Posted by JerryS on November 04, 2014 at 07:42:18 from (98.80.120.142):
In Reply to: OT: Down she goes! posted by JerryS on November 03, 2014 at 23:04:29:
Thanks for the comments, fellas. I'll respond to some of them as follows:
I may consider having a guy with a band mill come in and saw this log up. Problem is, they don't like to saw a log that's been close to a house. Too much risk of metal. Also, I have an Alaska mill for that Stihl. I might try it out. Anybody need any 60-foot beams? I don't need the lumber, and even if I did, I have hundreds more just like it. If I were 53, maybe even 63, I would get a Woodmizer--always wanted one. But I'm 73 and I just can't keep up anymore.
As far as destroying something that has grown this big and this beautiful, I agree that it's unfortunate. But this one, and another 20 or so, are too close to the house. They're approaching the end of their life span, too. My back woods are littered with huge pine corpses. standing and lying.
Now to the brick: the house looks kinda red in the photo, but it's actually body-part pink, with matching pink mortar. I'm not concerned about losing my man-card, I just don't like the pink. As for maintenance, I'm already having to power wash the green stuff and the black stuff off of it. Also, my other house down the hill is 18 years old. It is sided with Hardi-plank--also a masonry product--painted white. I've never repainted it, just washed it with a brush. Aside from insect stains, it's still white and tight.
Final word on maintenance: As I said, I'm 73. It'll be someone else worrying about that next paint job.
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