House II

[Gary_in_Indiana]

Re: House II, Porch Decking

Rob,

Could you show more of an overhead shot of how you "fanned" the boards out from the corner on your deck? Thanks.

 

[MDNY]

Re: House II, Porch Decking

RobS,

Things are looking Goooood. With the dry weather and you will be moving in no time. We just ordered furniture the the Master Bedroom. But the delivery is about 8-10 weeks just in time for us to get ready for a move in Mid October. It is hard to think we will be moving in about 3 months, but things will be going fater now.

 

[Ozarker]

Re: House II, Porch Decking

Ditto on the picture. I've done 45 degree cuts on t&g to turn corners but never tried to fan them. Seems like the progressive angle cuts to fan them would drive the average man to drink. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[RobS]

Re: House II, Porch Decking

OK, maybe the term "fanned" isn't quite accurate but in my sketch that's what it looks like. It's really just a mitered corner but the corner the porch wraps around isn't a 90 degree. It's a pair of 45s so the porch boards will be all cut at 22 1/2 and the effect between the two corners is something of a fanned out pattern. A bit deceiving though.

I haven't yet laid the boards so I can't take a picture of that. I'll try to remember to shoot the framing tomorrow evening.

An aside to all this...

Today was my wife's birthday. I sent her out to the new place this morning for a walk and to hunt for her birthday present. She called and found her porch swing on the porch which I moved early this morning and found a dog in the basement. She thought that was the present but it wasn't, just a stray. It took her another half hour to find the ceiling medallion I put up in the dining room. Still in the package and no drywall in there yet. I guess she just wasn't looking up. Anyway, I was out there this evening leaving a note for the siding guys and I sat down on the porch swing just as a couple of deer wandered up to the back corner of the property. Can't wait to move out there /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[MossRoad]

Re: House II, Porch Decking

Hey, honey. Since we're living in a rental unit during the middle of home construction I thought I'd add to the excitement and buy you a dog! WOOF!!! /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

 

[MDNY]

Re: House II, Porch Decking

Now we have interior walls. This will take a few shots, and it is hard to see with all the temp braces until the second floor I Joists are in place. But it is more progress. Maybe I will be done before RobS is.

Michael

 

[MDNY]

Re: House II, Porch Decking

I am now taking the digital cam corder with me to start the movie taking portion and the still digital cam too for the basic shots. I know too many toys. I just can't wait for them to start framin the garage portion, just wonder when that will be. It kind of looks naked without the garage.

 

[RobS]

Re: House II, Porch Decking

<font color=blue>Maybe I will be done before RobS is</font color=blue>

Ha! You can only say that 'cause you're in the fast phase now. Just wait, things will slow down just like they have for us.

Actually, not too bad at our end. Not much today though they did deliver the first load of siding and the siders should start tomorrow. I spoke with our builder tonight and she thinks the drywall finishers will start next week. Probably another 3-4 days of hanging sheetrock.

I spent this evening nailing joist hangers on the porch. Dull work, but something very satisfying about it /w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif

Somewhat less satisfying was fixing the kitchen sink drain in our rental house /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[MDNY]

Re: House II, Porch Decking

RobS,

You never know I could just catch up to you (not likely I agree). Fortunately for us the builder and his crew are moving along fast. I agree that it will slow down a bit. The second floor I Joists are in and they should do the decking tomorrow and maybe by the weekend have the second story exterior walls done. It took them one day to do the 2x4 interior first floor so about the same for the second floor. Maybe roof trusses next week. That will be ugly with a double hip roof, main gable, turrett integrated into the main double hip and a sloped porch with a small gable. Oh yeah the garage too has to be framed and a roof.

Fun Fun Fun.

 

[RobS]

Re: House II, Siding

Finally! Just when I thought MDNY was going to be in his new house before us we got our first taste of the finished product tonight. Here is most of the garage sidewall with siding.

This was a momentous occasion for us as we took quite a risk with the colors. Not risky for a Queen Anne, but plenty risky for a modern rendition. The color is Ivy, kind of a mossy green. Not sure how well it will come across the internet. The trim is cream. The siding distributor said there is only one other house in the area with this color so we never had a chance to see more than a small sample. So far we're thrilled /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif