New House Build in WV

buckeyefarmer · Dec 6, 2020

TnWV said:
Found that my opening for the rear French door, that I picked up today, wasn’t big enough, so had to adjust the rough opening a bit. Hope to get that door in tomorrow as well.
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My slider in back was a little tight getting the frame in , so the door is a little tight opening. Been meaning to redo it for 20 yrs now.
You did good by fixing it now!!

Looks nice, and a pretty sunset!

How will you fill under the rear door down to the decking?

TnWV · Dec 6, 2020

buckeyefarmer said:
My slider in back was a little tight getting the frame in , so the door is a little tight opening. Been meaning to redo it for 20 yrs now.
You did good by fixing it now!!

It’s easy to not take the time to correct something like that when your doing it all yourself and pressed for time. Mine had to be moved 1 3/4”, so no choice but to do it.

Happy with how the door worked out, but man are those double doors hard to get just right. Took a while, that’s for sure.

Kyle_in_Tex · Dec 6, 2020

Good progress. The sooner you can keep the north winds out, and get the inside temp comfortable, the better....

TnWV · Dec 6, 2020

Kyle_in_Tex said:
Good progress. The sooner you can keep the north winds out, and get the inside temp comfortable, the better....

Absolutely. Huge difference this evening after all the windows and doors were in. We also put leftover zip sheeting on the garage side of the wall between the garage and house. With the torpedo heater on, it was pretty comfortable to work inside as we cleaned up for the night.

randyjs · Dec 7, 2020

TnWV said:
Problem is, if I raised them up, they wouldn稚 be even with the other doors and windows. The glass is double strength and tempered. Not sure if that is the same as safety glass or not. Fortunately, we have no more inspections, so that won稚 be an issue. Biggest problem is fitting an outlet under the window between the window trim and base molding. May just wait and cut those in after all the trim is in.

I checked and tempered glass is good. They want it so if someone fell through the window that there won't be a big chunk of glass above that could come down like a guillotine.

TnWV · Dec 7, 2020

randyjs said:
I checked and tempered glass is good. They want it so if someone fell through the window that there won't be a big chunk of glass above that could come down like a guillotine.

When I ordered my windows, I believe I remember the sales man saying all windows over a certain size, had to have tempered glass. Maybe I remember wrong though. Either way, I know our 6’ tall windows, and the picture window in the kitchen have it for sure. I am wanting to say that we added it to all windows, but would have to go back to the original paperwork to know for sure.

Code54 · Dec 7, 2020

We have two low windows in our place (Hurricane WV) and when we bought the new ones we were told they wouldn't even sell non-tempered for a window that was less than 18" off the floor.

ovrszd · Dec 7, 2020

I'm pretty sure all of mine are. Even the 4x4s in the shop.

TnWV · Dec 7, 2020

Took this evening off from the build, just needed a break. Plus it’s pretty cold out and will be a bit warmer the rest of the week. My BIL had an electrical issue, so I went out there and helped him figure that out.

Waiting to hear if we will be pouring concrete in the garage on Friday.

Also need to order gravel to extend the driveway up to the garage. I plan to put driveway fabric down. I like 57’s over crusher run for areas close to the house to keep the dust down, but wondering if I should put a layer of bigger rock down first? Is so, what is a good size, 2”? I don’t really want anything too big as the surface will be scraped off and a concrete parking pad poured outside the garage next spring. I want to let the ground settle before pouring concrete.