Have constructed the house that they now live in ??
And if so is it completed ? Or will it ever be?
I’ll start — Yes , No , maybe someday !!
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why finish? That jsut means I'll have to start it all over again.
thought I read in another thread you were in an 8 x 10 looking out thru iron bars !!!
Or was that another poster ?
>thought I read in another thread you were in an 8 x 10 looking out thru iron bars !!!<
you read right, that's all DW lets me have. :)
7gbeen screwing with peoples posts since the advent of the internet forumsbut if anyone's having a hard time figuring it, I'm conviciton free.
Yeh yeh,,,rub it in....I just need to dump the hunk o junk so I can start all over again up top some mountain this time around and never come down...my website below has my current completed hunk o junk and the one b/4 it
http://www.cliffordrenovations.com
http://www.ramdass.org
Andy,
Not rubbing it in at all.
I was making a mental and written list today of how much more I've got to do here this year. Kinda depressing at times.
Going to do a bunch of paying jobs so I can hire a buddy to work with me here.
Like the cobblers children who go barefoot.
Walter
Yes I live in my built home
No it is not done
It will be finished the day before it sells. Last one took ten year and three days to finish, three days to sell.
Sounds like you priced it right to move that quickly.
My wife is a real estate agent and does her job very well. Frankly it was a great house, if I say so myself.
Nice to have a Realtor In house.
Yes, no, just before we sell it.
Welcome to the
Taunton University of Knowledge FHB Campus at Breaktime.
where ...
Excellence is its own reward!
Paul,
We're both sounding like Frenchy now !!! Except his isn't for sale.
Dug the hole for my house in 1986, built it on nights and weekends,moved in (unfinished) 14 months later.
What has been completed in the ensuing 22 years amounts to perhaps another 5 weeks of work.
No sense in getting too worked up right away.
SWMBO has a lot to do with my motivation !!
1. Yes.
2. Of course not.
3. 'Completed' is an attitude, not a state of being.
Dinosaur
How now, Mighty Sauron, that thou art not brought
low by this? For thine evil pales before that which
foolish men call Justice....
Dad always introduced people to our house by saying, "Started in 1832 and ain't finished yet"
Welcome to the Taunton University of Knowledge FHB Campus at Breaktime. where ... Excellence is its own reward!
It gets depressing to drive up and see Tyvek blowing on the front of the garage though !
You are as far as TYVEK! ??? I hate you. I still need to R&R the entire north wall sheathing! Then my tarpaper will have to last until I can get the sidng up in 2525 at this rate.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
Repairs, Remodeling, Restorations
They kill Prophets, for Profits.
Ya but I'm in peak condition now , and you're getting all used up !
I know thats no laughing matter. You've filled us in some in another thread about your options -- or lack thereof -- until the cabbage comes in again.
Good luck with getting some short term relief until the major step is taken
It gets depressing to drive up and see Tyvek blowing on the front of the garage though !
They say you can get used to anything.
But I'm lucky: I don't have a garage....
Dinosaur
How now, Mighty Sauron, that thou art not broughtlow by this? For thine evil pales before that whichfoolish men call Justice....
I can , but the wife would like to show off the place to her lady friends when it's not so glaring.
the wife would like to show off the place to her lady friends
Did ya tell her about the new line of Decorator-grade Tyvek? There's even a Martha Stewart Signature version; it's a rich, luscious pink, red, and white checkerboard print, and has bars over the windows.
Dinosaur
How now, Mighty Sauron, that thou art not broughtlow by this? For thine evil pales before that whichfoolish men call Justice....
She might like that but she'll enjoy the diamond patterned slate walls done in three colors more I think.
It's kind of labor intensive - gotta cut all the rectangular slates to diamonds first - then make diamond shapes with the colored ones.
I'll be revisiting a thread I had awhile ago " working on my own place" when I get back in the swing of things.
Yes, I built it. No, not finished. And I am planning a greenhouse for the front and suite for the back....
Damn building, I love it!!! dan
Sounds about par for the course right there .
