At Home In The Woods

[MarkV]

Obed I think I would forget the HVAC guy. Have the electrician fix the electrical,easy fix, and get the plumber to fix the gas line,they normally do gas anyway.

MarkV

 

[Obed]

White Christmas

Merry Christmas! I hope everyone has a great holiday and gets to spend some quality time with family. My wife, 10 month old girl, and I read the Christmas story and sang some Christmas songs together this morning to celebrate the birth of Christ. We'll be spending lots of time with parents and siblings if we don't get snowed in.

Obed

 

[Obed]

The quarter round moulding got installed Thursday.

My wife did a lot of cleaning. I've attached pictures without the cardboard and clutter.

 

[dcyrilc]

That's a beautiful home. You guys have really done a nice job.



Want to adopt us??? I'll bring the big tractor.

 

[Obed]

Make sure you put you BH and ROPS down first. I have seen too many pull the tractor in the first time and tear the garage door and header off.

Very good point. The main floor garage doors are 8 feet tall so the tractor will fit under the door even with the ROPS up. The back hoe normally rides lowere than the ROPS but it is possible to have it too high so I will need to be carefule.

The basement garage door is a special case. The floor trusses above the basement are 9 feet above the floor. I would have liked to have an 8 foot tall garage door in the basement but that would make putting in a garage door opener a challenge. So we made the basement garage door opening 7 1/2 feet tall. We measured the height of the tractor's ROPS and found it to be 7' 3" above the ground. It will be tight but there is a chance the tractor will fit in the basement garage without having to lower the ROPS. We'll just have to see.

Obed

 

[James150]

Do you think a side mount garage door opener would solve your downstairs overhead door problem? I just saw them for the first time the other day and they are pretty slick!!

Jim

 

[scoutcub]

Obed -
as you are nearing completion, I'm curious if you've ever sat down and figured cost per sq foot? I'd be very interested to know the cost given your interior finishes and brick exterior, as my future build will be very similar in choices.
I completely understand if you don't wish to share this info...

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

As a frequent lurker, I'll miss this thread when it wraps up. I love showing it to friends and family starting with the very 1st post showing how your family lived in a trailer for so long. You guys certainly paid your dues living (so long) in that thing. It is almost like a fairly tale with a great ending moving your wife and child into such a nice home. I think you guys' perseverance will pay off and you can look forward to some R & R.

As a fellow father, I will forewarn you to count to 100 or more when you come into a room that your child has decided that it needs some nice crayola stripes on the walls....They do make washable crayons but it is still frustrating. I've given up long ago on perfectionism.:confused2:

Thanks for sharing with us Obed and to all that have offered their advice.

 

[tommu56]

As a fellow father, I will forewarn you to count to 100 or more when you come into a room that your child has decided that it needs some nice crayola stripes on the walls....They do make washable crayons but it is still frustrating. I've given up long ago on perfectionism.:confused2:

Boy did that hit home!!!!
This morning my grandson (3) got my grandaughters (7) markers (washable at least) and redecorated the wall. Cant leave them alone for a minuet! :laughing:


tom

 

[dcyrilc]

Boy did that hit home!!!!
This morning my grandson (3) got my grandaughters (7) markers (washable at least) and redecorated the wall. Cant leave them alone for a minuet! :laughing:


tom

:laughing::laughing: My kids are 12 & 14 and you still can't leave them alone without worrying about what mischeif they are going to cause.:laughing: