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   splat | Jun 20, 2006 04:30pm | #1

   Sounds very unique and interesting.  Should keep you out of trouble for a couple years at least.  Probably the only 100yr old house in Ga with any insulation.  Any windows?  Be quick with the pictures and I'll find some bottle caps to send.

   splat

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   torn | Jun 20, 2006 04:56pm | #2

   Where in South GA did they find ice to cut to store in an ice house?  Was it shipped down from New England??  Photos?

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   txlandlord | Jun 20, 2006 05:01pm | #3

   Randy,

   Get the pics going. Are you going to draw up some plans?

     

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   Ricks503 | Jun 20, 2006 05:33pm | #4

   Sounds like a wonderful project.  Make sure to try and recycle as much of the material you remove as possible. It will make the space nicer. Also be on the lookout for odds and ends left/stashed/discarded in the walls and odd places. 

   I knew a guy who was refurbing an old barn, and in the tack room, found a loose board with an empty wiskey bottle from late 19th century. Also behind the mirror there was a list of names from some of the farm managers in the past. He put the bottle in a shadow box and hung it on the wall and clear coated over the names and left them showing - Gave a reminder to the past and some character to the room.

   1 - measure the board twice, 2 - cut it once, 3 - measure the space where it is supposed to go        4 - get a new board and go back to step 1
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   McDesign | Jun 20, 2006 07:24pm | #5

   Randy - glad to see you over here.  I know you'll find it useful.  I bet we're the only Cadillac Power / Fine Homebuilding crossovers.

   looking forward to pix

   Forrest

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   randydupree | Jun 21, 2006 02:28am | #6

   ok,ok,ok,how do i do pics? i have some of the outside,all grown up in cudzu etc.

   randy

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   migraine | Jun 21, 2006 02:49am | #7

   ask Frenchy.  He has lots of practice trying to send photos  ;~!)

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   McDesign | Jun 21, 2006 03:17am | #8

   Down at the bottom of the "reply" form is an "attach files" tab.  Just hit that, get to the pop-up window, and then "browse" to get to wherever the files are on your computer, then hit "upload"; it will do that and add the file name and size in blue to the top of that pop-up window.  Repeat as neccessary, then hit "done", and go back to typing text, or just hit post.

   This will put little yellow icons at the bottom of your text post that people can click on to view your pix.

   Guys here like .jpg pix in the 50-80 Kb and about 300x400 pixel range for most stuff; everybody swears by a free photo-resizing software called "Irfanview", which works well.  If you post 2 meg pix, dial-uppers will yell at you!

   Further - once you have done this, but before you hit "post", hit "preview" at the bottom of the page.  Then, click on apicture icon, pop your picture up, right click to copy, then escape to back out, then hit "revise" to get back to your preview, paste the picture where you want it in your text, then do it with the next picture.  That way, the pix will come up automatically when someone opens the post.

   THEN, hit post.  But wait, that's not all.  Call up your post, hit "edit" at the bottom of the page, hit "manage attachments", and go through and delete all the pictures, one at a time.  It will only delete the yellow icons; the pictures you pasted in will stay.

   I'm not sure why it's so complicated, but you can do it faster than I can write it!

   Looking forward to your pictures!

   Forrest

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   randydupree | Jun 21, 2006 02:24pm | #9

   ok,i'll get my wife to help on the pics,too much for me!

   the ice was shipped in by train,from what i hear.

   i did some work on an old ice house once,we had to put in some new doors,as in make holes in walls,the walls had cork between the brick inside and outside layers,also we had to cut holes in the floor to poor some new peirs,the concrete was 4'' thick,then 4'' of cork,then 4'' of concrete under the cork,that concrete was as hard as japanese arithmatic. all that was done so that a recycling company could move in,then they went broke and burned the building down,it was full of cardboard and paper.

   so yes,it should be insulated very well for a 100 year old building,i plan on radiant heat,tubes under the slab.i'll pour a cap on the old floor with the required piping etc in the new slab,that way i can add the plumbing for the bathrooms ,kitchen etc.

   randy

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   basswood | Jun 21, 2006 03:48pm | #10

   If you add radiant on top of your old floor and then pour another layer of concrete...you'll be loosing headroom ; > )Sounds like a "COOL PROJECT!"

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   Stuart | Jun 21, 2006 04:12pm | #11

   Sounds like a neat project.  Once you get things rolling, you should post some information over on the Garage Journal forum...it's a website dedicated to garages and shops, both small and large.  It's mainly for automotive stuff, but large, unusual shops of any kind are always appreciated and admired.  One guy over there built a wild house/garage out of an old Studebaker dealership, another one has a great old fire house in Milwaukee.

   http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/

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   randydupree | Jun 22, 2006 12:20am | #12

   i started that thread on garage journal,i'm a hamber too.

   randy

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   handy | Jun 22, 2006 06:09am | #13

   The link has a lot of down to earth and non expensive ideas minefield of information for your project.

    http://journeytoforever.org/farm_library/device/devicesToC.html