Shady Rest Progress

[Inspector507]

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Great progress Shade........I wanna come see it. And if ya need an indepenent electrical inspection, let me know.

 

[shade2u2]

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Neil,
The waste water (gray & sewer) exits the house by gravity through another pipe (4" or 6" ???) that passes through the footer and then on into the septic system. The black pipes shown in my last picture are the gray water drains leading to the main drain.
Yes, basement footers are normally below the frost line. At our exposed walkout side of the basement, the footers are not below the frost line & therefore are poured over 2' thick (depth) & have a foam insulatng material on the outside to help keep the frost line away from the basement floor.
All the utilities are also located in the basement.

 

[njrqs]

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Cool

I am learning al the time. Involved in buildings all my (working) life but never involved with domestic basements.

Any Aussie questions you have??

(No the water doesn't go down the plughole the other way /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif)

Cheers

 

[shade2u2]

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Inspector,
Come on by. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif I was by your area over Easter on our way to & from Middletown. I took I-270 down around to I-71 South...
I don't know that I need an independent electrical inspection, but would welcome your opinion & advise. I may really need it if I end up running the electric to the barn myself./w3tcompact/icons/eyes.gif

 

[shade2u2]

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I'm not expert & may have mis-stated a thing or two since I only know what I've half-learned preparing for our building project. I learn more every time that I go out to the construction sight.
We spent 3 years planning for this house and have worked to keep the cost in line.
The plughole direction was the important query /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif
I have one question... Do Kangaroos really box? /w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif

 

[njrqs]

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Our cyclones (I think they are the same as your hurricanes, not tornadoes) go anti-clockwise. I think yours go clockwise. There is some science in that one, but not in the plughole one !!

Well Kangaroos do box actually, and there is a big market in roo skin boxing gloves /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

Gee that was almost 20 years ago since our "Boxing Kangaroo" whooped your US butt in the American's Cup.

What a fine day that was for us Aussies. I can still remember sitting up in the early morning for that race.

Well the designer has since died and the financier sent to Jail, but apart from that...............

Cheers

 

[s1120]

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<font color=red>Well the designer has since died and the financier sent to Jail, but apart from that</font color=red>

Yup, that sounds like the American's cup./w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif I had also seen that race. I think I am one of the few in the US that watch the races.

 

[Inspector507]

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Shade,
If you went South on I-71 from 270, you were within 2 miles of my house /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[RobS]

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<font color=blue>I think I am one of the few in the US that watch the races. </font color=blue>

That makes two of us Paul. Between all the sailing and bicycling coverage on TV in the US, it's amazing I get any tractor time at all /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[DVerbarg]

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Shade,

Oh that pic brings back memories from two years ago.

Don't want to stick my nose in but this may be your last chance...if you want radiant heat in the basement floor or maybe might want it later...you can install the flexible tubing yourself in the floor for only a few hundred. We did this and are glad we did. After the house was "done" we ended up adding the boiler within just a few months and what a difference it makes in the basement. Its hard to describe.