Creating a Workshop & Home

[EddieWalker]

Thanks for the ideas.

The hardie trim pieces look real nice, almost too nice, if that makes sence. I really want to get a rustic look, and in my mind I'm not seeing it with the hardi trim.

Rough Cedar might be a good choice. I'll price it and see how it compairs to preasure treated.

In this picture I'm putting in the front door. Steph is great at taking pictures of me while I'm doing things that make me look busy. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[EddieWalker]

The front door has a star in it. This is Texas after all!!!

Lowes has if for $338 and my supplier gave it to me for $308.

It will be painted a dark red a with the building being a tan with dark brown trim.

 

[EddieWalker]

Steph has taken over installing the insulation. She's such a trooper that she just sticks with it until it's done. She's extremely miticulous with great attention to detail. No way we're losing any cold air through these walls. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[EddieWalker]

The upstair toilet needed to make a quick turn to fit in my floor joists. This is one of those things I worry from the planning stage all the way until I actually do it. Luckily it wasn't too bad.

 

[EddieWalker]

How many 2 inch fittings does it take to drain the clothes washer? Probably less then I ended up using. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

This was supposed to be a simple washer drain, but now it looks like an instrument from Blue Man Group /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

 

[EddieWalker]

I have to be living in this place Sep 1. All I need is power, water and a bathroom. For this reason, I'm concentrating on the upstairs bathroom. This one will get vinyl floors compared to tile in the downstairs one.

Green sheetrock is now in.

 

[EddieWalker]

While I was sanding the walls, Steph took this picture. It's really not that bad in there, but the flash seems to have caught every dust particle and maginified them!!!!!!!!!!

 

[johnday]

Eddie; I like to use cedar for trim when I can. In your case, use the thikness that looks good to you. Then, whateverX4 for the side jambs and sill, and a ?X6 for the head jamb. Find the center of the head jamb, then measure down about 1-2" on each end from the top. Strike a line between the marks on the ends and the top edge center, cut the wedge shaped pieces out. I'd use the rough side out on the cedar too. I've done this alot on buildings with verticle siding, it might look good on yours too. Just make sure that your sill is the width of the window, your side jambs over the ends of the sill to the top of the window, and your head jamb the width of the window plus the side jambs plus an inch or so to extend slightly past the side jambs on each side. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Lookin good BTW, you 2 wanna comeup when your done and finnish mine? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Nat]

Eddie I used cedar siding on the new house we moved into last week. It is rustic and fits the style house I wanted. The boards I used were kiln dried 3/4 x 7 1/2 sanded 3 sides rough on the 4th. I used the rough side out as you can see in this pic, then stained it with Olympic Natural Cedartone stain, supposed to last 15 years. One thing to point out is that I was so sick of cedar by the time I got all the siding done I didn't think I would ever want to see a cedar board again

 

[EddieWalker]

I'm still hanging sheetrock. Working alone on it adds to how slow I am, along with finishing off the little details that have to be done before I can put the sheets up. Things like ceiling fans in the bathrooms, boxing out the AC vents in the closets because I used 2x8's for floor joists and they aren't large enough for the ducts, along with tying down my plumbing and electrical lines plus all the other little details that come up when I look real close to a wall or ceiling just before I install a sheet.

For those who have never installed sheetrock on ceiling alone, there are two basic methods. Rent a tool that holds the sheets flat and you lift it into possition or using 2x4's and a ladder. The lift is easier, faster and better, but it costs $100 for a day. I had 12 full sheets total to put on the ceilings and the rest are cut, smaller pieces. No way I'm spending another $8.33 a sheet for the lift. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

OK, so I'm cheap, but this is how I did it for those who are interested. First I connect two 2x4's together with a top and middle to form an H with a top.

Then I put it agains the wall, position my ladder to hold the sheet and put it into place.