[AT] uncomfortable houses

[charlie hill]

Cecil,  about 20 years ago a friend of mine built on a flood prone creek 
front lot.
It doesn't flood often but when it does it's bad (hurricane).
He built the house 10' up above a masonry block, 4 bay garage.
He did exactly what you are talking about.  He has a fork lift mast mounted 
against
a wall with a platform built on the forks.  He has a 12 volt hydraulic pump 
mounted
up on the wall with 2, 12 V deep cycle marine batteries running it and a 
battery tender
hooked to the batteries.  It has micro switches on the mast to shut the 
motor off at
the top and bottom so all you have to do is get on the platform and press 
the up button or
the down button.  It's been working fine for all these years.  I replaced 
the mast
bearings for him about 10 years ago (he didn't have time to get to it and I 
had the time.)

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: Cecil R Bearden
Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 10:40 AM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] uncomfortable houses

I would like to build another home.  I need to move out of this fast
developing area. The 80 acres next tom mine is for sale now for 1/2
million.   I want a 2 story for the view, but it will have an elevator.
An old forklift mast and surplus hyd pump can solve a lot of problems.
Also an upstairs porch and a crane would solve the furniture upstairs
problem.  ( I have the crane & forklift mast)
Cecil in OKla


On 3/26/2013 9:22 AM, David Bruce wrote:
> My house was built by my grandparents beginning about 1940.  As
> currently configured 1 bedroom on the first floor and 2 upstairs.  My
> grandparent's small bedroom is now my office - it was just barely big
> enough to hold a full bed and a wardrobe back in the day.  Now a built
> in desk, a bookcase some built in cabinets and a chair.
>
> I'm still able to make the trek up and down but some years ago after a
> long stay in a hospital I moved to the first floor bedroom for several
> months.
>
> 20 years ago there was no issue with the stairs, 10 years ago there was
> a time. 10 years from now I might be back to all first floor.
>
> David
> NW NC
>
> On 3/26/2013 9:46 AM, Gene Dotson wrote:
>>       Herb;
>>
>>       My house is older and originally built as a cracker box with 
>> kitchen and
>> living room on the first floor, with 1 small bedroom upstairs. It was 
>> added
>> on to the west side with a large living room downstairs and same size
>> bedroom upstairs. Stairway very narrow and impossible to get a mattress 
>> or
>> chest of drawers up the stairs. Had to bring them over the side porch 
>> roof
>> and take out the window and take then through there. The living room was
>> very big, so last winter I walled off a little less than half of it to 
>> make
>> my bedroom downstairs. Sure do like it a lot better now. Seldom go up 
>> those
>> narrow, steep steps now.
>>
>>                   Gene
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