New House Build in WV

[TnWV]

Front siding looks great. Question, how wide is your porch? Any posts needed to support roof overhang? Jon

Porch is 8’ deep by 66’ long. The 8’ overhang is built into the trusses so technically, no supports are needed. That said, I don’t like the look without posts, and the wife wants some low railing to keep animals off the porch. I’ll have 6 6x6 posts across the front covered with white vinyl. I have the posts and covers just need to get metal wrapped around the beam. I’m planning to rent a metal brake this coming weekend to get that done.

 

[civilian]

My overhang on the house is 8ft. However the truss design called for posts to support the outer edge. This works because the posts also support the front deck along the house which is over the walk out basement doors. Jon

 

[TnWV]

Not much to update. Drywall was finished last Friday. Happy with the job they did, but I think they rushed the final sanding. As we cleaned the walls, we found a number of places that needed a little more sanding and a few imperfections that required mud. Didn’t want to wait for them to come back, so just took care of it myself and moved on.

I had mentioned renting a metal brake, but that did materialize. Instead we spent the weekend cleaning and prepping for primer. I got the ceiling and walls primed in the kitchen/living room with the cathedral ceiling. The smooth ceiling looks good, but what a job it is to primer/paint. Took all evening today just to trim it out with flat white ceiling paint. Wife worked on trimming out other rooms.

Baseball started for my 7 year old yesterday, and I’m one of the coaches, so that will certainly cut into our house work time. Next week is spring break for my kids and wife, so that should help with progress. I may take a big part of the week off also. Hope to be able to start flooring towards the end of the week.

Garage floor will be poured a week from this Friday, so I have a little to do to prep for that.

I’ll get progress pics of painting up soon.

 

[MoKelly]

Not much to update. Drywall was finished last Friday. Happy with the job they did, but I think they rushed the final sanding. As we cleaned the walls, we found a number of places that needed a little more sanding and a few imperfections that required mud. Didn’t want to wait for them to come back, so just took care of it myself and moved on.

I had mentioned renting a metal brake, but that did materialize. Instead we spent the weekend cleaning and prepping for primer. I got the ceiling and walls primed in the kitchen/living room with the cathedral ceiling. The smooth ceiling looks good, but what a job it is to primer/paint. Took all evening today just to trim it out with flat white ceiling paint. Wife worked on trimming out other rooms.

Baseball started for my 7 year old yesterday, and I’m one of the coaches, so that will certainly cut into our house work time. Next week is spring break for my kids and wife, so that should help with progress. I may take a big part of the week off also. Hope to be able to start flooring towards the end of the week.

Garage floor will be poured a week from this Friday, so I have a little to do to prep for that.

I’ll get progress pics of painting up soon.

You are amazing. Congrats on all your progress.

I also applaud you for coaching baseball for the kids. It’s fantastic. Kids need adults helping at that age. And baseball teaches kids great life lessons.

MoKelly

 

[TnWV]

Appreciate the kind words.

We enjoy baseball season and look forward to it each year. Last years season was cancelled due to COVID, so it’s nice to get back to it. Our first practice went really well, second practice may get rained out this evening.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Appreciate the kind words.

We enjoy baseball season and look forward to it each year. Last years season was cancelled due to COVID, so it’s nice to get back to it. Our first practice went really well, second practice may get rained out this evening.

I used to help coach my son’s teams. Lots of fun.

 

[TnWV]

I used to help coach my son’s teams. Lots of fun.

Fun it is. My 10 year old daughter decided not to play softball this year. I enjoyed watching her play, but won’t make her if it isn’t what she wants to do.

 

[TnWV]

Practice was rained out, so got home and got the cathedral ceiling painted flat white. Also got a couple more rooms primed.

I plan to get more priming done tomorrow evening while my wife trims out the rooms already friend with paint. Hoping to make good progress painting over the weekend.

I bought 2 18” roller heads, and boy do they make a difference in time painting.

Pictures to come once the painting starts.

 

[civilian]

........I bought 2 18” roller heads, and boy do they make a difference in time painting..........

