New House Build in WV

[TnWV]

I managed to get the 3 loads of gravel mostly spread. I’ll need another load of 57 to cover the larger gravel, but will let things settle in for a couple weeks before doing that. I did use 57 already where the driveways meet because I needed some gravel there on the main drive to repair where the large trucks have done a number on it throughout the build. I have family that lives over the hill and they use that part of the road as well.

Still have a little bit left to spread and need to dress the edges up some more.



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Did some more electrical wiring after playing on the tractor. Apparently my 18 volt Milwaukee Fuel drill isn’t up to the task for drilling the studs. May run out at some point tomorrow and get a more powerful right angle drill, that would make the drilling go faster for sure.

 

[EddieWalker]

Curious what gravel costs for you there? Rock is kind of rare in my part of Texas, so it has to be trucked in from the Dallas area. Road base limestone is $23 a ton if you buy the entire load off of the end dump, which varies from 22 to 24 tons. If you buy it from the yard, it's $40 a yard and they will deliver up to 8 yards from a single axle dump truck with a $50 delivery fee.

Crushed concrete is a little cheaper, and I've found it to hold up and compact a lot better then limestone. The limestone that we have here is kind of soft and wears out over time. I've never seen any sign of wear with crushed concrete.

 

[TnWV]

Curious what gravel costs for you there? Rock is kind of rare in my part of Texas, so it has to be trucked in from the Dallas area. Road base limestone is $23 a ton if you buy the entire load off of the end dump, which varies from 22 to 24 tons. If you buy it from the yard, it's $40 a yard and they will deliver up to 8 yards from a single axle dump truck with a $50 delivery fee.

Crushed concrete is a little cheaper, and I've found it to hold up and compact a lot better then limestone. The limestone that we have here is kind of soft and wears out over time. I've never seen any sign of wear with crushed concrete.

25 tons is about $820 delivered. Delivery is $150 of that price. Rock is barged in, and is pretty expensive here. I used crushed concrete for my fill in the garage and it definitely packed good. There is only one supplier in the area and they did not have any clean crushed concrete available right now. The stuff I used in the garage wouldn’t have worked well on the drive, it had pieces from softball size to dust. A lot of the pieces had metal in them as well, so didn’t want that on the driveway either.

 

[ovrszd]

Crushed limestone runs around $15 p/ton delivered. I have a quarry East of me 4 miles and another South of me 10 miles.

 

[TnWV]

Crushed limestone runs around $15 p/ton delivered. I have a quarry East of me 4 miles and another South of me 10 miles.

That’s less than half my cost. My road would always be in pristine condition if I could get it for that price!

Distance from the quarry really makes a huge difference in price. Doesn’t help that the closest gravel yard is a 35-40 minute drive in a loaded dump truck.

 

[mred2]

I wish I could get it that cheap. It is more than $40 a yard delivered, 18 yard load. If you can get it for that. $50 a yard if you pick it up. Location make a big difference. The best rock pit will not even load a small truck.

 

[ovrszd]

That’s less than half my cost. My road would always be in pristine condition if I could get it for that price!

Distance from the quarry really makes a huge difference in price. Doesn’t help that the closest gravel yard is a 35-40 minute drive in a loaded dump truck.

I keep a pile for those little repair projects.

 

[TnWV]

Not much to update, the friend that was going to help me pour the garage floor tomorrow had something come up, so that’s out for now, will try again after the holidays, weather permitting.

I’ve been working on electric wiring in the evenings, and have a few rooms wired up.

I’ll get the last basement window and the door installed this weekend, that will allow me to hopefully keep some heat in there for when we start the plumbing drains in the near future. Cold weather really slows things down and really kills the motivation to get out and work. Have to power through it and keep things moving.

 

[TnWV]

Not a lot of picture worthy progress, lots of hanging can lights and wiring. Bedrooms, dining room, kids bathroom, and hallway all done. Picked up a bathtub for the kids bath yesterday, may start, plumbing that side of the house later this week or next weekend. HVAC guy coming this week to get a material list together, and will get going on it after Christmas sometime. That is costing more than I wanted, but we are using all Lennox equipment, and this guy has been real good to me on my current home and my in laws house.

I did manage to get the basement door and window installed, as well. Should be able to warm it up a little for the guys installing the duct and when we are plumbing.

 

[TnWV]

Dormer window came in so I got it installed yesterday. Also go most of the beam under the porch roof put up.

Other than that, I’ve been working on wiring, probably getting close to half done with the wiring. Still waiting for AEP to get the power in.

Hope everyone has a Merry Christmas!