Barndominium/Shop or "real" House?

[EddieWalker]

You have everything so nice and clean looking that you are probably scaring away all the potential contractors!!!!!

 

[ETD66SS]

You have everything so nice and clean looking that you are probably scaring away all the potential contractors!!!!!

I hate working in mud. It's dry now but this soil is really mushy in winter/spring. So trying to keep sod around the perimeter of the build site as much as possible.

 

[Southernspeed]

Is that for fewer penetrations of the building, or are hydrants better in some way? I'm going to have to make that choice soon.

For me, hydrants are far better as they don't freeze. Any burst pipes I've had are with spigots back freezing. Hydrants drain down to below frost level when you shut them off. I use the Iowa Y34s.

 

[Handloader109]

"Had to go out and buy a new truck" really? And you didn't get what you wanted? Would have been better getting new tranny put in. 10% the cost of that new one. Good luck with the GC.

 

[ETD66SS]

"Had to go out and buy a new truck" really? And you didn't get what you wanted? Would have been better getting new tranny put in. 10% the cost of that new one. Good luck with the GC.

I'm used to the color I guess, looks better in person than in pictures.

I still want to fix the trans in the 2013 someday, it's just not a good time right now. I didn't realize how many problems the the 6L90E transmissions had until I started researching. I guess I was lucky to get 190k miles.

So I have a GC now, and he got the building permit all setup for me, so just waiting on him and the sub-contractors to get me all their pricing and to get going.

I never anticipated it would be so difficult to get sub-contractors to quote the parts of this job, it has been a nightmare over the last ~2 years

I only have 1 more year before the NYS natural gas ban kicks in, so HAVE to get a structure up to get new gas service installed next year, I'll be pissed if this drags on past that.

I a still looking for things to do pertaining to the site work, so I landscaped on one side of the approach:

I plan to make a concrete catch basin on the other side of the approach with a 13" diameter cast iron grate and flange cast right into the concrete with some all-thread studs or the like. However, the grate and flange are going to take 6 weeks to get, so will be well into Fall weather before I get to that. I don't like how pretty much all the catch basins you can buy are plastic...

 

[Carl_NH]

Is the goal to get the perma columns in, with frame, roof, and sides in before winter? Then wiring/plumbing in over the winter, and pour concrete and finish the inside next year?

 

[ETD66SS]

Is the goal to get the perma columns in, with frame, roof, and sides in before winter? Then wiring/plumbing in over the winter, and pour concrete and finish the inside next year?

I really want the dried in structure done before it gets nasty outside (probably ~2.5 months away). So basically the barn shell with all the doors & windows.

Then I can at least get the gas company to come out and install the meter. They won't budge until there is a roofed and sided structure.

 

[EddieWalker]

I only have 1 more year before the NYS natural gas ban kicks in, so HAVE to get a structure up to get new gas service installed next year, I'll be pissed if this drags on past that.

What? I've heard stories that some politicians want to ban natural gas, but I didn't know anybody was seriously going to do that!!!! What is the plan to replace it? Are they relying on electric heat to keep everyone alive in winter?

 

[ETD66SS]

What? I've heard stories that some politicians want to ban natural gas, but I didn't know anybody was seriously going to do that!!!! What is the plan to replace it? Are they relying on electric heat to keep everyone alive in winter?

After Dec 31st 2025 no new gas hookups in New York State. All the residents of NYS are at the mercy of the voters in New York City...

 

[LouNY]

After Dec 31st 2025 no new gas hookups in New York State. All the residents of NYS are at the mercy of the voters in New York City...

So you have a bit more then a year to get it done in.
I actually switched to a gas (propane) stove because of their damned bullcrap. I had been thinking about it for a while and that was the tipping point.