At Home In The Woods

[walleyed]

Good luck with the inspection today. I'm sure it will go fine.

The hardwood looks great. 2 weeks, wow. What finish is it that takes 2 weeks?

Nice load on that trailer. I hate frozen garbage. Have had the dump trailer full and frozen solid few times

 

[mikefromnh]

The trim carpenter installed a barricade across the back door that leads to the unfinished back porch. A physical barrier is required by the county if we are to occupy the house while the back porch is unfinished.

Around here that would not pass inspection. -- The door still needs to be able to open and the railing needs to be on the outside. Fire marshal wants the door to be able to open in case of fire because doors are where people will naturally try to exit a burning building.

Good luck with the inspection.

 

[Obed]

Around here that would not pass inspection. -- The door still needs to be able to open and the railing needs to be on the outside. Fire marshal wants the door to be able to open in case of fire because doors are where people will naturally try to exit a burning building.

Good luck with the inspection.

We discussed with the county what we needed so it will be a surprise if blocking the back porch door would fail the inspection. The county would not allow us to block off the front porch, probably related to the reasons you stated.

Mike, how does a person add a back porch to an existing house in NH? Wouldn't the safety concerns in that scenario be the same as ours? Goes to show that the beaurocrats don't always use common sense.

Obed

 

[Obed]

Unfortunately getting a virus now days is not a matter of if but rather when. The ones I commonly see are either drive by downloads or social engineering tricks. The one you got was a combination of both.

I have yet to find an infection that MalewareBytes will not fix (and it is free as well). I keep it on a thumb drive. I power the computer down by holding the power button until the computer is off. I do not interact or try to gracefully shut it down. Then I go to a known non infected computer and get the latest definitions. I do that by starting MalewareBytes and having it update. Then I copy the rules.ref file to the thumb drive. This file is in different places depending OS and your security settings. Take the computer off any network and then start in safe mode. Install MalewareBytes and search for where the rules.ref file is and copy the most recent rules.ref file over it. Run MalwareBytes and let it repair any problems it may have found. Re-start the computer normally and run it again. After this it is common that you can not connect to the internet because the virus sets up a proxy server. Go to Internet Options/Connections then lan settings button. If your company uses a proxy you will have to ask them the settings otherwise make sure the "use proxy server ..." check box is not checked.

I can't assure you that this will always work but I have had good luck with it.

Russ

Russ,
Because of the lost productivity at work last week caused by the virus, I ended up having to work all day Sunday and Monday during my vacation time to meet some hard deadlines. And I'll spend many more hours over the holidays installing software and configuring the laptop to do the things I need it to do.

Obed

 

[brin]

Russ,
Because of the lost productivity at work last week caused by the virus, I ended up having to work all day Sunday and Monday during my vacation time to meet some hard deadlines. And I'll spend many more hours over the holidays installing software and configuring it to do the things I need it to do.

Obed

Obed - My wife got the same virus you got on her computer and I am pretty good at it but it beat me..We were running McAfee and had other programs that have been mentioned here and none of them worked but I was able to use a thumb drive and copy all of her docs...then I bought her a new computer and she copied all of her docs from the thumb drive..You might try that to save your work that was on the infected computer...if you use Malwarebytes.com software it gets enough of the virus off to enable you to copy docs, at least it did for me.

Whoever wrote that virus cost me a new computer so that is no different then them breaking into my home or armed robbery..they should all go to Prison for a very long time. Good Luck..

 

[PAGUY]

Obed - Things are looking great for your house building project. I just feel a lot of us will miss coming to this thread and reading about your progress/setbacks.

Well the only answer will be the construction of an equipment/workshop shed. So you and wifey must sit down and start planning and starting another thread. From planning to design to actual contstruction should satisfy us for a few more thousand posts.

 

[brin]

Obed...expanding on Pagy's post ..How about a Reality Show...That would be great...think about what a neat show that would have been with all of your travails ...including the new baby...

