20X40 1.5 STORY IN SOUTHERN UTAH

Started by ffpara, April 20, 2017, 01:36:11 PM

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ffpara

Ive been able to make some trips up and get to work on all my rough ins. For my first inspection he wants plumbing and electric rough in done. Funny been working on this since last summer and still haven't had an inspection except for basement and septic. I got 95% of plumbing waste lines in and the water lines run. First time using PEX and it went well. Was able to get the pump hooked up and had no leaks so I guess that's a plus. Want to get the downstairs bathroom finished so I have a toilet and shower. Going to see if the inspector will mind me holding off on the upstairs bathroom just because I have to many others things Id like to get done than that, all plumbing is run for it. I rather like having that 2nd floor completely open and 1 bathroom might work for quite awhile. We will see. Main gas line is run its a 1" csst gastite line ran the entire length of the cabin thru the floor joist. I will branch off it to all my appliances. One end will hook to the tank other end I will run to a BBQ. All interior walls are framed in. During the process of building I was always adjusting walls or stairs to help with the living room or kitchen. The master bedroom payed the price though. It ended up being 12.5' by 11'. Definitely small for a Master but it will work.

ffpara

2018-08-19_10-15-20 by sbahde, on Flickr
Main 4" line to septic.
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3" line branches to toilet and shower then continues up for 2nd floor bathroom and vent.
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Kitchen sink
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Washer and bathroom lavatory. 1st floor
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rest of bathroom
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4 vent stacks going into the attic (kitchen vent is behind me) then all tying into the 1 3" vent that will go thru the roof.
2018-08-19_10-11-18 by sbahde, on Flickr
3" vent that will go thru the roof. haven't had a chance to fill the system with water to test for leaks. Will do next trip.
2018-08-19_10-09-59 by sbahde, on Flickr
Their will be a pressure tank after the pump and I just looped my hot water side for testing.


ffpara

2018-08-19_10-10-36 by sbahde, on Flickr
Bathtub will go here waiting for it to get in. capped the water lines for testing.
2018-08-19_10-11-38 by sbahde, on Flickr
Kitchen vent
2018-08-19_10-15-03 by sbahde, on Flickr
Kitchen/bedroom wall. Sorry out of focus.
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Hallway to bathroom and bedroom their will be a coat/storage closet then behind it is the bedroom closet. Just put the king studs in for the doors so had more room to move around.
2018-08-19_10-12-16 by sbahde, on Flickr
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rather large closet for bedroom (3'4" deep) I will either move the opening back 10" so the door can open farther or just leave the closet doors off and have it as a walk in so the door can open farther. Probably move it back.
2018-08-19_11-30-40 by sbahde, on Flickr
gas line
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Kitchen


schiada

Who did you use to redo your plans ?
Thanks. It looks great.

ffpara

Jkl drafting and design. Its out of st george, ut. Only reason i used them is Utah requires a structural engineer from Utah to sign off  on the plans.


schiada

Thanks !
That is what I may need to do here in AZ ?

schiada

What did you pay (about) for the foundation/basement ?

ffpara

That is one of the few things I sub contracted out so far. Basement and footing (a lot of footing for walk around deck) and septic was $42k. That's about 12k more than I planned on paying. My build started right when construction started to boom again and I either couldn't find any contractors to even give a bid or all my bids were really high.

schiada

Was the including the septic system ?

And I know what you mean about getting people ! I can't even get them to call back ? Sad.

Also what do you have in the wood supply's ?

Thanks


ffpara

That did include the septic. 1250 gallon tank.
Do u mean my supplier for wood?
If so....cedar city actually has quite a few lumber yards but surprisingly enough home depot was the cheapest and actually easy to work with did everything thru email or phone call and payed on the phone. Best of all their delivery fee was only $99 and it's almost a 2 hr drive one way from cedar. Everyone else was $300 so saved me alot with just that.

ffpara

Its even worse this summer than last. Wasnt planning on doing my plumbing but after calling every city around my cabin I never got 1 bid. They are that busy. Dont blame them if u have the work why drive out to a remote cabin to do a small job, (small job for them huge job for me:)

schiada

The wood question was for building your home.

CabinNick

I am having the same issue.  Can't even get a contractor to return a phone call much less actually bid the project - especially when they find out how remote we are located.  The idea of getting multiple quotes goes out the window when you struggle to get a single quote!

We ended up getting a bid for $17,000 for septic, poured stem-wall foundation, final site leveling and backfilling, and a little road work - not too bad considering the remote location and rural area we live. 

ffpara

Seems like a good price. I definitely picked the wrong time to start the build. It does force me to learn new things and save money so guess it's better in the long run.


NathanS

ffpara - I think I mentioned it before, but the guys that did your foundation and sitework did an awesome job. Worth the money IMO and not a surprising amount either.

I think that people are hesitant to talk about those costs because it is really expensive, and there isn't really any way around it. Well, that's what is attractive about piers - until you have 10s of thousands of dollars, blood, sweat, and tears sitting on those rinky dink things.

Anyway, money well spent.

schiada

#90
Did you have any problems with the 12' walls and the permit people ?

How did you frame the sill plate to the floor around the basement opening ?

ffpara

Snow took awhile to melt off this year. Made 4 trips up so far. Was able to get Rough Elect. signed off and finally found my leak in my gas line and got it holding pressure so had it signed off. This last trip we got all the beams and floor joist in for the deck. Goals for this summer is to get the trex installed (backordered tell July sometime), outside siding, finishing touches on the inside and get my insulation signed off.

ffpara

2019-06-15_03-33-56 by sbahde, on Flickr
shower and toilet installed.
2019-06-15_03-34-56 by sbahde, on Flickr
Decided to move the window from left side to right side. More room on the left for living room and put diner table on right side.
2019-06-15_03-29-36 by sbahde, on Flickr
Got fireplace in. Everything above fireplace is just temporary scaffolding will remove when Im done with ceiling.
2019-06-15_03-35-42 by sbahde, on Flickr
Upstairs bathroom is finished but forgot to take a picture of it. Considering moving the washer/dryer here since main bathroom is downstairs and will free up alot of room. Just need to run gas.

ffpara

2019-06-15_05-59-02 by sbahde, on Flickr
1st trip up without snowmobile.
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late snowstorm.
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panel.

ffpara

Progress photos of the deck.
2019-06-15_03-29-02 by sbahde, on Flickr
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2019-06-15_03-25-33 by sbahde, on Flickr
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These guys were a life saver because this was alot of work and never would have got it done without them


Rys

It's really coming together nicely!

pmichelsen

That's one heck of a deck! Looks great.

ffpara

Trex decking is taking alot longer than I thought. Only got half of what i wanted done. Got the tru log siding delivered so can start that as soon as the deck is done.
20190725_133206 by Scott Bahde, on Flickr
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MountainDon

That will look nice when done.   [cool]
Just because something has been done and has not failed, doesn't mean it is good design.

ffpara

Got the deck done, except one side I'm 2.5" short and the finish edge which I'll finish both next year. Got all the windows in except for the 2 on the 2nd floor which Ill do this year as I'm doing the siding since I'll need the scaffolding. Got all the trim work in for the siding. Got the water heater mounted.
20190907_144000 by Scott Bahde, on Flickr
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