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F

climber
away from the ground
Jun 6, 2018 - 10:56pm PT
Style matters...4.5 story all ICF 5.5k square feet of concrete walls and floors.
At least it’s really cut up..

High vis tye dye, steel toed flip flops 35 foot sheets of 24 gauge metal siding.
Thank Chuthulu there isn’t some Stuffy Canadian around to demand you wear goofy harnesses with screamers, hard hats, saftey glasses, boots, gloves or step ladders.
radair

Social climber
North Conway, NH
Jun 7, 2018 - 06:06am PT
I picked up a mig/flux core welder a couple of years ago and have been having fun with it. This was one of my first projects, a new fire pit made from a bed frame and recycled bike parts.

It works!
radair

Social climber
North Conway, NH
Jun 7, 2018 - 06:30am PT
Thanks eKat! I have a buddy in the tower industry and he has more scrap steel than he knows what to do with - a great source. I made this hitch receiver carrier, which has been great. I can carry the powered wheelbarrow to trail projects, my Snowdog for fat bike grooming, or a huge bucket for sanding my long driveway.
Contractor

Boulder climber
CA
Jun 8, 2018 - 07:19am PT
Kalimon- are you a tradesman? That's quite a project.

The fire pit, the treehouse and in general, the projects here are inspiring!

I was thinking about "F's' barn door with a metal frame.

I want to give kudos to the Pivot Door Company out of Colorado, who we contracted recently to build a custom 6-foot by 10-foot entry door on a home I was building.

A reputable, local door company attempted to build the door with an LVL core and twice the door warped badly.

The Pivot Door Company was great to work with, responsive customer support and I thought the price was reasonable for what we got- a beautiful door with an internal steel frame.
steve s

Trad climber
eldo
Jun 8, 2018 - 07:29am PT
^^^^Thats a sweet looking door!!!!
Love seeing everybody's projects.
Keep,em coming!
wilbeer

Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
Jun 8, 2018 - 02:53pm PT
Kalimon,do you ever build on a bad site ,nice.

Good looking stuff up there,all of you.

Contractor,curious about that door,which looks awesome,is there 3 foot between the pivot and the opening side jamb?
Contractor

Boulder climber
CA
Jun 8, 2018 - 04:07pm PT
The door is 6 ft wide and the pivot is 15 inches off the hinge side- so still a very nice opening.

When the door was first being designed I was stressed about how much of the opening was taken up by the pivot location. I guess this is required to take stress off the door like you mentioned.
wilbeer

Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
Jun 8, 2018 - 04:48pm PT
Pretty Cool

Have to say ,when I am looking at something, I can judge dimensions way better than when I am looking at a photo.


senior moment
Contractor

Boulder climber
CA
Jun 14, 2018 - 07:31am PT
What's going on here?
Brandon-

climber
The Granite State.
Jun 14, 2018 - 08:10am PT
Yeah, what’s up with those stairs?
F

climber
away from the ground
Jun 14, 2018 - 08:20am PT
Flush or zero profile some would call it base and skirt.
Nice touch, but for god sakes save some poor painter/finisher some knee time and prefinish and mask that sh#t before it goes on the wall. Expansion gap for flooring? Or is that to be tile or carpet?
Contractor

Boulder climber
CA
Jun 14, 2018 - 08:33am PT
That's right F. It's a rabbet joint to receive flat tape. This is the 4th house I've used this detail and so far no cracking or any issues- the first time I did this was on a Spanish house about 8 years ago. You can use this detail on any application where you want a jamb or any wood trim to have a blind seam with drywall. To F's point, you must prime first and make sure the drywaller does not use hot mud- all purpose is the ticket.

As to priming, my client hired their own painter and I gave him seven days notice to send a monkey over to pre Prime this sh#t, he said that wasn't enough advanced notice.

So seeing the writing on the wall I told him we would need to prime the drywall in 4 weeks and he came back with availability in 6 weeks with a $250 a day penalty if the job wasn't ready for him.

He's gone and my laborer primed the base boards in place for $300 bucks- save the owner about $600
Contractor

Boulder climber
CA
Jun 14, 2018 - 08:37am PT
Did I mention that your drywaller will hate you for doing this?
F

climber
away from the ground
Jun 14, 2018 - 08:53am PT
Flooring?
Contractor

Boulder climber
CA
Jun 14, 2018 - 09:00am PT
It's nice with tile because the tile contractor is forced to cut to your product and the popular is super durable in terms of grouting, water etc.

The obvious drawback to this is we do have to use a shoe with wood flooring. We usually go with a stained shoe to match the floor that is small and square, not the fluffy round crap.
F

climber
away from the ground
Jun 14, 2018 - 09:03am PT
That’s the crux of the biscuit there. I’ve had to explain, in great detail, why you can’t put hardwood tight to a flush base detail. And shoe molding just defeats the purpose.
It’s a nice detail for concrete floors throughout, otherwise it’s too much of a hassle and homeowners don’t understand the details.
MikeL

Social climber
Southern Arizona
Jun 14, 2018 - 09:18am PT
A front courtyard where I can quietly sit a little bit at dawn and dusk.

Contractor

Boulder climber
CA
Jun 14, 2018 - 09:40am PT
Excellent Mike!
jeff constine

Trad climber
Ao Namao
Jun 14, 2018 - 10:12am PT
Bridge-building for the crew on a shoot
Contractor

Boulder climber
CA
Jun 14, 2018 - 10:23am PT
Right Treez, it was called plaster screed back in the day and they actually used it to screed the plaster straight and smooth.
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