the home renovations begins.....

[Twin_Turbo]

Wow, that's coming along NICELY!! Sure got a whole lot bigger :twitch:

 

[bobs77vet]

here is where we stand, i get the garage permit next week......the most important part

 

[MYBAD79]

looks great, won't be long and you'll have the restrooms inside the house instead of in the front yard :bounce:

 

[mrvette]

looks great, won't be long and you'll have the restrooms inside the house instead of in the front yard :bounce:

OH christ, the kids tell me the ex up in Potomac Md, still has a outhouse across the streeet from her from a similar project started by now over 1.5 years ago....


:shocking::shocking::gurney:

 

[big2bird]

Nice new digs Bob. Where's my plane ticket? Off work till August.:gurney:

 

[bobs77vet]

that porta toliet has only been dumped over once by the neighborhhood kids....my builder is amazed that is has only happened once....hes use to it happening every night and his tools being stolen.....

 

[bobs77vet]

getting close to insulation, and drywall time .....the hvac is done, plumbing is done, electric is getting wrapped up this week, roof is on, all exterior trim is on, james hardie cement siding is ordered......and the important part the builder met with the concrete guys to day to get prices on my garage slab and driveway stuff...i see the end in sight......the sea cargo container is now empty and ready to get taken away.....

 

[big2bird]

ZThanks for the update Bob. Wondered where you have been.:nuts:

 

[Cherry]

Was there any rubber left on the rear tires when you got it back?

 

[bobs77vet]

my laptop crapped out so pictures will be delayed until i get it back....but dry wall is done, siding is done, roofing is done.....just hope i have money left for my garage......

 

[big2bird]

....just hope i have money left for my garage......

Let me guess. It's running a minimum of 10% over bid/budget.:banghead:

 

[chevy69]

Wow Bob - this is an amazing project. I just found my way over here recently and wondered how your move had gone. You must be storing the old hot rod somewhere - I hope you still have it. Looking forward to more pics of the house - it's looking fantastic!!!

 

[bobs77vet]

well the drywall gets sanded on monday and the interior gets primed and cieling paint on tuesday...now off to buy 30 gallons each of primer and cieling paint!!!!!

 

[Dirtbuster1]

well the drywall gets sanded on monday and the interior gets primed and cieling paint on tuesday...now off to buy 30 gallons each of primer and cieling paint!!!!!

One thing I have learned over the years building is don't buy ceiling paint. It is made from the bottom of the barrel paint. Use a good white or off white color, and you will get better results, and easier for touch ups.. Some ceiling paints are so bad, you can't get a paint sprayer to work right with them. Ask me how I know.:smash::smash: I took the paint sprayer to the shop to get it repaired, and it worked fine. They asked me what type of paint I was using, and started laughing.

 

[mrvette]

well the drywall gets sanded on monday and the interior gets primed and cieling paint on tuesday...now off to buy 30 gallons each of primer and cieling paint!!!!!

One thing I have learned over the years building is don't buy ceiling paint. It is made from the bottom of the barrel paint. Use a good white or off white color, and you will get better results, and easier for touch ups.. Some ceiling paints are so bad, you can't get a paint sprayer to work right with them. Ask me how I know.:smash::smash: I took the paint sprayer to the shop to get it repaired, and it worked fine. They asked me what type of paint I was using, and started laughing.

Ceilings are the easiest in new/cleared out houses.....rent a sprayer and use KILLS, about the same as ceiling white....

then cut in and if you are good, spray the walls.....you get the right professional sprayer, and the amount of overspray is minimal....leaving just the trim to paint.....

get a narrow roller for the trim roller it then go over quickly with a cut brush done by two people, this is done quickly....unless you need more coats, then it takes about 2 days to do a house.....

:clobbered:

 

[bobs77vet]

Chevy69 you have a PM


Bird the project is running pretty much on cost schedule except for where we upgraded stuff.....

the builder is spraying the walls and cieling with behr primer and duron cieling white.....we will paint the rest...what fun...... i figured at two walls a night it will only take 64 nights to paint the interior of the house.

 

[big2bird]

Bird the project is running pretty much on cost schedule except for where we upgraded stuff.....

And the "upgrades?" 10%?:huh2:

 

[bobs77vet]

we will be moving in this month.......then the garage will get built if the mortgage market doesn't implode......here some pictures that are a couple of weeks old

 

[big2bird]

Looks like you have been busy Bob. Looks great. I'm sure you'll be glad to get settled in.