1...RE construct it, YES
2...Finished? No
3...Ever? Doubt it, its a process, not an event.
Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
Repairs, Remodeling, Restorations
They kill Prophets, for Profits.
NTTAWWT process is fine long as you're not in a rush to sell.
I'm not selling until I'm done either.
Yes. Moved in July '08
No. Just had the powder room fixtures installed 3/20. Fireplace surrounds to do along with a tub surround and built ins.
Will it ever be??? To answer that I'll quote an observation made by someone on this very forum- "A finished house is a listed house"
Runnerguy
Thats not too bad an idea in a couple of years when the market turns around.
Don't think I'll be quite ready by then though.
Build - sort of. Major refinish.
Finished - what is this "finished" of which you speak?
When - see above.
soj
There seems to be a recuring theme here. Don't recall anyone yet claiming to be totally done .
Maybe we spend too much time here instead of buckling down !!!
"There seems to be a recuring theme here. Don't recall anyone yet claiming to be totally done."I'm noticing that too. :^) Fortunately I personally have a high confusion- and uncertainty-tolerance, so, those first few holiday seasons, I found the garland strung across piles of lumber in my living room acceptably festive."Maybe we spend too much time here instead of buckling down !!!"Hmmm, you may have a point there. However, when I was deep in (as in far-over-my-head deep in), I'd come BT to run a search for a figurative life preserver, only to find that the exact thing I needed to find out -- even if I didn't know I needed to find it out -- had just popped up in discussion. A delightful and oft-recurring serendipity.So -- BT time: a distraction, or a kindness from the Universe? :^)"It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters, in the end."
-Ursula K. Le Guinsoj
Edited 3/22/2009 11:51 pm ET by Sojourner
Very good post. Puts it in perspective for us all.
Drew it up on a sheet of paper handed it to draftsman to draw up into a set of plans.
After I discovered the stair drawings were useless I rolled them up and put them in a wall.
Spent 14 months building while working full time during my 1st year of marriage to my second wife.
Got hit by an icestorm the day after I put 3 40x 60 tarps up to cover the first floor joist system.
A tornado and rain for 30 days straight only at the job site I might add.Called the place BLACK CLOUD.
Had a brother in law die of a staff infection after working one day,
1st son fell thru the ceiling broke his wrist.Interest rate tripled on building loan ,lumber cost doubled +,
Chased and nearly gored by a giant buck who I had interrupted his business.
Bridge to my house tore down a month after I started causing a 20 minute detour for 2 years.
Couldn't sell old house for a year after completion.
Stone mason's crew quit 1st day he and I did it ourselves.
Tile guy was in his 80's and had a heart anuerism the year before smoked pall mall's unfiltered his kids would call and beg me to get him to quit.
1st day of ground breaking it snowed the backhoe broke and it was halloween.
Used a set of industial steel grated steps for the front entrance for a year after we moved into the house.
And this is all I could remember in 10 minutes.
ANDYSZ2
WHY DO I HAVE TO EXPLAIN TO FRIENDS AND FAMILY THAT BEING A SOLE PROPRIETOR IS A REAL JOB?
REMODELER/PUNCHOUT SPECIALIST
dang, you and BossHog really experienced the stuff.
Boss hasn't been around this yet so I'll give the link to his "Spec House From Hell" thread for the worthy reread.
38467.1
Edited 3/22/2009 11:27 pm ET by rez
It gets depressing to drive up and see Tyvek blowing on the front of the garage though
What a great tag line for this forum....made me laugh hard when I read that...lol
http://www.cliffordrenovations.com
http://www.ramdass.org
WOW...great work Rich!!
http://www.cliffordrenovations.com
http://www.ramdass.org
Andy
Thanks.
Lot's of work with a tooth brush and dental pick when we stripped woodwork.
No alot of skill, just determination.
Now doing the turret roof. Every shingle is tapered and dor eared.
Rich
My hair just turned more white than it was before !!
Was it in one of Clapton's songs " if it wasn't for bad luck -- I wouldn't have any luck at all.
Sorry to stir up bad memories.
