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Well you can certainly tell the folks with class. Nice job and a nice place to spend some important time.
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Two seater? I was thinking two story!
And fwiw I had an uncle drag one leg the rest of his life from getting black widow bit on a cheek he don't shave in one of those. Watch closely for co-tenants.
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It was not too long ago,
I'd go tripping through the snow,
Out to that house behind my ol' hound dog,
And I'd sit me down to rest,
Like a snowbird on its nest,
And read the Sears & Roebuck's catalog. Oh, I'd hum a happy tune,
While peeping through that quarter moon,
Just like my daddy's kin had done before,
Just a humble little hut,
But its door was never shut,
And it gave the same relief to rich and poor. (Credit to Mr. Billy Edd Wheeler and his "Ode to the Little Brown Shack Out Back.")
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Damn. That's a nice one. How long did it take to build, once you got the materials on site? Did you pre-cut everything at another location before putting it together? Just curious. If you'd made it about 18 inches wider, you could've had room for a small loading bench and single stage press . That door's prettier than the back door on my house.
I'm such a klutz, I couldn't make something like that if you put a gun to my head.
Bet you wouldn't have any trouble at all constructing one of those tiny houses.
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Damn. That's a nice one. How long did it take to build, once you got the materials on site? Did you pre-cut everything at another location before putting it together? Just curious. If you'd made it about 18 inches wider, you could've had room for a small loading bench and single stage press . That door's prettier than the back door on my house.
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Thank you sir. I prefabbed the stud walls at home in the garage then trucked them in, most the rest was built on site. I tried to pick materials that were pre-finished or at least primed as not to have to paint. The siding was from HD, most other materials came from Lowes. Time wise it took me about 1-2 days per week for about a month, while the Bob Whites whistled encouragement and advice. I used decking screws instead of nails which ate up a lot of time.
Thanks again all.
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By the initial picture I think the hole needs to be a lot deeper!!
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By the initial picture I think the hole needs to be a lot deeper!!
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I went down until I hit water. At about 5 feet the clay would stick to the shovel so I widened it outward to make it more accommodating. I had used most of the dirt from the hole on another project.
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That is 200% more wood in the one I use.... !!
Plus mine is a two hole.
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That is a nice job!
When I bought the property where my house is there was an old outhouse on the lot I salvaged the wood, old hand sawn cypress, and the seat shown below. it would make a good frame for someone's portrait!
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LUXURY!! That is one nice *******.
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Great idea and workmanship, and of course a necessity at the average hunting camp. I have a question which I'm surprised hasn't been raised, but on the other hand I may just be missing something that everyone else instinctively knows. The door appears to have glass panels. Am I correct? I wouldn't expect anyone to be casually or deviantly peeking in, but I could visualize a person in fairly urgent need hustling down the walkway & reaching for the doorknob only to look in and catch someone "with his pants down" in the very literal sense.
Well, it just now occurred to me that you've likely thought way ahead of the game and instructed your wife to pick out some opague curtains to her liking in order to eliminate any possible problem along the above lines. If so, you may disregard my odd query and I will shrink back into the woodwork.
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I remember this routine when Red Skelton was playing his Clem Kaddidlehopper character. Clem and his parents were in the farmhouse when the FBI arrived:
FBI: "Come out with your hands up. We have you surrounded on 8 sides."
Papa Kaddidlehopper: "The house only has 4 sides."
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When ma first moved out west 65 yrs ago a friend gave her a little book entitled "The Specialist". A very tongue in cheek autobiography of an outhouse builder.A very funny read :-)
She said her first impression of Denver was "Oh my,how rustic!"
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A vent pipe from the vault through the roof is a nice added feature.
I always bought a bag of farm lime from the feed store and tossed about a 1/2 cup down the hole after use.
One morning I sat down only to discover a squirrel was downstairs. That was a big surprise to both of us.
