New garage and home build

Rustyiron · Oct 21, 2018

They seem to not mind a lot of posts in the basements "round here". Never seen a steel (basement) beam in any residential const. since I've been here, where it was the norm down south.

Inspector507 · Oct 21, 2018

Steel beams are quite common around here. My house was built in 1964 and has one the whole length of the house.

Pixguy · Oct 21, 2018

Steppenwolfe said:
Is that support beam a double or a triple?

I see triples in pic 2 and doubles in #3.

Pixguy · Oct 21, 2018

Rustyiron said:
They seem to not mind a lot of posts in the basements "round here". Never seen a steel (basement) beam in any residential const. since I've been here, where it was the norm down south.

When we designed our dream home in January we had I-joists and steel beams but then found out they wanted over $300sf to build that here. We had to buy this "spec" and change it so that we can move from one home to another without a mortgage or dipping into savings.

Maybe if I eliminate my 1400sf garage we could get more goodies in the home......... Ya, like that's gonna happen.

Rustyiron · Oct 22, 2018

Pix I wasn't making a negative comment and usually you can incorporate a wall or portions of one to hide the posts in. I just found it odd I never see steel here in ME. Just about 100% of homes ranging from "row" or "town houses" up to the Mc Mansions all had steel down in the mid Atlantic region, and I used to see about 500 of them each year! Those production builders are not known to spend any money on things that didn't help sales.

Steppenwolfe · Oct 23, 2018

Pixguy said:
When we designed our dream home in January we had I-joists and steel beams but then found out they wanted over $300sf to build that here. We had to buy this "spec" and change it so that we can move from one home to another without a mortgage or dipping into savings.

Maybe if I eliminate my 1400sf garage we could get more goodies in the home......... Ya, like that's gonna happen.

I hear you... My wife and I did the same, except I elected to find and buy the right house / property instead of build it, and I'm a General Contractor. I knew I couldn't afford to build the house wifey wanted and the square footage. Took a few years, but we bought an amazing house on 90 plus acres that I could never afforded to build. 5,000 sg ft living space, a 2,000 sq ft finished basement, a 40 x 40 heated shop... and all that for a bit over $ 100/ sq ft...

Pixguy · Oct 23, 2018

Steppenwolfe said:
I hear you... My wife and I did the same, except I elected to find and buy the right house / property instead of build it, and I'm a General Contractor. I knew I couldn't afford to build the house wifey wanted and the square footage. Took a few years, but we bought an amazing house on 90 plus acres that I could never afforded to build. 5,000 sg ft living space, a 2,000 sq ft finished basement, a 40 x 40 heated shop... and all that for a bit over $ 100/ sq ft...

Good deal Stepp. Love the idea of that much acreage.
My wife said the only way she'd go for an older home is if it was on a nice lake but all we could find was a great lot with a camp or a 60's-70's home that needed to be gutted. We're Lucky and we realize that.

Steppenwolfe · Oct 23, 2018

Pixguy said:
Good deal Stepp. Love the idea of that much acreage.
My wife said the only way she'd go for an older home is if it was on a nice lake but all we could find less than 700k was a great lot with a camp or a 60's-70's home that needed to be gutted. We're a bit spoiled, I know.

It's all about what works for you. We left our home of 20 years where we had raised our 4 children without hardly blinking. Wanted to set out on our new adventure of empty nesters... But, I'm not retiring anytime soon, so we may be in a bit different situation. It looks like you are off to a good start so enjoy it...