Re: The Annual Off-Season RASN Get-to-know-ya Poll

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> "2whlgeezer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>> > Not many around Dade and Broward though!
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>> > -v-
>> Once upon a time, there were quite a few homes in SFL made of Dade
>> County Pine.  Wood had so much pitch that they were virtually bug
>> free-  but very heavy and oh, if they caught fire....A friend of mine
>> just sold one in 
> Dania
>> that was built in the 20's or so.  not a bug in it.   But all those
>> DC 
> pines
>> are long gone.
>> Bill
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> I have heard of that. Also old Merritt Island pine had the same
> qualities. 

That's true of any old-growth Southern Yellow Pine (which is all
that Dade County pine is, and half a hundred other names).  Even
when cut & dried properly so it's not seeping pitch it's very
hard, and has to be drilled before you can nail into it.

South Fla was settled well after the era of log cabins, tho.
Houses down here built of local pine were built of sawn lumber.
(what we'd call "cracker style" up in N Fla).  By the time the
fad for log homes came around in the 70's the S Fla building
code would not allow it (it's pretty much got to be block, brick,
or poured concrete to meet the hurricane specs).

John