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We had a bunch of rain this week. It rained all day yesterday. I tried not to dwell on the fact that the OSB subflooring in the attic was getting rained on. We got no more than 2 days work done this week due to the weather. I'm really looking forward to the roof going up. I don't like seeing all this lumber exposed to the elements.
The forecast is calling for sun on Monday, rain and snow Tuesday, then maybe clearing for the remainder of the week. I hope to see some progress next week.
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You can see a very long (about 27 ft) single LVL over all the garage doors. The picture shows 4 temporary vertical 2x4's nailed on the outside edges of the big garage doors so it's not obvious that that LVL is one LVL. The reason for having a single LVL is to hopefully prevent the garage from caving in if someone backed into the narrow section of wall between the garage doors.
If you look above the person door, you can see a wider section between the trusses. These two trusses are 24" O.C. in order to provide space for the pull-down steps to the attic.
If you look above the person door, you can see a wider section between the trusses. These two trusses are 24" O.C. in order to provide space for the pull-down steps to the attic.
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dcyrilc
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It shouldn't take too long to get the roof on and have everything protected. I know this is a large part of your world right now and I really appreciate the time you're taking to share this experiance with us. Enjoy your weekend.
Don't forget that Valentine's Day is next Sunday. Get the wife something nice.
mikefromnh
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Do you have much wind at your site? The single header gives more resistance as well. However, it would have been even stronger if the header extended all the way to the side walls.
If you google "JLC narrow wall bracing method" the first result is a good article by Carl Hagstrom that expains why it should be done. And how to do so cheaply.
The way your garage is currently would be an issue where I am located. Not sure for you.
nhkabotab7800
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Obed, it is starting to come together, when are you being told the roof will be done?
radioman
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obed, sounds like you made the right call with the attic flooring. I would've done the same. Since you have a backup plan for access and you are following your truss engineers advice for support you are all set. I see you are a step closer in getting things buttoned up for real work inside. 
So please continue the story of eviction, suspense is killing me!
So please continue the story of eviction, suspense is killing me!
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How We Got Evicted! (Continued)
Suspect #4 Ray
Ray lived about 5 houses down the street from our rental lot where we were living in the camper. Ray put his house up for sale after the real estate market got soft. There is a private landfill right behind Ray's house that I'm sure wasn't helping Ray's house to sell. It seemed to me that Ray was asking quite a high price for his house so I wasn't surprised that it wasn't selling quickly, especially with the landfill behind it.
A few months before we got evicted, my wife and I took a walk down the street. We stopped at the border between Ray's house and his next door neighbor's house because something about his neighbor's mailbox struck our curiosity. I don't remember what interested us. After standing there a minute we continued our walk. Before we made our way a half block down the street, Ray comes zooming down his long gravel driveway in his Jeep and somewhat aggressively pulls around us on the street and stops. He interrogates us as to what we were doing. We explained that we were looking at the neighbor's mailbox and why. Keep in mind that we knew the neighbor, brought them food, helped their son move, and had performed other helps to the family.
Ray then tells us in a somewhat accusatory tone that he thought we were only going to live there in the camper for six months. Ray made no attempt to be congenial at all during this short exchange.
Suspect #5 George
George built a new house about 7 houses down from our camper. I only met George once. George lived in his new house less than a year before we were evicted. Being new in the neighborhood and living in a new house, I suppose it is possible that he wanted the neighborhood to "improve" and might have had something to do with our eviction. However, I don't have any real evidence that George had an issue with our living in the camper or had a part in our eviction.
Our area was definitely "in the country"; cows lived across the street from us. However, we were on the growing side of town and the subdivisions were springing up nearby. I can imagine that some of the city dwellers who had moved our direction wanted to make their new neighborhoods more like the city that they left.
Suspect #4 Ray
Ray lived about 5 houses down the street from our rental lot where we were living in the camper. Ray put his house up for sale after the real estate market got soft. There is a private landfill right behind Ray's house that I'm sure wasn't helping Ray's house to sell. It seemed to me that Ray was asking quite a high price for his house so I wasn't surprised that it wasn't selling quickly, especially with the landfill behind it.
A few months before we got evicted, my wife and I took a walk down the street. We stopped at the border between Ray's house and his next door neighbor's house because something about his neighbor's mailbox struck our curiosity. I don't remember what interested us. After standing there a minute we continued our walk. Before we made our way a half block down the street, Ray comes zooming down his long gravel driveway in his Jeep and somewhat aggressively pulls around us on the street and stops. He interrogates us as to what we were doing. We explained that we were looking at the neighbor's mailbox and why. Keep in mind that we knew the neighbor, brought them food, helped their son move, and had performed other helps to the family.
