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More biners!!!
I'll see how this pans out as we move along:
My son is a fire-fighter. One of his brother FF's bought some land awhile back...complete with a Forest Service fire-lookout tower on it. Alex and I are supposed to help him figure out how to re-roof it as part of restoring it...we went to the site on top of the highest hill in the county and visited the tower. Took safety gear and Alex went topside to measure and scope out how we can put a metal roof over what is already there.
I found out tonight that the owner could not find anybody that would agree to roof it for him...I think I am glad we got the job.
It promises to be an interesting venture.
I extracted a 17 minute clip of video from yesterday that shows Alex exiting and returning into the tower...good shots of roof and surrounding area. I did not edit anything out so it may be TLTW...it will be tedious for folks that aren't that interested in such things...and plain scary for folks that are the least bit vertiginous. You may want to fast forward thru some...your call. My wife saw some of the footage of just being in the tower above the trees, with the wind blowing through and the trees moving...she got the willies in a hurry.
The owner has been replacing the wood stair treads, has a pulley system set up for hauling supplies up as needed. He will be replacing all wood, glass, running power up to it...plans to enjoy his morning coffee there once it is restored. Tower is 100 feet to bottom of the living area...built in 1949, in service until 1979...some cool history with the site. He has had big barn owls living in it the last two years...you'll see that evidence in the video.
The metal is ordered...working to arrange a date to do the deed now.
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My son is a fire-fighter. One of his brother FF's bought some land awhile back...complete with a Forest Service fire-lookout tower on it. Alex and I are supposed to help him figure out how to re-roof it as part of restoring it...we went to the site on top of the highest hill in the county and visited the tower. Took safety gear and Alex went topside to measure and scope out how we can put a metal roof over what is already there.
I found out tonight that the owner could not find anybody that would agree to roof it for him...I think I am glad we got the job.
It promises to be an interesting venture.I extracted a 17 minute clip of video from yesterday that shows Alex exiting and returning into the tower...good shots of roof and surrounding area. I did not edit anything out so it may be TLTW...it will be tedious for folks that aren't that interested in such things...and plain scary for folks that are the least bit vertiginous. You may want to fast forward thru some...your call. My wife saw some of the footage of just being in the tower above the trees, with the wind blowing through and the trees moving...she got the willies in a hurry.
The owner has been replacing the wood stair treads, has a pulley system set up for hauling supplies up as needed. He will be replacing all wood, glass, running power up to it...plans to enjoy his morning coffee there once it is restored. Tower is 100 feet to bottom of the living area...built in 1949, in service until 1979...some cool history with the site. He has had big barn owls living in it the last two years...you'll see that evidence in the video.
The metal is ordered...working to arrange a date to do the deed now.
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. On the ones lacking, I always set up a tri-point rope anchor. This may be hard to visualize...but here goes. I'd set a single loop of rope tied off on opposite corners of the railing (assuming a square house, which they always were in my experience), then tie a third leg to the mid-point of that loop and pull it over as near as possible to a third corner and cinch it tight down. The top point of this tri leg I'd adjust to be about at the apex of the roof.
