on vacation on vinalhaven me
but as everybody knows, schwarz blog is never on vacation. weather dot com predicting 7 days of fog and rain. yes! yet to be taken photos to follow. a new timber frame deck (you remember the demo from two years ago) has been installed, new outhouse too.
We want pics. Have fun.
heres the new outhouse. hand split cedar shingle roof. ill show you the inside later.
the outdoor (and only) shower now has screening
new two level deck is timberframe construction of local mainland grown and milled cedar. thats a captains watch landing feature on the steps leading up to the second level. pay no attention to all the stuff sitting there drying out on the bench (which was used in leu of hand rail.)
steps detail. notice the pegs and plugs.
were you named grand marshal of the outhouse?
these entry steps were made from chuncks of granite block that the stone cutters left behind on the property in the 19th century. vinal haven was the quarry source for much of the architectural stonework in americas north eastern cities. st john the devine church was one of the locations for use in nyc. there must be a couple of dozen major chunks littering the landscape here. its like that all over the island near the waters edge. the guys moved the pieces with log rollers, metals bars a pickup truck and a come-along to get the pieces up to the deck.
i was watching one of those mysteries of the egyptian pyramids type shows the other day. theyd float one ton slabs of granite 600 miles up the nile on barges specifically for the task of blocking passageways to the burial chambers and the riches within. granite, apparently is rock hard compared with that prissy limestone. who knew? those wascally tomb raiders wouldnt be dissuaded, however, theyd just tunnel under the granite instead.
That's still a pretty damn impressive deck demo.
the cabin has a new coat of pettit buoy paint. same red on white color scheme.
the fog lifted mid morning and we had great sun all day. who ever is using the outhouse at the time gets to be the grand marshal. out house grand deputy is a crummy job and should be avoided.
up at dawn and no fog at all this morning. clear and blue.
What a beautiful place.
sonotube support for granite deck steps under deck. theres about 1/4 inch of topsoil then bedrock.
the veg gardens.
Where are you?
its a friends house on 1.25 acres on the tip of dogpoint VH. his family only uses the house july and august. its usable half of may, june (july-august) september, october and about half of november. vinalhaven is a small island 15 miles off shore from rockland maine. its accessed by an hour and 10 min. ferry ride. previous posts
         
so the first one is the inside of the new outhouse (no running water, you spritz the bowl) then the cabin interior, the sauna and sauna interior, out the sauna porthole window and then the ledge outside the cabin. the sauna was grandfathered in and built on the footprint of a small shed (its great when its too cool outside to shower). the cabin has been there since the 50's? and is the original structure on the property.
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- bill 6-24-2008 1:25 pm
but as everybody knows, schwarz blog is never on vacation. weather dot com predicting 7 days of fog and rain. yes! yet to be taken photos to follow. a new timber frame deck (you remember the demo from two years ago) has been installed, new outhouse too.
- bill 6-24-2008 1:30 pm [add a comment]
We want pics. Have fun.
- jim 6-24-2008 7:28 pm [add a comment]
heres the new outhouse. hand split cedar shingle roof. ill show you the inside later.
- bill 6-24-2008 9:22 pm [add a comment]
the outdoor (and only) shower now has screening
- bill 6-24-2008 9:28 pm [add a comment]
new two level deck is timberframe construction of local mainland grown and milled cedar. thats a captains watch landing feature on the steps leading up to the second level. pay no attention to all the stuff sitting there drying out on the bench (which was used in leu of hand rail.)
- bill 6-24-2008 9:31 pm [add a comment]
steps detail. notice the pegs and plugs.
- bill 6-24-2008 9:35 pm [add a comment]
- bill 6-24-2008 9:37 pm [add a comment]
- bill 6-24-2008 9:46 pm [add a comment]
were you named grand marshal of the outhouse?
- dave 6-24-2008 9:50 pm [add a comment]
these entry steps were made from chuncks of granite block that the stone cutters left behind on the property in the 19th century. vinal haven was the quarry source for much of the architectural stonework in americas north eastern cities. st john the devine church was one of the locations for use in nyc. there must be a couple of dozen major chunks littering the landscape here. its like that all over the island near the waters edge. the guys moved the pieces with log rollers, metals bars a pickup truck and a come-along to get the pieces up to the deck.
- bill 6-24-2008 9:55 pm [add a comment]
i was watching one of those mysteries of the egyptian pyramids type shows the other day. theyd float one ton slabs of granite 600 miles up the nile on barges specifically for the task of blocking passageways to the burial chambers and the riches within. granite, apparently is rock hard compared with that prissy limestone. who knew? those wascally tomb raiders wouldnt be dissuaded, however, theyd just tunnel under the granite instead.
- dave 6-24-2008 10:33 pm [add a comment]
That's still a pretty damn impressive deck demo.
- jimlouis 6-24-2008 10:38 pm [add a comment]
the cabin has a new coat of pettit buoy paint. same red on white color scheme.
- bill 6-24-2008 11:57 pm [add a comment]
- bill 6-24-2008 11:58 pm [add a comment]
the fog lifted mid morning and we had great sun all day. who ever is using the outhouse at the time gets to be the grand marshal. out house grand deputy is a crummy job and should be avoided.
- bill 6-25-2008 12:11 am [add a comment]
up at dawn and no fog at all this morning. clear and blue.
- bill 6-25-2008 2:23 pm [add a comment]
What a beautiful place.
- L.M. 6-25-2008 4:49 pm [add a comment]
sonotube support for granite deck steps under deck. theres about 1/4 inch of topsoil then bedrock.
- bill 6-25-2008 5:29 pm [add a comment]
- bill 6-25-2008 5:30 pm [add a comment]
the veg gardens.
- bill 6-25-2008 5:32 pm [add a comment]
- bill 6-25-2008 5:32 pm [add a comment]
Where are you?
- L.M. 6-25-2008 5:51 pm [add a comment]
its a friends house on 1.25 acres on the tip of dogpoint VH. his family only uses the house july and august. its usable half of may, june (july-august) september, october and about half of november. vinalhaven is a small island 15 miles off shore from rockland maine. its accessed by an hour and 10 min. ferry ride. previous posts
- bill 6-25-2008 6:01 pm [add a comment]
- bill 6-27-2008 4:35 pm [add a comment]
so the first one is the inside of the new outhouse (no running water, you spritz the bowl) then the cabin interior, the sauna and sauna interior, out the sauna porthole window and then the ledge outside the cabin. the sauna was grandfathered in and built on the footprint of a small shed (its great when its too cool outside to shower). the cabin has been there since the 50's? and is the original structure on the property.
- bill 6-27-2008 4:48 pm [add a comment]