My Son bought a house to rent, about 90 miles away from here; because he could pay cash for it! He intends to rent it, but with all of low cost properties, it needs a lot of repair. We got a call from his neighbor up there, that a limb was down on his roof.
We went up there as fast as we could, and found this:
The diameter where it separated from the tree was about 16 inches, so it has to come down ASAP!
The first step is to remove as much weight as possible:
Cutting off All the smaller branches that are not protecting the roof from the major weight is step one. I find that an electric chain saw is best for this, because it simplifies the process. A gas saw will do fine, with careful handling.
The goal is to reduce weight as much as possible:
When the limbs are removed and tossed down, we had remove about a fourth of the weight, deliberately leaving the small branches under the limb to act as protection!
The last step is to remove the remaining wood from the roof:
There are two ways to do this. The first is to lift the limb off of the roof with heavy tackle, usually tied up into the parent tree. The second is to cut it, and repair any damage caused when it slides down. We had the gear to do both, but decided to use the second method for speed, since we already had repair shingles on site.
We used a 10 inch pole saw to get distance from the danger zone, even though the limb was about a foot in diameter where we decided to cut it. Randy was the cutter, while I watched for sag and widening of the cut. When the gap began widening, we both ran for safety; and it landed right where I WAS standing! It slid down the small branches we left on, with no added damage to the roof. We passed up supplies, and my Son began repairs; while we began clean up.
The limb was almost too large for the electric chainsaw saw:
The part at the odd angle towards the garage, is the piece that was on the roof originally.
We started cutting it up for disposal:
The limbs in front of the garage were the ones we cut off of the roof, and you can see the diameter of the main limb will be a tough job for the little (16") electric chainsaw. This is where we got lucky, the neighbor that had called us asked if he could have the wood! Then he volunteered to help cut it up, and haul it off.
We said absolutely, and started packing up tools. By this time, my Son had the roof repaired and water tight; so the rain coming in the next day was no longer a problem!
One less problem....
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Good job! What happened, wind? That's quite the branch. I guess your son went out on a limb with that rental property! Good to hear the roof wasn't badly harmed.
I emailed you a while back... got a photo to send you. Please check your email when you have a chance. : )
Yes, wind got it. The roof took a pretty good hit, but in the attic there were no cracks in the framing...tough little house! We have done a lot of repairs on it so far, with a shorter list still to go. We have to recast the front porch and build a new floor in the back bedroom, with a little foundation work left on the bathroom; but it's coming together! The garage is rebuilt including one new wall and major door repair. We are about 80% done now, and it will be a nice house when we finish!
Which email? I'll go look...I get notifications on protonmail. I'm interested in the picture!
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Ohh, what does recasting the porch entail?
Yes, to your protonmail... sent it Sunday. It's a request for your mailing address because I didn't keep a copy. Title is "Christmas card". I'll send another request now.
It will need to have a perimeter form made, and rebar tie and done. Then I'll move my cement mixer in, to pour it from bagged cement. They wanted $6000 to fix it, so we bought a jack hammer instead.... The cement porch debris will be used for the bottom layer on the new floor in the back room. We already made a new foundation in there!
Lots already done, but still some more to go before he can get it rented. It was a real mess when he bought it initially, but it was under $10,000; so he could pay cash. It's beginning to look nice finally! It should make some good money for him.
I'll look on protonmail again, I didn't see anything yet.
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Very nice! What a great price. I didn't even know any houses could be purchased for that little. Does that include the lot it's on?
Yes, it is the whole thing, but it was a real pig when he bought it! The garage was caving in, as well as the back room. We rebuilt both, adding a proper foundation and a total new wall on the garage. It is becoming a house again! The floors in the house required new pilings under them to be stable again. He neighbor was amazed when he stopped by, he said the 'trampoline' was gone. He repaired the roof damage first. We still need to do the small foundation repair under the bathroom, and put in a new floor there. So the house was in pretty bad shape initially, but it will be pretty nice when it's done! It was an estate sale, so there was pressure to sell it quickly; and no one was interested with the damage it had....
He has worked real hard on it! The back fence had three fences overlapping, so we removed all three (that took a full day) and put in a new chain link fence. We will add a new gravel driveway in the spring. True sweat equity, but there are houses available for cash that are reasonable; if you look real hard! I bought one for $8300 (30 years ago) and it's still rented.
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Now you have firewood to stockpile at the you know where. 😀
Great job guys!!!!
I have a 30 inch oak tree down there already, LOL! Not enough hours in the day....
I plan to use Browne Gas (HHO) to heat there using water for fuel, made by solar power
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Oh Wow. Cool, Cuz wood resources are finite.
Easier to use wood for construction instead of water for sure, ROFLOL. The calculations are good so far, and my generator design should be more efficient (500% is likely, with 700% calculated) than existing designs. I'll be posting on it as it comes online. I can run it on solar and wind power, even in the winter. The heating backup will be a high SEER heat pump running off of the same power source.
The Heating burner is from a design from Germany that is elegant, I found on YouTube. The primary combustion by product is water, with zero unsafe fumes; Unlike normal gas heating units.
I plan to run a generator off of this cell design also, for direct AC power on demand. It may run a truck for me too....
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I appreciate the sharing! I'm hoping that it helps someone with a similar problem, so wider exposure helps reach those who it will help. I love doing diy posts!
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