Hey there. We have been very inspired by this website, and thought we would start to post our progression on the house we are building. We are building a 24 x 24 2 story house with log siding in the Ozarks. I have been taking pictures, and will post them soon. This is our first time building a home, so it is very exciting and nerve wracking at the same time. I will be posting more soon!
Welcome to the forum. We will be looking forward to seeing your progress. Might even be able to answer a few questions. :)
Thanks! I'm sure we will have questions, that's why this forum is so great! We welcome and appreciate any help or suggestions!
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We dug out the footers, and had cement poured and septic put in the same day.
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We have the subfloor on now, I will get some pics and put them on here a.s.a.p.
We are doing this ourselves....never built a house before, so it's pretty exciting and scary!
Any tips or suggestions is appreciated!
Have a great day!
Interesting project. The foundation is very simple and easy to build.
You must have great bearing soil (over 6,000 lbs/SF) and a very shallow frost depth.
Sounds like a busy day.
It does sound like a heavy house for the amount of footings doesn't it? Or were there continuous concrete footings with block piers extended above them? Looks like deeper trenches in the first picture.
Did someone do a foundation design, Camp Hope?
Yes, concrete footings and block piers with rebar. We've been told by many that we have over-done what we need to do, but we figured~better safe than sorry! :) I don't really know what you mean by a "foundation design". Apparently the frost depth is not too deep, because the guy that dug ours didn't even want to go as deep as we had him go, he said it was not necessary.?! The concrete footers are 2ft deep by 2ft wide. With the block piers and rebar,etc... is that sufficient for a 2 story home? Let me know what you think. Thanks!
By the foundation design I meant how the total load is transferred to the ground. John has mentioned how the load starts at the roof - so many lbs load for live load (snow) dead load then upstairs load - down stairs load etc all combined then transferred to the footings and to the ground.
I meant that someone - engineer - architect etc had made sure the foundation would not sink into the ground and the beams were of sufficient size to carry all the combined house wall and roof loads between the individual piers.
I only have the information on John's designs and while we (and he) don't mind talking about other plans in the forum -except the Plans Support forum which s only for his plans , we are pretty well in the dark as to the rest of the design of the house.
I only did a quick calculation on the design loads for the house. 24x24 by two stories (at 40 psf each for live load) and a 25 psf live load on the roof equals over 77,000 lbs when you add in the dead loads. Assuming you could get all the foundation footings to bear the weight equally, then you can total up the area of the footings for the next step. I came up with 12.4 sf just guessing from the photos. (Note: if there is a continuous footing with a couple of rebar tying the block piers together then this area would be considerably larger). If the pier area is close, that divides out to somewhere around 6270 lbs per sf of footing for the soil pressure. The soil must be able to resist with a force greater than this or the house will settle.
Most building departments assume a 2000 psf soil bearing capacity unless you have soil logs or tests that say otherwise. That is what I design my stock plan foundations for.
As Glenn mentions - as long as the designer and building department both sign off on this, then you are likely to be fine. You might be OK even if neither have been checked ;). Most engineering assumptions are cautious be a factor of two or three, at least.
Except if you are a bridge designer in Minnesota. :-[ - then you go for broke!
Note - You will not want to build in wet clay with that kind of pressure!
The more I look at these photos the more I think there is a big footing there.
Here are what I think are some of the good ideas we can glean from this easy to build foundation.
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In cold climates where you don't want to trench the entire footing 4' deep, you could rest the block piers on oversized spot footings.
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QuoteYes, concrete footings and block piers with rebar. We've been told by many that we have over-done what we need to do, but we figured~better safe than sorry! :) I don't really know what you mean by a "foundation design". Apparently the frost depth is not too deep, because the guy that dug ours didn't even want to go as deep as we had him go, he said it was not necessary.?! [highlight]The concrete footers are 2ft deep by 2ft wide[/highlight]. With the block piers and rebar,etc... is that sufficient for a 2 story home? Let me know what you think. Thanks!
That's what I gather from the reply and I thought this photo showed a big deep long footing trench.
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As long as beams are properly sized to accommodate point loads on the piers it seems good to me.
Yes, a continuous footer two feet deep is more than is needed! 8" tall x 16" wide w/ 2 rebar would be standard for a two story house.
I was worried you were bearing those piers directly on the soil with no footer. That's what the bearing calculations above were assuming. Sorry that I misread the photos. The red dots are smaller deeper footings that could be done if you were in Maine or Minnesota.
Good Job! :) This place will not have to worry about settlement.
Well, thanks guys for taking the time to look it over, I appreciate that! You two, I'm sure know a lot more about this than we do. So, we appreciate the feedback! I'm glad you think it will be sufficient. My husband, who i'm sure will get on here and talk to you all, is a very intelligent man, and I trust him completely to build and design our home. But it is nice to share our ideas and get some feedback. Thanks again!
Billie
Our pleasure, Billie. We love to help you beat your little part of the system. :)
Sometimes we have to ask a few questions to clear things up as things aren't always obvious over the net. Looks like you are doing a great job. Please keep the pictures coming. :)
Concerning this type of foundation - Would this be good for an expansive clay soil, such as in NE Texas or would a slab be better?
If the rules of a good foundation were followed:
1. Site grading drains water away from the house in all directions.
2. Footing is below frost depth
3. Drain rock and tile around the perimeter
4. (optional) a French drain if there is surface or subsurface water to deal with
Then this foundation should be fine in clay soils.
The only reason to go to a full perimeter concrete foundation wall (on what is already a full perimeter footing) is to get more anchorage into the ground for shear panels and uplift protection. These may be needed in very high wind and strong earthquake areas.
Billie's project has cast straps that do a good job of tying the footings and the walls together.
:DI explained our situation, but thought a picture would say it all. We have been living in our motorhome since January. Not fun. But we know it is a sacrifice to get our house done sooner. We thought about renting a place in town while we build, it sure would have been easier, since we do not have electricity, water, anything! :( But things are looking up! ::) We are close to getting our well done, and the electric company is finally working with us to get some power out here! Within a month we should have power and water, and our well is already done. So, we are coming along. We WILL get there! :)
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WE HAVE PROGRESS!!! :)
Just wanted to show some of what we have accomplished this past month.
We have the first floor framed, and we are starting on the second floor. It's been SUPER hot here, like most of the country, I'm sure. Predominately 100+ temps. We've tried working in the morning and evenings and resting through the hottest part of the day. We have been doing this ourselves, so we are pleased with how much we have done. We did have a few friends come out one day, which was a real blessing, for sure! We appreciate any help! :D
Here are some pictures of what we've done.
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We are excited, can't wait to get it done! :D
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Looks like you are moving right along. Thanks for the update. :)
Yeah, who knows, maybe we can be in it by this winter. That would be nice! Well, it would be nice just to get water and elctricity!! :) Thanks for the encouragement. This site is great for first time builders like us.
I hope all continues to go well for you. We're here for whatever we can do to help. :)
Look at it this way by living in the motor home for so long you have great motivation to get it done fast.
Looking good
Kevin
;D You are absolutely right about that!! If not, I might go crazy! :o That is a good incentive!! hee hee
Glenn or John, I have a question for ya. We decided to make it a 1 1/2 story with a Bungalow roof dormer on the loft half for more headroom. Do you have an idea where I can get plans to do that, or maybe some pictures on a website, or something? Any ideas would help. Thanks!
b-t-w, we started on our well today. They dug 190 ft so far and just hit rock! It's kinda scary thinking how deep they might have to go! :-/
We think we might have some electricity out here within a few weeks too, hopefully. They were marking where they were gonna put the poles today.
So, we are excited. Things are getting done. I will post more pics soon.
Thanks!
Billie :)
John will be missing for a couple of days.
Here's one example. http://www.above-it-all.co.uk/dormer_windows/dormer_extensions.htm
Framing members are usually at least doubled at the bearing sides of the dormers as I recall. PEG is the guy who really knows this stuff.
Check page 45 of this pub
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and you can download it for off line or print for off screen reference also.
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Very good grasshopper , Ah , :-/I mean Glenn ;D
That will work Camp H. dbl the rafters like that photo of Glenn's , of course theres a bit of backing / nailers missing but you'll "see " those as you sheet the roof and / or hang your dry wall.
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Similar to what your thinking about.
G/L PEG
Oh Sure -- now I'm grasshopper. :-/
Thanks PEG. :)
Beats Sassy's nickname fer ya ;D , althought they both start with a "G" ;D Hehehhehheheheee! Jeesh I crack me up !
Sometimes you're just too funny, PEG. At my expense even. :-/ :o
;D ;D ;D ;D
Thanks so much. Pictures are great. Couldn't have come at a better time! Appreciate all your help!
Billie
Our pleasure, Billie. :)
Billie asked for a completed shot , I was driving by the place today so here it is , [highlight]I did not side the place [/highlight], the home owner did. Looks good from the road.
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Very handsome place PEG. Looks like it belongs on that site.
Looks like an old homestead house.
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Looks like it belongs on that site.
It does now ;D
But ya, I know what ya mean, it is a old dairy , the Sullivan farm , on Crosby Rd , on the "S" turns right after sunset beach going toward the base.
Thanks for the picture of the completed house. It looks good. We are going to put log siding on ours. :)
Your pictures won't show for me.
Jared
I see 'em. :)Do other photos show? There's always the chance that the host site for the photos was down for a short time. :-/
:D Hey there. Hope everyone had a great Holiday weekend and rested from their labor! I personally had to work most of it, but my hubby and kids got a break since we had family come in. It was good for them! Here are some pics of G-ma, my kids and cousins. They had a great time at the pool.
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Here is our neice Baylee with one of our kittens.
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GREAT NEWS~~~ We got our well in!! YEAH!!
It took a few days, cause they had some mechanical problems, but they ended up going 290 feet. over 200 had to be cased because we didn't hit rock until 190 feet. That is really hard to believe since we grow rocks here in the Ozarks! I am not kidding! Our neighbors couldn't believe it. So, in this area, I guess we did pretty good, as far as the depth and everything. We heard horror stories about 900 ft wells around here! YIKES!!
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:)Praise the Lord!! :)
We are going to do the well pump ourselves, so if anyone can think of any "heads-up" thoughts, please let us know! We have never done any of this before!! :-?
Oh, and our electricity will be up within a few weeks! Wow, won't that be wonderful!
We have done some more on the house. We decided to go with a 1 1/2 story, in case I didn't say that yet. It's gonna be a four bedroom, 2 bath house. Two bedrooms will be above the garage.
Here are some pics:
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Here's the guy doing most of this hard work, my hubby, Jerry. He's doing such a great job, and I really appreciate all his hard work!
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He's gonna take a little break and go to his moms for a few days to get some work done for her before cold weather sets in. His Daddy passed away in April, and so she is needing some help. While he is there, he's gonna try and sell our min pin puppies who are ready to go! They are so cute!
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You know, God has blessed us so much by allowing us to build this house, physically and financially! We are so blessed. We can't wait to see how beautiful it is out here in the fall! Wow!
Be blessed, we look forward to seeing everyones progress. It is so encouraging to see other peoples work and endurance!
Great on the well. I am a driller also and can probably add a few ideas there. Did you get production figures on the well -- gallons per foot, static level -etc?
The roof looks like it could develop some pretty good outward force under load - forcing the walls out. Is there a bracing - collar tie - etc. support plan?
I want a kitty & puppy - they are soooo cute :) Great progress, sounds like everything is working out great! Nice looking family 8-)
I want a pool, too :'( I'll just have to settle for the river during the summer - it's wonderful but I can't just walk out the door & jump in :(
Glenn, I will have to ask my husband about that, I'm not sure. :-?
I wish I could say the pool was ours, Sassy, but it was at the hotel my mother-in-law was staying at. I don't even have water yet!! hee hee! We travel in town and tote it in a storage, then use a pump to put it into our rv. FUN!! We are so ready to move on from there!! :-/
We've had siamese cats, my parents had dobermans & Glenn had one of those miniature pinscher. They are just so cute! You don't have to ask you husband - just had to comment on them :) I'm sure you will be able to sell them in a heartbeat!
