EddieWalker
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Love putting in floor joists!!!!
This day in 1997, of my house build
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buckeyefarmer
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19970217 Monday Presidents Day
Installed about half of 2nd floor decking. Based on sunshine pic taken in morning before work was done.
Hutch helped.
I noticed my 8ft step ladder lying next to center wall. I would chain and lock it instead of locking it in my tool container every night.
Installed about half of 2nd floor decking. Based on sunshine pic taken in morning before work was done.
Hutch helped.
I noticed my 8ft step ladder lying next to center wall. I would chain and lock it instead of locking it in my tool container every night.
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buckeyefarmer
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19970218 Tuesday
Took off work early.
Work on 2 nd deck.
Neighbor dug trench for electric service, I laid conduit.
The electric co put in a shared transformer. They offered cheaper price if we dug and installed the conduit. My neighbor, who is a plumber, had access to a backhoe. The electric line does not follow the road, but passes across our properties behind them, along the creek, originally connecting two of the earliest houses by the most direct route.
We came from a pole on my property, up the hill on my side of our property line. The transformer was placed just inside his property line in our back yards. He also dug from the transformer location to our houses. Because of my topsoil pile, he had to arc around it, which benefited me later when I put in my geothermal.
The electric co at a later date installed the transformer and wire to the meter base.
Picture of my geo thermal area in the direct line between house and transformer. The electric goes right of the right pole.
Took off work early.
Work on 2 nd deck.
Neighbor dug trench for electric service, I laid conduit.
The electric co put in a shared transformer. They offered cheaper price if we dug and installed the conduit. My neighbor, who is a plumber, had access to a backhoe. The electric line does not follow the road, but passes across our properties behind them, along the creek, originally connecting two of the earliest houses by the most direct route.
We came from a pole on my property, up the hill on my side of our property line. The transformer was placed just inside his property line in our back yards. He also dug from the transformer location to our houses. Because of my topsoil pile, he had to arc around it, which benefited me later when I put in my geothermal.
The electric co at a later date installed the transformer and wire to the meter base.
Picture of my geo thermal area in the direct line between house and transformer. The electric goes right of the right pole.
EddieWalker
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Looks like you had an early Spring. Or is that normal to have all that green grass in February there?
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buckeyefarmer
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That’s a picture taken a few yrs ago after the geothermal install. Just to show why I’m glad the elect run wasn’t a straight line.
However, my grass is starting to green up already now, it’s been so mild.
However, my grass is starting to green up already now, it’s been so mild.
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buckeyefarmer
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19970219 Wednesday
Took day off work.
Finished 2nd floor joists. Subfloor almost done.
Used metal bridging for 2nd floor.
Took day off work.
Finished 2nd floor joists. Subfloor almost done.
Used metal bridging for 2nd floor.
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buckeyefarmer
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19970220 Thursday
1 month of framing.
Took off 3 hrs from work, finished 2nd floor decking.
Start mark for back wall.
Supervisors came.
1 month of framing.
Took off 3 hrs from work, finished 2nd floor decking.
Start mark for back wall.
Supervisors came.
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buckeyefarmer
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19970221 Friday
Took off work to build
Built 42 ft back wall in 3 sections, not sheathed yet.
Installed electric meter base and connected conduit.
Very windy.
Took off work to build
Built 42 ft back wall in 3 sections, not sheathed yet.
Installed electric meter base and connected conduit.
Very windy.
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buckeyefarmer
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19970222 Saturday
Finished building back 2nd floor wall. Too windy to stand it.
Cut stringers for temp stairs.
Nailed underside of bridging.
Hutch helped 8 hrs.
Got cold.
No pictures.
Finished building back 2nd floor wall. Too windy to stand it.
Cut stringers for temp stairs.
Nailed underside of bridging.
Hutch helped 8 hrs.
Got cold.
No pictures.
EddieWalker
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What type of work did you do back then? They sure where kind to you with allowing you to take off so much time to work on your house.
