Snake shot....

[Chainsaw76]

OT, but if lumber gets too high, cord wood or stack rock construction are affordable, nice looking and tend to blend with the scenery very well. Pretty thermal efficient too. just saying.

jim

[Travlin]

So, a year later it's finally rocking. We had contractor issues and got lucky to find a great guy who we have become good friends with. As a generational family on the mountain we have been fully vetted as not one of THOSE Yankees. People are coming to meet us when we are down there and they all are great mountain folk.
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Last Friday
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They did all the interior walls in the last 2 days and the trusses show on Friday. It's likely to be under roof by mid-week after next. This crew is ROCKING.
The well ended up being 500 feet deep and hit a spring that pushed 360 feet of water into the hole. I think water won't be an issue at all.

We are STOKED at being in before Christmas.

[Papa]

That looks like much house--clean and simple. Congratulations.

[cannis latrans]

Congratulations on what looks like it will be a beautiful house in beautiful country. I have posted on the snake issue before, but several years ago I got to talking to a bulldozer operator on a ranch in west Texas. I noticed he was carrying what looked llike an old H&R 22 pistol and asked him if he ever saw rattle snakes from the dozer. Not missing a beat he said he did and in fact was up to about 135 killed that year. He showed me the loads in his 22 pistol; they were the rat shot brand that has the front of the case folded in over the shot, not the capsule variety, like the 45 acp loads previously mentioned in this thread. He said they were the best kind to use of all the various types he had tried. I have always just used whatever carry gun and load I had on me; but the job has gotten a lot easier with an rmr. From about six feet just hold a tiny bit high, depending on the angle, and shoot him in the head. Thanks also to Gabe's Glock trigger!

[Travlin]

That looks like much house--clean and simple. Congratulations.

Thanks Papa. We were going for clean and simple. Lots of covered porches and zero maintenance in our lifetime. Huge garage to keep me occupied in. The cold months will be cutting wood while the snakes and hornets are quiet,, I have a HUGE amount to work through from the clearing.