House build thread

Oh Boy!! Now here's a thread I can get into.


Built or remodeled quite a few Homes for others but never my own home.
Favorite NailGun is a Paslod Cordless Frameing Nailer.
For a regular hammer nothing but an EstWing will do as far as I'm concerned.
Been useing the same one for over 10 years now and a new one has been sitting on a shelf in the basement for nearly 5 years.

We're big users of cordless Tools and have built several homes with nearly nothing but cordless Tools. The only thing with a plug was the Compound Radial Arm Saw and the chargers for the batteries.

I probably have alot of pictures from past projects if you'd care to see them.

[Jimbuna]

Put decking down in the rear garden about 6 years back and have just completed a wooden frame to stand my model aircraft display cabinets on if they count

[tater]

I want to build an adobe or rammed earth house someplace here in the SW some day (I already live in an adobe built in 1973, so you'd think I'd have enough). I want a sort of north african-new mexican hybrid. Little casbah on the mesa

[TarJak]

I've always paid someone else to do my house modifcations. That way if they get screwed up I can sue someone.

Added two bedrooms, a WC, a family room and a patio with an awning a few years back. Glad I got someone else to do it for me as I'd have no clue how to use a nailgun.

[Hakahura]

DIY a huge passion of mine.
And if finances ever permit, building our own home is top my list.
Hence I find this TV series highly informative and entertaining.

http://www.channel4.com/search/?q=grand+designs

Don't know if you've ever heard of it in the US, but it has some amazing builds.
Plus it really does open your eyes to the common mistakes, errors and pitfalls that can be-fall the self builder.

[Herr-Berbunch]

Originally Posted by Hakahura

Hence I find this TV series highly informative and entertaining.

http://www.channel4.com/search/?q=grand+designs

Don't know if you've ever heard of it in the US, but it has some amazing builds.
Plus it really does open your eyes to the common mistakes, errors and pitfalls that can be-fall the self builder.

The top errors surely have to be - take your maximum budget, add 30% - and don't have sex until it's finished, the women ALWAYS get pregnant during the cold winter nights in a caravan on the site. The exception was the old couple with the wonderful Huff House.

[Onkel Neal]

Originally Posted by privateer

Oh Boy!! Now here's a thread I can get into.


I probably have alot of pictures from past projects if you'd care to see them.

Please do!

Originally Posted by Syxx_Killer

I can't be of much help with the construction aspect of things, but I could help with picking a tractor if you ever need it. TractorByNet has a lot of very knowledgeable people. I've been a member on that forum longer than I have been a member here. I check that site every day, like I do this one. You can't go wrong with TBN.

Small world, ain't it? I doubt I will ever own a tractor, though I will probably need one quite often. My father has several, I wonder if he keeps inventory...

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

If I were inclined to build a house it would be a log house. The land would have plenty of acreage. Probably on a mountainside.

This particular model is prefabricated. Just simply assemble the logs until it looks like a house. In all seriousness, this is what I would look into if I had building my own home in mind.

Very nice, it has a great look. These days I am thinking a small cabin-style house, say, 2 bedrooms (one in the loft), about 1200 sf. Barring any future merciless acts of God, I will be living alone, so I don't want/need a really big house. Got any more suggestions like that one? That website doesn't appear to have any actual plans or models, just a blurb about prefabs.