I had a full size Dobie and a Whippet actually. :)
Sassy is confused right now ;D Heading off down the hill to go to work and making hurried replies.
I'm confused as well all I see are red "X's" wheres the photos? :'(
Hmmmm. That is weird that some can see them and others can't. Sorry. :'( Maybe the administrators can figure it out. I know I use a digital SLR camera, and those pictures take a lot of memory. I uploaded them to photobucket though, and they transferred over ok, so I am not sure what it is.
Like I said before, we have a blog at www.thompsonfamilycamphope.blogspot.com where we have the similar pics posted if you would like to check it out.
Sorry again. I'm confused too! :o
I noticed something. I don't think it should cause the problem, but ya' never know with 'puters.
I see an extra IMG tag around each photo. It's as if you clicked on the Insert Image button on the YABB post message screen, and then pasted in what you copied from Photobucket when you clicked on the IMG CODE tag under the photobucket image (4th down) . Clicking on the tag line in Photobucket copies the code with the leading and trailing IMG tags already there. Duplicating makes the "button set" tags print out.
If that makes any sense to anyone. :-/
Ya thats problally it , like Glenn sez computers are like a women , ya got tellum what you want and makum thing they thought of it , or some such thing ;D
I'll check it out, but the pix are fine for me. Don's right -- if you copy the bottom Photobucket tag you don't hve to use the IMG button here. The Photobucket one is in caps but works fine.
I'll edit the post pix. Nice looking family BTW.
Computers are like women. They only want to hear exactly what they want to hear exactly when they want to hear it and exactly in the way they want to hear it.. Close is not good enough. :-/
PEG - please try to remember that properly. Every time you make me repeat it, it is just one more chance I'm going to get in deep doo-doo from the gals. Sometimes thay have a hard time understanding that I must teach computers in terms you can relate to. :-?
The photos work now , must be Glenn's adminasstror's devine presence.
Thanks for detailing that for me Glenn, I love to put you on the edge / spot! ;D
My pleasure PEG.
Oh wow, I am not even gonna touch the slams about women. :-X
Both men and women have their quirks, and that's all Im gonna say. :)
But, thanks for fixing the pics for some people. I wondered why I needed the additional IMG, but just followed directions, and it worked for me, so..... anyway~
I am stuck at work tonight, forced to work over until 3am. I've been here since 3 pm yesterday! URgh!
I'm tired. I was hoping to help my husband on the house before I go to work tomorrow, hope I'm not too tired.
Thanks for the sweet comments about my family. I think they are pretty special!
Have a great night!
Billie
No slams about women, Billie. Just kidding around -- they are some of my favorite humans. :)
Glenn is such a bad influence on me ;D Some days I wonder. ;D
Sure, PEG -- you can blame it on me -- it's OK. I'm tough. I can handle it. :-/ ;D
:D We have electricity!! Woo-hoo!
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They just finished hooking us up today! We are so excited, the thought of having power WITHOUT the sound of the generator! WOW!! We will never take our electricity for granted again, that's for sure!
I took some pictures today, but don't have time to post them now. I will post them soon!
Thanks for that enlightening update, Billie. :)
We'll wait right here 'til you get them posted.
Hey there. We are still alive here in the Ozarks. Sorry it took me so long to post anything. Life has been a little crazy! :o
We now have running water and electricity! W@@_H@@!!! ;D
I can't tell you how nice it is to take a NORMAL shower (not a Navy shower)!!! ::)
We have a lot more done since I posted last. We aren't where we would like to be, but the cost of the electricity being run, and getting the well put in (300 ft) and the well pump really set us back!
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My husband used a pully to get the gable end up over the open side of the house.
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This is the loft area.
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We poured cement for the garage and started putting up garage walls this past week.
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It's starting to get a little chilly here in the Ozarks!! :o We are gonna try and get the garage dried-in
before it gets too cold so we can at least put the motorhome inside of it and keep it warm~keep the
lines from freezing. Keep the water-pump warm, etc...
