House build thread

Jimbuna · 11-01-11, 06:24 PM

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 · 11-01-11, 06:59 PM

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 · 11-02-11, 03:16 AM

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 · 11-02-11, 05:58 AM

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 · 11-02-11, 11:04 AM

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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 · 11-02-11, 11:19 AM

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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!

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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...

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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.

AVGWarhawk · 11-02-11, 11:24 AM

Old missile base/silo make very serviceable homes!

http://www.missilebases.com/properties

Plunk down a small log cabin right on top of silo! Best of both worlds!

Herr-Berbunch · 11-02-11, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

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.

But what about bbq/crashing at yours for the (Insert year) subsim meet!

I mean, Jason and Jim will happily share, as will others, but then there's the toilets to consider! No volunteers to go in after them!

11-02-11, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Please do!

I'll try to go easy.

Some of the pictures were taken in the 'Dark Ages' before digitals were affordable. And the handy use once cheapies were the thing.

This is a Spec House We built around around 2000.

3 bedroom. Built by 3 of us over a 6 month period. It was sold at about the 75% complete mark and we earned extra by adjusting things to the new owners requests.

Back of the House

Built into slopeing ground we brought in the John Deer Backhoe. The footer was poured by us and laser leveled of course.
The Walls of the basement were subcontracted but everything else was done by us.

A closer look at the deck area

Nice back deck with stairs to the backyard. Its a full basement with 4 rooms and a small closet. All walls are finished.

A deck we built while working on the Spec House.

I've got more pictures of this deck I just have to find them.
It's got an octagonal screened in Gazebo at one end and the Hot tub at the other.
Built for a lady that hit the Ohio Lottery back then.

11-01-11, 06:24 PM	#1
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,185 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	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 __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

11-01-11, 06:59 PM	#2
tater Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Mexico, USA Posts: 9,023 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 2	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 __________________ "Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one." — Thomas Paine

11-02-11, 05:58 AM	#4
Hakahura Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Posts: 785 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	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. __________________ Sir Humphey Appleby, GCB, KBE, MVO and MA. Britain's Greatest Orator, well bar that Churchill fellow.

11-02-11, 11:24 AM	#7
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,300 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Old missile base/silo make very serviceable homes! http://www.missilebases.com/properties Plunk down a small log cabin right on top of silo! Best of both worlds! __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

11-02-11, 03:16 AM	#3
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	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.