What came first the House or Tree?

[Lighting Up]

This is not a photo shopped picture...I took it last week on Rt 54 in Penn Yan NY...think the roof leaks

 

[swagler85]

Wow

 

[ArsenalDon]

the fact that you took it...well, amazing

 

[FanMan]

How bout this one? This is the "Clubhouse" at the camp community where my cabin is in NY. Pretty sure the tree came first. There's a patch in the porch floor and ceiling on the opposite corner where there must have been another tree, but it was long gone even when I was a kid.

Built around 1900 as a private residence, you should see the massive fireplace inside the great room...

 

[Backwoods Savage]

I've seen a couple of those in MI. Used to know a fellow who had a cottage by one of our many lakes and it had a tree inside. He told me it was a constant battle keeping things dry. If memory serves me it was around 30" diameter.

 

[ScotO]

We build our deck around a big norway maple back in 2003.....it died a year later, most likely due to the fact that I had to cut some roots for posts and for the new sewer line......

It was a nice tree to have as long as the birds stayed out of it......was comfortable on a breezy summer day to be out there and take a nap on the chair under it.....

 

[Dune]

We build our deck around a big norway maple back in 2003.....it died a year later, most likely due to the fact that I had to cut some roots for posts and for the new sewer line......

It was a nice tree to have as long as the birds stayed out of it......was comfortable on a breezy summer day to be out there and take a nap on the chair under it.....

Did you use pressure treated for the deck?

 

[ScotO]

Did you use pressure treated for the deck?

Yes, and that is most likely what did it in...