Does remodelling count? I changed the windows, resided, and put on a mudroom addition last year. No I'm not done, but close.
For a year I worked practically every weekend on it, to the point my DW was beggin me to take time off. Then came deer hunting season, and the holdidays, and I've been becalmed. Got the outside done (except for some painting). Still got a bit of work on the inside of the mudroom.
Looks like this club is unanimous in procrastination.
we built ours in '85... finished it in 2005 when we put it on the market
but since we missed the market,, we're still here
I won't even bother............A Great Place for Information, Comraderie, and a Sucker Punch.
Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
http://www.quittintime.com/
Come on Calvin -- don't clam up now !
Year and a half, nights and weekends (easy when working commercial for someone else), moved in in winter 89.
Hung important interior doors, no trim, b/4 movein. So we have doors on the bathrooms.
Got to the other doors to rooms in short order.
Heating system was done, kitchen was done, no trim anywhere at move in...........well, base and case done in my daughters room............knew I'd never get to that portion of the room ever again.
Currently, 20 yrs later............still no base in the upstairs, no knob on the understair area nor the boiler room.
I'd say the rest is Done.
Garage shop...........no soffit covering..............full vented.
Certainly don't have window or door casing in there either.
####, the things almost done, no?
Time to remodel.................
yeah right.A Great Place for Information, Comraderie, and a Sucker Punch.
Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
http://www.quittintime.com/
Sounds good Calvin. You'll probably not sell anytime soon I don't imagine , As I won't either.
Walter, I always had the hope that it would be known as the Stewart house a long time from now.
With the way things go, that probably won't be the case.........but it sounded good.
I know for sure I'll haunt this #### 'er till the end of time.A Great Place for Information, Comraderie, and a Sucker Punch.
Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
http://www.quittintime.com/
And here I thought you'd be haunting the Star Diner. As a ghost though you'll probably have time for both !
Probably get better cleavage shots as an apparition (sp)
Edited 3/23/2009 7:56 pm ET by theslateman
Yikes!
Never gave it much thought of what ghosts can really "see"......
As much as I like the thought, would like to put off any real confirmation for as long as possible.A Great Place for Information, Comraderie, and a Sucker Punch.
Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
http://www.quittintime.com/
I haven't finished. Will I ever finish I hope so. But I have a 10 year itch that is my problem. Started mine 10 years ago, did as everybody else worked on it in the evenings (till the neighbours started yelling at me shut the f***ing compressor off) and weekends. Did all my own plumbing, electrical ect. Now 10 years later I added on again and now the whole thing starts all over again.
Mike,
You're one of the few to completely finish so far.
My house was built in 1860, which means I'll be working on it until I die.
I count myself as one of the greatest project starters of all time...No Tag
And what does the Missus say ??
the little woman says as soon as I finish her house I am "so outa here!"she really doesn't understand motivationNo Tag
Not sure I do either.
So I'm hoping you weren't the original builder then <G>
This doesn't quite meet your question, but we have been renovating the house we llive in for 30 years. And NO, I don;t think that it will ever be finished!
Bob Chapman
Same difference I guess .
Ditto!
Beat it to fit / Paint it to match
BTW, I was going to ask "How many?" then I quick started to add them up in my head and really embarrassed myself!!!I am blaming this on Grandfather. He did this to far too many houses himself, loved Life! And working for others. My grandmother encouraged him to keep him out of her hair. Cheaper to buy houses for him to work on than let him run around!I buy my own or build them!I quit counting when I ran out of fingers-not taking off my socks!damn!
You're a better man than I.
Same here .
Short answer: Yes, sort of, I hope!
Long answer:
I subbed out the excavation, septic, well, foundation, chimney, and drywall. Did everything else myself. Built my own cabinets, milled 90% of the trim.
The house itself is done. 4200 sqft. Went overboard with the detail, a lot of built-ins, pretty cool built-in platform beds for the kids, wainscot throughout the house, etc.
I planned the house to have a garage. Haven't built that. Mainly because all I want is a garage and no additional living space. So I'm doing a little self-induced twisting in the wind with the changes in plans for the garage addition.
