What I've been doing the past couple months... now 2 years...

[another10th]

Very expensive, need special certification and its ugly.

My apologies in advance about hijacking but I must say since when chilli has no beans but comes with spaghetti?

In the Cincinnati area, chili ALWAYS comes on spaghetti, covered with grated cheddar cheese. Onions and/or beans by request.

[another10th]

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That's good IMO.  I bet the home system is fairly expensive to have installed.  Around here- my plumbing license doesn't qualify for me to install a system.  I would have to get sprinkler-certified to install them, and I never tried.  It is a 7-year apprenticeship to be a master fire suppression tech here.
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In Ohio, my electrical license does not cover fire detection and alarm systems. I had to get an additional certification, with yet another annual renewal fee....of course.

Now back to the original thread.....
The house is coming along nicely, Mike. Keep posting. It's nice to see how the other half lives!!

[kentucky yeti]

My apologies in advance about hijacking but I must say since when chilli has no beans but comes with spaghetti?

Kentucky Chili is made so many ways.  With or without beans, with or without spaghetti (or elbow macaroni),  with hamburger or turkey meat ( possibly roadkill at some places lol), onions or not.  I think everyone here makes it different.  But it’s all good on a cold day. 

[kentucky yeti]

The house is coming along nicely, Mike. Keep posting. It's nice to see how the other half lives!!

Just making a small room for my new-to-me CETA.  When are you bringing it (I’ll feed you chili) 😂. Or I can come get it any time. 

[kentucky yeti]

My apologies in advance about hijacking but I must say since when chilli has no beans but comes with spaghetti?

No apologies.  Kentucky Chili is made so many ways.  With or without beans, with or without spaghetti (or elbow macaroni),  with hamburger or turkey meat ( possibly roadkill at some places lol), onions or not.  I think everyone here makes it different.  But it’s all good on a cold day.

[ryeguy2006a]

Maybe I'll stop over when I'm down in the Richmond area. How far are you from Richmond?

[roadking77]

Sounds like we need a chili thread under the food section 

A few years ago our head of county commissioners was and is a very active fire chief/firefighter. His goal in office was to make sure every house in the county had sprinklers. I fought it at first. The statistics for single family homes did not add up. However if one life is lost thats too many, especially if its your loved one. My concerns were cost for new construction, maintenance, and lower value of older houses without. The biggest issue is installation cost at this point. BUT, that is minimal compared to a new home cost. In my county one will have $100k spent before the actual construction begins.

Sorry for the hijack Mike.

[kentucky yeti]

No sprinklers, but a March shower

Interior walls nearly completed.

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[Jack]

At least it didn't snow, good progress Mike.

[kentucky yeti]

At least it didn't snow, good progress Mike.

Snow is forecast for Friday night. 1-3" after a week of temps in the 50's 

Garage walls are up (actually all walls are up except for two 3' wing walls that my wife has to decide exactly where they should go).

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Weather is stopping work until Monday, when it is supposed to stop raining/snowing and be back in the low 60's.  While waiting on the trusses, the sheathing and porches should be done.

[Jack]

Looking good, once the trusses arrive you'll be weathertight in no time.

[roadking77]

Are you having any material delays?  I know of a fellow building a home and said they cant get trusses. I talked to my truss supplier and he is getting 2 loads of material a week and is having no problem in production. Windows on the other hand are hard to get. I just priced a job and the vinyl windows are 14 -16 weeks out.

[kentucky yeti]

Are you having any material delays?  I know of a fellow building a home and said they cant get trusses. I talked to my truss supplier and he is getting 2 loads of material a week and is having no problem in production. Windows on the other hand are hard to get. I just priced a job and the vinyl windows are 14 -16 weeks out.

They measured for trusses Friday morning  ( before the snow).  He said 2 weeks out in them.  I ordered windows and doors 2 months ago.  They called and said that they had arrived last week, and will hold them until we are ready.  Garage doors-  I still don’t have them for my shop. They estimated 4 months.  It’s getting close so we will see.

[Dreamn2]

Looking good Mike!

[kentucky yeti]

A little progress

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Front:

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Garage side:

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Back:

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And the opposite end from the garage:

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[roadking77]

Going to be a nice home, especially with those wrap around porches.

[Jack]

^^^ X10 and beautiful pics.

[ryeguy2006a]

So nice! Thank you for keeping us posted. Love seeing this come together.

[mrbandit]

That is going to be a beautiful house, but I'm the minority here.  After watching my house build drag along for a year these updates bring back bad memories.

Seriously, keep them coming?

[kentucky yeti]

Today we finally got our shop garage doors:

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And the temporary porch posts to hold the beam that wraps around the house:

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And another pic of the spring by my shop, just cause I like it so much:

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[Jack]

Great update looking good Mike.

[FormTA]

Pretty exciting! It looks great!

[5th T/A]

Mike,

Everything is looking great! Seems to be moving right along. I bet you can't wait to get the house under roof.

I couldn't help but notice you installed the same door openers I have on both of my garages. I love them because no belt or chains and very quiet. The dead bolt latching solenoid makes it harder to break into. I added the battery backup unit on the opener on my attached garage because we once got locked out during a power failure and I neglected to bring along a house key.

[kentucky yeti]

I was looking through the instructions last night, and it showed the battery option.  I’ll do that on the house garage doors.  Probably not an issue for my shop.  Those openers are so quiet!  I can barely hear them from 10 feet away.

[kentucky yeti]

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Click for video.  We counted 28.  A few days ago there were 41 there.

[roadking77]

Thats quite a lot of hooves! 

[Jack]

I didn't realize that was a video and was wondering why the last post was made

[kentucky yeti]

Porch joists are up now.  Raining today, so nothing happening.  Supposed to stop tonight, if so the trusses will be delivered Wednesday.  They have been holding them since they were finished Thursday afternoon.  They called wanting delivery instructions.  I asked them to hold them u til the Friday and Tuesday rains stopped.

[kentucky yeti]

Rained all morning.  They brought the first load of trusses this afternoon.

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[Jack]

I love watching trusses being craned and installed. Looks like you also incorporated a gable ceiling, nice. 

[kentucky yeti]

And the others today.  There is a stack of smaller ones that I didn't get in the picture.

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[kentucky yeti]

I love watching trusses being craned and installed. Looks like you also incorporated a gable ceiling, nice.

Master bedroom, kitchen, great room and dining room IIRC.  My wife was in charge of that kind of stuff, so I'm really not sure if any more rooms are vaulted.

[kentucky yeti]

Nothing much done today.  Way too windy for the crane truck to set trusses.  They have fought the wind and managed to get the housewrap nearly done, after they began framing the steps and landing.

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[Mac]

Wow nice job, going to be a beautiful home. Location is breathtaking.

[kentucky yeti]

Wow nice job, going to be a beautiful home. Location is breathtaking.

Thank you.  Still a lot of work to do to the ground.

Today:

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To the mancave:

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[mrbandit]

Those are hefty looking rafters in the garage area.  Is the open area going to be attic space, or a man cave?

[Jack]

Looking good Mike, whoever first designed rafters must have been a genius.

[kentucky yeti]

Those are hefty looking rafters in the garage area.  Is the open area going to be attic space, or a man cave?

Mancave and bathroom.

[roadking77]

That will be nice. When I did my garage/shop the cost to upgrade to attic trusses was insignificant. I put them in also. I have a nice empty loft area right now but about once a week I come up with a different idea what to do with the space.

[Dreamn2]

Those are hefty looking rafters in the garage area.  Is the open area going to be attic space, or a man cave?

Mancave and bathroom.

Crazy idea....lol