Oops there goes another pine tree plant.
We also got the good news that our building permit is approved by the city and hanging in our permit box on the site. The city approved everything without a change. They also agree to give us an underground electrical service free of charge.
We are pulling out the root balls along with the trees - just like a thunder storm does when it blows them over onto your house. They really make a big thud when they hit.
This picture was taken standing near the southern border - looking northwest to the metal garage. The orange stake in the ground is the front southeast of the new house. The house faces east toward the morning sun.
The reason we got a good price to take down the house and trees was because the trees can be sold to a saw mill. We recycled enough trees to make the lumber for the house.
The sawmill truck will come to be loaded and these trees will mostly become plywood. They put the trees on a lathe and peel off think layers of pine. The layers are criss crossed and glued together to make plywood. Our house will be made of sheets of 3/4 inch thick plywood.
On the left is Gary Shiver - our builder. One the right is Brad - the land developer. Gary is
58 and has been building in Tallahassee for 35 years. He builds 3 or 4 houses a year - usually houses much bigger than ours. Behind Gary is the permit box where all permits are kept for the inspectors to sign off for each step of the project.
Ron and Brad own RB&B Land Development. The lawyers added the second B. Brad says it stand for the bank. They tore down the brick house and took it away. Now they are removing some pine trees. Finally they will grade the lot. I highly recommend them.
The loader is capable of picking up 34 tons. This 100 foot tall pine trees are handled like a toothpicks and stacked like cord wood.
Each trees is pushed over and it pulls the root ball out all by itself. They then trim the tree - cut it in sections and stack it like firewood.
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