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[nhkabotab7800]

Obed, lookin' good, REAL good!

I know there are usually some restrictions on venting as far as how many elbows in the pipe run and the length of the run, sometimes these restrictions can be overcome with the use of some type of blower to keep the gasses moving. Your on the right path lookin' to talk with gas company about it, most times it is a matter of just knowing the right questions. Good luck let us know how it worked out.

Rick

 

[scoutcub]

Obed -

Coming along beautifully! You might have mentioned it before, but how large is the house? Looks like some decent square footage! That will be quite a transition from your current digs.....not to mention a few trips to the furniture stores!

 

[Obed]

The wife has been meeting with subs. She gets me involved when there is a subject that needs my input. Yesterday the wife met with a plumber and got a bid. That's the 3rd plumbing bid we've gotten. We met with a roofer yesterday evening.

Today the wife met with the H&A company that we are leaning toward using. They found a way to run the hot water heater gas flue a way that we can live with. It requires a forced are venting hot water heater which is more expensive than the passive venting hot water heaters. This H&A sub seems to be very accommodating about where to run the ductwork and gas flues. That's important to us. We are trying to get as much stuff run inside the floor trusses as possible so we don't have to lower the basement ceiling. Ideally everything would get put inside the trusses but that is yet to be seen. The floor trusses are 9 ft above the basement floor so we have another foot available if needed and would still have an 8 ft high ceiling.

The wife also met with the brick and stone guys. The brick guy recommended that we install the back deck by bolting a ledger board on the outside of the brick and bolting it to the house framing similar to what was suggested in this thread.

We've gotten bids from 2 electricians and have one more to see.

 

[dcyrilc]

Siding and roof would normally be the next steps. The other stuff can happen at the same time, but it's important to get the shell sealed as soon as possible.

 

[Obed]

Obed -

Coming along beautifully! You might have mentioned it before, but how large is the house? Looks like some decent square footage! That will be quite a transition from your current digs.....not to mention a few trips to the furniture stores!

2100 SF plus unfinished basement and unfinished attic. The wife really wanted the living space all on one floor. In her line of work in the medical field, she has seen lots of older folk who can't manage stairs very well. That's also why we tried hard to get the garage slab the same level as the house floor with no steps from the garage to the house. The best we were able to do was one 7" step. In theory, we may finish the basement for a mother-n-law apartment. The upstairs will probably remain an attic as long as we live in the house. If we decided to sell the house, we would very likely finish the upstairs for resale.

Yes, it will be quite a transition from the 350 SF camper. Not looking forward to the furniture shopping ($$$). We saved a lot of money living in the camper. You don't need to buy much furniture for a camper.

 

[dcyrilc]

Yes, it will be quite a transition from the 350 SF camper. Not looking forward to the furniture shopping ($$$). We saved a lot of money living in the camper. You don't need to buy much furniture for a camper.

Not very easy to rearange the furniture though.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Not very easy to rearange the furniture though.

Which is a good thing...

 

[polo1665]

Today the wife met with the H&A company that we are leaning toward using. They found a way to run the hot water heater gas flue a way that we can live with. It requires a forced are venting hot water heater which is more expensive than the passive venting hot water heaters.

This is what we had to do when we switched from an electric hot water heater to natural gas. The forced vent gas water heaters were substantially more expensive. If the price is prohibitive you can always go electric. Our decision paid for itself.

Mark

 

[Obed]

More pictures.

 

[Duffster]

Why are guys installing hot water heaters?