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I have a friend who grew up on a ranch with an outhouse. In his teens they built a new house with indoor plumbing.His grandfather had a hole dug out back and hauled the old outhouse over it.He refused to use the indoor bathroom as that was just wrong.Gramma would roll her eyes :-)
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I don't remember much before I was about six, but when I was seven and
eight I remember well. My Dad was a section hand on the U.P. Railroad.
We lived in half of a little section house. (Just 2 rooms). When you walk
in the door the "kitchen" was dominated by a big Majestic stove. My sister
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It was a short hike down the trail to the two holer, but I had a little honey
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My daily chores were chop kindling wood and bring it in. Bring in a bucket
of coal. Pump water and bring in a couple of buckets.
My Dad got promoted and we moved in to town when I was nine.
All the conveniences. Indoor plumbing, electricity, even a telephone.
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I have a porta johnny, it's lightweight and easy to clean. It only cost .50 cents and doubles as a five gallon bucket. If you need privacy, pull your toboggan down over your eyes
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A vent pipe from the vault through the roof is a nice added feature.
I always bought a bag of farm lime from the feed store and tossed about a 1/2 cup down the hole after use.
One morning I sat down only to discover a squirrel was downstairs. That was a big surprise to both of us.
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I have that book! It was published in 1929, and the author's pen name is Chic Sale (his real name was Charles Partlow).
When I was growing up my grandmother called outhouses "Chic Sale Houses."
I'm quite sure Chic would have given his stamp of approval to the OP's Chic Sale House, especially with that covered porch!
Beware, though, Halloween is nigh, and you know what happens to Chic Sale Houses on that night, right?
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I'd be right proud to take a seat in there. Nice job. (the building I mean).
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That's behind any tree.
I did a lot of research on outhouses and found an interesting trend. Seems some yuppie types are building very high end, no pun intended, "outhouses" in their back yards. Running water and tile floors. Some have incorporated in a shower, coining the phrase "Shouthouses".
Here's my previous, yet successful attempt. Just not much curb appeal.
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The Mrs has given it her approval.
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Standard outhouse equipment when I was a kid. 😀
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When I was a kid we had a outhouse with a shower, so when you came in from swimming you didnt track sand in the house, even to this day most houses have outside showers.
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That's first class, man!! Good job!
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Thanks again.
I'm not above shooting a deer out of it either. Although I'm not sure how he'd get the door open with those hoofs.
Been using it for a couple months now and no odors...
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During the Depression,
My Dad worked for the WPA.
He built Sanitary Facilities and Barns. In Arkansas.
Not familiar with sanitary Facilities?
That’s an Outhouse.
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We thank your dad for his service! I am not sure which we still need more, barns or outhouses. I guess barns, because one can use a barn when nature calls, but not stack hay in an outhouse. And that South Carolina one is the fanciest I have ever seen, so you would not want to junk it up with hay and old tools.
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We thank your dad for his service! I am not sure which we still need more, barns or outhouses. I guess barns, because one can use a barn when nature calls, but not stack hay in an outhouse. And that South Carolina one is the fanciest I have ever seen, so you would not want to junk it up with hay and old tools.
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Don’t thank my Dad, thank FDR. That was one of his programs.
My Dad was a carpenter and he needed a job!
The fanciest Outhouse that I ever saw was up in Indiana.
It was constructed of brick.
It matched the Brick Farmhouse.
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One of my great grandfathers told me he was bitten by a black widow while on the throne in an outhouse. He had four kids at the time and never had any more.
Said he did not recommend it as a birth control method
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Old Story?
Guess with the bought plastic seat over the hole, there is no need for the story about the wife complaining about the crack in the wood next to the hole, and the bearded farmer doing a close inspection! 🤢
Probably avoids dings also? 😉
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Don’t thank my Dad, thank FDR. That was one of his programs.
My Dad was a carpenter and he needed a job!
The fanciest Outhouse that I ever saw was up in Indiana.
It was constructed of brick.
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