My Industrial Cabin Build

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Update for Lauren. Today was the first medical follow up. The Doctor is in Richmond. 1.5 hours from our house build but it was a good appointment. She has good weight gain and healing. They will clear her to eat some aolid food again , before long. And she is making arrangements to change from a “dangle” tube to a “button”. That is a big deal to her because when she starts taking in solid food, she can have ip to 4 hours a day unplugged. And the button makes it much less obtrusive. She is on top of the world tonight. She will crash hard soon but that is part of the stress, recovery, adaptation model.

Such good news. Made my day. More Prayers.

 

[WoodChuckDad]

I dropped a video today. Just some work in the kitchen area and getting the sink fit properly.

 

[WoodChuckDad]

Big weekend.
Built a drypak shower pan. Curb is 4.5 inches. Drain is about 1.75 off floor. A nice easy step up. Gonna give it a couple days and use hydroban liquid membrane to waterproof it. Might go over the seams of the kerdi as well.

Laid out pavers and set the propane tank yesterday. Then today We dug the trench and put in the poly pipe. I didn’t put all the stuff to pressure test yet. I am tired. So I am soaking my muscles in beer till I feel better.

 

[airbiscuit]

Seeing both things set is a nice milestone.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Hot showers....on the way!

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Looks nice. I just watched a drypak video to see how it’s done.

 

[yanmars]

Does anyone bury the propane tanks in your area?

 

[WoodChuckDad]

yes lots of folks bury them, but the tank prices have gone thru the roof. to get a 500 gallon tank set up is over $5,000. IF you want it burried that's gonna be around $7-8k. I paid $2500 for the tank and had to drive 200 miles round trip to get it.

 

[WoodChuckDad]

as for the drypak, I expected it to be firm but soft to the touch...not soft like it would indent, but I figured it would harden up and you could push on it and it wouldn't deform, but would feel kind of soft to the touch, like hard foam does. Nope. it feels like concrete, which makes sense, because I used 150 lbs of bed mud mix. It just set up way harder than I expected.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

When tilecoach on YouTube mixed and screened it looked like barely wet sand. I think he said 4:1 sand to cement. I wasn’t sure it would set up.