I have plans for a large covered front porch with a walk-out balcony on top. about 10' deep and 16' wide. I'm, planning on doing that in May.
Man I'm tired just listening to your story !
started with a holes in the roof holes in the floor 1100sf smallest house in a nice area... (was tied up in probate court) got it... hmmm 20years ago... complete gut & go... to it's now maybe 3000sf...
but yeah i finished it... wife purchased a house around the block... i came home to movers... she asked "you want them to get your stuff...cause i'm not live'n in the dust & dirt .... (was try'n to live in it and build it) i went with her....
i finished every last piece of trim before we moved back in... all except one outside faucet which still is not there :)I know me well enough to do everything on a project... because when i'm done... i'm done...
main reason i like commercial stuff... i don't like the idea of work'n where i or anyone else lives...
and i'm building us a condo unit in my condo project... it will be the last one finished...
p
Built my home in Wash. Wife moved 6 mos before it was done. I finished the last 6 months by myself. The family 800 miles away. When done, I moved and sold it. Only I had technically lived in the completed home.
Remodeled the next home. Again they moved. I mostly finished it by my lonesome and they came and visited on most/some weekends. When finished, I moved to another home and sold it.
Now I live in a track home. I don't want to do anything to it and I can't wait to get out of this home.
You really had to bring up this question, didn't you????
Very sorry sir !
slateman
I bought a my old victorian in 1988. I did what I had to to make it livable on the inside for the 1st couple of years.
Then I bought wood shingle for 1/2 the house and I did 1/4 of the house per year largely by myself evenings and weekends. Often till dark.
I also did a very through scraping, window prep and then paint job. Again ones side per year largely by myself evenings and weekends.
The inside is being restored one room at a time and I will neve be finished. I work real hard on it for periods and then I do nothing for periods.
It needs to be repainted again and I am not looking forward to it.
Attached are pictures.
Rich
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What a beautiful home you have Rich !
slateman
About 10 years into it we were saying "What were we thinking?"
Until we got the living room done about 2 years ago we were still thinking, "Why did we think this house would work for us?"
Right now we are pretty happy.
It's paid for. It was nearly the cheapest house on the market in 1988 and it had been sitting on the market for 2 years with no takers.
Rich
Rich,
Thats some incredible oak trim in that sweet Queen Anne.
That turret would look great with slates on it ! <G>
slateman
What are slates?
LOL
Slate is pretty rare around here.
The turret is pretty amazing piece of work.
How would you like to do these soffits?
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Rich
Rich,
I'd rather let you handle that fancy woodwork while I cut and install stone on the turret roof !!!
Thats some fabulous workmanship .
Thanks for posting those. I'd like to see a whole Photo Gallery thread on your house, if you're inclined. It's inspiring, masterful work and restoration.
splintie
I'd like to see a whole Photo Gallery thread on your house,
I may do that some time. I really like our old house and like showing it off.
The historical ladies want to put it on the tour of homes, and they haven't even seen the inside. Until about 2 years ago it was pretty scary once you got past the front foyer. LOL
I did do a thread asking for help when we did the LR ceiling.
http://forums.taunton.com/tp-breaktime/messages?msg=86158.1
Pictures start here.
http://forums.taunton.com/tp-breaktime/messages?msg=86158.18
I was just learning how to post pics and I did not have Picasa yet.
Alot of finished pics are here.
http://forums.taunton.com/tp-breaktime/messages?msg=86158.46
All the same thread.
I will consider doing a seperate thread in the photo gallery.
Rich
I recall that thread, and even posted in it congratulating you. That was mostly about the ceilings, though, and some of the photos you've posted here again. I meant a full-blown photo shoot of all the work you've done, inside and out. I'm thinking it'd be a big hit, if you have the time to do it. (Those photo threads can be real time-suckers, LOL!)
Edited 3/26/2009 1:13 am by splintergroupie
splintie
I knew you meant a new thread. I just threw out a teaser.
