Flipping through a magazine I came across a story that brought back many memories- a do it your self cottage. Years ago we bought a vacant property with the intention of putting a cottage on the property. We did all of the work ourselves except for building the foundation. I will never forget the truckload of walls and roof trusses. It was like a jigsaw puzzle matching wall A with wall B and then C.. and so on. Then there was the challenge of trying to figure out how we were going to get the second floor walls up. My husband jerry-rigged a pulley system with ropes and man power- it worked, but I am fairly certain it was an accident waiting to happen. We have so many stories from that project, which in itself made it worth while. We rushed to get it finished for thanksgiving weekend and as we opened the door that weekend we walked in to a massive flood. One of the plumbing fixtures failed and blew off the fitting, causing water to course through the cottage while we were in Toronto working. Just when we thought we were finished we had to start all over.
Here is a link to a happier cottage build story. Imagine the joy for any man of buying his own excavator... http://www.ourhomesmagazine.com/admin/includes/doc_view.php?ID=2632
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