Roofing The Century Shack

rusty6 · Apr 27, 2021

My grandfather's homestead shack has been badly in need of some roofing repair for a while now and I finally did some work on it today. Weather was good. Not too hot or cold or windy. Threatened to rain in afternoon but the drought held out and nothing happened.

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Bruce from Can. · Apr 27, 2021

I am always surprised at how well wooden structures last in your drier climate. Here in Ontario, that building would have been rotted and gone with barely a trace of evidence it was ever there. Those homesteaders had to make do with what was available, and what they could afford. Fortunately there wasnt the burden of bylaws telling them just what materials they had to use or how many square foot the house had to be.

Steve@Advance · Apr 27, 2021

We went to see the Mesa Verde Indian dwellings.

These were built some time around the 12th century.

They are adobe construction built into the face of a cliff, well protected from the elements. There is exposed wood and wood on the interior that is dry, but still fully intact, no sign of decay!

BillinCentralMO · Apr 27, 2021

Very neat. Good old soul you are to try and save the old homestead cabin. I enjoyed it.

rusty6 · Apr 27, 2021

(quoted from post at 13:47:45 04/27/21) Very neat. Good old soul you are to try and save the old homestead cabin. I enjoyed it.

Thanks Bill. I can't remember if I ever posted video of the inside of the building showing the original wallpaper my grandmother must have put on it. Some of it is newspaper pages from 1910.

55 50 Ron · Apr 27, 2021

Rusty, I admire your tenacity. And it's so neat to keep history alive as you're doing. The tin sheeting on the south side of that building's roof shows up plainly on the satellite picture. What is the building farther south at the edge of the field? It looks like a grain elevator from the satellite picture. The satellite pictures have recently been updated as the old picture showing you working a field in the 100 acre wood area is now showing what I think is combine straw and chaff paths around the field.

rusty6 · Apr 27, 2021

Ron, the building you refer to is great uncle Jack's big gambrel roofed barn he had built in 1924. It is on the adjoining quarter section. The three Goffs set up their homesteads on 3 adjoining quarters all within shouting distance of each other. Yes, google earth has updated their satellite photos. I can see us at work harvesting wheat on this one. Resolution is still not great. It was taken on September 19th by my records. You can see the 1660 combine and the Loadstar parked by the road.

Russ from MN · Apr 27, 2021

The only old building we own is this old cabin, built about 1930 out of fire killed tamarack. It wasn't built by a family member, but my dad
bought the land later, then when a power line came through we had to move it or loose it, so we moved it about 7 miles to this spot. My wife
and I put a new roof on it a couple of years ago. If I put up good scaffold for her she will put a lot of screws in!

rusty6 · Apr 28, 2021

(quoted from post at 20:46:57 04/27/21) The only old building we own is this old cabin, built about 1930 out of fire killed tamarack.

Great save on the old cabin. It must have been pretty solid to survive the move. I can just remember great uncle Alf's log cabin from when I was a kid. My dad had salvaged the roof to use the lumber in the loft floor of the new barn he built in 54. So the cabin was pretty rough shape and he finished off the demolition of it in the sixties. I've considered rebuilding a replica of it on the original site. I can still see the depression in the ground where the cellar was and the row of rocks indicating where the walls were.

55 50 Ron · Apr 28, 2021

I wasn't successful trying to locate this photo from the satellite view. Where should I look in relation to your farm buildings' site? I agree the resolution isn't so great. Resolution seems better over the US. Wonder why it is worse over Canada?

rusty6 · Apr 28, 2021

(quoted from post at 07:19:14 04/28/21) I wasn't successful trying to locate this photo from the satellite view. Where should I look in relation to your farm buildings' site? I agree the resolution isn't so great. Resolution seems better over the US. Wonder why it is worse over Canada?

From my yard, half mile east, half mile south and quarter mile East is where we show up. Some areas have much better resolution than others for reasons I don't know. It seems to be gradually spreading to cover more area as time passes.

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