I'll do one when all the estimates are done and all bills are sent out and I have time on my hands. LOL
The house will never be done.
Rich
*sigh* And here i sit, full of unrequited, Victorian lust...
really neat work! I love your house!
frenchy
Thanks for the compliment. On the interior most of my work has been stripping and restoring. Not real high skill level woodworking wise. Just persistance and and attention to detail.
Rich
Don't sell that skill short.. I've seen way too many hack jobs whereby trim pieces were destroyed in removal, lost, or poorly replaced. Stripping that isn't nearly complete or a poor refinish job..
From your pictures you have every right to be proud of your efforts.. (ps, please don't tell me about the inevitable errors or things done less than perfectly.. they all exist on any house. Even the best most expensive and elaborate ones done by the finest craftsmen..
frenchy
(ps, please don't tell me about the inevitable errors or things done less than perfectly..
What errors?
I'm not tired and in a hurry on weekends. No, not ever.
Nothing is ever done to this house unless it is perfect.
Then nothing ever gets done. LOL
Have a good day Frenchy, I'll pray you find a good job.
Rich
Cargin,Beautiful home and woodwork. There are some great old houses in towns here in Iowa.Looks like there is quite a contrast between your home and the ranch next door
Barry E-Remodeler
Barry
About 5 houses in my neighborhood were all owned by the same family.
The pink one on the corner was owned by a Martin Schafer and mine was owned by Jacob Knoer. Jacob married Martin's sister. The were in banking, a brick yard and lumber that I know of. Jacob died in 1921 and Martin lost it all in the Depression. Jacob never had any children. The pink house is almost 1/2 again as big as mine and in some ways more elaborate. All the door knobs have the letter S on them.
The ranch style house is located on the lot of another house in the family. It was torn down. I don't have any pictures or memories of it. I lived in town for 10-15 years and I don't remember seeing my own house. It was kind of non-descipt.
There are sidewalks in the back yard that connect these 3 houses.
Next to the ranch duplex was a 10 unit apartment building. Originally it was a private home. In the 20s the church bought it and converted it into a convent. By the 1960s it was cockroach infested apartments.
My house and the pink house were owned by the same realtor and he had plans to tear them both down and put up condos.
When we bought the house it was very run down and a 65 YO lady lived in with all the heavy drapes closed and shag carpet on the floors. The plumbing barely worked.
We have a shallow foundation and brick walls laid in about 3' from the stone foundation. Well the foundation settled and the brick and the chimney in the center of the house did not settle. So all the floors near the outside walls sloped down sharply. And the center of the house around the chimney was up at least an inch.
I removed the chimney and knocked the brick out and I have been allowing the building to settle back down.
Well that's enough about this old house.
Rich
Great story Rich,I love knowing the history of old homes I've worked on or lived inI'm glad your house was saved from demo. great job
Barry E-Remodeler
Anyone who has actually "finished" is single. Wives always want "one more thing".
Excellent point taken !
slateman
And some pic of the finished LR ceiling, a project from 2 years ago.
The before picture was in the last post.
Rich
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mostly -
no
not a chance -
I have no kitchen and my bathroom tiles is called concrete board.
Yes....
Almost...
Someday hopefully!
We did some remodeling last year and I still have somethings unfinished from when i built it the wife thought it was funny that we were remodeling before we were finished.Getting ready to put on three more beds and two bath and a 2nd laundry.that will be 7 beds and 5 bath. better stay here awhile because i will never get my money back.
Started in 86 finished in 92. Did everything except rock and septic.I left off one piece of baseboard because all my buds that finished got divorced and the wives got the house.Been working on the shop for 9 years now. Third time felting on exterior walls. Rather buy machines than siding!KK
I'll have to remember that tid bit .
Planning on enlarging the family too ??
Planning on enlarging the family too ??
well..... I do love to practice!! :)
have 4 already so ya never know.
Mike,
The first walleye walked in down the path below our house.
They are standing #### holes and elbows in the water.
Cars and trucks line River Road.A Great Place for Information, Comraderie, and a Sucker Punch.
Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
http://www.quittintime.com/
I built my home in 89. poured the foudo in nov. Working full time for another builder. Nights under Brewery light. weekends etc. Moved in july 90. Outside 100% done. Inside no interior doors for 2yrs. No bannister on stairs four yrs. I just finished a glass block shower for the missus this past xmas season.I poured the base 18 yrs ago.And my stock is still up with her so far this year .the handsome man that finished my shower.
Who's this handsome man who works on your house ??!!
Walter,That list was just the start. I would have finished the list, but, in keeping with this thread, more important things caught my attention.
Jon Blakemore RappahannockINC.com Fredericksburg, VA
is that my official invite? whats the time frame on how long they are there?
Short of one from the chamber of commerce, I guess it would be official.
Here's the story. If the ones in the water in boats/waders are any indication, then the run is started. Could, depending on weather, water level and god............of course the fish too..........be peak fishing from now through the 1st weekend in April.
The park system (this side of the river is Side Cut Park) has a fish jamboree, but I am currently ignorant of when. Until I look it up, check ToledoMetroparks site. Should have local fishing reports. Also, MaumeeBait and Tackle. They have a site I'm pretty sure and really should have the finger on the trigger as far as info.
I'll be back inside later and will look up the stuff if you don't find it.A Great Place for Information, Comraderie, and a Sucker Punch.
Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
http://www.quittintime.com/
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A Great Place for Information, Comraderie, and a Sucker Punch.
Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
http://www.quittintime.com/
Calvin
Can I come too?
It's too far. LOL
Man I love that early season fishing.
We have a area where one lake flows into another, we call it the spillway. It's an 1.5 hours away.
It can be great fishing if the water is running fast in Mid April.
Last year we were shore fishing and the only guys catching fish were the guys wading.
We had no waders, but we waded in the freezing cold water and help them catch a few.
The guys in boats, fishing the same hole didn't catch anything. LOL
The guys wading were working with the current.
Only couple of weeks away.
Rich
Sure.
My normal suggestion for preferred parking-catch one, leave one.
catch two, leave one.
catch more, leave one.
Pretty fair, no?
Park in the drive, leave the keys under the mat.
Enjoy.
Another important tidbit. The ODNR (ohio dept of N.R.) watch this spectacle real close. Binocs that can pick up nose hair. Sometimes in marked vehicles, sometimes not. In amongst the anglers probably. Across the river in camo and a blind with a real nice camera and an NFL lens.
Being's the water is so cloudy and the volume of fish, it's not uncommon at all for them to swim onto your hook. Anything not in the mouth-instant fine if you take it.
Living up here on the hill above the flood plane gives us a handle on some of the tactics used to beat the limit. Catch the fill, take to car, change top outerwear and hat, go back for more. Fish here, drive home, come back. You catch, reel in, buddy takes it off the hook and onto his stringer.
And dig this. I don't fish.A Great Place for Information, Comraderie, and a Sucker Punch.
Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
http://www.quittintime.com/
Calvin
I didn't realize this was in your backyard literally.
Well, of course you have to have a parking fee or toll system.
I suppose you want me to leave your fish cleaned and and bagged. LO
We like to keep enough for 1 good meal, fresh.
I have never been one for stocking the freezer. Seems like walleye are best when they are fresh.
Life gets busy and a guy tends to forget about game in the freezer.
We like the thrill of the chase/catch.
Rich
Here's how my local angler officianado's do it.
Catch, clean, cut into pcs that fit in the palm, freeze in water in ziplocs. Portion out in most conv. size for thaw and cook.
Yup, our backyard. And yes to the cleaned and bagged. I'll leave out a cooler.A Great Place for Information, Comraderie, and a Sucker Punch.
Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
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Are you talking about the spillway between Spirit Lake and East Okoboji?by Orleans?
Barry E-Remodeler
Barry
Yes.
Mid April or early May if the water level is high the walleye and the silver bass ar in there thick.
Last year we caught silver bass from shore one after another. Along with the Asians who are taking them out by the cooler load. (no limit on silver bass)
The best bait is the 4" long shiners that you can catch in the spillway, or up between Little Spirit and Big Spirit.
