some folks might enjoy seeing the beam work. If I wind up doing it I’ll take a bunch of shots. The Super mailed me these.
Walter
Upgrading the footings and columns that support a girder beam is an opportunity to level out the floor above.
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Looks like a big job<g>...man, I'd jump on it. I loved skiing up there...those rocks and ice patches weed out the weak...sure is pretty, though.
Looks like a fun little job. Thick slates though so I'll have to cut with a grinder.
I really want to see what the rest of the place looks like!
Walter
I've got a couple of "buckets of safety" you can use.
Tom,
I guess I'm dense today- I can't figure out what " buckets of safety " are?
Please enlighten this old Mainah. Thanks, Walter
It's a fall protection system that comes complete in a plastic pail. It was a joke. Obviously you as a slateman have fall protection stuff already!
I thought maybe thats what you were getting at! I have plenty of fall protection stuff but that looks like only 8' off the ground.
I'll be spoiled!! Walter
I could tell that it was eight feet off the ground, That's why the joke was SOOOO funny!
Tom, I got it the second time - I told you I was feeling dense yesterday !!!!!!
Walter
I just confirmation to go up Tues. I didn't ask about a website since I talked with someone different.
I'll take a bunch of pics anyway and post them.
Walter
Congrats on landing the job. It's a great area up there and I hope you like it. Good talent has rewards up there. Are you using native slate? (getting the slate from Monson) It's 2 towns South of Greenville and is world known. One of their more notable jobs was Kennedy's gravestone.
The area has some cool history of logging in the woods. It's a ling drive and worth every mile to me.
I don't know if you should be taking that job.
After working in a nice, warm space, you're not going to want to go back outside, and we still have some winter left. <G>
You're right about that. But hey a little shirt sleeve slating in Feb. in Maine- yah, why not.
It's the Lodge I really want to see! I bet some folks here would enjoy the picture show too.
Walter
Walter,
From what shows in those photos, this guy knows what he's doing. Bet you'd enjoy it.Shirtsleaves yeah! it's going above thirty every day this week, so we'll be opennning windows any time now to smell the flowers blooming.
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The beam work that you can see looks stellar. Note the Fein vacuum on the staging to get the sanding dust off of the beams.
Looking forward to doing it!
Walter
You working on the really really big lodge up at Toe Of The Boot? The one that has been under construction for about 2 years under the bigger dome?
I had a place on the water in Greenville for 9 years. Sold it and went to Beaver Cove 5 miles up the road to get away from the crazy taxes.
I haven't seen it yet, but that must be the one.
It's in on the Pittston Farms road then another turn off.
I've heard some rumors about it and would like to see it up close.
Walter
Have you seen it yet?
No I haven't. I've been invited more times and just never get around to it. The lumber yard fills me in on some of the details as well as friends who are in the trades. I know some of the cooks as well.
Whats the word around town about how many millions?
Guess they're housing and feeding the workers.
Walter
I work for a very wealthy family FT. I know job talk (I'm from the ranks 17 yrs ago) and I know how a job "grows" in perceived value to the crew overseeing a few jobs for the owner.
That said....It's not every job that gets a huge white tent built over it. I do know that when there was a problem.. You moved to fix it and I saw it happen. My own carpenter was asked to head up there. Thankfully he stuck by my job (I'm grateful) as he didn't want to work for a GC. He'd been there and done that. It was not something he wanted to do after being on his own.
The last numbers I heard were N of 25m. From talk I'd think this is still on the light side. Jets into Greenville, landing strip at the house site, big gen sets, large crew, ect. What you need to understand is that your talking remote. The commute is crazy into the woods and very seasonal. Rather than paying travel and or lost time it very well could be cheaper to house and feed the guys. One of the cooks ran a very nice restaurant downtown. I'm not talking about some grease joint. I was told that the owner of the job was a big shot at some finance house. There was talk of a web site of the job but I never looked for it. As such I don't know how true it is. Perhaps I'll ask in a few weeks when I return to my house.
I was sitting next to a guy in a local breakfast shop who really thought that his poop didn't stink and he was explaining to the whole place how HE was going to change the whole job around when he became the 'Clerk of the Works". He was reading up on all the history of the area so that he could "impress" the lady of the house with his spewing of BS. Of course you must understand that the job had been shutdown (rumor in town) due to some major discrepancies of workforce (ghost) personnel as well as a few other job related issues.
Anyway, I do understand that this place is a thing of beauty and was finished as it went up. I HAVE NOT been there so I really should not speak from hearsay.
Now that this is side tracked (sorry) I should say that you never do really know who's on the other side of the screen. The web has made this world much smaller. :-)
Rob,
Thanks for all the excellent backround info. I'll be talking with the head man this morning about doing that little install on Tues and Wed. next week.
I'll ask him about the site ( website) and post it here if there is one. If I do the work I'll take a lot of pictures of the buildings and post them.
Looking forward to meeting you someday soon. Walter
Rob,
You nailed it to a T. Almost everything you said in that post was right on the money- except for the money. A 9000 sq. foot " camp" built for around $6000 a sq. foot -I'll let the math speak for itself.
Just came back from 3 days work up there. I've never seen a housing project of anywhere near this magnitude. The finest of everything everywhere.
I'll post some pictures later when I retrieve my memory stick reader.
Thanks for the heads up going in- even knowing what you told me it still blew me away to see it in person.
Walter
Walter
Glad I was able to shine a little light and give you a heads up as to where you were going and what you were getting yourself into. I would like to see some pictures just the same. As a full time property manager, I can't imagine seeing someone spend that kind of $$. Clearly when they get a systems problem they will be flying in the repair people. I do however wonder how they (the family) are to work for. While I know for a fact most people of that magnitude are a PITA to work for, the one I work for are just the opposite. Some of the nicest people I've ever met with all their feet tight to the ground. If they were not, I'd not be on my 17th year.
Did you like the area or where you not able to get around? The people up there are one of the reasons we built. Did they use local slate?
Rob
Rob,
It was a really fun experience all around.
I worked for the GC so I don't have any idea how they are to work for.
I'll post some interior shots tonight- got to leave soon.
The slate was not local- I'm not sure of the quarry. Big ,thick,bony slates to look rustic to match the rest of the exterior. A real pain to cut and lay.
It's hard to believe the systems in that place- the cellar looks like the guts of a nuclear submarine. I was totally blown away by the overkill in all areas.
Post more later. Thanks again, Walter
Here are some pictures of the little roof I put slate on plus a few of the exterior and view from the site.
If anyone wants to see some interior shots - let me hear it.
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Grant,
A roofing company from Florida installed the whole slate roof on this " camp". CH or C and H roofing was hired by the original builder Bay 10 out of the Carolinas somewhere to do the slate.
The cutter was on the job so I used theirs- hugely stressful cutting thick ones like that- for the cutter not me! Figured I'd save wear and tear on mine.
So to answer your question I guess one of the Mexican workers signed this cutter. I wondered if anyone would pick up on that.
Walter
Do you know why the original roofers did not do this little roof?"Put your creed in your deed." Emerson
"When asked if you can do something, tell'em "Why certainly I can", then get busy and find a way to do it." T. Roosevelt
The first roofers were from Florida. This entrance roof wasn't ready until Friday last.The original roof was finished months ago. They wanted someone quickly and I was able to rearrange jobs to accomodate their time frame.
I had heard some talk in my area about this job and was looking forward to seeing it in person.
What's those orange vertical panel things?
Pete,
The gables are done with these vertical beams tapered on both sides . I've never seen anything quite like it before.