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[Quiggs]

Put a piece of paper over the front door handle.

[The_Canuck]

Originally Posted by Quiggs

Put a piece of paper over the front door handle.

Chimney.....

[baddabang]

Originally Posted by The_Canuck

Chimney.....

Just write it on the roof.......

[2ndclasscitizen]

Originally Posted by clutch-monkey

oh rightio, i didn't know i assumed it would be like here where pine etc forms the frame but the supporting/structural beams are all hard wood (and i do mean hard ). I've taken apart so many parts of the house over the last ten years i can say the pine frames are strong - but nothing will budge the support walls

Ever whacked yourself in the face with a hammer whilst trying to pull nails out of really hard wood? That sucks

[clutch-monkey]

Originally Posted by 2ndclasscitizen

Ever whacked yourself in the face with a hammer whilst trying to pull nails out of really hard wood? That sucks

actually i almost knocked myself out with the head of a hammer after the handle shattered while trying to hammer nails into hardwoood. Had an indent in my forehead for a week

[2ndclasscitizen]

Originally Posted by clutch-monkey

actually i almost knocked myself out with the head of a hammer after the handle shattered while trying to hammer nails into hardwoood. Had an indent in my forehead for a week

Ha ha ha! Great effort mate

[drakkie]

Maybe i was a bit too rude yesterday. My apologies on that. I hope you will enjoy your house for many years to come.

In my closest family we have quite some engineers. (especially my grandfather) always talks about wood being a inferior material to build houses and other things with. I might've been a bit too prejudiced. I've never been to the USA so i have no idea if the kinds of lumber (and the quality) are the same as here. Apart from old wooden sheds and stuff in the museum i have never seen a house or structure being constructed mostly of wood.

[henk4]

In Drakkie's defense one has to say that it is not uncommon on European to see the results of tornados which rampage through cities and villages made up of wooden constructions. What is left of those houses is mostly a sad heap of rubbish surrounded by its previous inhabitants which had just lost all their savings. I am sure that if the house had been made of proper bricks or concrete, the damage would have been far less.

[Roy Visser]

Originally Posted by drakkie

i have never seen a house or structure being constructed mostly of wood.

No windmills in the area where you live? Imagine the forces on the mill itself and you'll amaze yourself about the true strenght wood can actually give

[henk4]

Originally Posted by PoRsChEnUt

No windmills in the area where you live? Imagine the forces on the mill itself and you'll amaze yourself about the true strenght wood can actually give

no tornados here

[The_Canuck]

Originally Posted by henk4

no tornados here

Lol windmills arn't for tornados

[henk4]

Originally Posted by The_Canuck

Lol windmills arn't for tornados

you will be surprised to find out what gale force a dutch windmill can create

[Rockefella]

Originally Posted by henk4

you will be surprised to find out what gale force a dutch windmill can create

A gale strong enough to knock the wooden clogs straight off your feet!

[Peroen]

windmills kick ass!

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oh yeah, nice house!

[Vaigra]

Congrats on the new place Roy, looks like a really nice place. How much more room do you have for your diecasts now?

BTW, I await an egg-nog. I say stick a piece of paper over a faucet (closest thing I could think of to a gearstick) or something similar but then again we don't know that the interior you posted is actually the interior of the house you posted, since there's no standard interior, like there is with cars...hmm, where am I going with this? This is getting too complicated for 2am, just do as somebody said above and stick it over the chimney