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Post by BAZ on Aug 16, 2006 21:20:01 GMT -5
I also remember the time the A/C guy cut out the webbing in another truss to install the HVAC in the attic, what quality induviduals we had working out there!
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Post by BAZ on Aug 16, 2006 21:25:03 GMT -5
Tweet,
Hope your build goes smoothly, I like KISS (Keep it Simple Stupid) when it comes to construction, sounds like that is the way you are going.
Not being able to visit your house while it is being built sounds a little odd to me too. We were building condos in Orange County, CA and had them all sold before the slabs were even poured. The homeowners were out there all of the time. (they were usually smart enough to come in the early evening when the trades were leaving for the day)We even had a Saturday event where all of the Supers would walk the new homeowners through their condos in framing for a Q and A and so they could snap photos.
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Post by Tweetiepy on Aug 16, 2006 21:39:01 GMT -5
Wiz yeah those are the ones they're using, they have a spot for holes too but they're not all the way through, I guess they pop them out when they need them. Second story went up today - they have all the rooms defined and I can see where my walk in closet is going which kind of scared me as we made major changes to our room
Just wondering if I have wood on the stairs as a finish as opposed to carpet, do they still make the general shape out of regular wood and then cover the stairs with the good stuff, or do they make the steps out of the good stuff - just wondering as we can't get to the second floor to check stuff out, wanted to know how long we'd have to wait to go up??
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Post by docone31 on Aug 16, 2006 22:10:28 GMT -5
I have seen stairs made out of particle board with a screened finish made out of aluminum oxide! They even have a way to make stairs out of a paperboard with screened aluminum oxide. The ends even simulate wood grain. It is ok, although you have to be careful about liquid spills. The paperboard, or particle board seperates from the aluminum oxide finish. It chips real easily also. Basically, it is like those throw down floating floors except it is made to duplicate real wood.
Where you are, I might avoid carpet and go with long leaf yellow pine. Long leaf yellow pine is different from oak flooring. It is a denser grained wood with high impact resistance. Oak is hard, and they both expand and contract at the same ratio. With the yellow pine, all that would be recquired is an occasional sanding. I would finish with Tung Oil. People do not know this, but, you can intercept pressure treating and get the wood in 5/4 with rounded edges. It comes in 1 X 6, actually 5/4. A 1 X 6 is really 3/4" where 5/4 is 1" nominal. You can beat the daylights out of this wood, and it shows less than oak. The laminate floors sound like popcorn, even if they are well installed. They always have some bubble in the floor that just won't leave.
Don't let them do a texture job on the sheet rock. Texture is used to cover lousey taping and sheet rocking jobs. If you specify no texture, they have to actually do decent work.
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Post by Tweetiepy on Aug 17, 2006 8:01:04 GMT -5
Doc, we went with a local builder, I know he's been around for at least 15 years and he's a very reputable builder. It's an urban project *yikes* cookie cutter homes (or almost) - they have a dozen models to choose from and you can modify them a bit if you want - so they're all a little different from each other. We have hard wood floors in the living room, upstairs hallway, main stairs and hall way, vinyl *gag* in the kitchen, dinning room and half bathroom. Ceramic tile in the entrance, and main bathroom, carpet in the bedrooms and second stairs as well as our loft - actually the laminate floors are okay as long as you don,t abuse them we had some in our current living room - took out the carpets to do that - they're okay as long as you don't leave any liquids on it (like my husband did).
The packing is horrible, I don't know where to start - I started in the basement (which is a horrible place to start) as there is a mishmash of categories down there, crafts, tools, groceries, old objects and of course: ROCKS and rock related stuff - I've been pretty much concentrating on cabbing since Christmas and haven't tumbled anything since then, so I'll pack up the tumbling supplies & start fresh in my new home but I should start in the bathroom instead…
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Shelbeeray
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Post by Shelbeeray on Aug 18, 2006 23:56:34 GMT -5
ummmm.... PIctures? Hurry and take some and share them with us!
How wonderful to have a brand new home!!! I like the laminate we have. One of my girlfriends has the same stuff and her sink overflowed (she had the laminate in her kitchen too). She figured the sink had overflowed for about 2 hours (teenage daughter left tap on!). That was 2 years ago - her floor never warped or discolored or anything. It looks perfect. Makes me feel good about the product. Although I'm still not going to run out and put it in the bathroom, kitchen or laundry room!
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Post by thewiz on Aug 19, 2006 10:50:43 GMT -5
we have had only one buyer that wanted oak stairs and they are solid oak. they are install right after framing just like the pine stairs. they are sent out covered and the workers are told to use a ladder as much as they can and not they stairs tow get to the second floor
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