best guess on how long to cut material list

dablack · September 17, 2013, 09:27:23 AM

I really appreciate everyone's help. To give a little background, I built a 26x52 1.5 story that burned down right before we moved in. I didn't have the electrical done so the house wasn't grounded yet and then lightning hit. It burned to the slab. That first house I built completely by myself except for pouring the slab. The first floor was all 2x6 and the second floor was attic trusses giving me a 19' wide room upstairs. It was a 12:12 pitch roof (NEVER AGAIN). My new plan is another 1.5 story but with balloon framing to give a little 2' pony wall upstairs and then a 8:12 pitch roof. Lots of good space. Anyway, there was no insurance on the first house so we are pretty poor right now. I'm just trying to figure out options to dig us out of this fat hole. The whole point of building my own house was to be financially free. Now we are deeper than we have ever been.

80 hours sounds pretty good. Even if that is plus or minus 20%. I can see it taking 10 to 12 weekends. I'm looking at all options right now. I'm not afraid of work at all (especially while it is cool outside....HA!), but my other problem is that I have 30 acres but no covered area to stack the lumber coming off the mill. After I clear away the burned house, I will have a slab to stack the lumber on but it won't be covered. I'm not sure what I'm going to do right now.

thanks
Austin

WH_Conley · September 17, 2013, 09:42:58 AM

Try to find some tin, if the thieves will leave it alone, and just build some portable roofs that you can place on top of the stack.

WH_Conley · September 17, 2013, 09:55:51 AM

Ouch. That hurts. I just looked on the maps. Looks like you are about 950 miles from me. That pretty well rules out a road trip. If closer I could see where a mini FF get together could possibly happen. Just want to let you know you have our moral support if nothing else.

PC-Urban-Sawyer · September 17, 2013, 10:15:56 AM

+1 on the portable roofs for drying stacks.

Good luck and BE CAREFUL!

Herb

Magicman · September 17, 2013, 11:29:11 AM

Are your trees/logs on the ground?

Do you have a cut list?

What is your time frame for building?

pineywoods · September 17, 2013, 12:57:41 PM

+1 on the portable roofs. I use them on all my lumber stacks. Made out of junk 6X6 and roofing tin scrounged from unused chicken house. The 6X6 provide needed weight. Pics in my gallery.
When trying to get a handle on the time needed for your project, don't overlook the time required for material handling. When you finish the project, I'll bet you will find that actual sawing is less than half the time spent. Moving logs, dealing with slabs and edgings, stackin lumber etc eats up lots of time.
Just keep on keepin on, don't get discouraged. ;)

Magicman · September 17, 2013, 01:58:16 PM

Austin, Is the house that burned the one pictured in this thread? LINK

dablack · September 17, 2013, 05:49:46 PM

Yes, thats the place. I made a quick cut list but a detailed one is just a couple of hours away. I'm using engineered I joist for the 26' span so the rest is all 2x6s, 2x4s, 1x for sheathing, subfloor, decking and trim, and 2x10s for the rafters. That is about it.

No the trees aren't on the ground but they are out in the open and easy to fell. I do have a couple down from where I cleared them for the house site.

I had a mobile home moved onto the property so we could live there. We couldn't afford the rent where we were staying anymore. The little note on the trailer is way less than rent. Plus the kids love being on the property. So do the wife and I. It is will also be much easier to rebuild while living there. For the first house I was driving 45 minutes each way to work on it. We got a ford RV to park next to the house so I would have some AC and somewhere to get cleaned up before coming home. The kids liked "camping" there on the weekends too. It was a total loss as well. You can also see we lost most of the trees within 40 ft of the house.

We WILL rebuild. Luckily, my folks are saying they would like to buy the mobile home from us and live on the property with us once we rebuild. That will be a good thing. I won't have to worry about selling the mobile home and I will be able to keep a good eye on them and lend a hand when they need it.

As for a time frame, I just need to clear the slab of debris and then I can start. I'm hoping to get it in the dry by tax return if I can get the money together to do that. Then the tax return will get me going on finishing it out.

thanks
Austin

thecfarm · September 17, 2013, 06:06:30 PM

Talk about bad luck. :(

Magicman · September 17, 2013, 08:33:44 PM

Austin, If we can work out a suitable time/schedule, I will come and saw your logs for you. I am quite sure that we can get enough donations to cover my sawing/travel expenses. No profit, no pay, just expenses. My Son Marty would come with me and bring the camper, so we would have our own lodging arrangements.

thecfarm · September 17, 2013, 09:07:18 PM

Magicman and family helping out,priceless. ;D

dablack · September 17, 2013, 10:30:44 PM

WOW! MM that would be a true blessing. I'm sure we can figure something out. Let me get the cut list together and then you can tell me how many trees I'm going to need. All my trees are about the same age so I will go get some measurements to send to you along with the material list. I just checked the map and you are "only" 350 miles from me. We have power (30 amp RV plug and 15amp outdoor plug), water, and septic up at the top of the hill where the house was so you should be in pretty good shape up there. Plus my wife makes some DanG good grits....

Let me get some info together and get back to you.

many thanks
Austin

Brucer · September 18, 2013, 12:27:50 AM

It's been a slow year and money is tight, but my business will be able to kick in something to offset MM's expenses.

orion388 · September 18, 2013, 06:05:55 AM

Quote from: Magicman on September 17, 2013, 08:33:44 PM
Austin, If we can work out a suitable time/schedule, I will come and saw your logs for you. I am quite sure that we can get enough donations to cover my sawing/travel expenses. No profit, no pay, just expenses. My Son Marty would come with me and bring the camper, so we would have our own lodging arrangements.

WOW... I'm moved! MM if this happens, I'm not rich but I would be love to send you a small donation to help on expenses. PM me when this happens and I will gladly cut you a check.

John

wwsjr · September 18, 2013, 09:40:27 AM

Lynn,
Sounds like a plan. Watching for further development.

pineywoods · September 18, 2013, 10:06:33 AM

I'm watching this thread with great interest. Have some ideas we can discuss while grilling chickin...

thecfarm · September 18, 2013, 10:32:09 AM

I can donate some green backs,I'm not a rich man,but can help out a little.

WH_Conley · September 18, 2013, 12:15:51 PM

Last time I counted a bunch of little's made a lot.

thecfarm · September 18, 2013, 02:24:49 PM

pineywoods,AKA,Gumpy Old Men,would be a great help to ya Magicman. We should help him out too. ;D Nails,roofing is not cheap.

Gumpy Old Men thread,
https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php/topic,43806.0.html