Things built, torn down and other projects.(Pictures)

[malinoisvol]

Took off for florida and made it to South Pittsburgh and blew a trailer tire. Was trying to make it to see my grandmother that had not been doing well at all. Made it finally at 2 am.

Got to spend about 30 minut4s with her and then back on the road.

She passed at 4 30 am this morning. I at least got to see her and say goodbye.

Won't be posting much for a few days.

Condolences, bf.

 

[Tin Man]

Took off for florida and made it to South Pittsburgh and blew a trailer tire. Was trying to make it to see my grandmother that had not been doing well at all. Made it finally at 2 am.

Got to spend about 30 minut4s with her and then back on the road.

She passed at 4 30 am this morning. I at least got to see her and say goodbye.

Won't be posting much for a few days.

Sympathies, buckfama. Solace to you and yours.

 

[buckfama]

Thanks for the condolences guys. She was a great woman. We spent a lot of time outdoors hunting, fishing, and other activities as a family and her and my grandpa were always at the center of it. It revolves around them and now they are both gone. It will never be the same.

I got back to working on the job on Saturday.

I picked up my new trailer while delivering the load in Florida. It's is 30 feet long overall. I dropped it off at a local guys house to have braces added to the sides to widen the deck so I could haul more.

He called today and I went to take a look at his work. Now the main deck is 90 inches wide and 24 feet long. I should be able to transport over 4000 board feet. Less trios to customers saves fuel and time. I'm so stoked. I'm going to start rewiring it tomorrow and then put the deck on it in the next few days. And it will be ready to roll.

So Saturday was my first day back working on the demo. I got all the sides removed from the 2 story portion, and part of the single story. I also finished removing all the 1x material from the interior walls.

Started removing the floors from the 2 story portion today. Started upstairs. It has 2 layers, a tongue and groove 1 inch thick pine newer floor over the old poplar 1x floor.

I got all the pine removed and started removing the poplar 1x's and they just aren't gonna fly. They are junk. So the entire upper floor, about 450 to 500 as feet is worthless. Insects and rot have taken too much of a toll. I could salvage a board here and there but it wouldn't be worth the hours of effort trying to coax a few bucks out of that floor so I'm just gonna junk it.

I'm starting on the bottom floor tomorrow and I'm hoping it's in better shape.

The oak 2x8's holding the floor is usable though so not a total loss.

Inhale some rot in the far back corner where the roof leaked so I'm babying that corner a little and not removing the 1x boards to help support it. Also finding more termite damage than I first thought on some of the 6x6 beams. Some are gonna be a total loss.

This building is turning out to be pretty typical in what I can recover from it which will be around 65%, maybe 70%. If the oak floor joists supporting the floors in the bottom story of this building are good then it will push it over 70% and will add around another $2000 to this job. Keeping fingers crossed. Lol

 

[buckfama]

Pics from the interior the job..

 

[buckfama]

This is a picture of my "cooler" on this job. Lol.

This is a springhouse across the street from my job. It is made from cut limestone and has been there since the general store was built in the 1850's. The water that comes out of the ground runs around 55 degrees so I just take my canned drinks and leave them in the flow from the springhouse. Works great.

And the water itself is clear and clean. I drink it about everyday. Best tasting water around.

 

[buckfama]

I found something unique today that I had never seen before on another job.

Evidently the upstairs had been used to store corn and grain at some point. Judging from the chewed rafters and 1x boards the mouse problem was pretty bad.

So to combat this problem they poured concrete om the floor between the 2x6 wall studs. I guess thats one way to keep the varmints from chewing through. Lol

Redneck engineering at it's finest.

 

[buckfama]

The labor on the upstairs wasn't a total waste though. I'm going to use the 1" thick pine tongue and groove flooring to put a deck on my trailer. It was in really good shape.

I'll put down 2 layers making it a true 2 inches thick and screw it to the support beams with self tapping screws.

Then I'll put a sealer on it and hopefully last a few years.

Other than the screws it will be free. Can't beat free lol.

 

[Orangeslice13]

Very cool

 

[Tin Man]

Tres fantastique!

 

[buckfama]

Today wasn't the best day on the jobsite.

Since the upstairs floor was bad I was hoping the downstairs was better. I wasn't really thinking the 1x stuff was good but was hoping the 2x floor joists would be ok. They weren't lol.

From the ends i could see they looked solid but once I got the 1x stuff removed it was pretty bad. Termites had had gotten into most of them.

I did find something that could make up for some of the loss though. They used logs to support the 2x floor joists. So there are 10x10 sawmill cut beams under the floor. I checked the other parts of the building also and they had the same so as long as they are good I can sell those too. Keeping fingers crossed.

One thing about one of the sill logs was that it had been reclaimed from another older building and used here. You can see the notches where they had fitted 2x's into them for the floor joists. They just turned it upside down and used it here as a support beam. You can see me pointing to one of the notches in one of the pics.

No telling how old that beam actually is.. could be 150 to 200 years old. Usually you see a beam that old it is hand hewn, but these folks had access to a sawmill and were pretty well off.

After working today I pulled my new trailer inside and am running new wiring for the lights and brakes.

It never ends lol.

 

[vol_in_ar]

Took off for florida and made it to South Pittsburgh and blew a trailer tire. Was trying to make it to see my grandmother that had not been doing well at all. Made it finally at 2 am.

Got to spend about 30 minut4s with her and then back on the road.

She passed at 4 30 am this morning. I at least got to see her and say goodbye.

Won't be posting much for a few days.

belated, but sorry BF for your loss

 

[buckfama]

belated, but sorry BF for your loss

Thanks man.. she was a special lady and I'll miss her greatly.