 

[MYBAD79]

Looks awesome. Congrats :yahoo:

 

[Dirtbuster1]

The house sure has come a long way pretty fast. I know you be glad to get in soon.

Looking good!

 

[turtlevette]

hurryup and sell it while you can still get 1/2 of what you paid.

 

[mrvette]

hurryup and sell it while you can still get 1/2 of what you paid.

:smash::crylol: It has been very common around the DC region for this rebuilding of closer in decent burbs....the commuting from outer regions is stupid already....I know of many people driving from PENNSYLVANIA and many have come from W. VA. for years, which is not as far, actually, depending on where in W. Va......

some houses just like that concept were done in the ex's hood, and in another hood in Chevy Chase where some friends live....

typical 1600' house.....up there in a decent hood with a 30 minit commute to say K st NW or Capitol hill, or Foggy bottom any of the mall area...is about 500 grand UP......1/4 acre and built in the 30-50's......

NOVA tends to be a bit cheaper, due to the commute is worse because of the river and the attendant lack of bridges....there are only about 6 that are at all useful for commuters....

An aside comment, it would be SO simple for a 1/2 way organized group to overthrow the FED.GOV it's not even funny....the town is wide open....

most anyone that spent any time there, like me, knows the nerve centers, and there are not many of them....

:crap::twitch:

 

[bobs77vet]

hurryup and sell it while you can still get 1/2 of what you paid.

are you talking about the vette or the house.......

i'm upside down in the vette but not in the house.

 

[bobs77vet]

wow its been busy.....we are out of the rental house and into the new home, we passed all final inspections and i have a new building permit for the garage and hopefully the construction will begin in the week or so.....i get some pictures up this week end

 

[big2bird]

Glad to hear it Bob. We've missed ya. Now, for the FUN part of the project. Blow the rest of the budget.:quote:

 

[MYBAD79]

we passed all final inspections and i have a new building permit for the garage

:drink::yahoo::yahoo:

how big is that garage going to be ?

 

[bobs77vet]

too damn small!!!!!!!!!!!!! it will be a 22' wide by 24' deep garage, i think i will make it with 9' high walls and a roof system that uses a ridge beam to carry the weight of the roof rafters so i don't have to use any collar ties. thhis will let me use an over height backyard buddy that will "shelve" a car with 7' clearance under the car. this will give me some extra working room. i am envious of the guys in rural areas that have mega garages.....right now i am looking into radiant floor heating with a closed loop electric water heater. any body have any experience with this type of system?

 

[mrvette]

too damn small!!!!!!!!!!!!! it will be a 22' wide by 24' deep garage, i think i will make it with 9' high walls and a roof system that uses a ridge beam to carry the weight of the roof rafters so i don't have to use any collar ties. thhis will let me use an over height backyard buddy that will "shelve" a car with 7' clearance under the car. this will give me some extra working room. i am envious of the guys in rural areas that have mega garages.....right now i am looking into radiant floor heating with a closed loop electric water heater. any body have any experience with this type of system?

YES, a buddy did one in his garage in Kensington Md, just up the street, he did it for his PT cabinet shop...the system was done with some like styrofoam insulation on the dirt, then the pipes then the steel mesh, then they poured....

gotta watch the concrete guys that they pull the pipes up into the cement at a decent height toward the middle, they are supposed to be on little wire stands to do that, but that is why I think they goofed with the wire mesh, and I would have not used it at all, unless right on top of the styrofoam....as the guys were walking around in the slop, the stands tipped over with their tramping on it....

but it works fine.....nice warm floor....I moved too soon after to know about utility costs though...he had a gas WH to run it with,

I had a whole house 150k BTU gas heater up there, just for the work bay, that thing blasted some heat out, the previous owner who built the garage installed it with ceiling ducts, and I can't imagine why...just a dump into the enclosed area is plenty.....heated that work bay in about 7-8 minits, easy do...

it used to be propane and cost me about 300 bux/year to heat, but I was using it steady on, with a HUGE tank out back....

:yahoo:

 

[bobs77vet]

i am having difficulty justifying the radiant floor heating, i have a 240 v electric heater and it just doesn't get and stay that cold down here very long....i think i would rather put the $1500 into a backyard buddy lift. the advantage of the radiant floor heating is a warm floor but it is still a hard floor and crawling around on it is still no fun.....where the lift would get me up off the floor......the electric heat is very very fast and the radiant floor heat needs a little more time to use it...i am not sure what to do but time is running out...the digging starts next tuesday