Like little kids we run up and down the shore with our nets trying to catch bait.
The Asians are the best at catching bait. Sometimes it's as easy as falling off a log and other times it's tough.
Wading out just beyond the "hole" and casting out into the lake produces walleye, some northern and some huge bullheads.
This year I am going to buy some waders.
Rich
Rich thought that was it. My parents had a summer home on the Orleans side of Spirit Lake back in the 70's. We still have some friends living there and in Estherville. Had a lot of fun there and at Arnolds ParkI think I caught one of my first fish in that spillway
Barry E-Remodeler
I was born in Spirit Lake!
Tu stultus esRebuilding my home in Cypress, CAAlso a CRX fanatic!
Look, just send me to my drawer. This whole talking-to-you thing is like double punishment.
You gotta be kiddin'! Still two and a half feet of ice on the lake here. I could drive my truck out to the middle and sit in it and stay warm whilst dangling a line out the window.
Only problem with that method is yer exhaust tends to melt a slush hole behind the right rear tire....
Dinosaur
How now, Mighty Sauron, that thou art not broughtlow by this? For thine evil pales before that whichfoolish men call Justice....
That's what happens when your #### is touching the arctic circle.A Great Place for Information, Comraderie, and a Sucker Punch.
Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
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Called in sick this morning, so at the moment my #### is touching the inside of my pyjama pants.
Dinosaur
How now, Mighty Sauron, that thou art not broughtlow by this? For thine evil pales before that whichfoolish men call Justice....
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thank you i will let you know my plans i definately want to come not sure what day yet.
Just grab a couple cheese burgers !
Sounds like you could be a charter member too !
Are you talking about my house: "Our Lady of Perpetual Reconstruction"?
Tu stultus es
Rebuilding my home in Cypress, CA
Also a CRX fanatic!
Look, just send me to my drawer. This whole talking-to-you thing is like double punishment.
Thanks to everyone for sharing their stories - no matter how painful <G>
Smitty gets some award for being completed !! Where's Rez when you need him.
Frenchy's been noticeably absent - But we all know his ain't done.
Off to PT in a half hour so I'll respond more later.
Best regards to all !
Walter
Still living here.
Bought a dozer in '71, cleared a road in and cleared a lot.
Drew plans for 5300 sq ft over Christmas vacation in '71 also. Poured footing in April '72,
Moved in in July '74 with most floors still painted plywood. About a year more for all the carpet and other finishing.
Still original carpet except for stairs and a hallway.
Have added on a few sheds and garages since.
So I've heard !!
A sidelight on 'finishing'. There are some things that need to be finished first!
While on a visit back to IL last spring grand-daughter and I finished installing a basement stair railing for BIL (he is 79 YO).
He built 2 houses for his family in previous years, the one he is in now he finished in 1990 or so.
However, he never got around to putting in the basement stair railing, surprised he got a CO.
Dec of 2007 he slipped on ice and tore rotator cuff.
As it was healing, he fell down the basement stairs, another $8k of surgery (self insured).
Niece's husband installed a temp rail for him from standard HD parts, GD and I finished it for him. Thought that was end of family injuries on stairs for awhile.
One more: Last Dec, DW's 70 YO cousin (her closest girl cousin, both were teachers) fell down basement stairs and died.
I'd put in a simple 2x3 wood rail basement stair rail near 40 years ago just to pass CO inspection, never upgraded.
On own house then, within 2 weeks, had even cut out a joist and re-framed parts of floor, widened stairs by 2 inches, put in a continuous 1-1/4 dia steel railing with rigid 4x4 post anchor bolted to concrete floor at bottom with 3 ea 1/2" expansion bolts. 1-1/4" dia was determined by tests with DW on what she could grip the best.
Lack of some little items end up being scary in hindsight.
