Multi-phased 1 1/2 story home project in Austin, TX

[NIGHTOWL]

I have been looking over your house,you did a great job.
I am building a cabin and using perlins  and metal on top ,my ? is on the end walls what did you use to keep out birds from geting in  between the end walls and roof where the perlins are .
Do you intend to put on a show rafter and soffit?
Thanks
NIGHTOWL

[phalynx]

Thanks!  We used 1x4's to fill in the gaps between the purlins on the end.  We originally intended to put on a show edge but decided that we liked the simple country look that it gave without and we were lazy.     But, mostly the look.

[NIGHTOWL]

Thanks!  We used 1x4's to fill in the gaps between the purlins on the end.  We originally intended to put on a show edge but decided that we liked the simple country look that it gave without and we were lazy.     But, mostly the look.

Thanks for the reply,is your perlins 1x4,s?
NIGHTOWL

[phalynx]

They are 1x4's.

[NIGHTOWL]

One more ? , you put the felt paper 0n top of the perlins from the top of the roof to the bottom one sheet at a time then one sheet of roofing and did you lap it a little each one?
Thanks
NIGHTOWL

[phalynx]

We lapped the tar paper about 6" and we would place a sheet of metal wherever we could fit one without more tar paper.

[phalynx]

The lunacy continues.  We have started construction on a 20x32 building for ME!  A man cave/movie theater/future home of the studio/and all around general purpose game room.

Here are the pics from today's build.

[ScottA]

Does your wife know about this? 

[phalynx]

Remember who takes the pictures?   

[Jens]

do you have a money printing machine?

[ScottA]

Sweet. I'll be watching. What kinda sound system are you putting in? Are you going with 5/8" sheetrock or maybe double rock for better acoustics?

[phalynx]

do you have a money printing machine?

I don't have a printing machine.  I don't have a house payment either and we use that to build everything.  Not to mention, building is actually cheap.  This one will be under 5K dried in, now that I have all the toys, I mean tools to build.   

Sweet. I'll be watching. What kinda sound system are you putting in? Are you going with 5/8" sheetrock or maybe double rock for better acoustics?

I have a Klipsch system in the house that doesn't get to be used to its fullest.  Going to expand it to 7.1 channels.  Will be using one of the new cheap 1080P projectors that just came out.  Will be using 5/8's sheetrock but only single wall.  Living in the country, I don't need the isolation.  I am going to build this with 10' walls and T&G wood on the cathedral ceiling.  Going to put in exposed beams similar to yours but a little less fancy, unless I talk myself into your design.  I think it looks great.

[teacher2]

Off the subject for just a moment, please.  What size is the fiberglass shower pan in your downstairs bathroom?  Thanks.

[phalynx]

36"x60" and its WONDERFUL!

[muldoon]

when i grow up I want to be like phalynx.

[phalynx]

when i grow up I want to be like phalynx.

Man, don't you want to be something a little better?

[phalynx]

Well, a little more progress out here at Wise Acre Farms.  Its been cold the past week.  This morning it was 9 degrees.  We still needed to finish the subfloor.  It was completed this afternoon.  I will probably pause at this point until I can finalize how I want to configure the walls and roof.  I keep trying to go a little bigger.  I am thinking of a 1 1/2 story man cave so I can put everything I would ever want in there...and so I won't have to build another one  

Here is the floor



We attempted to do the subfloor happy dance that everyone else does but we discovered a gravity vortex right in the middle of floor.  My wife luckily caught it with the camera.

[MountainDon]

You better hurry up with getting a roof on so you don't float away. That levitation floor works real good!  

[lil-bit]

After I snapped a couple of the pictures, I quickly set the camera down, grab some rope and tied them to a tree to keep them from floating off  

[glenn kangiser]

lil-bit, why is the big guy floating more than the two little ones?

Too much hot air?

[lil-bit]

It could have been the levitating floor and his green outfit that made him float higher than the girls.   

[phalynx]

Here is (what I believe to be) the final design of the "Phalynx Cave". 

[Johnbrakingground]

You are my hero man!    I have been watching a few different builds for the last couple of years and yours always amazes me.  I am doing mine on a tight budget and it seems you have been able to keep your spending under control. Like you said building as long as your doing it yourself is cheap especially once you have all the cool tools which many can be bought at Harbor Freight.  I see a lot of these small cabins costing 70-100K.  Also you seem very good about keeping busy.  Probably like you I beleive in someone else can do it then I can also.  Pick up a book, use common sense and trial and error.  Not to say I can do it as good or fast as a pro, but I can afford to try several times in lou of paying someone else.   Keep up the great work and check out my progress over the next couple months.   

[MountainDon]

I'm wondering what's going to happen when he runs out of building space?

[glenn kangiser]

Maybe he'll try going underground again but on a smaller scale.