Post pics of your house build

[RETODD]

Roofing just about done ... then warm up the structure so the Spray Foam Insulation can be installed.

January seemed slow...

No more rain...please till the boys are finished the roof :d

 

[MATTIAC]

nice! one of my houses was scheduled to start shingles on a thursday, the rain hit so hard that day they did not get to work and i ended up with 2" of water in the basement. nightmare!!

 

[RETODD]

nice! one of my houses was scheduled to start shingles on a thursday, the rain hit so hard that day they did not get to work and i ended up with 2" of water in the basement. nightmare!!

That sucks big time...

 

[Uturn]

Glad my shingels are on!!! Siding started today.

Retodd, can you PM who is doing your spray foam and cost.

Thanks

 

[RETODD]

Glad my shingels are on!!! Siding started today.

Retodd, can you PM who is doing your spray foam and cost.

Thanks

Will do.

 

[arff]

Home reno show today in Edmonton

Going to look at basement ideas.

Hope Val doesn't decide to reno the upstairs,,

 

[arff]

Anyone one have artificial turf front lawn?

 

[woody_tobius_jr]

When I was in Lake Havasu in October, we saw some houses with the fake grass. It looks pretty cool for sure.

 

[Uturn]

Winter has slowed the progress some, but still moving forward.

Siding work ongoing.

 

[MATTIAC]

Anyone one have artificial turf front lawn?

I highly considered it. did some shopping around, $6-10/sq ft was the genereal average amongst the different suppliers. high start up cost for sure, but you have to consider the costs that are ongoing

1-lawn mower
2-fertilizer
3-water
4-cutting(time, gas, oil, bags, beer)
5-whipper snipper
6-maintenance to machines

I was getting an appraisal during the time i considered it, and it wasnt until he mentioned i would see no gain to my 35000 dollar investment, i figured I would stick so sod.


my folks just did some synlawn at their farm, since they are on well, and the okanagan is hot hot hot, the irrigation alone would suck the well dry.

was 13000 for their few little sections


I personally love the stuff, but cant seem to cough up the doe to do it.

 

[Uturn]

Let see 390,000 sq ft @ $8.00 sq ft avg = way to friggin much.

I'm sure the horses wouldn't like the taste of it either!!:d

 

[Hillbilly64]

Been quite a while since I updated mine. Still working on the finishing touches and hope to move in next week.

 

[polarice]

Been quite a while since I updated mine. Still working on the finishing touches and hope to move in next week.

sucks with that much snow in basement

 

[Hillbilly64]

A few more pics.

 

[Hillbilly64]

sucks with that much snow in basement

Snowblower did the trick though. I actually believe it was best to leave it till the last day, kept the frost from setting in. It took only 3 days to thaw things out enough to get the plumbing in.:d

 

[Uturn]

Siding just about completed on 3 sides of the house. Heat in the basement, but the frost is waging a good battle!!!

 

[winterulez]

Siding just about completed on 3 sides of the house. Heat in the basement, but the frost is waging a good battle!!!

U turn can you let me know how you make out in the basement, and what kind of set up you got going on. My main floor is framed and wired, it will be time soon too get started in the basement as well. Thanks
:d

 

[Crazy8]

Drywall almost done upstairs. Basement framing in progress.

 

[Uturn]

U turn can you let me know how you make out in the basement, and what kind of set up you got going on. My main floor is framed and wired, it will be time soon too get started in the basement as well. Thanks
:d

I rented insulated tarps and hung on all exterior walls, covered all openings to main floor, and fired up 60,000 btu's of propane heat. I've gone through one 100lb propane tank so far, and the top 8-12" is frost free. I'll keep the heat going this week, then rent a jumping jack next weekend to pack the backfill clay.

100 lb tank lasts 3 days, and since I have all my washed rock already stacked in the basement, it restricted what I could use.

Hopefully have all rock spread and compacted, ready for insulation and tubing by end of next weekend.:d

 

[Uturn]

Drywall almost done upstairs. Basement framing in progress.

Looks good!!! How many pot lights do you have on the main floor??