Checked out Rick and Jack's new post and beam house, then went to a meeting with the company that's putting it up to find out that the price they quoted me has gone up by 10 percent thanks to petroleum price hikes—Douglas fir comes from the West Coast. Pine?
fair warning: on block island or manhattan or in missouri, we can be a little salty
damn it's nice though...
ReplyDeleteTwo ideas:
ReplyDelete1) Maybe they to BYOW. You know, bring your own wood....??
2) Maybe you can offer to drive out to the west coast and help them drive the wood back east. It might be just as expensive...but could be fun....worth asking anyway....
Don't a lot of people get Douglas Firs for their Christmas trees? Are you thinking what I'm thinking?
ReplyDeleteRecycle, Reuse, Re: fuel prices...
what about straw bales and cement? There are no wolves on island to blow your house down
ReplyDeleteI think Historic District might balk at that. . .
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