In Connecticut River Valley , we have a bunch of old barns that are 100+ years old, used for tobacco drying. If being torn down, thay are prized for their chestnut 10" x 10" beams. A friend was given 2 several years ago to form a small bridge on his farm. Problem, you must use a chainsaw to cut and pre-drill any nail holes.
-- Peter Arnold Windsor, CT ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donald Snook" <dsn...@mtsqh.com> To: "Mercedes@okiebenz.com" <Mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 9:47:11 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [MBZ] Snooks house Kaleb wrote: "My house is 5 years old, I am right in the middle of have the flooring in the front entry area torn out and replace, the sill plate under the door replaced due to rot, the front door has to come out and be replaced. Lucky a friend of mine is doing the work and its only going to run me about 2k parts and labor. You should not have to do this sort of work to a new house." When we had the kitchen remodeled, the contractor used a sawz-all during the demolition to remove part of a wall/cabinet that we removed to expand the kitchen. He went through two blades trying to cut through the wood. In these old houses, the wood is so hard (because it was SLOW GROWTH wood) that is almost impossible to cut through. I really hate new houses. We have looked a bunch of them. They are so boring. White walls and cheap oak trim. The same floor plans as every other house in the subdivision and the cheapest possible methods of construction with no original features. YUCK. I don't think I will ever buy a house built after about 1975 - unless we do a custom home one day. Donald H. Snook _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
