We finally broke ground on our house project after many delays. About four weeks ago we broke ground with my friend Al running the 655 and me on the Kubota.
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Next we built forms. I sawed the form boards with my Norwood mill 5 or 6 years ago!
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This past Saturday the footers were poured.
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Monday morning (yesterday) Terry from Hoover Hardware in Troy PA showed up with our NuDura forms for the foundation and spent the day teaching us how to put them up. It rained all day but I am happy with the results so far.
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Hopefully will pour the wall next a week from Friday.
Wow, you are looking good. That is also a very nice setting. smiley_thumbsup
Great progress. 8)
Got to love ICFs; they make insulating underslabs so much nicer
...plus it looks like a very nice view will be had from the house, ove the pond/lake
Lucky you, how's big the pond?
Are you going to ICF all the way up?
Pond is 3/8 of an acre.
ICFs foundation only, rest of house will be log construction.
Nice looking place, I will enjoy following along.
That looks like a beautiful spot! Looking forward to more photos along the way.
I really liked working with ICF's. They make a huge difference heating the house.
Quote from: Raider Bill on July 29, 2014, 05:15:03 PM
I really liked working with ICF's. They make a huge difference heating the house.
Volunteered at a local Habitat for Humanity house a few years back and they had full ICFs; from basement to rafters. The guys in charge said that they had run the numbers and it was about break even between full ICF and stick built. At least they don't have to worry about termites :D as much
Quote from: LittleJohn on July 30, 2014, 08:47:42 AM
Quote from: Raider Bill on July 29, 2014, 05:15:03 PM
I really liked working with ICF's. They make a huge difference heating the house.
Volunteered at a local Habitat for Humanity house a few years back and they had full ICFs; from basement to rafters. The guys in charge said that they had run the numbers and it was about break even between full ICF and stick built. At least they don't have to worry about termites :D as much
It's more $$ up front but if you live in extremely hot or cold areas you gain it back fast in lower power bills.
Once I get my 2000 sqft house up to temp it only takes about 10 pieces of firewood to maintain it for a day in the winter.
I've seen them not only were the walls ICF but also the roof. Pretty much a bomb shelter.
more progress;
Adding reinforcing around windows and doors before the pour.
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A pic of the wall bracing system.
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The concrete pump truck cleaning up after the pour.
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The pump truck is capable of reaching 103', the operator could move the chute/ pipe an inch at a time, very impressive!
Pump trucks are AWESOME, they used one ay my dad's place 48'x90' (7 loads of cement) and they could not get the trucks close enough to dump, so they pumped the whole thing in one big pour
Nice looking job. Did you use Doucette's pump trucks out of Candor?
Looking great! Keep up the good work. Are you going to get dried in before winter?
Did you sweat the pour? I did the night before worrying about blowouts :D
Yes, JD out of Candor
We hope to get the foundation dried up before the first snow. Logs (main floor) are at least two years out. Trying to do this with out a mortgage.
I was very nervous about the pour until that morning, then I seemed to find an inner peace and just went with the flow! Someone would say something about a potential problem and I would just hand that problem off to someone that could handle it and I went back to work!
Quote from: moosehunter on August 19, 2014, 09:23:08 PM
Yes, JD out of Candor
We hope to get the foundation dried up before the first snow. Logs (main floor) are at least two years out. Trying to do this with out a mortgage.
I was very nervous about the pour until that morning, then I seemed to find an inner peace and just went with the flow! Someone would say something about a potential problem and I would just hand that problem off to someone that could handle it and I went back to work!
That's sort of what happened with me. When the cement trucks and pumper showed up I pretty much just resigned to the "whatever happens happens" mode although I didn't have anyone to hand off to.
Quote from: moosehunter on August 19, 2014, 09:23:08 PM
We hope to get the foundation dried up before the first snow. Logs (main floor) are at least two years out. Trying to do this with out a mortgage.
congratulations on that; that's much the same as we're doing... save a little, work a lot... we're about a year and a half into ours.
Quote from: moosehunter on August 19, 2014, 09:23:08 PM
I was very nervous about the pour until that morning, then I seemed to find an inner peace and just went with the flow! Someone would say something about a potential problem and I would just hand that problem off to someone that could handle it and I went back to work!
It has to be one of the most nerve racking days (and night before) all the way up until the concrete starts flowing. Once the concrete starts moving, you don't have time to be nervous.
Great job on the pour. glad all went well.
Nice looking build. How big is your house gonna be when finished?
The footprint is 1500 sqft.
The septic drain pipes are in place
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Yesterday the first load of base stone was installed
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Stone Slinger trucks are cool. I love machines, especially ones that save labor! 40+ tons with a wheel borrow would have been brutal! The rest of the stone will be here Tuesday (DanG holiday weekends) then lots of leveling and compacting.
I really like my ICF basement, it never freezes even without the heat turned on.
Looking good MH
Mighty fine looking walls. Banjo
I like to see that your planning ahead for radon mitigation. The perimeter pipe is cheap compared to doing it later. Great job :).
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The Pex is in place.
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The right parts make it almost easy.
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Concrete going into place.
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Floor joists are going up.
This seems to be taking forever but I am doing everything myself except friends helping with concrete pours,.. AND I appreciate the help!!
Great pictures. Did you price out open floor truss's and tji's. I'm having trouble getting a good price for the open web truss without redrawing the entire floor design. I was wondering what the difference is in price.
Looking great!! I remember putting up my 48' floor trusses, what a job!
Question, why the open space between the beams?
addicted ; did not price open joists
Bill; If I had taken the pic today the third beam would be there ;) Had to use a come-along and three ratchet straps to get that third one up. I put every one of the joists up myself. Put 5 or 6 on balanced on the forks of the Kubota, drive behind the house where the grade is higher and set one end of the joists on the sill plate. Push one joist to it's balance point, go back around the house and up a ladder to pull it in, drag it across the room and up the other ladder,...... repeat. Longest ones were 34'. I think one more foot and I would have needed another person!
Looking very good !! 8)
I understand "friends" when dealing with concrete. :o
Yes as long as a couple of those friends knows what they are doing...Banjo
Had one friend that knows what he is doing, been doing it all his life. Traded his expertise for a little sawing job ;) The rest of us just did what he told us to.
Good deal... You have a nice looking floor laid out with the Pex pipe .. I used that for the water line in my youngest sons house a few years back when copper got out of sight....As I do work on my house ...plumbing wise... it is converted to pex as well.. Banjo
I love looking at great workmenship. 8)
Looking mighty fine, Mike.
I used those manifolds in my cabin. Nice quality.