Monday, January 12, 2015

East Hills Update - Halfway House Fiasco

Had a big dirty old white pine come down on our bath house last week. Judging by the snow on the side on the trunk it came down before Friday's storm. The damage was pretty minimal, only one structural beam cracked. That should be easily fixable by patching in a section of 2 by 10 onto it. The tree came down with such force that the top beyond the building sheered right off. It punched 4 inch diameter branches right through the roofing. the post and beam construction held up surprisingly well. We are lucky it wasn't an oak that came down, the results would be much different. I knew i was spending my Sunday in the woods with a chain saw, I didn't think I would spend part of it on a roof dealing with white pine.

The bath house stood up surprisingly well considering.
Top section sheered off upon impact.

The only damage to a structural element, roof joist where tree connected with house.

Branches punched through the roof.
Crest of the roof where tree hit, after cutting the tree off.

Holes left by the branches.
We took a large tarp and covered the whole roof to wait until warmer weather to fix.

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