Bet those 18 inch rollers full of paint take a toll on your arms. Especially heavy overhead on ceilings. Jon

 

[TnWV]

Bet those 18 inch rollers full of paint take a toll on your arms. Especially heavy overhead on ceilings. Jon

They are certainly a bit heavier than the 9”, but honestly not as bad as I thought. I have used both the last few days, and i don’t notice that much of a difference. I can move quicker with the bigger roller, spending less time rolling paint, so maybe that makes up for the toll of the extra weight.

That said, the design of the roller heads do not allow you to get as close to the corners as the 9” rollers do. I have been using a 4” roller in the corners first, and that has worked well.

It will he interesting to see how it all turns out, we have definitely never done this much painting at once, and it is definitely not one of my favorite activities.

 

[TnWV]

Painting went well today, we finished more than I expected too. Living room, kitchen, laundry room, and dining room are all painted. We also got the master Bedroom, closets, hallways and kids rooms primed.

We will head out tomorrow morning and pick up some lights and ceiling fans. Then back for more priming and painting. Hope to get the foyer done, it’s definitely the hardest part of the painting that’s left.

 

[EddieWalker]

Once you paint a house yourself, you understand why painters charge so much. I just finished painting a house for a client, it's one of those jobs that I hate the most. It's not the labor, it's all the prep work that eats up all of the time that I dislike.

 

[TnWV]

Once you paint a house yourself, you understand why painters charge so much. I just finished painting a house for a client, it's one of those jobs that I hate the most. It's not the labor, it's all the prep work that eats up all of the time that I dislike.

Agree. I don’t like doing it, and I have a new found respect for those that do it everyday.

One thing I’ve learned from this building experience is to not complain about how much a contractor charges for their work. I may not be willing to pay their price, but, in most cases, they will earn it if they do the job correctly. Of course there are always exceptions where someone is simply over charging.

 

[s219]

Looks sharp!

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I sprayed primer and 1st coat, then rolled 2nd coat. Hasn’t been painted since, and really needs it.

Looking good!!

 

[TnWV]

Looks sharp!

Thanks!

I don’t consider myself much of a painter, but keep finding myself looking at the walls amazed at how sharp they are coming out. Not sure if it’s the sherwin Williams paint (never used it before), or what, but I’ve definitely never had walls turn out this good before.

Im also really liking the 18” rollers. Primer takes a while still, but the paint goes on very fast and smooth.

 

[TnWV]

I sprayed primer and 1st coat, then rolled 2nd coat. Hasn’t been painted since, and really needs it.

Looking good!!

Thanks!

I thought about spraying, but was worried about blowing dust/dirt out of places we missed when cleaning. If I had to start over, I do think I would at least spray the ceilings and maybe the primer. Priming is what is taking all the time. The drywall really sucks it up.

 

[TnWV]

After a way longer than planned trip to menards and Home Depot, we made it back with most of the lights and fans we need, and some other odds and ends.

I got the lights installed in the laundry room, installed the outlets and the 3 way switches for those lights. Man is it a good feeling to be putting some things in permanently.

Then finished all the priming, just have to paint now. Priming the foyer ceiling and walls took a while, a lot of up and down the scaffolding. Will paint the foyer ceiling tomorrow evening, then it’s just walls left. Hope to be done painting and have flooring started by Wednesday, we’ll see if that works out.

It was 10:30 when I quit and forgot to take any pictures, I’ll get some tomorrow.

 

[Buppies]

We only use Sherwin Williams paint very durable. Nice job you are doing

 

[EddieWalker]

I've been on jobs where there was a big crew of painters. Most of them are doing prep work. Usually just one guy does the spraying, and a couple of guys follow him around with rollers. This was a $25,000 paint job that I passed on because I had too much other work to do on that house. An experienced crew makes it look easy, but when you see them work, you understand why they charge what they charge. This house was pretty big, but the worse part was the 12 foot walls downstairs and 10 foot walls upstairs and the great room that went all the way up both levels!!!

In my opinion, spraying rarely speeds things up. The only advantage to spraying is if you are looking for a special type of finish. Oil based enamel on cabinets can only be done with a sprayer. Baseboards and doors can be done a lot faster with a sprayer. Walls take too much prep work to spray, and even after you spray them, you have to go back over everything because of the tape coming loose, over spray, under spray and runs. It's just not possible to spray walls and not have to go over them again.