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From: David Bailey
Date: 08-24-06 01:44 am
Subject: Structural Design in our Cabin
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Message: I had to cut down one beautiful pine tree to build the floor for our Arkansas cabin. You can see here that the grain is gorgeous!! Once it was poly-ed to death it shined like I wanted.
My initial intention was to use a double 2 x 6 to span the nearly 32 feet to support the roof. You wan see later that there is a diagonal support in the middle.
Fortunately, Jen's father, a builder in the family, cam and looked at it and said that there is NO WAY that is strong enough.
Now, here is a lesson for me... I was really upset. I was offended and it took me a few hours to get over it, but later that evening we ordered another $900 worth of wood from our local supplier and were ready for building the next morning.
My father-in-law made up and once again we are as good a friend as ever.

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Thread: Structural Design - David Bailey 08-22-06 07:34 am Structural Design in our Cabin - David Bailey 08-24-06 01:44 am
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