or maybe not....Quote:
Originally Posted by trax
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or maybe not....Quote:
Originally Posted by trax
Yeah, apparently...and there's another possible sub-forum Chris!
1 down, 4 to go. Kitty Carlile, the cabin is between two forests. Next question.
Is it near a major river?
and that says what, exactly, about the construction thereof ? Because when I read back,that does seem to be the twice mentioned question....thanks for all your help though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rick
No you old duffus. Remember "What's My Line"? Kitty Carlisle, Is it animal vegetable or mineral? (head slap). Jeeese!
Must be before my time, sorry oldtimer
Hey ... careful with that oldtimer talk:eek:
Okay, Kitty was on I've Got a Secret so you got me on that one but come on. Bennet Surf?
What have they been showin' on Canadian TV? Let me guess. Hockey, right. Wait a minute! You weren't one of those Canucks that watched French telelvision. Say it ain't so!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What's_My_Line%3F
Sure, i can tell you about the building of the cabin.First, it is not made from logs, that was to hard of work for my husbands, bad back.We built it out of lumber, some lumber we got from taking down an old house, the cabinets and inside doors came from that house. The other lumber we bought. My husband and I did the work, when it was time to put siding on, he used his old backhoe and lifted the siding , then stood in the front bucket and nailed it all. I cut some of the siding, he let the bucket down, I put the siding in the bucket.
Shingling ws really hard, we lifted the shingles to the top with the backhoe bucket, my husband got on the back side of the house,"the house has a steep roof" He had to stand on ladder racks to put the roof on the back. I was up on the front side, there is a porch on that side, and since I am afraid of height, I thought if I did fall, maybe the porch would stop me from falling.
The cabin is built rustic, and we built it to look old. It has 1,340 feet in it, with the two top attic bedrooms. Down stairs, there is a large kichen,, one and a half baths,, a wash room, large living room with my wood heater in there. Then their is the bedroom beside the living room.We built this back 5 1/2 years ago when the temp was over 100 degrees out side, you don't know what hot is until you are on top of a roof nailing in that kind of temp.
cabingirl
Sounds perfect, nice job.
People here are having trouble getting fire insurance on cabins, it was not a problem in the old days, I even had insurance on my Lake Clark cabin, but not now. And if you have a wood heat system, well forget about insurance.
your right about the ins. we can't get ins. here if we have a wood heater on the inside. At the cabin we have a wood heater, no ins. Here at home we have an out side wood furnace, that pumps the hot water to the house and that heats the house, the ins. company did sell us ins. on this house.
Cabingirl
Those outside wood furnaces are expensive!!!!!
Sounds perfect, cabingirl, and you have the satisfaction of knowing you did it with your own two hands. Not many can say that.
Rick,
Both of our houses are built by our on two hands. just country houses,nothing expensive, but ours. I've got to say, it has been a lot of hard work.
Cabingirl
yes they are now, but back when we bought ours" about 14 years ago" they didn't cost as much.I hope ours doesn't rust out or any thing.Should that happen, we probably would have to go back to a plain wood heater in the house.
Cabingirl
I priced them last year when I bought this place,wayyyy more than I could afford:eek:
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Originally Posted by cabingirl
You might want to ask your home owners insurance co. to add a liability rider on your cabin property, it is near free. And if robbers and looters cut them selfs or break there leg on your cabin property your covered.
CabinGirl - Mansions don't have to be expensive.;)
Hey cabingirl - This isn't a chimney oven but I thought you might want to look through it. You didn't say where the cabin so I don't know your weather. If it's anywhere close to home this might be a good 3 or 3+ season setup.
http://www.jrwhipple.com/sr/stove.html
I missed all these posts. Thanks for sharing that story Cabingirl and I don't want to say congratulations to you and your husband, I want to give you both a standing ovation!!