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   Sphere | Nov 30, 2003 07:27pm | #1

   Yup..resize..I am gettin there...

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   joeh | Nov 30, 2003 07:33pm | #2

   Burn it now.

   Joe H

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   Sphere | Nov 30, 2003 07:42pm | #3

   YUP  The ULTIMATE resize..a pile of ashes in the wind 

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   joeh | Nov 30, 2003 10:05pm | #10

   Actually I think the roof has a lot of character. Maybe just remove everything added in the last 50 or 100 years and see what's left.

   Sand blasting is an incredible mess & lasts forever. Every time the wind blows or you bang something with a hammer, sand comes from somewhere.

   Joe H

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   Sphere | Nov 30, 2003 10:21pm | #12

   I was gonna put a shed dormer across that South face..but have been convinced to leave the 3 dormers..the "trailer looking thing" is going..I will find out what works best for a porch.  Messy sandbasting?? Roger that, but now I did find out that the Perma Chink folks have a corncob medium..and at 90$ a day to rent the hopper and hoses, I could do most of it in a day or 2..they have a place in Knoxville..Tn. Thats only 2 1/2 hrs. South.  Now what to do where the addition roof meets the old one..looks like the whole addition is 4" too high..floors dont match up, roof is way off..someone cant read a tape measure..I noticed an extra cap block in the "new" part..that would explain it....I knew you weren't serious about burning it <g>

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   joeh | Nov 30, 2003 10:41pm | #14

   Just looking at the pics, I'm gonna guess that addition is probably too soggy to burn.

   Joe H

   Edited 11/30/2003 3:51:03 PM ET by JoeH

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   danlott | Nov 30, 2003 07:45pm | #4

   Looks like you got a good start on the back of the house...lol....not.  Well all I can say is I hope the bones of the house are strong and that it has a solid foundation.  Please keep us posted on your progress.

   Dan

   
   

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   Edited 11/30/2003 12:02:27 PM ET by dan_lott

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   Sphere | Nov 30, 2003 07:53pm | #5

   Thanx Dan..no..I did not do anything yet...just bought it "as is" REAL CHEAP>>3 acres is worth 3 x what I paid for everything...Foundation on the back is top notch..log part really not that bad..gonna start the demo inside next week..well see

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   DavidxDoud | Nov 30, 2003 07:59pm | #6

   hey - go for it - I love log cabins - - good luck -

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   andybuildz | Nov 30, 2003 08:53pm | #7

   just be sure not to rechink it with caulking.....lol

   Looks like an outstanding house some carp had his heart into when it was first built....too bad people let things go the way that they do....its gonna be a labor of love for you..I know it!!

   Be well

               andy

   My life is my practice!

   http://CLIFFORDRENOVATIONS.COM

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   Sphere | Nov 30, 2003 09:17pm | #8

   Thanks Andy...It will be a blast..I just loved the look on the Realtors face when I said "SURE, it don't scare me.."  I think he about died..been for sale and vacant 2 years and he was not even going to show it anymore..Now that is a job that I don't want! 

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   andybuildz | Nov 30, 2003 10:13pm | #11

   Sphere

           Not sure if yer familiar with the house I bought a year ago here on Long Island in NY....circa:1680 on 2 acres, and I think it was ignored for the past 200 years..(and destroyed)..was on the market for over a year (in one of the best hoods in the country..heh heh) till the owner agreed to come down almost $200,000 when I called him and simply asked ....after I found out his last offer fell through "again"...the listing agent was thrilled and everyone wiped their hands clean of it and I wipe my entire body clean after my wife forces me into the shower every night after exhaustion.....labor of love dude...no other words could describe it.

   I got yer back bro!

   Stay in touch and take pic

   BE well and have fun cause it is fun in spite of "anything"!

          andyMy life is my practice!

   http://CLIFFORDRENOVATIONS.COM

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   Sphere | Nov 30, 2003 10:26pm | #13

   Yeah..I checked out your progress over at that house chat thing..we know the drill..."first lets do whats possible, THEN we'll do impossible"..Just gotta have the 'tude..love it or dont try..give up?  Don't know the meaning of that...And of course the old" Lead, follow, or get the hell outta my way"..Thanks for your support.

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   r_ignacki | Nov 30, 2003 11:15pm | #15

   whar is dis place??

   this givs me a little inspiration for a bluegrass tune I'm composing, I got my banjo out.....

       Ba-Dang-a-Danga-Danga-Danga-dangadanga-Dangggggggg.....

       ......."my 'ol kintun-ee   home.."

   .........." with -a- my shotgun I did roam.."

   "...........  walls  in-su-la-ted with  sty- Ra- FOAM..."

   '"  .........and when I die lay me to rest in  the sandy- loam...."

     BA-danga-danga-danga-danga-aDANGGGGGG...............

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   r_ignacki | Nov 30, 2003 11:31pm | #16

   "......through the wall cracks the wind blows...."

   ".....to stop it I need more sheathing from Lowe's"

   "...  in the eaves there's nests built by the crows"

   "...a ramshackel-dump it shows.."

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   r_ignacki | Nov 30, 2003 11:39pm | #17

   "... I'm making soup from cocks-comb"

   '...an old recipe from uncle gerome"

   '..add a pinch of witch-hazel...watch it "foam" "

   'Yeah.. cookin in my old kentucky home"

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   joeh | Nov 30, 2003 11:55pm | #18

   Better add a line about the two feet of pigeon sheet in the bedroom.

   Last place I looked at like this with open windows had quite a load.

   Joe H

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   Sphere | Dec 01, 2003 01:30am | #19

   No,,no No..Its Pigeon soup...ya both were close.

   Hey where I used to live in NC almost everything this old was burnt..but it was by Sherman on his way to Atlanta..

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   andybuildz | Dec 01, 2003 03:24am | #21

   red

         where u been hiding?

   My life is my practice!

   http://CLIFFORDRENOVATIONS.COM

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   r_ignacki | Dec 02, 2003 04:19am | #22

   here and there.

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   Sphere | Dec 01, 2003 01:33am | #20

   LMAO Red....Gonna add that to the "and they all thought I wuz nutz folder"..that is if there is room...gettin fuller all the time. Ha ha..

5. 
   rez | Nov 30, 2003 09:58pm | #9

   Piece of cake. Heck, your halfway done with it already. :o)

    

    

6. 
   CAGIV | Dec 02, 2003 07:21am | #23

   you're single aren't you?

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   joeh | Dec 07, 2003 10:18pm | #24

   Found the solution to your problems while watching football.

   Black & Decker Workmate & some of their Red tools, you'll have your place done in a weekend.

   Saw it happen, the guy started with something worse than your place.

   Joe H