My Industrial Cabin Build

[747driver]

Yes...finish work always takes so much time as you can't hide mistakes ! What kind of backsplash are you putting under the vent hood ?

Is your stove going to be propane? If so you have to use a bigger CFM rating for the vent fan vs if it was an electric stove.. I just had our propane tanks filled up. $ 3.01 a gallon vs 2.89 in Dec.

 

[WoodChuckDad]

Yes...finish work always takes so much time as you can't hide mistakes ! What kind of backsplash are you putting under the vent hood ?

Is your stove going to be propane? If so you have to use a bigger CFM rating for the vent fan vs if it was an electric stove.. I just had our propane tanks filled up. $ 3.01 a gallon vs 2.89 in Dec.

Propane. Vent is 400 cfm. Any larger would require make up air. I keep a window cracked in that room almost all the timeIt should be fine.
Propane was 2.99 gallon. I was expecting 3.39 so I was pleased.

 

[Buppies]

You were lucky on propane

 

[WoodChuckDad]

Put some outlets in today. I worked from the house waiting on my 4th scheduled delivery of the range. They called me at 2:30 to say the truck was broken down on the highway. Mobile mechanic had worked for several hours but they had to tow it back. Could I take delivery this weekend? Sure. So I worked on some electrical, hung a mirror and finally brought the boiler online. We have hot water. Not sure how the heat is programmed but I have DHW.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Woo hoo!!!

Getting close to occupancy requirements it looks.

 

[WoodChuckDad]

Woo hoo!!!

Getting close to occupancy requirements it looks.

Talked to the inspector who handles the office work and he said I can bring a set of plans with the master bath changed to “unfinished storage” and I should be able to get that approved within a few days. I have a listnof about 7 electrical things that need to be
Done, including the outdoor lights. Also probably a day of siding and paint. Never finished the area under the back porch. A handful of stuff in the kitchen. I am thinking 3
Days worth of work and I will be
Ready for
Inspection.

 

[groundcover]

Outstanding ! Best of luck with the inspection!

 

[dstig1]

Oh David - I forgot to mention this. Your appliance store called me by mistake yesterday and said the range was not going to be delivered today because the truck was engulfed by a plague of locusts on the way out of town and then the driver started speaking in tongues and Beelzebub emerged from his spine and smashed the range to bits. So they are waiting for another one to send out. My bad.


Jeesh. How hard is it to deliver a fraking stove?!?!

 

[WoodChuckDad]

Oh David - I forgot to mention this. Your appliance store called me by mistake yesterday and said the range was not going to be delivered today because the truck was engulfed by a plague of locusts on the way out of town and then the driver started speaking in tongues and Beelzebub emerged from his spine and smashed the range to bits. So they are waiting for another one to send out. My bad.


Jeesh. How hard is it to deliver a fraking stove?!?!

At work yesterday we were talking about all the deliveries that I have had, that were damaged. 3 pallets of Mr Cool mini-splits that looked like the played fork lift soccer with them. Holes punched all the way thru one of the compressors metal grate.
Three deliveries for the refrigerator. Cabinets were busted up the first time. Sips panels had a little damage. It has been crazy.

 

[WoodChuckDad]

They delivered today. When they were backing up, you could hear stuff bumping around inside the truck up. This isn’t exactly a level easy driveway.

When they opened the back door it was chaos, with empty bins and old appliances that were not strapped in. But they pulled my oven out of the middle of the truck and unboxed it. I went over it as completely as I could to insure there was no damage. When the brought it inside i took off the tape and wrapping that was holding the door and drawer shut and checked everything. They kept trying to shove the clipboard in my face so so they could leave. I finally signed and they left and I started the process of swapping out the orifices.
We have a working stove now.

 

[dstig1]

That is completely ridiculous! How can these places stay in business when they are busting up 3 out of 4 deliveries? They have to eat those costs. I understand that mistakes will happen from time to time, but delivery people with even a bit of experience should have learned enough to prevent most mishaps. This level of incompetence is just unreal.

On my build I only had one thing get destroyed in shipping - a fiberglass whirlpool tub. When I saw the box I figured it was toast but after opening it, it appeared OK until I got it home and found the one crack. They replaced it no questions, but when I saw the box at pickup I was thinking to myself why would even let a customer see this? I would have called and said it was damaged in shipping and they are getting a new one and then just sent it back directly. But I guess they are looking for the customer to be QC on things these days. That one was ordered through Home Depot, which may be part of the issue too. Most stuff I ordered online or through trade places showed up just fine, whether LTL or UPS.

Edit: typing at the same time... Glad you finally got an undamaged one!

 

[airbiscuit]

Beautiful. It will take you a while to fill that refrigerator with beer

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Nice!!!

When’s the moving date?

 

[WoodChuckDad]

Made a little change to the bathroom also.

 

[BigBlue1]

That is completely ridiculous! How can these places stay in business when they are busting up 3 out of 4 deliveries? They have to eat those costs. I understand that mistakes will happen from time to time, but delivery people with even a bit of experience should have learned enough to prevent most mishaps. This level of incompetence is just unreal.

On my build I only had one thing get destroyed in shipping - a fiberglass whirlpool tub. When I saw the box I figured it was toast but after opening it, it appeared OK until I got it home and found the one crack. They replaced it no questions, but when I saw the box at pickup I was thinking to myself why would even let a customer see this? I would have called and said it was damaged in shipping and they are getting a new one and then just sent it back directly. But I guess they are looking for the customer to be QC on things these days. That one was ordered through Home Depot, which may be part of the issue too. Most stuff I ordered online or through trade places showed up just fine, whether LTL or UPS.

Edit: typing at the same time... Glad you finally got an undamaged one!

It is baffling, for sure. But I guess since drivers are hard to come by, getting at least a percentage of your sales delivered while eating the cost of damage is better than getting zero delivered if you fire the only (crappy) drivers you have. Still not a sustainable model though.

 

[BigBlue1]

They delivered today. When they were backing up, you could hear stuff bumping around inside the truck up. This isn’t exactly a level easy driveway. View attachment 795616
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When they opened the back door it was chaos, with empty bins and old appliances that were not strapped in. But they pulled my oven out of the middle of the truck and unboxed it. I went over it as completely as I could to insure there was no damage. When the brought it inside i took off the tape and wrapping that was holding the door and drawer shut and checked everything. They kept trying to shove the clipboard in my face so so they could leave. I finally signed and they left and I started the process of swapping out the orifices.
We have a working stove now.View attachment 795618

That's a very nice looking range! Your place is really coming together!

 

[WoodChuckDad]

Put out a video this morning. The initial fight with the boiler.

 

[747driver]

That was a lot of time and effort to get all that plumbed in ! Very nice job !

 

[WoodChuckDad]

That was a lot of time and effort to get all that plumbed in ! Very nice job !

It was one of the things I dreaded. It took more research than I expected.

 

[WoodChuckDad]

We have been making a big push. I finally had time to do a little editing.