Hi All,
House went up Wed, they started on Monday. Some pictures for those of you who have been following this project. Last one is me and my buddy Steve after we finished digging the footing, I’m the one in the blue jeans. Underside of the house is in surprisingly good shape. I’ll post more as project continues.
Kevin
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Greetings dock,
Many viewers of Breaktime are on a dialup system and cannot download real large files.
To assist the dialups with photos, keeping the KB picture size to preferably 50 to 75 KBs or at least under 100KBs goes a long way.
It is overly time consuming for dialups to open large files if they can open them at all.
Those large files also make it necessary to scroll around the screen to see the whole pic.
Below is a link to a number of different posts regarding the downsizing of attachments.
Cheers.
24441.75
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-Thoreau's Walden
Edited 6/14/2007 6:13 pm ET by rez
Hey RezSaw you resized the pictures, thanks. First time I looked, there was nothing but the pictures and your tag line. Composed what I believed to be a pretty witty message, and when it posted your words accompanied the pictures so I deleted it, made no sense at that point. Thanks again.Kevin
Must have caught it mid-edit.
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probably
Thanks for the pics.
I see now why you've got no time for golf.
Soon, Farmstead hopefully. Guy in the picture lives 10 mins away. I play there alot, least I used to.
You drive all the way from Surf City to Sussex County, and then play Farmstead? That course is ok, but just ok. Play any of the Crystal Springs courses instead, especially Ballyowen, Wild Turkey and Great Gorge. It will make the drive worthwhile.
I'm just a long time lurker here that has been following your project. I spent my teenage years in Sayreville and graduated from SWMHS and now live in Sussex County.
Believe it or not, Farmstead is what I consider my home course, where I learned the game. Love the Crystal Springs courses with the exception of Crystal Springs itself. It was much better when before they added more housing. When did you graduate SWMHS?
1980. Did you go there too? Moved to Wantage in 1987.
I hate Crystal too. Play mostly GG....no houses yet, but love Ballyowen, just not the weekend price.
Edited 6/15/2007 3:47 pm ET by Mugsy
Are you always that bowlegged or just when you've been crawling in the dirt all day?
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LOL!
I was just recalling the other day, a female college friend saying I was bowlegged. I started college in January, we'd been in school together since then, but it wasn't till spring time, when the shorts came out that she noticed. Thanks for the laugh.
I notice 'cause I grew up on horses so I have bowlegs too
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I'm actually not as bowlegged as that picture would imply, just the way the pants made me look. Maybe I'm in denial, I'll ask the DW. Engineer spec a WNP 412 hanger for the connection of tripled up 2x12 at 90 degree connection to other tripled up 2x12. Simpson says it only can accept up to 2x10, to have one custom made would take 4 weeks, time I don't have. Other than USP and Teco, you have any other names for connectors?Thanks
Kevin
If the engineer called it out, I might ask for him to double ccheck and then use it. Just like doctors prescribe some drugs off-label, engineers can call out details off-book. They can know what the load rating is and how it is being used and whether it will do the job, and how close he is tempting the over-design safety margin gods to jump on him
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Check with a truss manufacturer.We stock hangers like a Simpson HGUS28-3 that will carry upwards of 7,000#.
If a motorist cuts you off, just turn the other cheek. Nothing gets the message across like a good mooning.
I think you'll get better numbers with the Simpson HGUS210-3. Might even be a stock item, ready to go.
rez ...when you resized them you got your big-azz thumb on the lens
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Hey Rez, I reread your post and link for resizing, what program or method do you use?Kevin
irfanview...
it's a free download...
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Yes, I find the Irfanview quick and easy to use.
If you are interested you can click on this link: 24441.75 and it will take you to a grouping of posts and threads regarding the Irfanview download and other data concerning posts.
Cheers
edited to add I see you already read the link.
I was the Razzman in that link. It was at the time when the prospero changeover took place and there were sign-on problems being ironed out.
At Cambridge College the mere rent of a student's room, which is only a little larger than my own, is thirty dollars each year, though the corporation had the advantage of building thirty-two side by side and under one roof, and the occupant suffers the inconvenience of many and noisy neighbors, and perhaps a residence in the fourth story. I cannot but think that if we had more true wisdom in these respects, not only less education would be needed, because, forsooth, more would already have been acquired, but the pecuniary expense of getting an education would in a great measure vanish.-Thoreau's Walden
Edited 7/7/2007 12:41 am ET by rez
Re Email: Been watching, even started to DL yer 1MB pics, before I saw Rez was on the job as per usuals.
Tks, Rez.
SamT
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You did a good job of supporting the porch, wasn't it a topic of one of your threads?
Wish we could could get on the beach here. Have to settle for camping there for now, just spent a week on the coast.
Mike
Trust in God, but row away from the rocks.
House came back down this past Monday, some pictures of the work along the way. Have a slight problem, the left side of the kitchen addition set down an inch and a half earlier than the right. The mover put wood under that side so as not to rip kitchen addition off. I need to build up sill pl;ate to accommodate, kitchen floor is level with blocking in place. I'll have to taper a 2x6 along back wall to fit. thought I'd run it through my table saw unless someone here has a better idea.
