Timber Frame Hybrid Home - Owner Builder

[BitChin1]

Hey Bitchen1,
re-reading your post and checked out carlofet.com. I'm assuming you picked up the material from this website and then made the frame/screen yourself? Are you happy with the screen quality? I picked up the projector and have it mounted and just projecting on our painted wall right now. Medium grey color and actually looks great just on the wall. I originally planned on a regular tv so I have outlets in the center of the wall that need covered. I need to either make a screen or purchase one and the DIY price looks much better as long as I can make something that looks decent even when not in use.

Sorry for being a bit late in responding but yes I picked up a kit from them and purchased the 1" EMT from Lowes. The kit included the fabric pre-cut with grommets and edging. It included plenty of bungee straps and the corner brackets to connect the EMT frame. I am very happy with my screen (especially when considering the cost) - the only issue I have is my screen is 12' wide and has a center piece (3 vertical emt pieces) and the screen does not lay completely flat across this - I only notice this with lights on in the room, but with a movie projecting it does not appear (at least no to me). I have black velvet that I am hanging around my screen as curtains which will cover the exposed frame - project for this fall.

I have the same projector as you picked up - I like it - great for total blackout, but also great for Football with lights turned up!

On another subject I just received the Timber Home Living mag for this month and your kitchen received runner-up for best kitchen (I could not out vote the auto-bot that was voting for the Canadian TimberFrames room - no picture just the mention (John will probably like the mention it receives for his company though).

 

[BitChin1]

Hey Bitchen1,
re-reading your post and checked out carlofet.com. I'm assuming you picked up the material from this website and then made the frame/screen yourself? Are you happy with the screen quality? I picked up the projector and have it mounted and just projecting on our painted wall right now. Medium grey color and actually looks great just on the wall. I originally planned on a regular tv so I have outlets in the center of the wall that need covered. I need to either make a screen or purchase one and the DIY price looks much better as long as I can make something that looks decent even when not in use.

Sorry for being a bit late in responding but yes I picked up a kit from them and purchased the 1" EMT from Lowes. The kit included the fabric pre-cut with grommets and edging. It included plenty of bungee straps and the corner brackets to connect the EMT frame. I am very happy with my screen (especially when considering the cost) - the only issue I have is my screen is 12' wide and has a center piece (3 vertical emt pieces) and the screen does not lay completely flat across this - I only notice this with lights on in the room, but with a movie projecting it does not appear (at least no to me). I have black velvet that I am hanging around my screen as curtains which will cover the exposed frame - project for this fall.

I have the same projector as you picked up - I like it - great for total blackout, but also great for Football with lights turned up!

On another subject I just received the Timber Home Living mag for this month and your kitchen received runner-up for best kitchen (I could not out vote the auto-bot that was voting for the Canadian TimberFrames room - no picture just the mention (John will probably like the mention it receives for his company though).

 

[jk96]

Sorry for being a bit late in responding but yes I picked up a kit from them and purchased the 1" EMT from Lowes. The kit included the fabric pre-cut with grommets and edging. It included plenty of bungee straps and the corner brackets to connect the EMT frame. I am very happy with my screen (especially when considering the cost) - the only issue I have is my screen is 12' wide and has a center piece (3 vertical emt pieces) and the screen does not lay completely flat across this - I only notice this with lights on in the room, but with a movie projecting it does not appear (at least no to me). I have black velvet that I am hanging around my screen as curtains which will cover the exposed frame - project for this fall.

I have the same projector as you picked up - I like it - great for total blackout, but also great for Football with lights turned up!

On another subject I just received the Timber Home Living mag for this month and your kitchen received runner-up for best kitchen (I could not out vote the auto-bot that was voting for the Canadian TimberFrames room - no picture just the mention (John will probably like the mention it receives for his company though).

