House II

[Anonymous Poster]

Re: House II, Grading

MDNY- Thanks for the compliments on the web site. I put it together using Frontpage 2002. It's better to update the web site once than send out 100's of photos to all the relatives each week.

Your house looks great. Good luck with the move. We are just starting our move now, with the bulk of it happening this Friday. The good news is that after the move, I am free to get my tractor! I guess the wife saw all the landscaping work to be done and figured it was a good idea.

RobS- The scout camp my kids went to was camp Belzer next to Ft. Harrison. We have been to camp Ransberg though. I'll keep you posted on my tractor decision and the move. Hey, you're almost close enough to come help! And you've got a truck....hmmmm......./w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

I'll have to remember to mention TBN on my next update to the site.

Have a good one,

 

[MDNY]

Re: House II, Grading

Hoosier,

Once I get into the house I will be on a new ISP and will have to spend sometime builiding my part of the www out there. But for now I settle for updating some at work and a family member or two. I will unfortunately be on dial up for a while until we put in the satelite internet, but that may curb my internet useage and make the wife happy.

Good luck with the new house.

 

[MDNY]

Re: House II, Grading

We are moving right along and maybe we will catch up to RobS on our house too. NiMo installed the underground service, the septic is installed (waiting on inspection to backfill), Verizon dropped of their cable and since NiMo doen's like other cables in "their trench" I paid for the electrician waited til the left and ran Verizon's cable and their cable for my (3) lamp posts.

So now to the inside with the insulation done in one day, the final layer of stone is in the garage and they are pouring the garage floor on Monday.

They will begin to sheetrock the interior and within a week or so the garage doors go in, the house is locked up and hopefully we really get moving. Looks like mid to late October now.

No lawn this year, need to spread top soil, bring some in and let things settle down. They will do a final grade, but rake and seed in the spring. I will probably do weed killer and this fall to prepare the ground.

 

[RobS]

Re: House II, Siding Done

It's been a while since I've posted any pictures so here's a few. This shot shows the siding done and taken in the early morning sunlight. The gable over the porch entry we're doing ourselves. We wanted to finish it smooth and put a carving of some sort up there but time and money suggest we'll finish it with some of the leftover fishscales. This shot also shows the brick porch piers that were finished this week. I set the porch deck framing down on those today and my wife finished back-priming all the porch boards. Next weekend we'll have most of a real porch /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[RobS]

Re: House II, Kitchen

Here's an interior shot that turned out OK (at least on my computer at home). This is the kitchen sans countertops. Under all that cardboard is some of the tile we laid /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[RobS]

Re: House II, Staircase

Here's the last of today's pictures. This is the staircase heading up from the foyer. The stair guy has done an incredible job for us.

Unfortunately, our move-in date has been pushed out another week. Our builder is also building a spec house for the annual Builders Showcase and the delays on ours have resulted in the two homes being on the same schedule. Her spec house has to be done by the show and she only uses one trim carpenter so she had to pull him off ours for a week to finish the other. We've also had a delay on some trim materials for the master bath. We're not thrilled (especially as the AC has died in the rental house and the landlord is not sure if she will fix it or not /w3tcompact/icons/frown.gif ), but we're hanging in there. For those out there contemplating building, be sure you can tolerate a bit of added stress in your life /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[MossRoad]

Re: House II, Siding Done

Looks very nice! I like the color of the wood in the stairway. I also like the white stair risers on the second flight. Is it going to stay that way?

 

[RobS]

Re: House II, Siding Done

Thanks MR! All the staircase and hardwood floors are raw red oak right now. Will be stained Minwax Cherry which is pretty dark by today's standards but more in keeping with a late 1800's theme. The stairs above the landing (with the white risers) will be carpeted.

I did get some tractor time today picking up various bits of construction debris, smoothing some of the temporary pathways and I moved the remains of the masons sand pile to fill in under the porch a bit. Can you believe this weather? September and I get a sunburn /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[Thomas]

Re: House II, Staircase

You made some real good head way,for it seem like only yesterday they were pouring your cement.

 

[MossRoad]

Re: House II, Siding Done

Yeah, the weather is crazy. I usually close my pool right after labor day, but I was swimming last night. The water was still in the high 80s and we don't have a heater, just a solar cover/w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif

So the stairs' woodwork will be more in the color of the cabinets in the other picture. You are right about keeping in the theme, sorry, I forgot /w3tcompact/icons/eyes.gif. Carpet on the upper stairs will probably help with noise. What is the material that is white on the risers?

