Another new house

[brent]

Did take some pics today, the pics can only capture small amount of the excitement of starting to see this project coming together, seems like only yesterday it was just a few stakes in the ground [img]/forums/images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

http://webpages.charter.net/bone5258/8-20%20004.jpg skylight in kitchen

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basement rec room

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the babies playroom

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office area

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music studio

[brent]

I thought things were going to slow after the shell was done, but wow these guys are still flying. The plumbers are done with the rough in, the hvac is done, the electricians got done friday.
insulation starts this week and siding friday. The septic system was done last friday, did not even get a chance to take pics, by the time i got out there it was inspected and covered. I just want say i have enjoyed reading and watching some of you other guys projects coming together, i wish i could be as detailed with pics and comments as some of the posts i have followed.

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as much of the septic system install as i could get
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great room/w fireplace installed
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kitchen
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dining area // I like the way the guys ran the wiring, would be a shame to cover it up [img]/forums/images/icons/tongue.gif[/img]
http://webpages.charter.net/bone5258/8-26%20016.jpg
rec room //Not real thrilled with the bulkhead, but glad we went with the 9ft basement wall.

Brent

[JazzDad]

The bulkhead will allow for a nice shelf. You can never have enough room for knick-knacks!

[Tevi]

The walls in the music room should be leaning in and when you insulate the room use sound battening and hang the drywall on RC-1 channel.Just a suggestion.Looks great

[Pat]

Brent, my GC recommended 9' 1 1/8" inch rough floor to rough ceiling heights in the spaces where I wanted 9 ft ceilings, including the walkout basement. It sure cuts down on the "cave" look in the basement. Large open rooms with short ceilings look even shorter than they are. You will be thrilled you have 9 instead of 8 in your basement.

I have a guest bedroom in the baement. It is not all that small but the the high ceilings seem to pull the walls in and make the room look smaller. I'm hoping the wainscoting on the bottom 4 ft of the walls with a strong heavy chair rail atop it will give some horizontal reinforcement to the visual effect. As all four bedroom walls are cast concrete (yet another safe room) I will be glueing carpet to the walls above the chair rail. This will reduce reverberation and make the walls comfortable to the touch. Even with interior concrete walls at the average room temp (say 72F) the heat conductivity and storage capacity of the walls make them feel uncomfortably cool to the touch, chilling to lean against. The carpet will fix that. Same story in the main portion of the basement where the pool table goes. Can't have your shooting arm get chilled leaning against the wall while watching your competition taking their turn.

[img]/forums/images/icons/smile.gif[/img] Pat

[egon]

Pool room sounds like some dim place where all types of undesirables hang out!! [img]/forums/images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

Now " Biliard Parlour " makes one think of " Fine Wines, Cigars and Brandy" which would only be fitting for Gentelmen and after dinner conversation. [img]/forums/images/icons/grin.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

Egon

[brent]

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Pool room sounds like some dim place where all types of undesirables hang out!!

Now " Biliard Parlour " makes one think of " Fine Wines, Cigars and Brandy" which would only be fitting for Gentelmen and after dinner conversation.

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Parlour it is [img]/forums/images/icons/cool.gif[/img]


I am so glad we went with the 9 ft basement, the way the stairwell is laid out in the middle there was no way get around the bulkhead in the rec room. In response to the studio: I am leaving that for a winter/spring project, i have a few studio plans i found online and i think one them had slanted wall look(thanks)
With the cost of the house project in whole [img]/forums/images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] The better half says [img]/forums/images/icons/tongue.gif[/img] studios can wait [img]/forums/images/icons/frown.gif[/img]

The guys have insulating since yesterday and another crew has been siding since friday, they got the side walls done with blow-in today and the ceiling is done also it is amazing what can get done in 1 day.

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thanks
brent

[brent]

A little update:

The drywallers have all the drywall put up and the finishers should start Friday. It seemed to have made all rooms look smaller the wife told me [img]/forums/images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] I told my wife that making the house any bigger at this point was not a option [img]/forums/images/icons/wink.gif[/img] While the guys are busy inside I am getting ready to transplant trees, I have about 35 holes dug for maples and beech with a Bobcat and also stripped off a swath about 300 ft to plant a wind row of poplars. Just waiting for the leaves to fall off the maples and beech and to get my poplars and pines from arborday.

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Brent

[brent]

Hi all,

Got some bad news, The rental house that we are living in sold so we got to move . Since the house we moving to does not have cable or our new house we are building(wont be done until late Nov early Dec) we are losing are internet , which also means my web space for pics. I can still access from where i work but this post will have dead links to the pics. Should I delete this post? You guys have been great following our progress on this project, below is the last pics i will be able to post with our shutoff Monday.

Thanks again
Brent

The outside is just about done.
http://webpages.charter.net/bone5258/9-27%20017.jpg

They are starting to lay the stone.
http://webpages.charter.net/bone5258/9-27%20020.jpg

I have been busy with the bobcat with future windbreaks
http://webpages.charter.net/bone5258/9-27%20018.jpg

[GaryM]

If you reduce the file size to less than 100K, and attach the files to your post, rather than an "inline image", they will be stored on the Country by Net server and you won't have to be concerned about it.

Good luck on the move and the latest photos show a fine looking house.