DEMOLISHABULL BUT SALVAGEABULL Print
Wednesday, 18 July 2007

While working in this town, i noticed all the "bull puns" in the town. So throughout this write up, you will notice i have included alot also!!!

111 Bridge st Bulls

One of the very first supplyabull stores in the town, a dairy was built. Built in the early 1900's it was made from Matai, Totara and Rimu. Still a solid building, but wasn't transportabull or restoreabull for the new owner, just demolishabull. When I first looked at the building for demo, I saw the recycleabull potential. So Ramze Demolition got the contract to pull the building down.  Very unusual wide 8" matai flooring, ceiling and wall T&G was used, but this was representabull of early buildings. Sitting on unbeleivabull Totara piles and a few concrete ones added later. Added on over the years saw extentions to the rear and a lean to on the side. We found an incredibull huge oregon beam in this part, a good 8m long by 20x4inches!! It was a refreshabull cafe for a while and also a fixabull hardware store, but now she makes way for a new submersabull drivethrough Subway.  We found a few bottles under the floor and a prickabull hedgehog, he's now at my place rumaging through more edibull things in the feild!!

 

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