The home of my dreams
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That one makes it tough for the kids to stand in a corner
I always rather liked this place.
Needs more trees, but I like it too. However that picture looks like it came straight out of an FBI file.
NSA jeez
I took the pic and those are not my initials.
Jim
Jim
I like this one! Log on concrete
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Jim
Can't get this one to come up
Jim
This one is for sale near me
Just m
I can't get that to open - is it just me?
I couldn't without looking at the raw data. Not sure why. He was linking the log cabin where the wall extended to make a porch. #1126
I fixed it, Mo.
Thank you
Someone built that house without looking at the high water damage to the tree near the bank but just left of the house. Hope they bought that pricey flood insurance.
Still won't come up.
Thank you for trying though.
Many homes are built without consideration of water, snow, slides, winds, fire, or earthquakes which is why most of those shown don't appeal to me. Anything with a stone foundation will crumble, stone walls and chimneys will come down, large wall openings restrict the shear area of walls to fight wind and ground shaking and wall openings on a first level with a second story are one of the worst situations in high wind or quake zones.
Code requires a minimum of 6 feet of uninterrupted wall on both sides of a corner for shear walls and 5 foot minimum of wall on either side of openings (doors and windows). Best practices require a rectangular floor plan with intersecting walls no more than 24 feet apart to support exterior walls. Porches and other "jutouts" have to have the inside corners reinforced and built on the same foundation as the rest of the home to prevent tearing at the inside corners. Minimum code requires the walls to be bolted to the foundation at 6 foot intervals and no more than 8 inches from corners.
All states do not use all these codes as they accept some and dismiss others. All I can say is that minimum code is not "good enough" in most areas. (not good enough for me under any circumstances)
Code requires a minimum of 6 feet of uninterrupted wall on both sides of a corner for shear walls and 5 foot minimum of wall on either side of openings (doors and windows). Best practices require a rectangular floor plan with intersecting walls no more than 24 feet apart to support exterior walls. Porches and other "jutouts" have to have the inside corners reinforced and built on the same foundation as the rest of the home to prevent tearing at the inside corners. Minimum code requires the walls to be bolted to the foundation at 6 foot intervals and no more than 8 inches from corners.
All states do not use all these codes as they accept some and dismiss others. All I can say is that minimum code is not "good enough" in most areas. (not good enough for me under any circumstances)
