Bush Mover

Biodiesel · Jun 2, 2005

Wow, sounds like I found the right forum. Guys who love tractors and have single daughters my age. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Too bad Alabama is so far south.

JimR · Jun 2, 2005

( Sounds like a nice family, good luck with your project and keep the pix coming. )

Will do. More pictures to come in 2 weeks as we pull the roof off to re-board and re-shingle the center section and shed/garage roof. Yes, my daughter will be up there helping me do the work. She did this to the second floor bedroom.

JimR · Sep 10, 2005

It's been awhile since I posted any photos of the old farm project. here is what I had to contend with when I pulled down the siding.

JimR · Sep 10, 2005

The fix for the rotted out area.

JimR · Sep 10, 2005

Repaired section.

JimR · Sep 10, 2005

I also replaced the two vertical 8x8's in the wall including the corner post. The wife kinda flipped when she say that I cut a hole through the living room walls to insert a 8x8 to lift the house up to replace the beam.

JimR · Sep 10, 2005

The fix.

JimR · Sep 10, 2005

new corner post.

JimR · Sep 10, 2005

The house now as it is getting finally put back together. The lower window has all new wood for the sill, one side and the top. I'm working on rebuilding the windows also. I had to replace the muntins in between some of the glass. What a job this old house is getting to be.

beenthere · Sep 11, 2005

Are you insulating the walls? Poured, foamed, or fiberglass?

Were the timbers rotted from moisture getting in along the 'way'?
Your work looks great, and your committment even greater.

JimR · Sep 11, 2005

( Are you insulating the walls? Poured, foamed, or fiberglass?

Were the timbers rotted from moisture getting in along the 'way'?
Your work looks great, and your committment even greater.
)

The walls will be insulated from the inside with fiberglass insulation. I need to rewire the house and decided to do both at the same time. I would assume that the rotted beams are from water leaks over the years. I know there are no leaks at the present time as the beams are dry now. The beams were also chewed out by animals and carpenter ants at one time or another. I've been sprying all the beams with bug killer as I go along.

beenthere · Sep 12, 2005

Sounds good.
Carpenter ants only 'chew' on wet or decayed wood, not dry solid wood. They are a great indicator of a problem with moisture getting into an house, as the carpenter ants know where it is and can be used to point it out.

Hope you get closed in for winter. You do good work, and its not the kind I like to do, but has to be done sometimes.

JimR · Sep 13, 2005

The house will be closed in for winter for sure. Thanks for the comliments on my work. I wish I was getting paid for all of it. I am in a way but it would be nice to see the green

spanky8N · Sep 13, 2005

Silly question but did the bushes survive the transplanting? I may attempt a simmilar transplanting next year but on a larger scale (20-30 bushes).
Thanks in advance,
Dan

JimR · Sep 13, 2005

Hi Dan,

ALL the bushes survived the transplant. The Rodo's flowered great this year. The evergreens are still alive as well. I dug the holes with my tractor bucket for the transplant and my daughter and I just buried them. From now on they are on their own in the woods by the roadside. We saved 4 out of 6 bushes. The other 2, I couldn't pop out of the ground. I cut them off with my chainsaw. Here's where the house is at now. The reason the siding is not done below the right window is because I need to repair that roof. Both will be done together.