Ray then tells us in a somewhat accusatory tone that he thought we were only going to live there in the camper for six months. Ray made no attempt to be congenial at all during this short exchange.
Suspect #5 George
George built a new house about 7 houses down from our camper. I only met George once. George lived in his new house less than a year before we were evicted. Being new in the neighborhood and living in a new house, I suppose it is possible that he wanted the neighborhood to "improve" and might have had something to do with our eviction. However, I don't have any real evidence that George had an issue with our living in the camper or had a part in our eviction.
Our area was definitely "in the country"; cows lived across the street from us. However, we were on the growing side of town and the subdivisions were springing up nearby. I can imagine that some of the city dwellers who had moved our direction wanted to make their new neighborhoods more like the city that they left.
dcyrilc
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City folk have a way of doing that. They move to the country to get away from the city, then try turn the country into the city.
We've had our property for 25 years and the city is growing up around us. Heck, we even have an elementary school kitty corner from us now (about 50ft between property corners). Last year we had people calling animal control to complain about our cattle.
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There's a reason why our driveway is 660' long, it's 5 miles of county (gravel) road one way to the highway and 6 miles the other. 32 miles to work and 12 miles to the closest city. We live in one county, get our mail from another and used to have a telephone (land line) that was long distance to call just about anywhere except the local (almost a ghost town) community. It's expensive to drive back and forth but when we're home it all seems worth it......Ok, now back to Obed's life.
BTW, our neighbors are like us. We know they're there, wave when we see them, always there to lift a hand when needed but really enjoy our privacy.
BTW, our neighbors are like us. We know they're there, wave when we see them, always there to lift a hand when needed but really enjoy our privacy.
polo1665
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Man, this is starting to sound like "Murder on the Orient Express". Maybe they all did it
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lakngulf
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Obed, a couple of questions that I have been curious about:
(1) What does your wife have to say about the progress on the house? I am sure she has lots of input and good ideas as you go along.
(2) Have you been able to stay pretty much with the design and floor plan layout, or have you seen better ideas as the frame started coming together? I find that I have lots of great ideas when there is a better picture of what is to be. Of course, that caused me to have to "drop back ten and punt" a few times.
(3) What has been the response from your builders/sub contractors when you have said to them "Well, the guys on the TBN forum think it should be done this way and that way"? The advice on here seems very sound and thought out (definitely some voices of experience), but I can only imagine the builder thinking "ideas from WHERE".
(1) What does your wife have to say about the progress on the house? I am sure she has lots of input and good ideas as you go along.
(2) Have you been able to stay pretty much with the design and floor plan layout, or have you seen better ideas as the frame started coming together? I find that I have lots of great ideas when there is a better picture of what is to be. Of course, that caused me to have to "drop back ten and punt" a few times.
(3) What has been the response from your builders/sub contractors when you have said to them "Well, the guys on the TBN forum think it should be done this way and that way"? The advice on here seems very sound and thought out (definitely some voices of experience), but I can only imagine the builder thinking "ideas from WHERE".
buckeyefarmer
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Man, this is starting to sound like "Murder on the Orient Express". Maybe they all did it
Mark
I think it was Col. Mustard in the ballroom with the lead pipe.
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Obed
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She's getting anxious for things to happen faster. I have to say the last couple weeks have been really slow.
So far there have been no floor layout changes. There have been very few if any design changes of any kind to date.
The construction manager is not very computer savvy. We never say we got an idea off the internet. He doesn't put any value to information obtained online. I have a friend in another town who is a GC. I do quote my GC friend to the construction manager. However, I don't feel the need to justify where I get my information. I'm paying the bill.
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Starting to sound like a lovely place to live .....except for the neighbors.
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The eviction suspects lived where we used to live in the camper. In December we moved our camper 10 miles to our property where we are building our house. We are now in a different county. These neighbors are less urbanized.
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I think I'm going to have to wait for the mini series version of this to be on TV because I'm so lost in all these 700+ posts.
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It's A Girl!
Baby and mother are healthy. This little girl has stolen my heart. I didn't know I could feel anything like this. Words just can't describe it. She was born Thursday. Put into perspective, the house project doesn't seem nearly as important as it did.
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Baby and mother are healthy. This little girl has stolen my heart. I didn't know I could feel anything like this. Words just can't describe it. She was born Thursday. Put into perspective, the house project doesn't seem nearly as important as it did.
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