Guest Andrea Posted March 2, 2007 Report Share Posted March 2, 2007 Just wanted to tell y'all we got some WOOD up today!!! Should have the bottom floor finished tomorrow. First wall Workin hard............ Back wall finished I had a feeling that as soon as that wrap-around porch was finished it would turn into Daytona 500. LOL Jack on his Green Machine: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DU_man_84 Posted March 2, 2007 Report Share Posted March 2, 2007 Re: My house progress looking good, keep the pics coming andrea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest outdoorgirl Posted March 2, 2007 Report Share Posted March 2, 2007 Re: My house progress Looking good Andrea....make room for the all women realtree get together this fall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_MD_ Posted March 2, 2007 Report Share Posted March 2, 2007 Re: My house progress It's starting to take shape. This was the part of building our house I really enjoyed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archerjg Posted March 2, 2007 Report Share Posted March 2, 2007 Re: My house progress The progress is looking good so far. Archerjg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bruteshooter Posted March 2, 2007 Report Share Posted March 2, 2007 Re: My house progress Please don't send pics of people in shorts until after June 1st. It's 35-50 miles per hour wind and currently 26 without wind chill. PS: Any deer in the timber behind the house? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitetailkiller Posted March 2, 2007 Report Share Posted March 2, 2007 Re: My house progress looks good keep the pics coming....one question though.......are you in a part of florida that doesn't allow basements or you don't want a basement? just curious? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted March 2, 2007 Report Share Posted March 2, 2007 Re: My house progress Looking good ...wish I was there to Hel...l...l..WATCH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebeilgard Posted March 3, 2007 Report Share Posted March 3, 2007 Re: My house progress i'm like buckee. too old to do the work. looks great, andrea. i'm very happy to see you using 2x6 sidewalls. insulation is very important. if you want other energy saving tips, pm me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OJR Posted March 3, 2007 Report Share Posted March 3, 2007 Re: My house progress Looking good! Only 9,374,520 pieces to go!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted March 3, 2007 Report Share Posted March 3, 2007 Re: My house progress Looks good so far Andrea, you'll be living in it before you know it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyboman Posted March 3, 2007 Report Share Posted March 3, 2007 Re: My house progress Its coming along. Looks good. I have to agree please no more short pics. It still freezing cold here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andrea Posted March 3, 2007 Report Share Posted March 3, 2007 Re: My house progress Funny how many of you guys from up North keep asking about a basement. We could have one if we wanted, but there's no need for one. Too much digging anyway. Maybe if we lived on a piece of property that was sloped, but ours is FLAT. I don't know hardly ANYONE around here who has a basement. Oh, and sorry about the pics of shorts. We warm up rather early down here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyboman Posted March 3, 2007 Report Share Posted March 3, 2007 Re: My house progress But why dont you guys have basements in fla? and why would it be so much digging?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M00N Posted March 3, 2007 Report Share Posted March 3, 2007 Re: My house progress Looking good Andrea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andrea Posted March 3, 2007 Report Share Posted March 3, 2007 Re: My house progress I don't know why we don't have them. Humidity level maybe? And yes, there would be lots of digging. Basements go IN the ground, don't they?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyboman Posted March 3, 2007 Report Share Posted March 3, 2007 Re: My house progress [ QUOTE ] Basements go IN the ground, don't they?? [/ QUOTE ] aaahhhh YEAH! I just thought by your response that it would be a lot of extra digging or something. More than the normal basement I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M00N Posted March 3, 2007 Report Share Posted March 3, 2007 Re: My house progress Depends on the types of basement. Our old house the basement was completely underground with only enough sticking above ground for small windows to bring in light. Our current basement is more garage like 3 of the walls are underground and the one wall is dug out to make a driveway leading to the garage doors. Main reason people have basements are for storage (laundry, garage, workshop, etc.), some finish their basements and have living spaces down there, others have them for security from bad storms like tornados and wind related storms, etc. Basements have a lot of useages and abilities. I know Florida when I lived there for a month nobody had basements that I met while there. Main reason was a lot of places didn't allow them, others didn't have good ground for them, others just simply felt they didn't need a basement. I see nothing wrong with not having a basement. Up here it's standard houses are built with basements most of the time. When I was in Florida it was standard to not have them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdvantageTimberLou Posted March 3, 2007 Report Share Posted March 3, 2007 Re: My house progress looks good Andrea, the framing will go up fast, its all that dang finish work that takes forever! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Posted March 3, 2007 Report Share Posted March 3, 2007 Re: My house progress [ QUOTE ] Oh, and sorry about the pics of shorts. We warm up rather early down here. [/ QUOTE ]Yeah!! Please, no more pics of shorts until atleast the end of April!! Other than that it's looking good!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exturkinator Posted March 3, 2007 Report Share Posted March 3, 2007 Re: My house progress Looks great - congrats on the new pad... Guess you'll be ready for all of us to come to the house warming party by around July? It has been 20 years since I've seen a Green Machine - those things are so cool - I had one when I was a kid and loved it - one day I ran the thing up underneath a car and ended up with a gash on my right forearm - still have the scar.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griz Posted March 3, 2007 Report Share Posted March 3, 2007 Re: My house progress Looks great Andrea... Before you know it, it'll be done... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Finn Posted March 3, 2007 Report Share Posted March 3, 2007 Re: My house progress Looks great...that should make a nice race track Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NS whitetail Posted March 3, 2007 Report Share Posted March 3, 2007 Re: My house progress looking good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted March 3, 2007 Report Share Posted March 3, 2007 Re: My house progress Looks like it is coming along nicely Andrea. Not sure about where you are, but the water table is pretty high in some areas in Florida. I know we hit water drilling a shallow well in central Florida to run sprinklers at like 9-10 feet. Ended up stopping at 16 feet, and had a good water supply. There were no basements in any homes I knew of in that area of Florida. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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