 

[RobS]

Re: House II, Siding Done

Last night would have been a nice night for me to own a pool. I'm sore and beat from working all weekend at the house /w3tcompact/icons/eyes.gif

The white risers are either primed MDF or poplar, probably MDF. I didn't pay that much attention to it since it will be covered anyway.

I've still got a problem with posting pictures. At home those pictures looked just fine but here at work they're way too dark. My latest theory is the compression software I'm using to shrink them is also darkening them. I don't see it at home since it's perhaps pulling in a cached copy of the original picture when I preview it? I'll play some more tonight. That picture of the kitchen turned out much better than what shows /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[MDNY]

Re: House II, Siding Done

RobS,

Things are looking good for your site indeed. I know what you mean about having to wait and the wait has got to be torture. The builder has revised our move date. It now stands about 5 weeks out. But this estimate is subject to change once the sheetrock is installed (end of week) and they plaster the seams (next week) he will have a better idea.

The kitchen counter tops and such are in, garage floor is done, insulation was done friday and our septic and well stuff is in, capped, and back filled.

Just waiting on Nimo to put in the meter to the box and turn on the juice. Then we get moving. We need to do the appliance ordering thing and get a water sample to determine what our level of need is for water softening.

So hopefully the week of Oct. 14th we will be moving and oh I can't wait.

Here is the latest on on the front of the house. They are finishing up the porch ceiling and the decking material is ready to be installed, I guess I have to paint it. It is that composite plastic/wood material that resists splits and splinters.

 

[ScottAR]

Re: House II, Siding Done

The septic guys might have done this, but its worth a check.
Is the septic tank filled with water? They tend to shoot out the ground when it rains if empty. Just a thought.

 

[RobS]

Re: House II, Siding Done

Your place is looking great Michael. I especially like the fishscales. I think we considered that same color somewhere along the way.

We got garage doors yesterday and the first floor trim is about done. I got the ultimate compliment on the wainscoting and cap rail I put up in our powder room... the trim carpenter was impressed with my joints! I'm doubly honored as he is quite the perfectionist himself and doing a beautiful job.

Apparently our site will be relatively quiet today. The flooring guy is coming to sand and stain the hardwood floors and no one else can be around during that.

We told our builder we're moving in the weekend of the 28th, whether it's done or not. She thinks we'll be ok as she has the carpet scheduled for earlier that week. Maybe some touch up painting yet to do after that, but not much else /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[MDNY]

Re: House II, Siding Done

RobS,

Thanks. The sheetrock will be done in the house by tomorrow and I guess the garage by Friday. Figure Monday to clean up and they will start plaster on Tuesday (hopefully sooner).

The painter came out and did his thing to measure, still waiting for Nimo (they have the inspection stuff two days ago). So we expect to be painting in maybe 10 calender days or so. Then the house gets locked up and garage doors will be in.

I have only had one small complaint (not bad) so far and that is the crews keep leaving the windows open. Not a big thing as I visit daily, but it rained last night and could have ruined window casing, sheetrock and such. So I asked the builder to have them make sure they close the windows.

The messyness I don't mind since I am cleaning a bit (he thougt his crew did it) and that makes me feel as though I have sweat equity in it.

The builder did comment that we have GOOD WATER PRESSURE, he said like a firehose. Not bad, and very clear water. He is going to get a water sample for testing and I will get one too for the water softener. I will have it installed by the supplier so I don't have to worry about it.

I will shoot some pics this weekend when the rock is in.

 

[RobS]

Re: House II, Siding Done

Well MDNY, we're really getting down to the short straws on our house now. More driveway stone in, plumbing done other than toilet installation, upstairs paint all done, and floors stained. We're not happy with the stain color on the floors so we're in negotiations to have it redone. I had stained a sample for us to determine the color. We discussed the color and I left the sample out there but the floors are much lighter than my sample. Hoping to have them resanded and restained. Countertops are still waiting on the laminate from the manufacturer. Appliances next week and we're installing the porch floor boards tomorrow. I'll post some new pics this weekend. Watch for "House III" as Muhammad is probably close to shutting this thread down. Maybe I'll post over on CountryByNet also /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif