Stuck today at home waiting out the snowstorm. Can’t travel west on I-90 until all this is over. So I am watching some segments of “This Old House” that I saved recently on the DVR.
The project is the one in Massachusetts involving the timberframe and all the shop-built modules.
Here is the stuff I wonder about, cost-wise.
- The synthetic shingles that look like slate.
- How about the real stone veneer? Not cast concrete, but real.
- And finally, the pine paneling with the antiqued finish shop-applied.
Anyone have any experience with any of these, and can share costs?
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Sure, I have stone on my double timberframe. Real stone from Chilton Wisconsin. well actaully about 80% stone 10% granite from up around St. Cloud and 5% antique paving brick plus about 5% of fun stone, red Mica, silver mica, marble etc. .. just pure whimsy.
It's called London rubble. I didit because my house has a very English tudor flavor.
OK stone prices.. I paid as high as $493.70 a ton for whats called Chilton rustic. 2"-8" x4" deep veneer stone. Chilton rustic has a weathered colored edge that regular Chilton doesn't have. Regular Chilton was only $334.70 a ton (these are last years prices and include a fuel surcharge but not local delivery.. I picked it all up myself with my 1/2 ton pickup.
mortor mix was $8.30 per 80# bag.
I can't find the recept for the granite but I'll keep looking
It took me a long time to do because I had to keep fitting stone in between timbers.. roughly an hour of labor for every 4 sq.ft.. Now mind you I'm 60 years old and this was my first ever stone work.
I got faster as I developed experiance. but I really worked at making my work artistic and creative. I'd reject a stone because it was the right size or shape or look or I just didn't like the way it looked. Plus I tried to work some humor into my stone work.. squint your eyes and warp your mind and you can see it. (most can't)
I really loved doing this work. You can see it if you put 94941.1into the advanced search over on the left hand sude.. I'll keep looking for the price I paid for the granite plus many sq.ft. a ton covered if you are interested.. I can also give you an idea of the cost of doing the pine paneling etc..
Hi Gene
Watched that show to! I watched the piece about the pine paneling and was sort of taken back. Seems like the stuff would be expensive as all hand work. Also the assembly line was a bunch of saw horses and a whole lot of people. If they were all making minium wage (doubt that) and the shop space, heat, light, paint, tools. etc not to mention the raw material!
I could probably live for a year for what that wall costs.
I like this old house but sometimes I wonder if they have gone a bit high end for us normal folks.
As I watched that I also wondered about who can afford to pay for that type of finishing? I thought the economy was in a down hill slide. Next thought is there a market to sustaine such a company for such high end products? and who would order them? Not knocking the company there products look nice but!! The royal but !!
If you want distressed looking wood why don't you give S4S pine to a bunch of hacks and tell them to install it flawlessly, and if the make a boo-boo cover with a coat of red then white paint. Buy the time there done your wood would be distressed and at a fraction of the cost!
I think i'm going to find a link to the show and see if I can find a price
BB