We also have to cut some wood for winter, we are SOOO behind it's not even funny!
Please pray for us!!
God Bless,
Billie & The Thompson family :D
Things never move as fast as we want them to on a project like this it seems. Always six things to do just so you can do the thing you set out to do, but all in all, nice to see you are still progressing, Billie and family. :)
Hello again. We are four months into this, and things are progressing, thank the Lord!
We are worried about upcoming weather, and we are trying to get dried in a.s.a.p.
Here are some pictures of what we've done this past week.
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We are really excited!! It's actually starting to LOOK like a HOUSE!! :)
Looks like you've been busy, Billie. :)
I need to add one: "Somebody to keep me from falling off the roof" to my tool list. Looking great in such little time!
I love that half circle window! Great progress, lookin' good!
Thanks! We are excited about getting it dried-in! Then we can start on the fun stuff. electrical work and plumbing!! Fun Fun!!! :)
We will have more pics to post soon!
BTW, was that you, Billie, hanging by the seat of your pants? :o
Hello again. No, Sassy, that was my daughter helping out her Dad. She has been such a great worker through this whole thing, a real blessing. All the kids have! They will definately appreciate this house when it is done!
We are getting ready to get the house dried in this week. Here are some pictures I took this morning! I will add more when we get the roofing on.
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Looking good, Billie and family. :)
Very nice - the kids will learn so much that will be with them all their lives & be able to look at what you all have built - I'm sure they have a great sense of accomplishment being a part of this. 8-) :)
Sassy, you are completely right. I was just saying that the other day. They have acquired so much knowledge early in their lives that they can use. I really think it will help them to appreciate things too. They are wonderful people, let me tell you. When I think about myself at their ages, there is a huge difference! They love the Lord, and they love their family and friends. I am a blessed Mother, for sure!
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This is my oldest daughter and my son.
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This is my other daughter.
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This is my husband, he is pretty special too! He is the reason this house is getting finished, he is amazing!
Billie
Know what you mean - I went to church as a kid but it wasn't real to me - our favorite thing was to give the Sunday School teachers a hard time - there was one teacher whose hands would shake the whole time... we were pretty onery ;D Must be wonderful to have kids who've known the Lord since they are young - great legacy! :)
Good looking family, too :) You are really moving along on that house.
I wouldn't have ever imagined that we'd hve the underground cabin & some of the unique touches - Glenn's pretty creative & can do anything he sets his mind to :)
Sassy,
Yeah, I was the same way when I was their age. Didn't understand any of it! :)
Your underground cabin is beautiful, you can tell that you all are creative. What a nice place to wake up everyday! Such a blessing!
Hey there. Just an update. We had planned to have the roof on by now, but we had some
rainy weather. :-/ But, it will be on soon!
We did get the insulation board on and the wrap. Check it out! :D
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I will be posting more pictures soon!! :)
Billie
I've never understood building on piers and having the floor above grade with a crawl space. I like having the earth tucked around me...the floor below the frost line.
Is there a special reason why people build on a deck with the necessary underfloor insulation/and crawl space? I'm confused.
Nice looking family, by the way.
That's a good question, Bruce -- as earth dwellers it may be beyond our capacity to understand.
:) We ARE still alive here in the Ozarks!
We have the roof on, the loft and bedroom upstairs electricity ran and insulation, and working on getting the downstairs done this week. We went ahead and put up our Christmas tree upstairs. That was fun!
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Good to see you are making progress, Billie.
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Sure, PEG -- you can blame it on me -- it's OK. I'm tough. I can handle it. :-/ ;D
Besides that I understand he can press 100,000 pounds.
I just love reading these older posts. c*
:) Well, we are still alive here in the Ozarks! We had some set backs though. My husband, who is doing a majority of the work got hit by a car in Feb. and recently almost cut his ear off, fixing our daughters' car. Poor guy, can't catch a break! Both our daughters are going off to college in August. (financial set~backs as well!!) So, it will be just our 15 year old son, and the two of us living here for the most part.
We do have some things accomplished. The inside is almost ready to live in. We are getting ready to do the plumbing, and finish a lot of little things inside, then our focus will be to get our porch done so we can get the siding on the outside before the weather gets bad in the fall.
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The stairs and railing are not done yet, what is there is temporary. You can't see the kitchen in these pics, but the cabinets are in, and the tile countertops are started. The bar is not there yet though. I am putting tile down in the kitchen and we are doing wood floors throughout the rest of the house.
I will take better pictures soon and get them on here.
Sorry it has taken so long for an update. We are getting closer!!
Billie
It looks fantastic! If that is just plywood on the floor, has it been coated? If it isn't plywood, what is it? I would like to do something similar in our place until we get wood floors.
Also, sorry to hear about your husband. I hope he's better.
Looks great Billie. Careful now -- looking forward to seeing more of your project.
Phalynx~~Hey there. Yes, it is plywood. We put it on top of the subfloor, just as an underlayment. We plan on using 3/4" tongue-in-groove oak over this plywood. It's a smooth finish 1/4" plywood (birch). It was about $10 a sheet.
glenn~~ Thanks! He's reading this with me, maybe he will listen about being careful!! I need to keep him around a little while longer!! lol (he said at least to finish the house!! ha ha)
Edit to Add: Billie, after your humorous remark above things kind of went all to heck here. d*
The good thing is he's OK and able to joke about it. There is not much excuse for what follows here except the ability too humor ourselves and learn from our mistakes and those of others - to hopefully be able to sidestep the next problems and live to try another day. :)
Like any of us are real careful, but we need to try. :)
I really like the diagonal layout of the pine around the window too.
(Hold onto the "Do not resuscitate" order until he's finished, Billie.) ::)
...and make sure the life insurance policy is paid up. d*
I know -- not funny. :(
If you want to throw some humor at it, try this:
He was thinking about a new car. He wasn't sure which one until it finally hit him..
:)
Sorry, I hope he can make light of it now. If not, Glenn made that joke, not me.. :)
Make light of it-- how could he? hmm ...cars are heavy.
Phalynx, I think we may get into deep doo-doo here if we don't behave. [scared]
We may crossing the line (without looking both ways)!! :D
d* d* you guys....
Beautiful work - you've really done a wonderful job on the cabin! Hope the rest of your adventure is trouble & accident free :)
I hope we don't ...run over... the number of semi-humorous wise cracks we are allowed before Billie has to get after us. ::)
True, I don't want to be "grilled" by her if these aren't remotely funny.
You are right. That could be a ...smashing blow... to our egos. [crz]
Perhaps other members will lend us an ear when we offer safety reminders. ::)
Man -- I hope Billie and husband have a good sense of humor -- or maybe as bad as ours. d*
Ear Ye, Ear Ye, I don't think I can "cut up" much more. I am running low on "not so quick" comebacks. It's a dangerous world out there. You shouldn't play "in the hood"...
I also am afraid I may have to ...stop. This is going to be hard to ...recover from. I hope we aren't ...wrecking Billie's thread and inducing ...trauma with these bad remarks. d*
We should probably quit this and go back to our day jobs.
Billie's floor looks great as is. I "hear" her husband has "earmarked" some funds for a nice wood floor to go on top.
On another note, strange things happen when you work on Mike Tyson's car...... come on... think about it..... c*
OK -- I'll bite...You gonna tell me? hmm
BAD!!!!!!!!!! Glenn, BAD!!!
Ok, ok... last one, I promise (on this post) :)
I am glad he didn't actually cut his ear off. His daughter would have surely got an "ear full"
I have to quit, Phalynx. I don't want to but the voices in my head just won't hear of it any more. [crz]
It was fun. I hope Billie and husband understand. Otherwise, they may hijack my thread and talk about me dropping the wall on my wife's leg... :(
Ouch -- I suppose she said it was your fault and you didn't have a leg to stand on..wait...she she was the one without a leg to stand on... hmm I'm confuzed [crz]
...thinking about this a bit, Phalynx... I suppose it's not as funny now that the shoe is on the other foot.
