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Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?

GreyGhost said:
That is an order of magnitude larger. Ours is ~21x24' this year. Snowblower will make leveling easier next year so we can probably go up to 600 or 800 sq ft. Creating a level surface with a shovel and recycle bin takes lots of hours.
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I cheated mine starts as a pond and I cleared the snow off it with the tractor. Think I will use the snowblower next time as it will be less expensive if it goes through.

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Scuba Steve said:
My ice rink is good for the first time in years it has actually been cold enough.
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When his son was younger and winters colder the next door neighbour put in a rink. I loved the sound of the skates and pucks hitting the boards. The sounds of Canada.
 
I'm putting in a poor mans wine cellar. Not climate controlled , racking in the storage room. Eastern white pine racks in the concrete bunker. Going to keep about 200 ish bottles as a hedge against inflation.
Now to research which bottle can be laid down and for how long.
There will be no Chateau nuefDappe in there at $1500 bucks , just reds that are deemed a good idea.
 
My daughter may rope me into helping with new windows for her place. The frame materials don't change the price much. I like aluminum for longevity but it sucks for frosting. I'd go with it for a patio door frame where it's more resilient to hits and chipping from BBQ ins and outs. My vinyl has broken fins.

Thoughts for her windows? Aluminum is out.
 
crankcall said:
I'm putting in a poor mans wine cellar. Not climate controlled , racking in the storage room. Eastern white pine racks in the concrete bunker. Going to keep about 200 ish bottles as a hedge against inflation.
Now to research which bottle can be laid down and for how long.
There will be no Chateau nuefDappe in there at $1500 bucks , just reds that are deemed a good idea.
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I'm the only wine drinker that hangs around here and at my rate of sipping that would be many years supply. The investment part of it is out of my league. My wine knowledge tends toward the "I drink it. I fall down. It worked." mentality with the aftermath being a red stain on the floor and me trying to count in Italian. Uno, duo, tre, mumble mumble.

I used to work at the food terminal as a teenager and we counted the watermelons as we hand unloaded them. By the time we got to venticinque my arms were falling off.

If I went for a collection I would consider an enclosure and a bar fridge, with the door removed, built into the wall.

I worked on a floor warming system in a collectors wine cellar. The floor was a massive heat sink and there was air conditioning to lower the temperature. Yin / Yang to keep the good stuff happy.
 
crankcall said:
So if Aluminum is out , you have vinyl. No sane person would use a wood framed window on purpose


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You could use aluminum or vinyl over wood if you want to drive up your cost for minimal benefit.

If she wants something really good, marvin is a good choice. Cost is very high.
 
crankcall said:
So if Aluminum is out , you have vinyl. No sane person would use a wood framed window on purpose


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You may have noticed some of my less than sane posts. We deliberately put in a wood window for the dining room some years back. It wasn't cheap (Marvin) but the detail is great. It's at deck level from the outside and it doesn't get much exposure so a coat of quality paint every five years is easy and it still looks good after 25 years. The rest of the house has vinyl. My daughter is looking at fiberglass and there is some wood with cladding.

I don't like cladding because any oops can start the rot process.

I don't see a problem with wood for a feature window but quality plastic is best, IMO, for the mundane locations.

There is no secret to getting wood to last.
1) Use quality wood
2) Do proper prep work
3) Use quality paint (Coatings)
4) Suck it up every once in a while and do (or pay for) some quality work.

The same goes for boats. If you don't maintain a wooden boat it will sink. If you don't maintain a fiberglass boat it will look like it's going to sink.
 
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nobbie48 said:
My daughter may rope me into helping with new windows for her place. The frame materials don't change the price much. I like aluminum for longevity but it sucks for frosting. I'd go with it for a patio door frame where it's more resilient to hits and chipping from BBQ ins and outs. My vinyl has broken fins.

Thoughts for her windows? Aluminum is out.
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Vinyl for me, I've had them in several places they hold up well.
 
Anyone know if I need a 'trade certificate' to frame the new support in our main living room? Same goes for framing the second story?

Does this need to be done by a 'trade carpenter' or similar to what @backmarkerducati indicated with electrical where the work can be done by the homeowner but needs to be inspected regardless by the proper authority?

Anyone I've talked to about my projects are NOT interested because they're too 'small' of a job.

Second story addition...too small so pay me for almost a full house so that it's worth my time.

Removal of chimney...too small so pay me more so it's worth my while.

Have run into this with plumbers also. Everyone feels this is too small for them to bother. But if they come, you pay 4x just for them to show up.

EDIT: Hell maybe it's better to find a framing / roofing company on my own to do this instead of going with bigger builders that aren't interested.
 
backmarkerducati said:
I cannot say for sure but my buddy did his own framing, pumbing etc. with proper drawings and permits.... but there may be a limit to what can be done/scope.
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When I build the garage, it will be 99% me doing the work (I may form and prep the slab and hire a crew to pour/polish). I'm not sure how the building inspectors feel about homeowners doing their own structural work on a residence (although MP doing it would probably be better than 90% of the crap I have seen people pay for).
 
mimico_polak said:
Anyone know if I need a 'trade certificate' to frame the new support in our main living room? Same goes for framing the second story?

Does this need to be done by a 'trade carpenter' or similar to what @backmarkerducati indicated with electrical where the work can be done by the homeowner but needs to be inspected regardless by the proper authority?

Anyone I've talked to about my projects are NOT interested because they're too 'small' of a job.

Second story addition...too small so pay me for almost a full house so that it's worth my time.

Removal of chimney...too small so pay me more so it's worth my while.

Have run into this with plumbers also. Everyone feels this is too small for them to bother. But if they come, you pay 4x just for them to show up.

EDIT: Hell maybe it's better to find a framing / roofing company on my own to do this instead of going with bigger builders that aren't interested.
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No certificate needed just get the permit and go nuts, most carpenters don't have any paperwork.
 
Thanks for the vote of confidence @GreyGhost and @Scuba Steve.

Guess the steps are easy:
- remove chimneys + roof
- remove existing framing
- install supports on the existing structure
- plywood on floor
- build walls
- setup walls

And now the REALLY hard part...
- frame the roof
- plywood the roof
- shingle the roofs (may as well do the other one at the same time)

Easy peasy.

Then:
- rough in electrical, plumbing and HVAC

button it up, and save the money for the divorce.
 
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