Yeah, that's the ticket ..tear it down and start all over only this time with the camera rolling for a Reality Show...:mur::cool2::cool2::dance1:

 

[walleyed]

Obed - Things are looking great for your house building project. I just feel a lot of us will miss coming to this thread and reading about your progress/setbacks.

Well the only answer will be the construction of an equipment/workshop shed. So you and wifey must sit down and start planning and starting another thread. From planning to design to actual contstruction should satisfy us for a few more thousand posts.

Obed...expanding on Pagy's post ..How about a Reality Show...That would be great...think about what a neat show that would have been with all of your travails ...including the new baby...

Yeah, that's the ticket ..tear it down and start all over only this time with the camera rolling for a Reality Show...:mur::cool2::cool2::dance1:

I like both ideas.:thumbsup:

I bet Obed and the wife are too nice to tell ya what they really thinks of the ideas:laughing:

 

[Obed]

We have garage doors now. We've never owned a house with an attached garage. We've never had automatic garage door openers. Being able to park a car in the garage will be quite a step up for us. I just can't imagine what it will be like to get in the car in the winter mornings before work without scraping the frost and ice off the windows.

We got the Chamberlain chain drive garage door openers. We have 3 remotes and one keypad. The keypad is wireless; I'd rather have it hard-wired but I'm not sure if they make them that way. We are happy with the installation. There's only one thing I'm not thrilled with. The door opener buttons beside the door to the kitchen are stacked vertically instead of horizontilly. You can't look at the buttons and automatically know which button goes with which door. That's a tweak I'll have to make when I don't have anything else to do.

 

[Obed]

Obed...expanding on Pagy's post ..How about a Reality Show...That would be great...think about what a neat show that would have been with all of your travails ...including the new baby...

Yeah, that's the ticket ..tear it down and start all over only this time with the camera rolling for a Reality Show...:mur::cool2::cool2::dance1:

Man, that would be the most boring show on TV. Here's how it would go.

There's Obed digging. Next day. There's Obed digging some more. Next day. Obed's still digging...

On a rare occasion something interesting would happen.

Watch Obed wreck his tractor down the hill. Oh, look! There goes Obed running his car into the ditch!

But then ...
What's Obed doing now? He's digging. Next day. More digging.

Do you think TBN would sponsor the show?

Obed

 

[Obed]

After we move in the house, there will still be stuff to be done that I will be happy to post if there is still any interest in the thread. It all may seem anti-climatic at that point. We still need to finish the back porch, move massive amounts of dirt, plant grass, run grey water and gutter downspout drain lines, and build closet shelves. These projects should start pretty soon as the weather allows.

I've been surprised at the interest the thread has drawn. One guy said this thread/house building project was like watching a car wreck about to happen, trying to warn the driver (Obed), and the driver was not listening. I think some people may have lost interest in the thread after we parted ways with the original construction manager.

I'm very grateful for the responses and input we've gotten from people in the thread. People gave us tips that, at the very least, were very helpful and sometimes may have helped us avoid a train wreck.

 

[srs]

After we move in the house, there will still be stuff to be done that I will be happy to post if there is still any interest in the thread. It all may seem anti-climatic at that point. We still need to finish the back porch, move massive amounts of dirt, plant grass, run grey water and gutter downspout drain lines, and build closet shelves. These projects should start pretty soon as the weather allows.

I really enjoyed following this thread from beginning to end. I know I'm interested in follow up projects and I'm sure there are plenty other TBN members who would agree. Merry Christmas OBED and to all!

 

[CurlyDave]

Being able to park a car in the garage will be quite a step up for us.

Personally, I have never been able to bring myself to waste a perfectly good garage by parking a car in it.

I might start out with good intentions, but my packrat mentality soon needs that sheltered storage space...

 

[Obed]

Certificate of Occupancy Inspection

This morning my wife went out and checked the pressure gauge on the gas line. The pressure on the gauge had dropped from 15 psi to 9 psi. There was a leak in the gas line. My wife called the county to tell the inspector about the issue before the inspector showed up for our certificate of occupancy inspection. However, the inspector did not get the message and got here this morning. When my wife told her about the gas line, the inspector started to leave but I asked the inspector if she could look at the rest of the house in case there was something we would need to fix.

