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Posted by Pat on October 16, 2006, 1:00 pm

Don wrote:
> "Pat"> wrote
> > While you're excited about the house, go build yourself a little
> > "safety vault". It doesn't have to bee too big. Take a copy of your
> > plan and put then inside of something like a 4" plastic pipe with caps
> > of both ends. Throw in all of your photos (on paper from a real
> > printer, not an inkjet). Then throw in a copy of your building permit,
> > site plan, construction contract, title report, pics of your septic and
> > field, etc. Label the "pipe' from every direction and slide it into
> > something with a double-layer of sheetrock on all sides -- maybe
> > between floor joists or exposed studs in your mechanical room.
> >
> > Then, 20 years from now when your're going old and senile and you need
> > to look at something, you'll have your docs.
> >
> > There's a 99% chance you'll never need the docs. But if you do ....
>
> Thats what I did on our last house.
> There was a 36" h wall seperating the living room from the dining room and
> at the end of the wall was a 16"x16" column 42" h with a finial.
> Inside that is where I put my time vault.
> 4" pvc with glued caps on both ends.
> In it were the original jobsite blueprints with seals stamps etc.
> All the permits, receipts, etc.
> I never told the new owners it was inside that column.
> In 100 years maybe Bob Vila's great grandson will discover them on one of
> his remodeling shows. heh

They used to put newpapers inside the walls for just that purpose -- so
they could be discovered later during rehab.


Posted by Don on October 16, 2006, 1:17 pm
"Pat"> wrote
> Don wrote:
>> "Pat"> wrote
>> > While you're excited about the house, go build yourself a little
>> > "safety vault". It doesn't have to bee too big. Take a copy of your
>> > plan and put then inside of something like a 4" plastic pipe with caps
>> > of both ends. Throw in all of your photos (on paper from a real
>> > printer, not an inkjet). Then throw in a copy of your building permit,
>> > site plan, construction contract, title report, pics of your septic and
>> > field, etc. Label the "pipe' from every direction and slide it into
>> > something with a double-layer of sheetrock on all sides -- maybe
>> > between floor joists or exposed studs in your mechanical room.
>> >
>> > Then, 20 years from now when your're going old and senile and you need
>> > to look at something, you'll have your docs.
>> >
>> > There's a 99% chance you'll never need the docs. But if you do ....
>>
>> Thats what I did on our last house.
>> There was a 36" h wall seperating the living room from the dining room
>> and
>> at the end of the wall was a 16"x16" column 42" h with a finial.
>> Inside that is where I put my time vault.
>> 4" pvc with glued caps on both ends.
>> In it were the original jobsite blueprints with seals stamps etc.
>> All the permits, receipts, etc.
>> I never told the new owners it was inside that column.
>> In 100 years maybe Bob Vila's great grandson will discover them on one of
>> his remodeling shows. heh
>
> They used to put newpapers inside the walls for just that purpose -- so
> they could be discovered later during rehab.

Beer & soda bottles.
Nothing like finding a 90 year old Rolling Rock bottle, or an original Coke
Bottle.



Posted by Pat on October 16, 2006, 1:06 pm

Don wrote:
> "Pat"> wrote
> > While you're excited about the house, go build yourself a little
> > "safety vault". It doesn't have to bee too big. Take a copy of your
> > plan and put then inside of something like a 4" plastic pipe with caps
> > of both ends. Throw in all of your photos (on paper from a real
> > printer, not an inkjet). Then throw in a copy of your building permit,
> > site plan, construction contract, title report, pics of your septic and
> > field, etc. Label the "pipe' from every direction and slide it into
> > something with a double-layer of sheetrock on all sides -- maybe
> > between floor joists or exposed studs in your mechanical room.
> >
> > Then, 20 years from now when your're going old and senile and you need
> > to look at something, you'll have your docs.
> >
> > There's a 99% chance you'll never need the docs. But if you do ....
>
> Thats what I did on our last house.
> There was a 36" h wall seperating the living room from the dining room and
> at the end of the wall was a 16"x16" column 42" h with a finial.
> Inside that is where I put my time vault.
> 4" pvc with glued caps on both ends.
> In it were the original jobsite blueprints with seals stamps etc.
> All the permits, receipts, etc.
> I never told the new owners it was inside that column.
> In 100 years maybe Bob Vila's great grandson will discover them on one of
> his remodeling shows. heh

Next time you're in FL, you out to go back, knock on the door, tell
them you forgot something and ask if you could go get it. Then take
the top off the column, grab the tube, and walk out. That'll get them
thinking.


