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scout100
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# Posted: 3 Jan 2011 11:23pm - Edited by: scout100
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Hello All-
I had been lurking around in the back ground for awhile checking this site out. I figured I'd come out of the woodwork and share my story / pics. I purchased this 14' X 20' camp for summer fun in the Southern Adirondacks in 2008.. It needed a lot of work and I am still not done.. The camp was built in the 1950's and half of the floor was collapsed and sitting in the soil.. Half the roof had also fallen in.. ( see pics 3 posts down ) It needed to be jacked and pushed all over to get her straight. Restoring the camp to 1950's charm was and is my objective. The ships lap siding was in excellent shape and I was able to stick with that.. The outhouse is grandfathered in so NO septic is needed..( money saver ) Spring water tap right up the road ( NO well on-site ) Camp sits about 500' from Great Sacandaga Lake which is great for fishing, swimming, sailing, and bathing.. She sits on about 1/3 of an acre, full of Hemlocks, Maples and Red Oaks.. Next summer, I will build a deck off the back. I am prefabing it right now..
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scout100
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# Posted: 3 Jan 2011 11:41pm - Edited by: scout100
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FEW more pictures and scroll down 3 posts for more dramatic pics of the cabin looking like it wanted to fall over... LOL..
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Timberjack
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# Posted: 4 Jan 2011 07:09am
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Scout, looks like you've had your hands full restoring that beauty! Nice job! I LOVE the screen door, also the little kitchen table. I have a table almost identical to that with matching chairs except the top is a retro yellow. Cool, keep us posted!
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# Posted: 4 Jan 2011 08:52am
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Thanks for the reply timberjack.. Yes, I held onto the 1960's style kitchen table and the old electric 1950's kitchen stove. Also, the built in bunk beds that were there - they are in the last picture. While I am not at camp now ( to cold ) and out of work.. I am prefabing a deck for the back of the cabin.
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scout100
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# Posted: 4 Jan 2011 09:14am - Edited by: scout100
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Here are some other pictures of the camp before I got it to the place it is now.. The Fix-Up stage... The camp originally had a front porch, but that clearly couldnt be saved.
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scout100
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# Posted: 4 Jan 2011 09:30am - Edited by: scout100
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While I fixed it up this was my tent camp set up on my property. I brought my cat " Champ " with me.. There is a picture of him snoozing by the fire. He loves camp, LOL...
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scout100
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# Posted: 4 Jan 2011 09:35am
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Had a question for the group.. Judging from what you see and the dimensions of my camp at 14' X 20' Can you tell me how much the materials would cost on a camp my size?
Thanks and great web-site.. Glad I found others like me..
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cabinbasics
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# Posted: 5 Jan 2011 06:43pm
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Sheesh, nice fix-up job scout! Can't believe you didn't tear down and start over.
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scout100
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# Posted: 6 Jan 2011 03:29am - Edited by: scout100
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Thanks , I like vintage... Vintage windows, doors and even the look of the old wood studs. Heres a pic of me and some of the nature around me... Thanks for checking out my camp guys..
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waldenpond
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# Posted: 6 Jan 2011 08:18pm
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nice job dude..bless your heart..you did it!
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manny
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# Posted: 9 Jan 2011 11:45am - Edited by: manny
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very nice, .It,s a lot of work ,but arn,t ya glad yer done?
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scout100
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# Posted: 9 Jan 2011 06:26pm
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Thanks Manny... Nice before and after shot. Never Done, its a labor of love :-)
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bobrok
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# Posted: 9 Jan 2011 10:25pm
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scout100,
Very nice job on the restore. My brother's place is near the sacandaga yacht club. Lots of vintage camps in the area. Nice find!
I'm trying to get a fix on your location from the mountain view shot above.
