New Home Construction

fordmantpw · Jul 16, 2014

buckeyefarmer said:
Normally it's 1 ton per well, or 1 1/2 tons per well. with 5 wells and 5 tons, you probably don't have extra capacity. What size are the loop pipes in the wells and lengths, that is usually a good indication. I have designed and installed geo systems.

The house looks great. I was unfamiliar with zip panels, I have seen them used here but didn't know what it was.

I double-checked with the drillers today and they did just go deeper on each well. He said they needed 900' total for 6 ton and just did it in 5 holes. That would make it 180' / well.

fordmantpw · Jul 16, 2014

Bricking began yesterday. It's amazing what a difference a little brick makes!

rustyshakelford · Jul 17, 2014

Moving right along! I bet y'all are getting excited!

Brett

fordmantpw · Jul 17, 2014

rustyshakelford said:
I bet y'all are getting excited!

Definitely! Current estimate is end of October. 2.5 months!

EddieWalker · Jul 17, 2014

Nice of them to lay plastic down. I've seen it where they just destroy everything around the house by the time it's done and you have to spend a week just cleaning up their mess. Looks like you got a good crew!!!

Eddie

ustmd · Jul 17, 2014

fordmantpw said:
Bricking began yesterday. It's amazing what a difference a little brick makes!

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fordmantpw,

Looking good.

Did you post any plans? I am curious about the support wall under the deck (on the left of the picture). It looks architecturally interesting. Not the standard look.

fordmantpw · Jul 17, 2014

EddieWalker said:
Nice of them to lay plastic down. I've seen it where they just destroy everything around the house by the time it's done and you have to spend a week just cleaning up their mess. Looks like you got a good crew!!!

Eddie

Yes, I was very appreciative of that! I've been impressed with the crew so far. Our contractor (who is VERY particular) was even impressed. His normal brick layer was backed up and couldn't get to it, so we chose this crew. They seem to pay great attention to detail.

ustmd said:
fordmantpw,

Looking good.

Did you post any plans? I am curious about the support wall under the deck (on the left of the picture). It looks architecturally interesting. Not the standard look.

I don't think I have posted any plans, so I will add them here. That support wall you are seeing there is just the steps (which are in a different place than what the plan shows). I didn't fit the whole set of stairs in the pic, so it does look rather goofy.

Main floor: