I am Finally BUILDING!!!

david_h

more pix. .. just cuz I like posting them and I am so excited!
A little film. I still can't figure out the embed thing

Rich O Brien

Nice Pool

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Chris Fullmer

I was thinking its a great start for a bomb shelter.

david_h

what. . .you guys don't have full basements where you live.

Tant pis. It's cheap space.

Chris Fullmer

I'm not sure that I've ever really seen a full basement in California. I'm not sure why.

tim

@chris fullmer said:

I'm not sure that I've ever really seen a full basement in California. I'm not sure why.

Partly a side effect of frostline depth. In the Frozen North like Minnesota the frostline depth is, oh, about 350ft down - in California it's about 18" above ground . Since you need to have the base of your footings below frost depth to avoid frost heave ruining your building you inevitably get a high likelihood of basements in Minnesota and a low probability in California.

I'm building on a slope, so it made sense to do a walk-out basement, also known as a lower floor with a dirt back wall.

Chris Fullmer

Interesting, I did not realize that building footings needed to be below the frost line. That would help explain things a bit.

ely862me

Makes me wonder: No insulation on the exterior?

aadbuild

Hi David, If you need any building actual advice flick me over an email. I design and build. mainly build. BTW thw house model looks great

david_h

ELY::The Interior furred walls will be insulated. In the Mountain areas, like Park City for example you would do 2" of Rigid on the outside of the foundation, then do the bituthane thing. And still furr and insulate the interior foundation wall.

But where I am at, I should be fine. Frost depth for my elevation. . .32"

AAD: thanks for the offers to advise. I think I got it covered. Although I can see mistakes that I have made along the way.

Garage Slab poured this weekend! My wife says. . .the garage is too small. Honey. .it's bigger than we have ever had before. It just looks small because the walls aren't on it yet. Nothing to compare it too. Trust the SketchUP model. The cars fit!!!!

david_h

basement rooms bearing walls and main floor getting framed.

ely862me

@unknownuser said:

ELY::The Interior furred walls will be insulated. In the Mountain areas, like Park City for example you would do 2" of Rigid on the outside of the foundation, then do the bituthane thing. And still furr and insulate the interior foundation wall.

I see,the earth is different in all the countries(and the weather too) .Here(in Romania) if u go that deep with the basement and no insulation on the outside u ll have wall mold all the way.

@unknownuser said:

Trust the SketchUP model. The cars fit!!!!

So u re going wood all the way? I personally don t trust wood. Give me bricks and concrete.

Btw,things are going pretty well!

Cheers!

dale

Hey David
It's great to see a follow through from SketchUp to build. I'm hoping to follow your lead in the next little while. Makes me want to through on the tools and dive in. Keep us posted on progress.

david_h

@unknownuser said:

I personally don t trust wood. Give me bricks and concrete.

We've been building frame houses here for many many years. Its lightweight strong and I can afford it.

D

Rich O Brien

You mention SU output David, but are you willing to give us a sneek peek at what your home will look like?
Or maybe you have somewhere else?

watkins

Dear David,

What are you going to do about sound insulation?

Document Moved

(www.bre.co.uk)

Kind regards,
Bob

david_h

@unknownuser said:

You mention SU output David, but are you willing to give us a sneek peek at what your home will look like?
Or maybe you have somewhere else?

check out the first of the post to see the idea. Here's a new quickie render based on a few tweaks. I havent' really done anything with Landscape yet, so that's not worked out as you see in the render.

as far as sound insulation goes. . .batt insulation throughout for sound and weather. It's required. As far as noise goes, I don't care about me bothering my neighbors with a huge big-A flat screen with surround sound. . .i just don't want them bothering me.

Jus Kiddin'!!!

new render.jpg

david_h

another quickie render. .. no detail yet, but this was to show my wife the ideas for the kitchen and family room. The materials for the most part are just place holders until we make our selections, but my wife . . .even with all the sketchupping in the world, didn't get a sense of the scale. Geez. . .she's like every other client I have ever had!

Kitchen with Cofferend Ceilings2.jpg