New House Build

[buckeyefarmer]

The wife/maid stipulated no doors.

Little worried about our weather this weekend. Supposed to get 6" snow, teens for temps, and 30mph wind. Soffits aren't finished. May be scooping snow out of the house!!

Lol, i shoveled snow out of mine when building.

 

[ovrszd]

We had 2ft of snow in it before the trusses were set.

Takes so long to build a house that avoiding bad weather is almost impossible.

 

[fordmantpw]

We were squeegeeing water off the floor of ours when we built. 1/2" holes drilled in the corners and still had water sitting on the floors. Contractor had to sand a few seems down in order to lay tile on the Advantech flooring. It was very disheartening at the time, but nearly 5 years later (wow how time flies), it's still standing!

 

[ovrszd]

Being on concrete we're not worried about damage. Just a real slow process carrying snow out one shovel at a time.

Looks like we got 4" or so. Wind is howling. Gonna be a long day and night in the grader. When I'm down by the build site I'll check it out. Pics of worthy.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Hope you didn't get much snow coming in through the soffits.

Are you going to put any ventilation measures into the gables/attic?

 

[ovrszd]

Checked on house. No snow.

If you look at the last drone pics you'll see 4 turbine vents in the roof. Soffits will be vented. 15" backer boards allow ventilation to flow thru soffits, over attic insulation, to turbine vents. I'll try to get better pics.

 

[Wakey]

If someone else is considering doing this, here is a 64" x 70" walk in shower. I had a garden tub removed and put this in its place. No problems being messy with water, but this is a nice size. How else could 2 old folks in wheelchairs still shower together? :laughing:

 

[ovrszd]

Very nice indeed!!! Thanks for the pics!!!

If chair bound ours will require backing skills to get out. Yours is wide enough to turn a chair around. Very nice Wakey!!

 

[cat fever]

Just got back online Richard, house is looking great.

Hard to believe all the progress in the three weeks I've been offline.

 

[ovrszd]

Hey Lynn, we don't care bout my progress, what about yours?

 

[cat fever]

The house is great to be in, fire going constantly so the furnace does not turn on.

Someone ask for a picture of the fire going....here ya go.

 

[cat fever]

Ooooops I just realized I posted this in your house build thread. Sorry.:confused3:

 

[ovrszd]

No apology necessary Lynn. Looks very warm and cozy!!!!

My guys are trying to work on my house but our weather is not cooperating. Freezing rain and 20 degrees with 25mph wind today....

 

[cat fever]

Having your roof/doors/windows done is a big mile stone and lets the work continue inside.:thumbsup: Looking forward to seeing your progress.

I woke today to a 40MPH wind?? Not sure how hard it was blowing but it was a complete white out with the blowing snow. Looks like I'll get some tractor time clearing my road.

 

[ovrszd]

We're 13F degrees with a stiff NW wind at noon. Builders are working in an insulated, no heat structure.

I'm setting my four post lift in my heated shop. I feel guilty until I go out there to bond with them. After a couple minutes I'm over it and back in the warm shop.

 

[cat fever]

There were times I felt a little guilty when they were doing the siding and soffit/facia on my house, but I reminded myself they had 2 months of good dry weather and chose not to work on it so I didn't feel too bad. :laughing:

 

[WoodChuckDad]

This is a great build. I am loving this. It is very motivating to me to get moving forward on my own build again.

 

[ovrszd]

I am stalled. Haven't made any significant progress in 45 days. Waiting on a warm day to spray foam the exterior walls. None in the forcast for ten days.

Closing on the sale of our current home the 28th, possession date 01 April. We're gonna be living in a camper trailer for sure.

 

[cat fever]

What kind of temps do you need? I think it was cold when they sprayed mine but don't remember how cold for sure.

Hopefully you'll get some warm days so you can move forward.

 

[ovrszd]

They showed up this afternoon. Covered windows, doors, floor with plastic. Got two big blast furnaces. They are gonna spray tomorrow.