Building a stick frame house in the woods in 90 days

[pclausen]

Yeah Ron. You have been offering up great advice! Why stop now?

 

[Diamondpilot]

Make sure that concrete apron is wide enough?????

Around here to save a few $$$ they are making the apron just as wide as the garage door. When you park on the apron and get out you are standing in the mulch or grass.

Mine is 2' wider than the door on both sides.

Chris

 

[FairfaxStu]

Man, you guys are too funny. Just had a chance to get caught up on this thread. Didn't realize the comments about the beer bottles would bring out the best in all you guys. Lol!

Yes, the comments about Everclear and Meth about killed me. I have not laughed that much in recent memory, but as we all know, or should know, laughter is the best medicine. If you don't laugh, you are not having fun and that is what it is all about.

So, Peter, what does your mom think about the progress? Is she following this thread?

On a totally unrelated note, my mom fell victim to a spear phishing message on Sunday and spent all day yesterday and part of today fixing it. Things are good now and I have educated her on best practices with this kind of thing.
-Stu

 

[mjncad]

I hadn't thought about it from that angle. :laughing:

Wonder if their vans had new shag?

Oh you bet, new orange shag with mobile home wood paneling, and a mini disco ball hanging from the ceiling. :laughing:

Make sure that concrete apron is wide enough?????

Around here to save a few $$$ they are making the apron just as wide as the garage door. When you park on the apron and get out you are standing in the mulch or grass.

Mine is 2' wider than the door on both sides.

Chris

Making the apron longer was a good call, and making it wide enough as Chris suggests is a good idea.

 

[PILOON]

Piloon,
My main point ( question ) was how is horizontal plank of any kind going to look in a space 9 feet wide by 25 feet long?
The original plan had a ceiling separation built into it at the dining room entry from the living room but Peter had it torn back out during the framing stage, so now the span is 9 x 25 versus
9 x 15 originally.

In a shorter room it would look fine.

You even accomplished the shortening effect in yours by having beams which cut the length of the horizontal strips and added another dimension to the ceiling depth.

I don't really have any skin in the game, was just wondering how it would look and that perhaps Jay could do it simply by copying, rotating, and pasting
the plank in one of his previous render presentations in a few seconds. Lots of folks on here are planning new construction and are looking for ideas.
Ron

We also did a porch ceiling 12 X 24 that was flat but all windows on 3 sides. Butt joints were random but mated with 45 deg cuts. Walls were plaster board painted off white.
Again awesome. Cozy plus. So much so that the owners practically live there other than meals and sleep.
Doing a wood ceiling is like doing a floor, make sure that there is no pattern to joints location and keep the next row joint at least 12"-24" further down line from the last row.
We used the box store handi packs (usually 6-8 per) of 1/4" X 4" stock. The plain ones (not o-gee) gave nicest results.

 

[pacerron]

We also did a porch ceiling 12 X 24 that was flat but all windows on 3 sides. Butt joints were random but mated with 45 deg cuts. Walls were plaster board painted off white.
Again awesome. Cozy plus. So much so that the owners practically live there other than meals and sleep.
Doing a wood ceiling is like doing a floor, make sure that there is no pattern to joints location and keep the next row joint at least 12"-24" further down line from the last row.
We used the box store handi packs (usually 6-8 per) of 1/4" X 4" stock. The plain ones (not o-gee) gave nicest results.

Piloon,
Those are good points.
I might add that the stuff that is available in 3/8 thick by 5-6" widths comes in 7' lengths rather than the 8' most ceilings that have 24" trusses are multiples of. So there is a lot of expensive scrap if you make the joints come out under the trusses ( which you should IMO. The 7' long stuff usually has a "ship lap" joint on the end, so the game is turning the cutoff piece end for end to use the joint from it in another row. I prefer just doing the 45 Deg cut lap as you mentioned above and as I illustrated earlier in another post.
I would like to know the measurement from the peak of the ceiling to the back wall in Peters house. The real dimensions of room lengths are given on the drawing. The actual determination of how many staggered laps that look good and how much waste could be predetermined. I hope the contractor has some finish carpenters, who have yet to appear on site, to do this and the other finish work. These final days are what will really make a + or - difference in the end product.

 

[pacerron]

Looks to be about 7' on the ceiling measurement just from the wallboard joints.
That's no way to measure though.

 

[pacerron]

You better have a shot of Chivas Regal and wait a bit before trying to focus on this attachment.:confused2:
I tried, Jay...
Ron

 

[pacerron]

With the original partition wall.
Time for a bachelors lunch (warmed over pizza )
The wife went to town.
Ron

 

[J F]

You better have a shot of Chivas Regal and wait a bit before trying to focus on this attachment.:confused2:
I tried, Jay...
Ron

:laughing: A bit early for a dram o' scotch...but just a bit. That's a good shot using photo editing software, Ron. You've got a lot of patience/perseverance. :thumbsup:

I'd be all over the pizza, but my wife is just getting home, so I suppose she'll make me eat a salad.