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Well, I’ve been motivated by Rick’s desire to restore his dad’s sax and learn to play it. So was spurred onto dust off my clarinet and try to get back into the swing of things again.

Well, so much to talk about.
First Mike from the SHPO office took a look at the place. He thought it would be eligible if were able to remove the tin sheeting from the roof and patch the siding with like materail (ie, clapboard). Since the roof would need to be fixed, we asked if using plywood and asphalt shingles would be ok. Which it will be.

This weekend, Al, Dad and I patched the roof. We got the big holes covered up with plywood. Next weekend we plan on putting flashing, black jack and tar paper down to make the patches more waterproof and cover the rest of the windows. Danny thought his crew could get out to the house in about 3 weeks to put tin sheeting up. So hopefully such a fix will buy us a couple of years.

We have some serious structural damage to take care of being thinking about putting on a new roof. Most the rafters on south side are rotting at the sawfit. Some patches of floor boards and joists are rotted all the way through. The major fix will be patching the most damaged rammed earth weight bearing wall.

So, this stabilaition project could get spendy. Dad and I need to get an email out to our family asking to pass the hat. And, as Al suggested, I also need to get some sort of preservation plan in order.

Well, so much to talk about.
First Mike from the SHPO office took a look at the place. He thought it would be eligible if were able to remove the tin sheeting from the roof and patch the siding with like materai (ie, clapboard). Since the roof would need to be fixed, we asked if using plywood and asphalt shingles would be ok. Which it will be.

This weekend, Al, Dad and I patched the roof. We got the big holes covered up with plywood. Just slapped it down on top of the shingles and all. Next weekend we plan on putting flashing, black jack and tar paper down to make the patches more waterproof and cover the rest of the windows. Danny thought his crew could get out to the house in about 3 weeks to put tin sheeting up. So hopefully such a fix will buy us a couple of years.

We have some serious structural damage to take care of being thinking about putting on a new roof. Most the rafters on south side are rotting at the sawfit. Some patches of floor boards and joists are rotted all the way through. The major fix will be patching the most damaged rammed earth weight bearing wall.

So, this stabilaition project could get spendy. Dad and I need to get an email out to our family asking to pass the hat. I also need to get some sort of preservation plan in place.

Al had this advice:
State the ultimate goal – stabilization or total restoration?
What sort of time line?
What are the priorities?