Building a stick frame house in the woods in 90 days

[KennyG]

I've never heard of 36 inch upper cabinets. My only experience is with 30 inch and 42 inch upper cabinets. I've only seen the 30 inch ones used on older houses that still had soffits, or with crown molding at the top and a 12 inch space above the cabinet for collecting dust. This kitchen is the first time I've seen a soffit in a new construction in well over a decade, maybe two decades.

30, 36 and 42 are the standard heights available in almost every line of cabinets. I used 36 in my condo (poured concrete high rise) because it had an unusual floor to ceiling height. I filled above the cabinets with a piece of trim ripped to 4" wide and that gave me just 18 inches above the counter and below the cabinets. 42" wouldn't fit and 30" would have wasted lots of space.

 

[dave1949]

Might be a fun challenge, but...
You might be ahead to let the dumpster company call a wrecker to walk the dumpster over. With multiple cables and a boom
they can move some amazing weight.
No potential expensive damage to your equipment or liability for the dumpster.

Peter, Peter, Peter:

You know the old you, Stunt, would already have this done come **** or highwater. I suppose we all get older and more risk adverse. Dunno why they can't pick up a dumpster that they already left without you having to move it. Any chance you can grab it with your massive grapple to move it?
-Stu

It would be because now, the dumpster truck cannot get reasonably straight in front of the dumpster. His pulling cable would be at a 45* angle and probably not made for that alignment.

I bet the thing is pretty heavy. If Peter gives it a shot with the 3pt and it doesn't move, I like Ron's wrecker idea. However it gets lined up with the drive to go between the columns, it is going to do some plowing and gouging I think.

 

[sld]

I would put a new empty dumpster on the drive next to the full one. Then make the subs transfer all the trash to the new one.:laughing:

 

[pclausen]

Don't worry about the dumpster, I'll get it tomorrow for sure. I thought about trying to lift the front end with my pallet forks, but I could not get a good angle, and I'm pretty sure that thing is 20k+ lbs, so I would not be able to lift it from the front. I can lift maybe 4500 lbs that way, and I think this container is way more than that. Heck, I might not be able to lift it with the 3pt hitch, but I believe the down pressure on the rear tires will give me enough traction to move it.

Ron, the door to the master bedroom swing in now (away from the bathroom), so we should be good on that. Good catch!

 

[Ranger Rick]

Could you just move the porta potty and pallets and have the truck back in on the other side of the pillar. It is hard to tell from the picture if that angle would work. Rick

 

[aczlan]

Could you just move the porta potty and pallets and have the truck back in on the other side of the pillar. It is hard to tell from the picture if that angle would work. Rick

Truck might get stuck and/or mess up the new lawn.

Aaron Z

 

[pacerron]

Peter,
I have been wanting to ask a few questions about the chimney, but no activity there for a while, so they slipped away.

The final construction plan you posted shows the floor joist for the chimney going all the way over the first beam and a double joist in the middle.
That construction was done for a purpose, either by an architect at ePlans or the builders facility.
We can see from your picture attached that the double joist was not put in place.
You have never taken/shown a basement shot, to my knowledge, that shows these joist.
Are they one piece to the beam or just sistered to normal length joist for the chimney support?
There was no real detail shown as to how the chimney box was attached or braced to the house stud wall.
The stone you are using looks to be real, not the blown lightweight, fake concrete stuff.
Do you know how much a square foot of your stone or square yard weighs? How many square feet or square yards of stone will be applied to the chimney surfaces? Is the stone going to be pasted to the board on the outside of the chimney with mortar behind it but none between the stones as the inside surface was done?
A lot of these chimney boxes are covered with siding, which looks strange, IMO, but siding doesn't weigh much compared to stone so the framing and bracing can be a lot lighter and it won't pull away from the house in time.

I have a friend that has a house with a similar but opposite problem. He has an inside fireplace where the chimney and stone are on the inside of an exterior wall. It is sitting on the floor joist but has no columns under it in the basement. His living room floor has sunk about half an inch in front of the fireplace and the stones are coming loose from the wall.
I hope a problem never develops at your place, but it is something to keep an eye on and perhaps discuss with the guy laying the stone on the chimney box.
Ron

 

[BuilderML]

Ron,
Its alittle tough to tell by the picture but it looks like they doubled the outside joist. Sorry i am not familiar with he floor plan but is there a wall running where it shows the double in the center of the fireplace? Yes people i know the wall wouldn't be right in front of the fireplace i am talking about further away.

 

[pacerron]

Don't worry about the dumpster, I'll get it tomorrow for sure. I thought about trying to lift the front end with my pallet forks, but I could not get a good angle, and I'm pretty sure that thing is 20k+ lbs, so I would not be able to lift it from the front. I can lift maybe 4500 lbs that way, and I think this container is way more than that. Heck, I might not be able to lift it with the 3pt hitch, but I believe the down pressure on the rear tires will give me enough traction to move it.

Or pop a wheelie, bend your lower links, or crack your transmission case.
How much weight does your book say your 3 point can lift?
When you lift one end of the dumpster the pivot point is clear back on the other end so you are really lifting almost the total weight plus contents.
Most of us with larger backhoe attachments have expensive special framing for them so the force will be distributed to the front and
not bust the link mounts on the tractor rear end.
Be careful.
Ron

 

[pacerron]

Ron,
Its alittle tough to tell by the picture but it looks like they doubled the outside joist. Sorry i am not familiar with he floor plan but is there a wall running where it shows the double in the center of the fireplace? Yes people i know the wall wouldn't be right in front of the fireplace i am talking about further away.

Builder,
There was more wall dividing the dining room from the living room in the plan but it was removed since the division it made was a horizontal opening in the center of the fireplace at outside wall height. Now the wall begins beyond the center of the vaulted ceiling on the side going toward the front door.
The chimney base looks like it has been tied some to the deck frame since the original picture but not double joist going to the beam.
Ron