scott_vt
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- 1986 MF 1040, 1942 Farmall A, 1949 Farmall Super A
Good Afternoon Guys,
I am at it again so to speak, the last big project was the barn that I built about 3 or 4 years ago.
Kathleen and I have wanted to expand the size of our cabin for the last few years and are finally in the process of making it a reality. We discussed many options and locations of which side of the house to build on, before deciding on the right side.
Since we are on a slab, we ruled out the left side because of water drains and septic lines, and the 1000 gal holding tank is only about 20 ft out from that side. It could have been done but would have made the job a bit more difficult. The well water line comes in from the back side of the cabin, so again, did not really want to contend with that either. Also another major consideration was maximizing the view from whatever location we decided upon.
The foot print of the cabin is 24 ft wide by 28 ft deep, and many years ago we put a 10 ft by 20 ft porch on the front for fair weather enjoyment ! We have enjoyed that porch immensely through the years.
So through many discussions between ourselves and our friends, we decided on the right side, going out 18 ft from the house and of course the full depth of the existing house 28 ft.
I apologize for no site work and foundation pics, but we tied into the existing slab by hammer drilling holes and installing rebar rods to tie the slabs together. The outside perimeter concrete is 12" thick and 6" for the rest of the pour. After excavating and installing the forms we leveled and compacted the area. It gets quite cold up here in the winter so we insulated the floor with the 2" thick blue board insulation. We poured 4000lb mix to be safe.
The walls are 2 by 6 construction, and we are using truss construction spanning the 28 ft distance. So the new peak will be 90 degrees to the existing house peak. With an 8/12 pitch on the trusses we will get another bedroom above the family room, 14 ft wide by 17 1/2 ft long. We are planning on using this bedroom.
We decided on Anderson sliding windows. In the first picture, the front wall we will have two 4 ft by 5ft windows on either side of a 6 ft atrium door. Lots of glass to maximize the view. The long wall will have four 5 by 5 windows. And the back wall will have a 4 by 5 in the corner and then a 36" entry door and closest to the house and at the base of the stair case we will have one 3 bt 4 double hung.
OK I have a bit of a problem, I took the pictures with my I Phone and can not upload them onto this page with the aspx file extension. Help !
I will try posting the thread and uploading the pics by sending them later.....
I am at it again so to speak, the last big project was the barn that I built about 3 or 4 years ago.
Kathleen and I have wanted to expand the size of our cabin for the last few years and are finally in the process of making it a reality. We discussed many options and locations of which side of the house to build on, before deciding on the right side.
Since we are on a slab, we ruled out the left side because of water drains and septic lines, and the 1000 gal holding tank is only about 20 ft out from that side. It could have been done but would have made the job a bit more difficult. The well water line comes in from the back side of the cabin, so again, did not really want to contend with that either. Also another major consideration was maximizing the view from whatever location we decided upon.
The foot print of the cabin is 24 ft wide by 28 ft deep, and many years ago we put a 10 ft by 20 ft porch on the front for fair weather enjoyment !
We have enjoyed that porch immensely through the years.So through many discussions between ourselves and our friends, we decided on the right side, going out 18 ft from the house and of course the full depth of the existing house 28 ft.
I apologize for no site work and foundation pics, but we tied into the existing slab by hammer drilling holes and installing rebar rods to tie the slabs together. The outside perimeter concrete is 12" thick and 6" for the rest of the pour. After excavating and installing the forms we leveled and compacted the area. It gets quite cold up here in the winter so we insulated the floor with the 2" thick blue board insulation. We poured 4000lb mix to be safe.
The walls are 2 by 6 construction, and we are using truss construction spanning the 28 ft distance. So the new peak will be 90 degrees to the existing house peak. With an 8/12 pitch on the trusses we will get another bedroom above the family room, 14 ft wide by 17 1/2 ft long. We are planning on using this bedroom.
We decided on Anderson sliding windows. In the first picture, the front wall we will have two 4 ft by 5ft windows on either side of a 6 ft atrium door. Lots of glass to maximize the view. The long wall will have four 5 by 5 windows. And the back wall will have a 4 by 5 in the corner and then a 36" entry door and closest to the house and at the base of the stair case we will have one 3 bt 4 double hung.
OK I have a bit of a problem, I took the pictures with my I Phone and can not upload them onto this page with the aspx file extension. Help !
I will try posting the thread and uploading the pics by sending them later.....
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