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And a floor. And some of the frame.
I stood in my future kitchen on Friday. :banana:
And a floor. And some of the frame.
I stood in my future kitchen on Friday. :banana:
this is your chance to fill the cracks between the frame wood with maple syrup.
this is your chance to fill the cracks between the frame wood with maple syrup.
I wouldn't put it past the builder. We are taking pics of everything.
The Brain
04-27-04, 04:45 PM
And a floor. And some of the frame.
I stood in my future kitchen on Friday. :banana:so when do ya get the grill?
Ssstern
04-27-04, 04:49 PM
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KS, I take it you're building a house? Congrats, and good luck. It's a pain in the ass, especially when most subcontractors don't do stuff as well as you'd do it yourself. Fun times, but it's all worth it when you get the final inspection. :)
two-six
04-27-04, 04:53 PM
KS, I take it you're building a house?
no, he's having jesse james hook him up with one of those tailgating escalades they did on montser garage.
KS, I take it you're building a house? Congrats, and good luck. It's a pain in the ass, especially when most subcontractors don't do stuff as well as you'd do it yourself. Fun times, but it's all worth it when you get the final inspection. :)
Thanks. They (Ryland) called us early last week and told us they'd be framing it soon and we were skeptical. Lo and behold the main floor walls were up when we went down last weekend to check. I was shocked. Overjoyed, but shocked.
Brain - Grill this fall. :banana:
Stern - That house/camper would go for 150K in the suburbs up here.
Damn, I need to mass produce those campers then.
two-six
04-27-04, 05:06 PM
Damn, I need to mass produce those campers then.
shitload of profit to be made there.
shitload of profit to be made there.
yeah, but it's getting hard to find those old flatbed trucks in that poor condition. Maybe I should check Gastonia. :D
two-six
04-27-04, 06:34 PM
or kentucky and west virginia.
vpkozel
04-27-04, 06:57 PM
Head, let me know when I can christen teh bathroom.
Head, let me know when I can christen teh bathroom.
Sure thing. You just can't bring Voyer along. The wife ordered a nice bathtub.
go get yourself a carpenter's square and check all of the corners for sqaure. Trust me, if you ever decide to put in a tile floor and your corners aren't square...it is a lot more work. it'll be easier to fix them now then after drywall is up.
Ssstern
04-28-04, 10:26 AM
go get yourself a carpenter's square and check all of the corners for sqaure. Trust me, if you ever decide to put in a tile floor and your corners aren't square...it is a lot more work. it'll be easier to fix them now then after drywall is up.
The guys who put up houses these days wouldn't know square if they were in a box. The skilled labor shortage in the housing industry is truely scary. Don't get me started on masons.
two-six
04-28-04, 11:40 AM
The guys who put up houses these days wouldn't know square if they were in a box. The skilled labor shortage in the housing industry is truely scary. Don't get me started on masons.
don't get me started on carpenters who aren't worth a shit. the bunch we work behind couldn't frame a house plumb if their green cards depended on it. its a bitch having to run a brick wall in our out to hit the windows because dumb fuckers can't frame a house without running it in our out a couple inches. its not that fucking hard.
of course, in keeping consistent, they manage to take our perfectly square foundations and fuck that up too when they frame.
Thanks for the warnings. Y'all ain't the first, but I swear I'm surprised at how many people have had this problem.
The good news? My father-in-law is a carpenter. :banana: Well, sorta. He's a shop guy for a chemical company though and does some fine work. Jack of all trades you might say but he's awfully good with wood. They are gonna hate it when he goes through the place with us during the drywall walk through. Between him and my wife they'll go berzerk over shit that's screwed up.
builder
04-28-04, 11:53 AM
Thanks for the warnings. Y'all ain't the first, but I swear I'm surprised at how many people have had this problem.
Unfortunately, my place was already built out except for finishes. I don't think there's a single wall that's square to the next one. I've got flooring that runs straight while a 2' section of wall actually curves. CURVES. But the wall looks straight at the ceiling. It's terrible what you get today when you buy new.
I've got flooring that runs straight while a 2' section of wall actually curves. CURVES. But the wall looks straight at the ceiling. It's terrible what you get today when you buy new.
My bro had this problem in his first house in Huntersville. I swear the wall in the common bathroom curved in about 4 inches from the door to the tub. Just unreal. This was 10 years ago.
Y'all aren't making me feel better, but keep those horror stories coming - I need to know shit to look out for.
builder
04-28-04, 12:10 PM
Y'all aren't making me feel better, but keep those horror stories coming - I need to know shit to look out for.
Is your hot water heater in the attic? How about the heating ducts? I drilled a hole in the wall the other day to hang a picture, and I swear the dust actually blew out of the hole when I took the drill bit out. The a/c was on at the time. The place leaks like a sieve, but my power bill is only $30/mo.
vpkozel
04-28-04, 12:36 PM
I need to know shit to look out for.
Whatever you do, don't become a fat ass, bald, patent clerk.
builder
04-28-04, 12:37 PM
Whatever you do, don't become a fat ass, bald, patent clerk.
This joke is so very 1991.
This joke is so very 1991.
Yup. And he actually got off a few good ones earlier today before throwing it all away there. It's a real shame.
BTW, the hot water heater is on the bottom level in a utility room.
I now have a roof and all of the inside framed. :banana:
I guess Ryland wasn't jerking me around when they said it would be on by the end of this month.
I now have a roof and all of the inside framed. :banana:
I guess Ryland wasn't jerking me around when they said it would be on by the end of this month.
did you tie her up and try them out?
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