The inspector took a very cursory look around. She said we needed railing on the front porch because it was higher than 30" above the grade. I went over to look at the end of the porch because I knew I had piled dirt to make it less than 30" high. The inspector mentioned that even if the height of the dirt beside the porch was indeed less than 30", the ground dropped off too quickly. I admit that I had put the minimal amount of dirt at the end of the porch in an attempt to barely meet the 30" requirement. The grade probably drops 6" during the first foot away from the porch. I told the inspector I would add more dirt at the end of the porch.

I asked her if we fixed the porch grading and the gas line if we would pass the CO and she said yes. I just hope she doesn't look around for other stuff during the next inspection. One of the subs claims the inspections are just "fee grabbers"; that they like to find things wrong so they can come back and charge another inspection fee. I wouldn't be surprised if there is some truth to the statement.

This afternoon, one of the H&A workers came by and found the leak in the gas line. The owner had quickly disconnected the gas line from the meter and put a pressure gauge at that end of the line. The leak was occuring at the pressure gauge.

Our next CO re-inspection for the gas line and porch will be Monday. We weren't planning on moving into the house until the floor finish cures so the re-inspection doesn't really change anything. However, it did discourage my wife some because this was a big milestone she wanted to be able to check off the list.

 

[Defective]

Let me get this straight...

People park their cars in the attached workshop?

Weird!

 

[Obed]

Let me get this straight...

People park their cars in the attached workshop?

Weird!

That's hilarious.:laughing:

 

[Diamondpilot]

Being able to park a car in the garage will be quite a step up for us.

Personally, I have never been able to bring myself to waste a perfectly good garage by parking a car in it.

I might start out with good intentions, but my packrat mentality soon needs that sheltered storage space...

Not to make fun but I get a kick out of people like you. My best friend and neighbor for example. They have a 2 car garage. He drives a 1 ton diesel 4x4 truck that was $50,000 when new in 2007. His wife drives a Lincoln Aviator that was $50,000 when new in 2006. They have the garage packed with about $35 worth of junk on a good day. He spends 20 minutes or more each day and probably $5 in fuel letting them warm up while he scrapes snow and ice off the vehicles at 6am so they can get to work.

Drives me nuts.

Chris

 

[Obed]

Today the electricians came finished their work - we think. We still need to verify the work. The electrical plan had so many details that we will need to check the electrical work very closely. We've already had the electricians fix a few things that weren't quite right the first time around. For example, some of the light switches in the living room got put in the wrong places. Those issues were caught and fixed before the drywall went up. Today we had the electricians change the order of switches at a number of switch boxes that didn't seem logical to us or just weren't the order that we would like them.

We are supposed to get our electrical inspection tomorrow.

 

[scoutcub]

Obed -

Sooo....what are you putting in the garage then?? Wife's car, and the JD? Will you're dually fit?

I built my 30X32 garage specifically to put my dually in. It's been out in the elements for 4 years and I hated it. Got the garage done, and then tractors started creeping in.....and a jetski...and a chipper....and ladders....and the subs tools.....and snowblowers.....and the mower.... etc. etc. Soon, I had re-arrange the entire garage so I could ~wedge~ my dually in there before I left for overseas. :thumbsup:

Last week, my wife told me on Skype "yea, you're trucks covered with snow"....huh????
I guess my sub had to remove the truck from the garage and re-arrange again, to start building interior walls.....
Back out in the elements again.....

And, a very Merry Christmas to you and the family!

 

[brin]

Man, that would be the most boring show on TV. Here's how it would go.

There's Obed digging. Next day. There's Obed digging some more. Next day. Obed's still digging...

On a rare occasion something interesting would happen.

Watch Obed wreck his tractor down the hill. Oh, look! There goes Obed running his car into the ditch!

But then ...
What's Obed doing now? He's digging. Next day. More digging.

Do you think TBN would sponsor the show?

Obed

:laughing:Obed...Good to see you have not lost your sense of humor...:thumbsup: