Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Now we really don't have an outhouse




Originally when we first looked at the property, we thought the barn was in better shape than the house. Then on closing day, Martin went to an tigin only to discover that with above freezing temperatures the snow on the barn roof was melting, which made the leaky, rotten roof obvious.  As the weather has slowly (very slowly) improved, we've realize that the "solid" floor was solid only because it was frozen.  So Martin has begun to remove the rotten flooring (including the outhouse step and seat - also rotten).  




 It was then that Martin discovered the "outhouse" really wasn't built to contain much volume.  There is a granite block only a few inches below ground level.  Kinda scary when you think about it.  We are hoping that the original outhouse had been located somewhere else on the property and this one was added more recently. ( http://www.instructables.com/id/Outhouse/ )











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