Post #691701 by No No on Tue, Aug 27, 2013 7:30 PM

first of all...to Dustycajun, I meant no offense concerning your "A" frame references. For if it was not for you and all your great posts I would not have had my Polynesian fires rekindled! I guess that is the "Mr. Clean" in me.
With regards to the Tiki and the surrounding mystery, I was not there for its installation nor do I know who commissioned the work. But I can speculate. First, there were 4 woods available on the Pacific coast at that time....pine, fir, redwood and cedar of a size suitable for such a carving. Ponderosa pine, the cheapest, was chosen to use. It is the most susceptible to termites and rot and would have been my last choice. By comparing the chin height of the Tiki to the lower edge of the glu-lam beams supporting the Porte Cochere in the first available photos (new landscaping) to more recent photos, you can see there is no difference in height. Hence, the Tike is still at the original mounting height. The base came later and was constructed around the carving as it was originally installed. Preventative measures must have been taken at that time to protect it from rot and termites and to structurally secure it to the base (I hope), otherwise it would have fallen over a long time ago. I am not sure that this is what happened. I am just realizing, after 46 years, that I got left out of the loop! I checked my landscape plans and found only a note to a drawn circle in the center of the turn around stating "Tiki here." I wish I knew more....more research...more research!
That is the long way around to say "I think you are correct," Bigbrotiki.

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