09-15-2013, 08:30 PM
Florida has some cool houses. When I visited my sister a few months ago in Fla. I could not help but notice the 2.5 x 12" beams that were bolted together. The exterior walls were 2x10 with special windows and the interior walls were 2x6 old style the real 2" not the 1.5. A hurricane house with dbl everything. The apartment my Mother lives in at ground level was built around 12x12 "stilts" supporting the upper 2 floors, Guide wires 1/2" round are bolted to concrete footings at 6 places around the structure, with ceilings 12 ft and 10 ft tall. A veritable fortress. I have never seen anything like it around N.E. except a huge barn I know of in the middle of the state that is still used to this day.
And yes a canal along side it. My sisters son waterskies out to the lake from there. Gators aren't that bad I guess but you could never convince me of that. I heard them things clicking out there at night.
And yes a canal along side it. My sisters son waterskies out to the lake from there. Gators aren't that bad I guess but you could never convince me of that. I heard them things clicking out there at night.
He ain't heavy, he's my brother.