diggerdan11 Posted January 17, 2010 Report Share Posted January 17, 2010 coming along nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS Silv Posted February 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2010 More progress, more snow However, before the snow hit, we were able to get the shingles done, windows, and tyvek. Now, we have most of the house closed off with plastic and insulation so we can thaw the ground. We started the temporary heater (300,000 btu's) last thursday. The ground is now thawed and we will be doing the underground plumbing tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawnss Posted February 13, 2010 Report Share Posted February 13, 2010 wow looks like its coming along pretty good. i cant wait for my wife to be done with school so we can get a home. best of luck to you looks like your heading in the right direction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueAKSSS Posted February 13, 2010 Report Share Posted February 13, 2010 Looks good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cramer Posted February 14, 2010 Report Share Posted February 14, 2010 Coming along very nice especially with the weather. I am in the process of purchasing property for our new house. Now I have to sell my house in this crappy economy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaymz Posted February 15, 2010 Report Share Posted February 15, 2010 Lookin good man, Hard country for construction Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS Silv Posted February 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2010 I figured I will keep this thread rolling with every bit of progress. It's kind of like a scrap book for me, and others might find the homebuilding process interesting. Underground plumbing is finished. Thank god for my walk behind Bobcat with the excavating attachment. The ground was thawed but extremely hard. It would have sucked digging it all by hand. Next step(s), backfill plumbing, cover the dirt with a couple inches of sand, install foam board, lay the underground heating lines, and finally poor the slab. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaymz Posted February 15, 2010 Report Share Posted February 15, 2010 Just a suggestion/question, are you doing a Floor drain for the garage ? If I ever get a change to build, its going to be a must for me, actually 2 of them, 1 centered under each car area Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS Silv Posted February 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2010 Just a suggestion/question, are you doing a Floor drain for the garage ? If I ever get a change to build, its going to be a must for me, actually 2 of them, 1 centered under each car area Yup, we couldnt dig the drain for the garage yet. The garage is full of mud. We are waiting for the ground to dry. We are actually doing a trench drain which is far better than the common round/bucket drain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f1ss Posted February 16, 2010 Report Share Posted February 16, 2010 I love seeing the pictures of the progress, we tore half of our house apart to reconfigure a new kitchen. I loved doing construction work on houses, so much fun and rewarding when I was done looking at what I did. Is your garage going to have a slight pitch for the drainage, or just flat and the trench drain? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS Silv Posted February 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2010 I love seeing the pictures of the progress, we tore half of our house apart to reconfigure a new kitchen. I loved doing construction work on houses, so much fun and rewarding when I was done looking at what I did. Is your garage going to have a slight pitch for the drainage, or just flat and the trench drain? Their will be a pitch. Also the garage floor will be heated as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprayed99 Posted February 16, 2010 Report Share Posted February 16, 2010 So you are doing a cold bond foundation? Seems a bit risky to me, but again you have totally different dirt than we do here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS Silv Posted February 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2010 So you are doing a cold bond foundation? Seems a bit risky to me, but again you have totally different dirt than we do here. No risk here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobb Posted February 16, 2010 Report Share Posted February 16, 2010 In missouri, the dirt does not drain very well so we use 1" clean under slabs, the sand swells when it gets moist. Cracks the concrete, but the cracks come in the truck. Iam very interesting the heating of the concrete, take some pictues so i can have some ideas. What size of heater and pump would you use for heating the slab? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS Silv Posted February 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2010 In missouri, the dirt does not drain very well so we use 1" clean under slabs, the sand swells when it gets moist. Cracks the concrete, but the cracks come in the truck. Iam very interesting the heating of the concrete, take some pictues so i can have some ideas. What size of heater and pump would you use for heating the slab? I will take lots of pics. I can't remember the size of boiler. I'll have that info later.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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