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Offline BigMax

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« on: October 17, 2005, 08:47:13 PM »
Alrighty fellers,
Thought I'd take a minute to show you my project.  This is what has been occupying so much of my time...  I had to quit flying so much and CMing all together.  I hope this finds you all well.

Right after I cleared the lot...

My wife, & the back view.

Blocks & Footers...

Dang that's a lot of blocks...

Pumping concrete into the block.... Hurricane proofing 101.

35 trees down thanks to Katrina.

My brand new 1987 32 footer! Too bad Katrina parked it in the woods...  Seriously, we found it there after the storm


***More to follow***
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A few more images...
« Reply #1 on: October 17, 2005, 08:48:33 PM »

Side view
 
Opposite Side

Front

Back
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« Reply #2 on: October 18, 2005, 08:28:52 PM »
Looks pretty damn sturdy Max:aok  How far from the water are you?
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« Reply #3 on: October 18, 2005, 10:28:53 PM »
About 500'...

But Katrina didn't get close to getting me wet.  I had at leats 10' of rise before it would have threatened the house.  It'll take on HUGE hurricane to put water into this!
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« Reply #4 on: October 19, 2005, 05:18:10 AM »
is your boat ok? any severe damage?  ( yes I said boat, he is Navy that thing is a dingy compared to a real Ship:D  )

glad to hear you and family all ok, and no major damage caused to ya new home!
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« Reply #5 on: October 19, 2005, 08:10:27 PM »
That was someone else's... The storm surge brought it inot my back yard.

They almost sunk a Trac Hoe getting it out... Had water coming in the Cab and everything.  Forgot my camera unfortunately.
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Update as of February 1
« Reply #6 on: February 06, 2006, 10:19:08 PM »
For any that are interested..... I started in June 2K5.  Here is my progress to date.  I expect to move in around 1 March, hopefully sooner.





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« Reply #7 on: February 06, 2006, 10:56:22 PM »
look like some nice digs :aok
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« Reply #8 on: February 07, 2006, 09:11:33 PM »
Thanks!
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« Reply #9 on: February 09, 2006, 03:53:18 PM »
OMG....caucasian brick layers....havent seen that in years. :lol

lookin good BM...hope to see ya back regular soon .

~S~
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« Reply #10 on: February 11, 2006, 12:08:00 AM »
Was your house destroyed by huricane? are you doing the job or have cotractors?!
 I drove last week on I-10, Mobile, NO, to  Tx and i was surpised to see after 5 months soo many houses still having the roof covered with blue plastic foil,
  In the same day i read  in "USA today'" that  Exon Mobil was breaking all records  in profit, made 30+bilion profit per last year, and some peoples can't aford to rebuild the roof:(
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« Reply #11 on: February 12, 2006, 12:45:03 AM »
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Originally posted by ghi
Was your house destroyed by huricane? are you doing the job or have cotractors?!
 I drove last week on I-10, Mobile, NO, to  Tx and i was surpised to see after 5 months soo many houses still having the roof covered with blue plastic foil,
  In the same day i read  in "USA today'" that  Exon Mobil was breaking all records  in profit, made 30+bilion profit per last year, and some peoples can't aford to rebuild the roof:(
Yeah, no kidding... oil companies are recording record profits. Gee, what a surprise. Surely I'm not the only person who noticed the extra 10c/Litre (canada) we're paying, when the price of a barrel of crude hasn't gone up enough to warrant it?
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« Reply #12 on: February 12, 2006, 01:25:13 AM »
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Originally posted by ghi
Was your house destroyed by huricane? are you doing the job or have cotractors?!
 I drove last week on I-10, Mobile, NO, to  Tx and i was surpised to see after 5 months soo many houses still having the roof covered with blue plastic foil,
  In the same day i read  in "USA today'" that  Exon Mobil was breaking all records  in profit, made 30+bilion profit per last year, and some peoples can't aford to rebuild the roof:(


Neg GHI, I had just started bulding when Katrina hit...  I came out of it smelling like a rose.  But withing 2 miles of my house, there are families that lost everything. :(

I-10?  Your were within 5 minutes of my house...

Blue roofs are for the lucky... sort of.  They still have something worth protecting.  But it is also a curse because it's easier and faster to rebuild from scratch (FEMA and the Insurance Companies are really not responsive like they have you think)..  Both look good on paper, but I have heard more negatives about both, than positives.  After the storm , it was weird, I felt guilty because I didn't have any damage...
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« Reply #13 on: August 02, 2009, 03:52:45 AM »
House done BigMax?
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« Reply #14 on: August 03, 2009, 07:29:15 AM »
Wow, that is one gorgeous home, Max  :aok
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