05-20-2006, 05:44 AM | #1 |
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My new house!!! (56k warning)
Okay, okay... so last week I stopped by my new house and it looked like this.
All well and good but not much to look at... I stopped by yesterday, only one week later, and this is what I found!!! I am so friggin' excited now my head is going to explode!!! I canna' hardly wait for them to finish up! It's finally starting to sink in that I'm going to be a homeowner. I'm not looking forward to all necessities I am going to have to buy to furnish and maintain it but I'm getting dizzy just looking at the pix and thinking about owning my own place! Is this process supposed to seem so surreal??? ...bysmitty
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05-20-2006, 06:10 AM | #2 |
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Thanks for the warning Bysmitty, and thank you even more for not posting giant pictures.
Yep, that's the way it goes...fits and starts. It seems to take forever to get the lot prepared and the foundation set, then the carpenters zoom right through the basic construction phase. Not to harsh your mellow or anything, but you're still at least four major phases from completion. There's plumbing, electrical, drywall, and painting yet to go. I'm not sure if these actually take an eternity each, or if it just seems that way. If you have any deviations from the standard plan or may want some additions later on, now is the time to let your subcontractors know about them. They can put an extra plug here or put a pipe junction there that will save you a lot of work down the road. Congratulations on the new house!
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05-20-2006, 06:38 AM | #3 |
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Wow, your house is made nearly entirely from wood...
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05-20-2006, 06:48 AM | #5 |
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We build houses with bricks and mortar.
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Bricks and mortar are often still used for the exteriors of private homes, but they're normally not structural elements. Cinderblock is used for commercial structures because the average block is eight times the size of the average brick (8"h x 8"w x 16"l versus 4"h x 4"w x 8"l) and it goes up very quickly, but apart from foundations and vacation homes cinderblock has never caught on as a material for building houses.
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Ah, how curious. I still find the idea of building a house from wood a little strange, it's rather reminiscent of the 1940s prefabs.
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Wood is a natural insulator, and when you back it up with lots of fiberglass or other insulation you get to stay reasonably comfortable no matter what the weather is like outside.
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And when it isn't bitter cold or boiling hot... it's raining. We get the occasional nice day but usually, the weather sucks in one way or another.
It is actually weird for me to think of a house not being made out of wood. Every single house around these parts is all wood. Some have brick in them but it for esthetics only and really drives up the cost. ...bysmitty
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Nice house bysmitty!
Most houses in Sweden are built from wood. We have facad brick (expr?) but the frame work (expr?) is wood. And our climate is pretty cold in the winters.
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Sweet. Can I crash on your couch?
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Actually, it has 4 bedrooms. Accepted bribes include computer components, beer, attractive "friends", or indian food. Oh, and I guess I ought to get a couch and/or an extra real bed first too.
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05-20-2006, 06:29 PM | #19 |
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Put me down for the beer and Indian food then. All my attractive female friends you already know here at AG.com, and all my computer components are from Macs and therefore are of no interest to you.
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05-20-2006, 06:36 PM | #20 |
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Stop by anytime then man. I'll take some Paneer Pakoras to start, Malai Kofta as the main coarse, an order of the Naan of your choice, and some Amber Bach to wash it all down. ...Wow, that just made me damn hungry.
Oh, and there is nothing wrong with mac equipment. Apple makes some strong products. One of my next products is fixing up an old G3 I have to get osX on it. I'm a PC person through and through but computers are fun no matter what kind they are. ...bysmitty
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