This will make you sad...

Some things are irreplaceable. :-(

Condolences for the projects that could have been.

I am so sorry about that.

-- Soli Deo gloria!

Auuuuchhhhh.
Sorry for you and the wood.
Happy you are fine.
Best thoughts,
Mads

-- MAD F, the fanatical rhykenologist and vintage architect.

Man that suck. How did the fire start?

-- Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with all thy might

I have 2 old growth pine boards in my garage. 30” wide 8 ft long. Don’t think I am going to use them. Took them out of a closet in Croton Falls NY. You anywhere near s/w fla?

-- Petey

Puke.

-- "Fine Woodworking" is the name given to a project that takes 3 times longer than normal to finish because you used hand tools instead of power tools. ----Mike, Waukesha, WI

That is a shame.

Hello Brothers,

For those asking: I live in rural NE, PA (Benton- agricultural zone)... a long drive from FL… :)...

The pole barn was built (by me) like a brick s*!#house… I am sure it would have survived an earthquake and maybe a tornado. Due to my hubris, I thought nothing could bring it down… I was totally WRONG! The fire started (presumably from a nearby burn pit) from a cinder that the wind blew into my woodpile… the old-growth pine was in the left bay of the pole barn… totally gone). The logs I had air-drying still had the bark on them and insects created a lot of sawdust at the edges… I think a cinder landed on one of the sawdust piles… (P.S. The lumber pile in the pic is not the old-growth pine, that is 4/4 pine for siding… it only half burned-up).

That’s a shame. Aside from the loss of everything else even the building was really nice, thing looks like it was 60ft long at least. Hope you had it insured and can replace some of the stuff. Hard to put a price on lumber that you can’t readily buy though

-- Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with all thy might

Yeah, the loss of the lumber was the worst thing; irreplaceable. I had insurance. But, the pine was logged on a steep hillside that had never been prior logged. Unusual around here. I love white pine, a classic wood for country furniture and the most used wood by the Shakers (not cherry as most people think). I think I am too old now to rebuild that pole barn. I put a lot of effort into it. BTW, The pole barn was 16×64’. Four sixteen foot bays.

That’s a shame. Aside from the loss of everything else even the building was really nice, thing looks like it was 60ft long at least. Hope you had it insured and can replace some of the stuff. Hard to put a price on lumber that you can’t readily buy though

- JCamp

Well it was a nice looking set up. Maybe build a bit of a smaller building next time. lol. I hope you get set back up. Seems like a fire just completely destroys everything and leaves a mess

-- Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with all thy might

Sorry to hear. That was a nice-looking setup and losing all the wood. ouch. Insurance?

Fire can be good & bad. I lived in Vermont in the 70’s. I rented a house next to some realy long haired hippies who had a woodshop in the lower part of the building. They had a BBQ one day. They left the embers burning in their fire pit. The wind blew sparks under their shop. The sawdust was knee high in there. Soon the whole buiding was on fire. Scary for us as we were right next door. A small run in type shed is all that was between us. The fire dept. was so slow and un-trained. All volunterrs. They blew the sawdust everywhere. There was a river of water across the room. They blew out all the ceiling lights too.The 1 inch & a half pressure nozzle can be powerful. The hippies were talented woodworkers. One of them built a full size phone booth for a wealthy customer. I don’t know how they got anything done. They were always smoking weed !