We never had a big problem with permits until this last house. The city folk are moving in and want everything like the things they moved to get away from. LOL Living a quarter of a mile in on a private road, we tend to do what we want without permits, but this house was a big project and didn’t want to be required to tear it down. Had a friend that built a garage too close to his neighbors line, went unnoticed for several years, then some nosy official discovered it and even though the neighbor didn’t care, the town made them tear the garage down. Ridiculous!!! We have several small out buildings that were built with no permit and we are now finishing part of our basement-no permit, just holding our brearh.
Really wish I knew how to build rock walls and had the strength to do it. I, too love rock walls and think of our forefathers building miles of them with no tractors or loaders or as hubby says “my bucket”. He thinks he can move mountains with his ancient loader and bucket.
Really wish I knew how to build rock walls and had the strength to do it. I, too love rock walls and think of our forefathers building miles of them with no tractors or loaders or as hubby says “my bucket”. He thinks he can move mountains with his ancient loader and bucket.<<<<
At the Cerbat townsite, built and mined there in the 1800’s there are still rock walled cabins, build by the German family named Messersmith, I knew one and spent a weekend with him taking notes and should even have a tape or two.
He was born there about 1890 or before and knew who built every building and when.
There is not a drop of cement used in them, only the careful fitting of the rocks as they stacked them.
Never can figure that one out. City folks want out of the city because they think they'd like what we've got, then the first thing they do is bring their rules and regs right along with 'em.
Really wish I knew how to build rock walls and had the strength to do it.
Me too!!! For me the strength pretty much gets me but I would try anyway. Even just my stacking of rocks along the beds and wherever I want them adds to my place I think. I don't know what I'd do with a whole river full of boulders. We got lots of rocks but they're mostly little. They build up nice though.