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Edge
Trad climber
Betwixt and Between Nederland & Boulder, CO
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Oct 24, 2015 - 07:58pm PT
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Hung, wired, and vented the new shop heater; propane hook up next week?
I hung 23 sheets of 5/8 rock on the ceiling yesterday with the help of a panel lift. Deadlifted 24 sheets of 1/2" onto the walls today. Another half day of hanging and then time for mud.
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Shetville , North of Los Angeles
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Oct 24, 2015 - 08:25pm PT
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Edge...24 5/8's sheets in one day...? You on roids or somethings...?
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F
climber
away from the ground
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Oct 24, 2015 - 09:05pm PT
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Edge
Trad climber
Betwixt and Between Nederland & Boulder, CO
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Oct 25, 2015 - 09:40am PT
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Edge...24 5/8's sheets in one day...? You on roids or somethings...?
No, I'm just not very bright. I should know better at my age.
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Norton
Social climber
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Oct 25, 2015 - 09:42am PT
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I love following this thread, so many really talented people!
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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Oct 25, 2015 - 11:32am PT
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I am moved in,but far from finished.
Ever build a barrel stove?
Edge,unfortunately it is the season of wallboring.
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ruppell
climber
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Oct 25, 2015 - 04:48pm PT
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Nice Wilber.
Looks like you had some fun with a few cans of spray foam. I have a love/hate relationship with that stuff.
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ruppell
climber
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Oct 25, 2015 - 05:29pm PT
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Ekat,
That's the problem with it. A tiny bit turns into way to much. Years back when that stuff first came out I was building a storage building for some small store in New Jersey. Building was all framed and dried in. The last thing to do was hang the door.
Hanging a door isn't exactly rocket science. I'd hung enough to be pretty good at it by then. So I hang the door. I shim here and there and it's perfect. It swings freely, doesn't bump the jam, closes and opens without any force and stays open any way you leave it. That door was perfect.
So this new spray foam sh#t makes it easier to insulate small spaces. Instead of ripping apart fiberglass bat insulation and stuffing it between the jam and the jack stud I use this new stuff. I spray both sides. About 1/4 gap at the most. Then I leave for the night.
The next day I'm ready to trim the door and start on the siding. I notice a bunch of spray foam had pushed out from the gap. I'll have to trim that off but whatever. Then, I go to open what was a perfectly hung door the night before and it won't budge. WTF? The knob spins freely so I know it's supposed to open. I did what guys usually do at times like these and pulled really, really hard. The door comes flying open and I almost land on my ass.
Now I go to close the door and it hits the jam. That spray foam had expanded enough to move the jam. I pulled the door. Scraped all that crap off it and the jack stud and re-hung the door. Then I used some fiberglass insulation to insulate it. It's the last time I ever used spray foam for that application. lol
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Oct 25, 2015 - 05:36pm PT
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BITD I did a drywall job where two of us put up a sheet every TWO HOURS,
and we got kudos for it! Thaz right, four sheets per shift! Kicken azz!
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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Oct 25, 2015 - 06:36pm PT
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I used a Dow froth-pak 2 part system to spray the foam.
HS,what fun,as you can imagine ,a damn near endless spray.Badass.
I gapped the 2 1/2 " reclaimed [from a nearby school being re roofed ]foamboard 3/8",as I worked higher and the foam was being used ,it expanded less.
Careful planning and it all went smoothly.
I used cans of the door/window stuff around the openings.
Full foam envelope + interior framing and batts to come.Should be efficient.
But I will agree ,love and hate ,for sure.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Oct 26, 2015 - 04:27am PT
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Froth Paks are expensive, awkward, and perfect for your specific application. I've been using them on energy upgrades quite a bit this summer.
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Prod
Trad climber
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Oct 26, 2015 - 06:57am PT
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Wilber,
That place has some good bones. Love the spaces. Can't wait to see the finished product.
Edge,
Why don't you whine a little more!
Cheers,
Prod.
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steveA
Trad climber
Wolfeboro, NH
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Oct 27, 2015 - 07:00am PT
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A few photo's of an addition to the garage. This is way overbuilt, but I wanted to use up most of the Oak beams I made, many years ago, when building the house. The roof rafters are 8x8's , 2 feet on center--pretty crazy.
The entire house structure is timber frame, measuring 100 feet from one end to the other.
Last week I pulled some hardwood logs out of the woods using a pulley attached to the corner post of the addition. You would not be able to do this with 2x4 construction.[photo[photoid=432678]id=432677]
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steveA
Trad climber
Wolfeboro, NH
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Oct 27, 2015 - 07:03am PT
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steveA
Trad climber
Wolfeboro, NH
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Oct 27, 2015 - 07:14am PT
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Nice bents, Steve!
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telemon01
Trad climber
Montana
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Here I am again, on Supertopo on a Monday morning. I just returned from a week in the desert and its time to set my sights on the next project. Within a week of finishing my last house I closed on a spec home I built last summer. It took 13 months to sell, but I am glad to say I came out relatively unscathed and better for the experience. Circle sawn flooring, gauged Brazilian slate, and granite countertops are a little over the top for a spec home, but fortunately there are buyers out there looking for quality as well as affordability.
Great progress on your home Wilbeer.
The manzanita shelf on the previous page is great. My desert trip endeared me to manzanita, pinyon, and juniper trees. For me, including natural elements in a home is the most rewarding way to build.
Nice work everyone!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Damn nice house for Montanistan! Love everything about it!
My ONLY criticism - the microwave/hood! One werd: Sharp MW Drawer! ;-)
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perswig
climber
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^^
Rooflines echo nicely. Pretty!
Dale
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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Still tearing apart the ancient irrigation.
Mostly 1/2" and 3/4", with a bunch of 1" stuff too.
Instead of tossing it out, I'm putting some of it to second use.
It makes a fine base for an outdoor solar-charged "desk" lamp.
I decided what I wanted now was a lamp that sits on the floor in a corner behind a table, hoping to waste as little space as possible.
Thanks to a young guy working the plumbing department at Home Depot, I found out iron pipe threads are the same as lamp threads. ( which are the same as bong and "piece pipe" threads, in case you feel like inhaling some vaporized lead )
I had to buy four 3/4" nipples, a 1/2" 45* elbow, two 1/2"bushings, and two brass compression adapters. I found the bulb sockets on-line at the same place I found the bulbs. Everything else was scrap I salvaged from the yard.
It definitely sits in the corner. Within 1/4", but not touching the wall. Thanks to all the joints, getting the vertical post plumb was simple.
There's no glue, epoxy, or JB Weld holding this together. Just torque. With all the joints in series, and a four-foot fencepost for leverage, lining everything up tight was easier than I thought. Glue or epoxy would not have worked, at least not for this one, because I needed to tweak everything several times to finally get it squared.
The bulbs are 5'10" above floor level, so I won't have to worry about breaking one with my head - at least not when I'm standing on the floor.
The incandescent "Edison" bulbs are neat. The 60 watt ones aren't quite as bright as I expected. The 30 watt tube-style bulbs are about right for light. I'll leave those in for a while, and replace them with 30 watt Edson bulbs when they burn out.
I was going to paint it. I image-googled "pipe lamp" to see what color might look good. A couple were painted bright red, which looked pretty good, but not for The Kite Office. The others were either painted black or left "in the white" - as in brand new. I didn't see any in used condition, or even any that looked like they were made from used parts. So I'm leaving mine like I found them. Un-painted. It's not "re-purposed". It's salvage ( mostly ). It's OK by me if it looks like salvage.
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