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scout100
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# Posted: 11 Jan 2011 07:10am
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Thanks Bobrok-
I'm not on the water. Thats just a random shot of GSL taken up near the dam
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bobrok
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# Posted: 11 Jan 2011 02:49pm
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Aha, thanks scout100. I was born & raised in A-dam and although don't live there any more still come back frequently. It really dismays me when I drive along and see so many of the old camps being razed and replaced by huge mansions on the waterfront.
All that NYC money coming north. People getting out of the city and all, especially after 9/11.
Its a pleasure to see an old place resurrected for a change!
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scout100
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# Posted: 27 Oct 2011 09:09pm
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Hi Guys, Just wanted to ad some photos of the deck and some other stuff I built this past summer.. Dug a shallow well.. note front porch stairs, rain barrell and Deck.
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Just
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# Posted: 27 Oct 2011 10:39pm
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nice job scout, great little camp , for the life of me a can't see why goverments can't find a way to approve small places any more. there should be a uprising to show them the light . O i gess thats what's going on in N.Y.C. the rich get richer !!
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mag162
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# Posted: 28 Oct 2011 11:15am
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nice camp Scout. I'm not too far from you.
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larry
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# Posted: 28 Oct 2011 02:44pm
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holy crap! i can't believe you were able to salvage that place. great job
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bugs
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# Posted: 28 Oct 2011 05:37pm
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Hi Scout
What a wonderful job you have done.
It looks like you are enjoying your place now that most of the work is done.
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scout100
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# Posted: 28 Oct 2011 07:12pm
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Thanks for the compliments guys. Yes, its a fun place to be in the summer.. I wish I could find another one to salvage. I love jacking them and watching them go from something thats falling over to something thats reasonably level, square, and plumb. Ya never get them perfect, but you can get them looking pretty good.
The dug well is only down 10'.. At the time I put it in, we had a pretty good stretch of dry weather ( about 44 days straight ) and it was still yeilding me about 30 gallons every morning ( 24 hour recharge ) I can just imagine what it will yeild after winter in the spring. I will build an outdoor shower and shower with that well water and also use it to wash my dishes. I believe it to be surface water coming off a nearby hill so I'm cautious to drink it. Protocol for washing dishes is to add bleach to it and then let those dishes dry in the Sun. Suns UV rays will practically kill anything. Thanks Again.
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scout100
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# Posted: 6 Nov 2013 09:31pm
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Adding some pics of the interior of the little camp.
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rockies
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# Posted: 6 Nov 2013 09:47pm
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Hi. I, too, am planning on building a 14x20 foot cabin. (My thread is the "Cozy Cabin for $4000 additions" one). My first plan was just the basic 14x20 rectangle, but I found it too confining with the closets and builtin sofa on the west wall. The 4x10 foot bumpout really improved the interior. I plan to build in stages, with a screen porch, mudroom, and pantry addition in the future (depending on cashflow). It's too bad you could have raised the roof pitch when you replaced it in order to have a useable sleeping loft. Very nice build,though. Glad you saved the building, most would have torn it down.
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scout100
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# Posted: 6 Nov 2013 09:49pm
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some more pics added for your viewing pleasure
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creeky
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# Posted: 7 Nov 2013 08:12am
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wonderful spot you have. seeing your tent under the awning made me yearn for the days of camping and canoeing.
and i like your "gaurd" cat. he looks real happy there.
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scout100
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# Posted: 10 May 2014 11:00am - Edited by: scout100
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FOR SALE
26K
See Zillow Advert
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bobrok
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# Posted: 10 May 2014 02:17pm
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You're flipping your camp after all that work? Good luck, and on to the next one, perhaps?
You wouldn't happen to be related to that 'Tuffy' guy on the Cabin Kings TV show, would you? He's from around your area 
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mag162
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# Posted: 10 Jun 2014 10:18am
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looks good might be something I need to look at!!
can you send some more info to mag162@aol.com
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Popeye
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# Posted: 10 Jun 2014 11:58am
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"hanging out on the rubber fart"
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scout100
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# Posted: 1 Aug 2017 03:42pm
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Camp SOLD...
THANKS!
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