This is how I got to work today.... |
This is how I got to work today.... |
Feb 16 2010, 08:09 PM
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For real.
Since my business caters to a niche market (log home industry), I get to see, bid, and work on some very interesting properties. Today I was looking at an extremely remote ranch complex owned by some of the rich and famous to which I'm not at liberty to mention (or even hint). Followed the guy about 40 miles, got out of the Jeep and into this thing for another 6 miles of unplowed FR, then a sketchy private 2-track road for about another mile to access the ranch. Safe to say no paparazzi are going to find this one. The property has great lore... originally a mining camp in the late 1800s, it gained enough traffic to earn a Post Office for a short time. Later as the mining fizzled out a party purchased the property and owned it for many years running it as a private lodge of sorts. The new owners (whom I am bidding for) have very elaborate restoration plans. Cool little ghost town, maybe 6 log structures operational and in very good condition, one modern and another in the works. I'm bidding on chinking restoration for three of the structures, wish me luck! This is a biggun. -------------------- /l ,[____], l---L-OlllllllO- ()_) ()_)--o-)_) BLACK SANDS MATTER! Very Happy CP Lifetime Member CP CORE TEAM Referral Code CE213 |
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Jul 12 2010, 02:56 PM
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Moderator Group: Members Posts: 4,459 Joined: 25-August 09 From: way on up thar Member No.: 6,983 |
Here are some pics of my recent work. There are about a dozen or more structures on the Ranch, I'm working on 4 of them. Most of them are very old and rustic. These pics were taken from the inside of the only modern cabin on the ranch.
I have been installing chinking to the interior logs of this cabin. Chinking is the product that seals the logs together... as well as trim and structural beam penetration seals. As you can see here, the trim voids were about fist-sized You can kinda tell by this pic that the product has a rich texture, rough to the touch as it has granular silica mixed in. I use a large pressurized gun to install it and finish it off with hand trowels and foam brush. -------------------- /l ,[____], l---L-OlllllllO- ()_) ()_)--o-)_) BLACK SANDS MATTER! Very Happy CP Lifetime Member CP CORE TEAM Referral Code CE213 |
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