I had thought about that salt box style but had no idea that is what it was called. It was my original plan, but wasn't sure ridge beaming would suffice. I don't want to tear down the peaked roof as I love having all that headroom inside the house. Thank you loads for the info I will look into that ...

Okay, I know it's been a while. I'm still plugging away at this, but in the thick of winter things are slow. Income tax will go toward paying for the roof on this beast. I'm thinking Pole Barn style roof...However I'm running into an issue with the already peaked roof. Any tips on "pole barning...

Has been a very long time since I posted here. I have been working many hours on the ranch and not near enough on the merger. However I now have 25' of the underbelly re-insulated, the rear entry way rotted wood pulled up and replaced with plywood, and the two images you'll see below depicting the b...

Hope you don't mind me asking in this thread, but is that circular saw what you used to cut so close to the wall? If not what did you use to get such a good close cut?

Thanks for that Ponch. It is positive comments like that, that really make you feel better about the work you're doing. I wanted to put up a little comparison shot from when I got it to where I have it now on the inside. Spent another hour today cleaning out the living/kitchen and tearing out the ca...

Had a few rain showers today to work between and got a bit more accomplished. Still making decent headway, but out of wood til Payday now. Have 16" left at the front corner to finish up then start around the front.

Been quite a while since I've made a post on here. I'm making slow but steady progress between work and the house. I've gotten her completely level and going back to the original frost free foundation to see if this works. My wife and I spent 6 hours last Wednesday and 11 hours Thursday working on t...

Figured I would throw up a couple pictures. I have been working 8am to anywhere from 5-8pm so my time is not too favorable right now. Anyway this is the back side of the house dirt and the house moved over. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/849/35w3.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...

It was far from glorious. I hooked a chain around the center axle and through my other house. Connected it to a cat 980B and started to use a turnbuckle to tighten it bit the chains kept twisting. Took off the turnbuckle started the 980B and slowly pulled the house sideways. 2" from the second ...

Got the house to within 2" today, right up until my chain snapped. We will finish up sliding them together tomorrow after work and get down to the nitty gritty of the situation.

Yes sir all things have been cleared. It was all discussed in the other thread. I just need to buckle down and get to work on this project, but one day a week will make it a tough endeavor.

My towel has been picked back up. I will be paying a couple of kids I know to dig the holes under the house after we have it moved, then I will do cement piers and continue with my standard idea of drainage. I think I was just venting momentarily with the insane amount of work I have coming ahead of...

Okay I may have run my course in this nonsensical idea of merging two single wides. My new plans are to tear down the 1984 and use the wood from this house to build additions onto the 1976. I'm looking for ideas on making this happen so any thoughts would be welcomed. I've built additions onto mobil...

Okay been a while since I updated. Messing about with siding the house. I will be pulling the two homes together using a Dead man weighing around 50k to hold some large pullers to slowly squeeze the two together. I've still got some work to go on the perimeter drainage and of course dropping the blo...

Okay so are there specific skirting vents that close or do you use like hvac duct vents...like inside the house?