Category Archives: House
Preliminary Timber Schedule
First Floor Posts * 8″ x 8″ x 7’6″ (13) * 8″ x 8″ x 8’4″ (1) – west of stairs First Floor Beams * 8″ x 10″ x 14′ (5) * 8″ x 10″ x 11′ (1) – east of stairs * 8″ x 10″ x 9′ (2) * 8″ x 10″ x 10′ [...]
Concrete Flooring
I think that we’ll be going with a straight concrete floor downstairs. We’ll just finish the slab off (polish and paint/stain) and I’m doing some research on what goes into that. Here’s a bunch of links I’m collecting as I go along: * Kitchen Concrete Floor from diy network * Concrete Floor Finishes * Concrete [...]
Weekend Recap
I had a good visit to our property over the weekend. The SIP seminar was pretty good. Not too much info I didn’t already know but it was nice to get to touch some panels and talk to the people there about our plans and get their input. I also took the opportunity to buy [...]
And then it was ours
We got the word a few hours ago from our real estate agent. Escrow is closed and transfer has been recorded. Looking forward to going up there this weekend.
Brief house update
So, not much progress on the house stuff lately. We’ve refined our plans a little and have a better idea of how we’re going to lay out the bathrooms upstairs. I spent a very fruitful afternoon with our realtor’s husband (the one’s who’s been a general contractor for years) and he talked with a friend [...]
Miscellaneous House Links
Miscellaneous links related to house planning/building that I want to keep track of: Noritz tankless water heater – recommended by Craig Zurn plumbing manifold – recommended by Dy
Books I’ve found useful for planning our house
We’ve been making really good use of our library system and the wonderful extension known as LINK+ that lets us borrow books from loads of other libraries in California. Here are a few of the books that have been particularly useful. Structural Instulated Panels (SIPs) by Michael Morley A great book that discusses SIPs in [...]
Minor revisions and additional plumbing thoughts
So, we made a few revisions and redrew the downstairs to match the dimensions of the upstairs: * Downstairs * Upstairs The kitchen is still up in the air so don’t pay too much attention to that space downstairs. I think we’re moving away from having the sink in the island (though we may have [...]
Current house thoughts
So here’s where we are on the house. * Post and Beam – we’ll do modern building with steel connectors, not joints * Two story * SIP panels for walls – probably roof * Internal dimensions 32′ x 47′ (this is so that we can do 32′ x 48′ for the SIP panels that come [...]