I hope it's not on the one that was under the wall. That could make it hard to get off. hmm
what a great project, it must be "driving" you crazy to get it finished. sometimes I try to get things done, and I just cant "steer clear" of the distractions.
I'll not pun-ish you guys anymore, really - the project looks great!
I think we officially need a continuous pun thread. All members can pun off another's. A pun-off, if you will. I really think my wife could get "a leg up" on the competition. I'll go "break" the news to her. She's not as quick as others, but she'll just "limp along" with the rest.
Billie's husband can hopefully join in. Performing a "hit and pun" if you will..
[shocked] Oh you guys are hilarious!!! Im not mad...my hubby might be when he hears about it!! lol
To top it all off, (he's gonna hate me for sharing this...) but the guy that stitched his ear back together didn't do it right, and the end of it has healed back crooked! It's so sad!!
Yeah, it is a good thing we have a sense of humor, and can laugh at ourselves and life, cause we both would have lost it [crz] by now, for sure! hee hee
Hey Billie - How much does a pirate pay for his earrings?
Hope I remember to come back with the answer to that -- or someone already knows.
A "Buck an Ear"
Unless it's crooked.... THere is nothing worse than a crooked Pirate..
Arrr, You got it -- a buccaneer.
This has been running through my head since yesterday.
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Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears;
I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him;
The evil that men do lives after them,
The good is oft interred with their bones.
rofl That's pretty good!
Today he went back to the same hospital who originally tried to fix it, and they said the guy should have sent him to a plastic surgeon, so now he has to go to a plastic surgeon and have them rip it back open and fix it!! [slap]
OUCH!!! Poor guy! :(
On a 'building' note... we are going to attempt to get some work done this weekend!! Yeah!!!
Hopefully, we will get the stairs done. We have been kicking around different ideas. I still don't think he's decided exactly how he is going to do it! What do you suggest for our set up? Any ideas or pics would be appreciated!!
I gotta get the joke in first, then I am going to look at the stair and post that.. :)
So the plastic surgeon is going to "rip-ear" it?
I guess that's what he gotta do, and sew on and sew on... :)
On the stairs, was there a floorplan posted? or did I just miss it?
lol, that was good!
Um, no, we didn't post a floor plan, i dont think. the house is 24 x 24 and the stairs are in the middle of the house going up to loft, which is over half of house. (in between the kitchen and livingroom downstairs) so it's kinda gonna be a focalpoint of the home! (vaulted ceilings as you can see in the pics)
How about an L stair with a landing and 90 degree turn? I don't have a complete pix in my head of it but went through the photos of the framing and that looked like it might work. Just trying to think about what would be out of the way.
;D Well, being the geniouses that we are ???, it only took a few times to get our steps right!! lol
We plan on putting live slabs on the steps and putting log railing upstairs in the loft, and on the stairs. The railing here is temporary. The stairs will also be enclosed.
The tile is down on the coutertop. I still have to put it on the kitchen floor. Then I am going to put the grout on. The fridge is under the stairs, and the stove will be with a kitchen bar. We are putting a small kitchen cabinet on the side next to fridge, and a little bigger one on the other side at an angle. The bar will have log siding on the sides and a live slab on the top. It should be really pretty when it's done. [cool]
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Looks good, Billie. I like the rounded slab style wall boards.
Absolutely stunning. You must be so proud!
:) Thanks! Yes, I am very proud of my hubby. He had it all in his head d*, and he has done a great job, even with all the trials he has had! He's never built a home before, so I think he's doing pretty good!!
We will be really happy to actually be able to LIVE in it full time. We just have to get the plumbing lines done and get us a bathtub, propane tank, etc... shouldn't be much longer! I'll keep you updated! Thanks for all the help and inspiration. This forum is great! ;D
Any updates?
I like your kitchen cabinets. Where did you get them?
Was thi sthread and project continued elsewhere? I would love to see the completion!
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Was thi sthread and project continued elsewhere? I would love to see the completion!
No.