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Post by Philemon on Oct 12, 2004 11:41:47 GMT -5
it sounds just idealic. (<= that IS a word isn't it??)
NAAAH ! Not according to my Collins dictionnary ... ;D
Try idyllic instead ...
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Post by RocDoc on Oct 12, 2004 12:35:37 GMT -5
Egad!
Corrected by a francophone!
The shame! The ignominy!
..yeah, a francophone with a dictionary...
;D
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Post by strat-0 on Oct 12, 2004 14:38:15 GMT -5
‘Tis such a cool idea strat. I’d be a little worried bout them slicking up on you though. The handrail will be a definite must. One "step" at a time, though! |
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Post by strat-0 on Nov 17, 2004 20:03:55 GMT -5
Here's an update. I've got all the steps cut and a "landing" at the bottom. Still have to do the handrail and something at the top, but I've got that mostly figured out. Here's looking up from near the bottom. There's about 10 more steps.  From the side.  Here's one of the house. I needed to blow the leaves! (Note Cassie, the black spot. Always has to get into the picture...)  Here's some of the beginings of the practice room / studio.    Been enjoying the wood fireplace some this week! I scored some free wood off a neighbor after Ivan - I just had to cut up the trunk pieces - a nice tree. I hauled them home and split 'em with my hydraulic wood splitter I got recently. It's pretty cool; it uses a bottle jack and is much better than splitting with a wedge and sledge hammer! You kinda appreciate the fire more if you have to cut and split the wood yourself! I got some more from a guy I work with who had a tree cut down, but it was cut to length and only had to be split. And I have one dead oak tree standing back in the woods, "on the hoof," as it were. It's about eight or ten inches and about 70 feet tall with no real side branches - it's an easy fall. Plus, I got all those pine wedgies I cut out of the steps. Can always throw one of them on every now and then - they burn good! So maybe I won't have to buy wood this winter. |
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Post by Thorngrub on Nov 17, 2004 20:30:48 GMT -5
holy shit . . . cool pics there, strat-0. and damn - that stairway kicks ass! You carved all that out? damn I am impressed. And you're gunna add a rail?(!)?(!) That is fantastic. Makes me wanna climb up them stairs. Hoo -wee. U just gunna put 1 rail on a side --? wow
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Post by Thorngrub on Nov 17, 2004 20:31:45 GMT -5
*gets ready to race up that stairway on all fours like an animal*
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Post by stratman19 on Nov 17, 2004 20:34:53 GMT -5
Wow! Great pics Strat! You've got a most excellent house, and that stairway kicks ass. Love the practice room too. Do you have extra room? If so, when do I get to move in?  |
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Post by strat-0 on Nov 17, 2004 21:11:25 GMT -5
Thanks, Thorny - yep, I carved out every one of those 33 steps with a chainsaw. It was a labor of love, though. Yeah, the handrail is a must - just one, made of a few 4X4 posts and some 2X4 rail, or maybe some split rail fence stock, to keep with the 'rustic look.' And thanks, Stratman - you just come down whenever you get ready. We have five bedrooms, though one is a possible recording control room or drum booth, and one has some crap stored in it until I figure out what to do with it. But we're flexible! Plus, there's always the fold-out in the band room, and the guest room upstairs...  |
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Post by stratman19 on Nov 17, 2004 21:31:59 GMT -5
You've got a great place there Strat. As someone that's spent their share of time with a chainsaw (much time over the years), I know the time and effort that went into creating those steps. They look great. I'm glad you found such a great place.
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Post by rockkid on Nov 17, 2004 21:42:04 GMT -5
I love the front of that house!!! Pretty.
Load it on a house mover & send it up will ya.
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Post by Philemon on Nov 17, 2004 23:04:47 GMT -5
Be very careful with burning pine ...
You risk sooting up your chimney
and star a chimney fire ...
I've seen a couplew of those in my time
A frightfull and dangerous experience ...
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Post by rockkid on Nov 18, 2004 9:00:38 GMT -5
Yeah the ole creosote factor. We had one in town here go up last winter, same cause.
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Post by strat-0 on Nov 18, 2004 9:05:43 GMT -5
Yes - note I said "Can always throw one of them on every now and then." These are fairly small pieces and well dried. With a hot fire and a good bed of coals it's no problem. Green or wet hardwood can be even worse! Sure don't want any chimmney fires, though. My stash is oak and some elm. The elm cured amazingly fast and burns real good too. Just pops a little. That (red) oak is hard to get started, but once you do, it burns long and hot.
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Post by RocDoc on Nov 18, 2004 14:48:02 GMT -5
A little bit of a change from the townhouse(or condo, whichever it was)....outstanding basement, with nice tall ceilings too...
The place DOES really look nice. Inside and out.
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BTW, did you start getting those windows replaced yet?
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Post by strat-0 on Nov 18, 2004 16:32:26 GMT -5
Thanks, Doc - yes, quite a change indeed from a one-bedroom condo on the Southside! Windows...? Well, there are some screens missing and a couple with rotten frames in the back that need replacing (and around the bottom of a door frame). I think I'll address that when I replace the siding. It's brick on three sides and the lower level in back, with masonite siding on the back upper level that I'm going to replace with vinyl. Masonite...  Who's idea was that, anyway? I'm partial to the brick and stone. |
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Who's idea was that, anyway? I'm partial to the brick and stone.