 

[buckfama]

So I thought I was ready to pull down the 2 story portion of the building yesterday. I had cut loose everything tieing it to the one story portion and hooked up my cables and chains.

The building said no.

Broke a chain rated 5000 pounds and it moved maybe an inch. It's too much weight and the manner in which it's built is fighting against me.

Instead of trying again and risking tearing our the supports and leaving a dangerous mess hanging over my head I decided another course of action would be better.

I decided to "piece" it down. Just remove it board by board.

You always start at the top so I spent the first part of the day removing the tin roof. Got that finished and started removing the lathing supporting the tin. This can be really good wood or really bad.

Turns out this is some good stuff so that helps make up for the bad floors. Lathing can be some of the prettiest wood in a building. The heat from the tin causes it to have different colors. Small leaks that wet the wood and the drying it out from the heat absorbed by the tin causes light spots in the wood. I call it pinto wood. You can have black to pale blonde colors in the same board. Really neat looking stuff.

Got probably 75% of the lathing removed and will finish in the morning and start taking down the 2x rafters.

Just a few words of wisdom here. If you ever remove a tin roof.. keep your body on the tin as long as you possibly can. The lathing can get brittle from the heat and easily break.

Never stand upright on the lathing. It concentrates your body weight in a small area and again makes it more likely to fail and break. If you must be on top walking keep your weight on the rafters as you step.

Never ever never walk or put your body weight out past the walls supporting the rafters. Most of the rafters in these old building and barns have notches cut into the rafters. A couple little termites or a carpenter bee weaken it and you put too much weight on it and your in for a hurting.

I included a pic of the notches cut into the rafters.

Leave a board at the top and the bottom of the rafters to help keep them stable So they don't roll on you. You will need them to help stabilize yourself while your off the ground.


I stopped about an hour before dark and worked on wiring the brakes for the new trailer. Got that done right at dark.

Getting a lot accimplished.

Will start putting the deck on the trailer tomorrow.

Edit.. I have no idea why those pics flipped upside down when I downloaded them. Lol

 

[joevol33]

So I thought I was ready to pull down the 2 story portion of the building yesterday. I had cut loose everything tieing it to the one story portion and hooked up my cables and chains.

The building said no.

Broke a chain rated 5000 pounds and it moved maybe an inch. It's too much weight and the manner in which it's built is fighting against me.

Instead of trying again and risking tearing our the supports and leaving a dangerous mess hanging over my head I decided another course of action would be better.

I decided to "piece" it down. Just remove it board by board.

You always start at the top so I spent the first part of the day removing the tin roof. Got that finished and started removing the lathing supporting the tin. This can be really good wood or really bad.

Turns out this is some good stuff so that helps make up for the bad floors. Lathing can be some of the prettiest wood in a building. The heat from the tin causes it to have different colors. Small leaks that wet the wood and the drying it out from the heat absorbed by the tin causes light spots in the wood. I call it pinto wood. You can have black to pale blonde colors in the same board. Really neat looking stuff.

Got probably 75% of the lathing removed and will finish in the morning and start taking down the 2x rafters.

Just a few words of wisdom here. If you ever remove a tin roof.. keep your body on the tin as long as you possibly can. The lathing can get brittle from the heat and easily break.

Never stand upright on the lathing. It concentrates your body weight in a small area and again makes it more likely to fail and break. If you must be on top walking keep your weight on the rafters as you step.

Never ever never walk or put your body weight out past the walls supporting the rafters. Most of the rafters in these old building and barns have notches cut into the rafters. A couple little termites or a carpenter bee weaken it and you put too much weight on it and your in for a hurting.

I included a pic of the notches cut into the rafters.

Leave a board at the top and the bottom of the rafters to help keep them stable So they don't roll on you. You will need them to help stabilize yourself while your off the ground.


I stopped about an hour before dark and worked on wiring the brakes for the new trailer. Got that done right at dark.

Getting a lot accimplished.

Will start putting the deck on the trailer tomorrow.

Edit.. I have no idea why those pics flipped upside down when I downloaded them. Lol

My pics do that occasionally

 

[Orangeslice13]

Porch progress

 

[Orangeslice13]

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[Orangeslice13]

Future outdoor fireplace

 

[joevol33]

Porch progress

Nice

 

[buckfama]

Porch progress

Is that at your place or on a job? Either way nice work. Looks great.

 

[Orangeslice13]

Is that at your place or on a job? Either way nice work. Looks great.

It's one of 3 I have going

 

[buckfama]

Woke up this morning and didn't feel all that great so I decided to rest for a bit and watch the UT game.

Should have went ahead and worked lol.

After the game I decided to work on putting the deck on the trailer. Having the tongue and groove flooring was a blessing because it's basically free and it will work great as a deck.

It sucks getting it laid out straight and hammered together together tight. 1 layer is bad enough, doubling it is no fun lol.

Finally got it square and the first row screwed down. After that it's just getting the joints tight and screwed down. I started about 4 and got 3 rows in before dark.

Will finish it up tomorrow and start back on the building.

Maximus, what would you recommend to put on this to help protect it? What kind of sealer?

 

[Orangeslice13]

Seasoned wood I'd put a spray on bed liner on it.
Rhino liner is damn near bulletproof

 

[Orangeslice13]

If you don't mind redoing once a year the home depot brand of waters sealer is pretty good. Thompson is garbage

 

[buckfama]

Seasoned wood I'd put a spray on bed liner on it.
Rhino liner is damn near bulletproof

Hey.. changed your name back.. didn't know man.

 

[vol_in_ar]

If you don't mind redoing once a year the home depot brand of waters sealer is pretty good. Thompson is garbage

Wow, a shout out to Home Depot, you feeling ok