House build thread - Page 2

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!

Ducimus · 11-02-11, 11:40 AM

What to build the house out of, i think depends on the envirmonment and climate. In some places, building a house out of cinderblock would have it's advantages.

Jimbuna · 11-02-11, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

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!

You missed out the real health hazard....TarJak

Herr-Berbunch · 11-02-11, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

You missed out the real health hazard....TarJak

I can't smell him from here!

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.

nikimcbee · 11-02-11, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

I can't smell him from here!

Just wait, the wind direction will change.

@ Neal, why don't you build next to the Cavalla. The commute will be a lot shorter.

Onkel Neal · 11-03-11, 12:28 AM

That's a nice build, Jeff. You obviously have a lot of experience in this. Looking forward to more pics.

Onkel Neal · 11-03-11, 01:45 AM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

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In all seriousness, this is what I would look into if I had building my own home in mind.

I'm liking this size and style:
http://www.tranquilacrescabins.com/t...-log-cabin.php

Only, I don't neccesarily need actual "logs" for walls, simply stud wall construction would be fine. But I like the size and layout

Catfish · 11-03-11, 02:51 AM

Hello, nice thread !

we live at the edge of a forest, almost at the end of the street. The last house next to "no man's land" is a wooden house built of logs just like that on your picture. It looks very nice, and the interior is beautiful, but it's a house to live in and big enough, not a weekend one.

The heating and water system is very modern, a wood stove with a water cassette inlet and heat exchangers for a second water circle to heat water and the central heating system. Certainly, you need electric pumps for the circulation of the heated water in the radiators, but it's not needed, the stove can heat the house without it with some of the surrounded rooms being a bit (!) cooler then.
Maybe a stirling engine could drive a pump, this would be my favourite solution, no electric current needed then altogether, maybe a backup generator somewhere.

In the first floor there is a "passive stove"; where the funnel from the base stove goes up through the floor there's a flap wher you can divert the heat into an "oven" which is not fed by wood, but just by the hot gases coming from the stove downstairs, so the first floor gets as warm as you want as well.

Our own house is a strange mixture, a frame (half timbered ?) house, where the skeleton is made of oak, and the fields between the timbers look like bricks - but they are not. Instead they are very thin and fastend on styrodur insulation plates, with three layers of wood criss-crossing behind that. On the inner walls there is an additioanl 30-centimeter-thick insulation, finished with wooden boards towards the inside. The whole outer walls are thus almost 50 centimeters thick, and insulate very well.

You do not need the heating installation if a few lamps and the computer are on, unless it gets real cold and windy.

We also have a sun collector water heating system on the roof for supporting hot water and heating, and plan a wood stove with this water cassette. Not cheap unfortunately ..
The first floor is not yet finished, but i also plan this passive stove up there.

I have built the whole house almost myself, including heater, water system and all, certainly with the help of 1 friend permanantly for the inner wall insulation, and another being a carpenter which certainly helped a lot !

Greetings,
Catfish

AVGWarhawk · 11-03-11, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

I'm liking this size and style:
http://www.tranquilacrescabins.com/t...-log-cabin.php

Only, I don't neccesarily need actual "logs" for walls, simply stud wall construction would be fine. But I like the size and layout

For me, if I'm in the middle of the woods or on a mountain top the log cabin is the house to have. The inside should also be the bare logs. Some have used stucco for the inside of the walls. Looks like plaster board. But, yes, the size pictured should suit.

AVGWarhawk · 11-03-11, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Ducimus

What to build the house out of, i think depends on the envirmonment and climate. In some places, building a house out of cinderblock would have it's advantages.

True

Onkel Neal · 11-03-11, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Catfish

I have built the whole house almost myself, including heater, water system and all, certainly with the help of 1 friend permanantly for the inner wall insulation, and another being a carpenter which certainly helped a lot !

Greetings,
Catfish

This sounds worthy of some pictures

11-04-11, 07:27 PM

My most favorite thing to do is remodeling or repairing.
When you build a new home?
It's all pretty much cut and dried as to how and what you need to do.

When you go into a house that's around a hundred years or more older to do remodeling work?
That gets the mind working!

Plus you sometimes find really Cool stuff.

I removed an Oak Stairway from a remodel job a few years ago.
Once I had it down, I found a box hidden inside that gave me the date it was built along with a NewsPaper and other information.
The date was April, 1893!

I turned everything I found over to the owners.
I may be looney in someways?
But I'm not a thief!

geetrue · 11-05-11, 02:49 PM

Depending on area selected ...

http://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/21299/..._peak_1934.jpg

a fire tower home would be a nice selection for where I live

11-02-11, 11:24 AM	#16
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,291 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

11-03-11, 12:28 AM	#23
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,385 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	That's a nice build, Jeff. You obviously have a lot of experience in this. Looking forward to more pics. __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

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geetrue Cold War Boomer Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Walla Walla Posts: 2,837 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Depending on area selected ... http://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/21299/..._peak_1934.jpg a fire tower home would be a nice selection for where I live __________________

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Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	What to build the house out of, i think depends on the envirmonment and climate. In some places, building a house out of cinderblock would have it's advantages.

11-03-11, 02:51 AM	#25
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,801 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Hello, nice thread ! we live at the edge of a forest, almost at the end of the street. The last house next to "no man's land" is a wooden house built of logs just like that on your picture. It looks very nice, and the interior is beautiful, but it's a house to live in and big enough, not a weekend one. The heating and water system is very modern, a wood stove with a water cassette inlet and heat exchangers for a second water circle to heat water and the central heating system. Certainly, you need electric pumps for the circulation of the heated water in the radiators, but it's not needed, the stove can heat the house without it with some of the surrounded rooms being a bit (!) cooler then. Maybe a stirling engine could drive a pump, this would be my favourite solution, no electric current needed then altogether, maybe a backup generator somewhere. In the first floor there is a "passive stove"; where the funnel from the base stove goes up through the floor there's a flap wher you can divert the heat into an "oven" which is not fed by wood, but just by the hot gases coming from the stove downstairs, so the first floor gets as warm as you want as well. Our own house is a strange mixture, a frame (half timbered ?) house, where the skeleton is made of oak, and the fields between the timbers look like bricks - but they are not. Instead they are very thin and fastend on styrodur insulation plates, with three layers of wood criss-crossing behind that. On the inner walls there is an additioanl 30-centimeter-thick insulation, finished with wooden boards towards the inside. The whole outer walls are thus almost 50 centimeters thick, and insulate very well. You do not need the heating installation if a few lamps and the computer are on, unless it gets real cold and windy. We also have a sun collector water heating system on the roof for supporting hot water and heating, and plan a wood stove with this water cassette. Not cheap unfortunately .. The first floor is not yet finished, but i also plan this passive stove up there. I have built the whole house almost myself, including heater, water system and all, certainly with the help of 1 friend permanantly for the inner wall insulation, and another being a carpenter which certainly helped a lot ! Greetings, Catfish

11-04-11, 07:27 PM	#29
Madox58 Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	My most favorite thing to do is remodeling or repairing. When you build a new home? It's all pretty much cut and dried as to how and what you need to do. When you go into a house that's around a hundred years or more older to do remodeling work? That gets the mind working! Plus you sometimes find really Cool stuff. I removed an Oak Stairway from a remodel job a few years ago. Once I had it down, I found a box hidden inside that gave me the date it was built along with a NewsPaper and other information. The date was April, 1893! I turned everything I found over to the owners. I may be looney in someways? But I'm not a thief!