What came first the House or Tree?

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Feeling the Heat
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Jan 30, 2010
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Roc City NY
This is not a photo shopped picture...I took it last week on Rt 54 in Penn Yan NY...think the roof leaks ;?
 

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

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