Pics of my new house under construction/UPDATED 03/11/07 new pics

Mark42

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And a copy of "Culture Warrior" on the end table.

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Quote Mark42

And a copy of "Culture Warrior" on the end table.


Yeah I guess after finishing a big job like this it would be nice to get into the rocking chair, Lean Back and enjoy the funny papers.8)
 

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Lookin good KB. Your really making some headway, porch ceilings up, colums up, doors and windows in, siding going on downstairs, wiring almost done, sounds like you have been busy. 8)
 

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I have a contractor doing the actual construction, I am doing everything else. Still busy with it though. Thanks all.
 

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Lookin' good - and you got her weathered in before the snow! :devil:

I like the wrap around porch also. Neighbor has a house very similar in design to yours without any porches. It just looks soooo unfinished! Very much the opposite of your house! Congrats on a nice design.
 

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Looking good Kenneth but aren't those pilings a little short?;)
 

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Lookin good KB. Love the wrap around porch!
 

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Well its update time again. The roof is finished. and the contractor is just about done, just one window (in the added bay window) to go in, somehow or another it wasn't ordered with the others so 1 more week waiting...... We have the back and sides painted downstairs. Factory primer-Tinted Primer-2 coats of lifetime warrenty paint, maybe it'll be a few years til SWMBO just has to have it a different color. My Dad and brother have helped me wire most of it so that part is about done. The MIL helped with the painting. A freind from San Anto came up today and we ran all the supply pipes for the 2nd floor. PEX is definetely the way to go. Super simple to run and appears to be tough. The pipe/tubing is cheap;25.84 for 100 foot roll. The fittings are pricy and the crimper (100 dollars!!) is outragous.


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Its been asked about the pilings (Mr LF) being short and others asked about the piers before. We have two crreks on the property that run pretty close to the house. In addtion to those it is in a low lying area. To make damn sure that the water never comes in the house or threatens it in any way we built it up. The porch on the shortest part is about 4 feet high. Now some may say we're crazy for building this way but I really like the way it looks. It stands up like its proud. It adds to the big and massive look while its only 1850 (or close) of living area. Looks huge while not costing huge. Others will look at this next pic and say WTF were you thing?! I say its mine to pay for and I'm happy with it. We've gotton about 15 inches of rain in the last two weeks. The ground was throughly saturated. Then it starts raining last night. And all day long today. I geusstimate about 7 inches more. Where was this crap in July and August! This is a pick of my yard. The water had risen till about 40-50 feet away. Its never gotten that far before. Almost 20 minutes after this was taken the water was 100 feet away. It drains super fast but does make you start to wonder. Anyways........


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Very, very nice job!!

I hope no one is in the port-a-potty 8)
 

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Looking good - we should be seeing some inside shots soon! (hint, hint8) )
 

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aspeck said:
Looking good - we should be seeing some inside shots soon! (hint, hint8) )
All I have for now Art.

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You getting anctious yet? o:)
 

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Plainsman said:
Very, very nice job!!

I hope no one is in the port-a-potty 8)

I hope that everything that is supposed to be in the port-a-potty stayed there!;)


Nice lookin pad KB, should be real comfy.
 

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Well since the last update I've finished all of the rough in electrical and plumbing. First time ever putting in a breaker box but it really wasn't that bad. I just followed my book and the NEC and went from there. The PEX was great to run, the manifold wasn't quite as easy. It goes together easy but its a bear to bend and make go where I wanted it. If your thinking about using it be sure and lay out exactly where you want it and make sure it'll fit. Otherwise its great, no leaks and easy to run. My wife done about 90% of the insulation with me and the MIL splitting the remaining 10%. I've got to give it to my wife as a great help. She does the menial jobs while I'm on the more technical stuff and just drives on, very little complaining on her part. We are turning out to make a prety good team. Were hiring out the A/C and drywall, plus tape and texture. Both have started in the last few days. I'll post pics of them when I can.



The house fully insulated, sorry about the blurry pic-

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Breaker box fully loaded, right under it I built a place for the phone junction box which will make it easy if something goes wrong. Its wired on a homerun system (each room has its own line all the way to the junction box AND its with cat 5 wire with 6 pairs-

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And the Vanguard Pex manifold-


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Very impressive, I used copper out on RR island, but that plastic looks real neat. I sloped all the copper pipes so I could get a good drain when the building sits vacant in the winter. I wonder if that plastic stuff could resist freezing?? JR
 

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Not at all. It will however swell to twice its size before it'll rupture.
 

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Looks like it's comming together KB.
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I'm glad to hear you have a contractor working too. I was beginning to feel like a shiftless sort of coot at the progress on mine working alone.

Looking good.

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Looks good KB...now get that darn thing finished...the fish are drowning!8)
 
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