No problem. I've been plenty busy. Ended up taking on Mom's remodel project. Between that and work I haven't had much time to work on anything at home. I did end up ordering material from Carls and made my own frame. I purchased the non-stretch material and had a heck of a time getting it pulled tight enough not to see any color variations in the corners. After several attempts I've only got one very small corner that I notice in white scenes. It's in the upper right corner so only see in sky shots. I think if I flip the screen so its at the bottom it will never be noticed.

Cool to hear on the kitchen. I hadn't checked in some time. I quit watching when the leading kitchen was getting a hundred or more votes in blocks. Figured it was a lost cause at that point.

 

[BitChin1]

No problem. I've been plenty busy. Ended up taking on Mom's remodel project. Between that and work I haven't had much time to work on anything at home. I did end up ordering material from Carls and made my own frame. I purchased the non-stretch material and had a heck of a time getting it pulled tight enough not to see any color variations in the corners. After several attempts I've only got one very small corner that I notice in white scenes. It's in the upper right corner so only see in sky shots. I think if I flip the screen so its at the bottom it will never be noticed.

Cool to hear on the kitchen. I hadn't checked in some time. I quit watching when the leading kitchen was getting a hundred or more votes in blocks. Figured it was a lost cause at that point.

Did you get the kit to use with EMT? I used the white material - non stretch but eh bungee's seemed to provide a very even tension. Black velvet does good job to create the border for a crisp edge of the picture.



I think the winner had a program that was casting 2x the votes each morning at 5:30am. I tried several days straight to out vote it, but each morning they had exactly 2x the number of votes cast for your kitchen. Oh well it was fun and how many of us on this forum have pics of our house in a magazine contest

 

[jk96]

I ordered their pro-grey material only. Ended up making the frame and then lined the edges with the black felt they offered. I plan to finish the frame with some 1X material overlaid over the felt eventually.

Edit: On a side note, I picked up a cheap inflatable outdoor screen. Looking for a cheap projector to go with it now for outdoor family parties, birthdays, etc. Going to give it a try for my youngest birthday party for classmates here in a couple of weeks.

 

[jk96]

I finished up the basement over the weekend. Here's a pic of the basement and also of the screen I made for the projector. Just need to cut in a box for cable and speaker wire so its cleaner and recessed in the wall.

 

[jk96]

Here's the back area over the master that gets a small deck, approx 7-1/2' x 7-1/2'.

I poured the post footings Tuesday and picked up most of the lumber. I'm waiting on the concrete to cure a bit longer before I get started since I'm using compression bolts to anchor the post plates. The footings I poured are the two next to the house foundation. Plan to use a couple of cedar posts there for attaching the iron railings. My other two post plates will anchor into the footings for the stone columns. I did get the decorative tops cut for the cedar posts today using my router. Ran a roundover on all of the edges to soften the look a bit.

 

[tkappeler]

Here's the back area over the master that gets a small deck, approx 7-1/2' x 7-1/2'.

I poured the post footings Tuesday and picked up most of the lumber. I'm waiting on the concrete to cure a bit longer before I get started since I'm using compression bolts to anchor the post plates. The footings I poured are the two next to the house foundation. Plan to use a couple of cedar posts there for attaching the iron railings. My other two post plates will anchor into the footings for the stone columns. I did get the decorative tops cut for the cedar posts today using my router. Ran a roundover on all of the edges to soften the look a bit.

Beautiful as always Jeremy. Nice look for the post tops.

 

[jk96]

Beautiful as always Jeremy. Nice look for the post tops.

Thanks Tom. Deck framing is done. Everything is post supported so no ledger board on the house. Didn't really want to anchor into the house and then worry about weatherproofing. Hopefully stairs done today and decking/treads tomorrow.


I was ambushed with the new potato gun while working.

 

[EddieWalker]

Real curious how you are going to finish off your posts. Remember that air flow under a deck is the secret to how long it lasts. Water that gets through the deck boards will not evaporate from the sun because of how shaded it is under a deck, so air flow is the only way to keep the wood dry. Every deck that I have ever seen with walls around the base of it has had massive mold issues!!!!