At Home In The Woods

[shane]

Obed,

All your interior trim work needs to be done before that painter starts. Crown, baseboards, and interior doors need to be hung. Unless your going with stained doors and trim.

When the painter sprays the ceiling he will also spray a coat on the crown as a primer coat. Then come back and hand paint the trim.

Chris

Trimming before the walls are painted also makes it easier for the carpenter to nail his trim to the framing because he can see where the drywall was nailed to the stud and joist. This is really important for the baseboard and crown.

(By the way, I am a trim carpenter. )

 

[firefighter9208]

Trimming before the walls are painted also makes it easier for the carpenter to nail his trim to the framing because he can see where the drywall was nailed to the stud and joist. This is really important for the baseboard and crown.

(By the way, I am a trim carpenter. )

Also, the painter will caulk any joints/seams in the molding. We did our own trim in our house and had a really good painter. He made me look like a professional trim carpenter.

Chris

 

[Obed]

Yesterday evening I felt like doing some brain dead work. So I picked up the surplus stone and moved it away from the house and at a spot in the woods near the garden area. We had to keep tarps over the stone when it was beside the house to keep the red clay from staining the stone on the ground. Our stone bid included the labor and materials so any stone left over was a bonus. The stone mason did take some of the stone with him when he left.

In the upcoming weeks we will be running water and gas lines where the stone was sitting.

 

[Obed]

Yesterday and today the painters primed the walls and painted the ceilings. They also caulked around the exterior doors and windows.

In the master bath, the drywallers had sprayed sprayed a bunch of mud in the can light when they were texturing the ceiling. So my wife stuffed newspaper in all the remaining can lights to protect them.

 

[Obed]

Also, the painter will caulk any joints/seams in the molding. We did our own trim in our house and had a really good painter. He made me look like a professional trim carpenter.

Chris

Shane and Chris,
You make good points regarding being able to find the studs easier before painting. I can see how that would make it easier to install the trim. However, we've alreaded primed the walls so that's a mute point now.

We have had a million conversations with people regarding the timing of installing trim, flooring, cabinets, and painting. The trim guy didn't say anything about needing to do his work before painting. The conclusion we came to was that you can do them in many different orders of sequence; there are advantages and disadvantages to every approach. One thing that we were uncomfortable with was painting the walls and ceilings after installing the flooring even though we were told we could paint after the flooring was finished. Most of the subs were willing to work with us regarding whichever order of events we chose.

Obed

 

[Obed]

We started excavating the basement on 9/28/2009. It's been almost one year since we broke ground. We moved onto the property with out camper in December 2009. I have spent over 2 percent of my life (2 days out of every 100 days I've been alive) buidling this house. That time doesn't include buying the property, clearing it for the house, building the road, running gas, phone, and power, installing the well, designing the house, or interviewing contractors.

I decided to take tonight off. No digging, hammering, cleaning, or inspecting. I'm going to pick up a book that's not about house construction and relax. I might even eat some icecream and homemade chocolate chip cookies.

 

[dcyrilc]

We started excavating the basement on 9/28/2009. It's been almost one year since we broke ground. We moved onto the property with out camper in December 2009. I have spent over 2 percent of my life (2 days out of every 100 days I've been alive) buidling this house. That time doesn't include buying the property, clearing it for the house, building the road, running gas, phone, and power, installing the well, designing the house, or interviewing contractors.

I decided to take tonight off. No digging, hammering, cleaning, or inspecting. I'm going to pick up a book that's not about house construction and relax. I might even eat some icecream and homemade chocolate chip cookies.

Wht not? It seems to me that you've earned it. A day off that is.:thumbsup:

 

[dex3361]

I decided to take tonight off. No digging, hammering, cleaning, or inspecting. I'm going to pick up a book that's not about house construction and relax. I might even eat some icecream and homemade chocolate chip cookies.

A well deserved break.

 

[dstig1]

We started excavating the basement on 9/28/2009. It's been almost one year since we broke ground. We moved onto the property with out camper in December 2009. I have spent over 2 percent of my life (2 days out of every 100 days I've been alive) buidling this house. ...

I decided to take tonight off. No digging, hammering, cleaning, or inspecting. I'm going to pick up a book that's not about house construction and relax.

WHAT!?!?! You can't stop now!!!! Just kidding ....:laughing: The breaks are pretty important in projects like this that go on forever...

Have a good evening!
-Dave

 

[scoutcub]

We started excavating the basement on 9/28/2009. It's been almost one year since we broke ground. We moved onto the property with out camper in December 2009. I have spent over 2 percent of my life (2 days out of every 100 days I've been alive) buidling this house. That time doesn't include buying the property, clearing it for the house, building the road, running gas, phone, and power, installing the well, designing the house, or interviewing contractors.

I decided to take tonight off. No digging, hammering, cleaning, or inspecting. I'm going to pick up a book that's not about house construction and relax. I might even eat some icecream and homemade chocolate chip cookies.

Obed -
I'm trying to read between the lines here....would you say this has been an overall good experience, or one that you would have preferred not doing, if you had originally hired a GC?
You're coming up on the final stretch, and you've done a fabulous job documenting each phase of the process. I know you're ready for the thread to end, but many of us will be sad to see it finish... As one poster said, thanks for taking us on the ride!
Has there been any interest in the 61 acres?
And, I think you were working from home at one point, and then had a job 30 minutes away....during the entire process have you been working a full time job? 9-5, or flexible schedule?

Frank