Thanks, as always!
Kevin
Hey RezTrying to resize some pics and using infranview. Seems some resize ok and some don't, do I have to "save as" with a new name?
some more pics, one of me and the DW after the footing pour, 11 yards, our 10th anniversary to the day!
Kevin,You're allowed to post large high quality pictures of your wife. Especially of your wife.SamT
Simmer down Sam, easy now.
Have I mentioned that when they removed my bladder, they included every everything between the kidneys and open air.You wouldn't hit a man who wears glasses, would ya? -00-SamT
Edited 8/3/2007 11:00 pm by SamT
ouch. like the idea of 4 1x1/2"s glued up.
kevin
Well, they obviously didn't remove your eyes.Or your appreciationalarical type glands.;o)
Yeh... That'll work.
You talking about yer 912KB there?
It showed as width/height in the Irfanview >Image >Resize/Resample at 2816x2112
which is what is causing the large 912KB pic.
If you change the width to 640 the height will auto to 480 which is kind of the normal common sizing.
Ya, I always hit the 'save as' as it gives me the opportunity to rename the pic
thereby designating it different from a bmp or large file without deleting that same original pic.
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I'll try that, thanks.
tried again, almost midnight by me and I'm sure my being tired is messing this up. I'll try again after vacation.Thanks
Kevin
That last one was large because it was still a bmp instead of a jpeg.
From 24441.75
After opening up the pic with Irfanview, go to 'options' and open it to see the 3rd listing down which says 'set file associations'.
When you open that make sure you have all the boxes checked in the scroll down window (ANI, B3D and the like. Something like 60 of them). Hitting the tab that says 'select all' will do this.
After clicking 'ok' that'll cover whatever file type the pic is for digestion into BT. The above steps are necessary to do to prepare the pic for posting in a JPG. Do not neglect to 'select all' and click OK.Then as clicking 'ok' ends that window go click on 'options' which lets you alter the pic in various ways.
Edited 8/3/2007 12:06 am ET by rez
I'd like to recommend "EvJO Photo-Image Resizer" as an alternative to Irfanview, probably easier and also free to use. I did a posting on Knots about using it yesterday:http://forums.taunton.com/fw-knots/messages?msg=36992.58Have a nice vacation!
thought I'd run it through my table saw unless someone here has a better idea.
... know anyone with a band saw?
tapering a 2x is a piece of cake with an EZ Smart system.
Plus it's another tool to add to the collection.
Hey Shep
I googled the EZ smart, but I think it won't work for my situation. I have to cut a taper along the wide side of a 2x6,picture a door stop, only 5 1/2 inches wide. A bandsaw as sugested by someone is probably best, but since I own a tablesaw I'll try it that way first.
Kevin
I'd cut four of 'em 1 1/2" wide, then rip one of those in half and glue up a 5 1/4" wide strip. Slather some PL Premium on top to fill in any gaps when it goes in place.SamT
dockelly,
I am not quite sure why you wouldn't allow the building to come down to level on it's own. If I followed this correctly you have an addition that is out of level, is it possible to just give it some time and allow fro some interior damage but let it settle?"Poor is not the person who has too little, but the person who craves more."...Seneca
Hey Dove,
Just got back from vacation, and read your post. To let the house self-level would probably pull the addition away from the main structure. There is a 1 1/2 inch drop to hit the foundation. the mover said it was too much, 1/2 or less might have been ok. Anyway, it's not that hard of a fix.
Let me tell you about the other, more serious problem. The 4x6 sill plate that sits down on the 2x8 bolted to concrete foundation has about 1/2 hanging out in thin air on one side of the house, 12 of the 24 feet length. The two boards edges are not flush. All the rest of the house is fine. Not sure if it's something I need to do anything about but will just in case. Thought of using CMU's say 6 feet apart as a sort of pilaster to support the part hanging over. The footing is already there so it seems like it would work. Any thoughts?
Kevin
Pilasters. Powdercoated 2x6 angle iron ledger. Precast panels.SamT
Hey Sam,
not sure what you mean, are you saying put a 2x6 on pilaster, narrow side supporting 4x6 along it's length? also should i use pilaster made from cmu or form up for a pour, i'll be doing that for beam (girder 3 2x12's) in center of house anyway
where would i use precast panels, i assume you mean precast concrete panels.
kevin
Edited 8/12/2007 1:28 pm ET by dockelly
Your idea, pilasters 6' OC should work as is.You could bolt a 2x6 angle to the side of the foundation wall by itself and the narrow side would carry the sill.You could precast concrete 2" thick panels that would fit between the footing, (with grout,) and the sill and epoxy them to the foundation wall.SamT
got it, thanks
dock ,
Sorry I missed your post here. My first thought is why is the 4x hanging out? Is the foundation not straight or was the 4x not straight to begin with and got built on that way ? If it is something that can be pulled into line that would be my first choice. If not then Sam's angle iron solution would be my next choice."Poor is not the person who has too little, but the person who craves more."...Seneca
"why is the 4x hanging out"
My guess is they messed up when they dropped lines onto the footing to set the forms. There are actually 6 walls, a big "L", and this is the only real one they marked incorrectly and therefore built wrong.
Kevin