7:45 in the early morning cold, they arrived, five trucks and this crew again! They were joined this time by the BIG BOSS and owner Barry himself. to repair the approximately 80-year old sagging, hand-hewn cypress 4×4 floor joists shown above. Here’s the process.  Check it out starting at the ground level.  Wood blocks, jacks,…

If you’re new to the bayou, you might want to jump over here to see how Camp Dularge went from being on 18-inch house blocks to 9-foot pilings. After the back steps were built, and I was able to go inside and check out the floor, I was disturbed to see a hump in the…

You older readers are up to speed on all this, but to quickly recap for our newcomers.  Camp Dularge is an 80-year-old cypress house I purchased at a very good price last February,  (can you believe it’s been a year veterans?) with the big idea of renting it out as a fishing camp. I set…

From the front porch, I can see “up the bayou” like this.  See the “swing” bridge?  Look closely! And if I turn and look down the bayou, I can see the highway going south and the bayou going south and the camps across the bayou. Laurel and Hardy, as I lovingly call my carpenters, have…

“C’mon, you can do it!  Just climb up the ladder and get up here!” Uh, no thanks. I think I’ll wait for the steps. “Hey, could you guys hurry it up a bit?  I want to get inside and check out the house now that it has been elevated.” “Well, if you didn’t change where…

Before I post that, please let me backtrack and post a link to the article Lyle Johnson wrote about the fishing trip he and Gossie made with Termite and me. Now.  Let’s install the drain field. The white pipe is from the last photo of the previous post–it drains the “treated water” or “gray water”…