Posted by Don on October 16, 2006, 1:22 pm
"Pat"> wrote
> Don wrote:
>> Thats what I did on our last house.
>> There was a 36" h wall seperating the living room from the dining room
>> and
>> at the end of the wall was a 16"x16" column 42" h with a finial.
>> Inside that is where I put my time vault.
>> 4" pvc with glued caps on both ends.
>> In it were the original jobsite blueprints with seals stamps etc.
>> All the permits, receipts, etc.
>> I never told the new owners it was inside that column.
>> In 100 years maybe Bob Vila's great grandson will discover them on one of
>> his remodeling shows. heh
>
> Next time you're in FL, you out to go back, knock on the door, tell
> them you forgot something and ask if you could go get it. Then take
> the top off the column, grab the tube, and walk out. That'll get them
> thinking.

Hah!
When I built the house in 2002 I intentionally left the top part of the
column loose so that I could install the time capsule at a later date.
Then about a year ago when I put the pipe in I went ahead and countersunk 2
screws on each of the 4 sides, caulked and painted over them. So that for
all practical purposes it looks complete with no hint of whats inside.

Don't ask why, but when I put the tube down in the column I went ahead and
took a digi-pic down inside the column showing the pipe setting there.
Maybe I should email that pic to the owner and not tell them where the pic
was taken..............



Posted by Sasquatch on October 16, 2006, 2:16 pm
Don't you guys think that, with these time capsule schemes, there's a
good chance that the building will be razed in 100 years and no one
will notice the time capsule? ...especially if it's hidden inside a
column?

I grew up in a tiny town. When I was a kid, a house was razed. It was
the house of an excentric old man. A few years later, evidence was
found that indicated the man had hoarded a great deal of money during
his lifetime which he kept inside coffee cans that he hid inside the
walls of the house. No one remembered seeing the coffee cans, but the
people who demolished the house said that, if the cans were there, they
never would have noticed them. People actually went to the landfill
where the material from the demolished house was dumped, but they
couldn't determine exactly where to search and gave up.

True story.

- John

Don wrote:
> "Pat"> wrote
> > Don wrote:
> >> Thats what I did on our last house.
> >> There was a 36" h wall seperating the living room from the dining room
> >> and
> >> at the end of the wall was a 16"x16" column 42" h with a finial.
> >> Inside that is where I put my time vault.
> >> 4" pvc with glued caps on both ends.
> >> In it were the original jobsite blueprints with seals stamps etc.
> >> All the permits, receipts, etc.
> >> I never told the new owners it was inside that column.
> >> In 100 years maybe Bob Vila's great grandson will discover them on one of
> >> his remodeling shows. heh
> >
> > Next time you're in FL, you out to go back, knock on the door, tell
> > them you forgot something and ask if you could go get it. Then take
> > the top off the column, grab the tube, and walk out. That'll get them
> > thinking.
>
> Hah!
> When I built the house in 2002 I intentionally left the top part of the
> column loose so that I could install the time capsule at a later date.
> Then about a year ago when I put the pipe in I went ahead and countersunk 2
> screws on each of the 4 sides, caulked and painted over them. So that for
> all practical purposes it looks complete with no hint of whats inside.
>
> Don't ask why, but when I put the tube down in the column I went ahead and
> took a digi-pic down inside the column showing the pipe setting there.
> Maybe I should email that pic to the owner and not tell them where the pic
> was taken..............


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