Archive for March, 1983

Getting Started

Saturday, March 12th, 1983
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The beams are 2 x 12′s so that the living room floor is solid. Ellen used figures from a building engineering book to design the upstairs floor bearing weight to be the same standard as a first floor or 40 lbs per square foot. The old front door was moved to the front of the [...]

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On to Version Two

Tuesday, March 1st, 1983
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The original structure did not last long. Almost as soon as it was enclosed the family already had two children and the house was not that much bigger than the cabin. (At 19X32 feet, it was just over 600 sq. ft. while the cabin with the loft is about 400.) Dave and Ellen got excited [...]

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