I am now living in the third house I have constructed to live in. Started this pattern in 1997. Live in 'em for a while, get an itch, and build again. One valuable lesson I have learned throughout it all, is finish the inside 100% before you move in. It is hard to work on one you are living in. Don't try to tell yourself you can do it. Most of the time it takes longer to gather your tools, set up and clean up, than it does to do the work. And you will tell yourself it is not worth it. On my previous house I had everything finished except the master bath. Everything was done except the tile shower and paint. A year later, I ended up sending the wife and kids to her sisters for a week so I could get it finished. Three months later we sold, and I was at it again. Glutton, I am. A foot-note to this, My wife, a realtor, just listed our new house this week. Says she wants to but one finished this time. She has been down that road with me before. I nit-pick everything to death and we end up building again. My famous quote, I can build it cheaper"
Walter,Build it? Since I wasn't around in the early 30s, no. But, I was always struck by the quotation from Alphonso the Wise, "Had I been present at the creation, I would have given some useful hints for the better ordering of the universe." So, I'm doing some time traveling and better ordering my universe here.Finished? Ha, my wife paid you to ask that, right?Going to be? Of course. Though given my propensity to miss deadlines I won't hazard when that might be.Missed you at SmithFest. Hope your PT is moving you along toward hale and hearty! Best,
Steve'Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt man doing it' ~ Chinese proverb
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Steve, I hope you guys had a great time at Mikes. Very sorry I had to cancel - I'd been looking forward to it for months.
Say three Hail Marys and a few Lords Prayers .
You tryin to get me in trouble with my wife the Rabbi!?!
Tu stultus esRebuilding my home in Cypress, CAAlso a CRX fanatic!
Look, just send me to my drawer. This whole talking-to-you thing is like double punishment.
Why is it that 1/4 round is so easy to install at other peoples houses and yet at my house I can't seem to remember how.
I'm married to a Jewish lady from Philly myself .
And the Catholic upbringing didn't take on me ! Never got bent over either .
Hello, my name is Ray and I have a problem.
Can I join your group.
1. Pretty much... fire reconstruction.
2. Fat chance.
3. I've been 3 weeks away from being finished for the last 12 months. Of coarse finished for me still means an unfinished loft addition..... the kids like it that way.
Ray,
Your problem is our problem.
Yes ---- big add on
Not yet
Finished -----is that near Nor way
Yes, no, Ancient Chinese Proverb "Man finish house, man die" is what I keep telling my wife and she still keeps wanting it done. go figure?
Hmmmmm.
Finished -----is that near Nor way
Congratulations!
cut receives the 'MrT/brownbagg One-Liner Award'.
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Smitty receives the 'Maybe Stretch the Truth a Bit' Award as a house is never finished.
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Saaalute!
My geography is lacking , but I think you're close !
Slateman
Fly to Seattle Wa, drive north for 20 hrs (thats Canadian for long ways) turn left at
Mr P.G. (30' wooden logger) drive 3.5 hrs turn left, 6 houses up on your right.
So you are close global wise.
I'll stop by next time I'm nearby.
No. We moved in about March '51 (I was 6), it was built around 1931.
My wife still wants to know when the master bedroom will have the trim work done, the windows replaced, the fir floors sanded and painted - so she can go and buy the drapes and spend more money we don't have. Worse, it's taken so long, she got eurithmea, and she can't climb the stairs to get up there - not that my knees are any better LOL! She wants to know when the deck will be finished. So do my kids.
Can't do the kitchen until those 2 are done. Sigh.
I just need, either 3 more weeks, or an extra $5,000.00 - at the same time.
Quality repairs for your home.
AaronR Construction
Vancouver, Canada
it's taken so long, she got eurithmea, and she can't climb the stairs to get up there - not that my knees are any better
I'm thinking of adding an elevator before I can't do it anymore.
That or move and give the house to one of the grandkids?
My 2 grandchildren are fewer than 2 years old and live in the Middle East.
Let's see .... elevator, dormer with full bath instead of toilet & sink.
Sigh.
Art, I finally paid the house off. Do I really want to sign up for more mortgage payments?Quality repairs for your home.
AaronR ConstructionVancouver, Canada
Do I really want to sign up for more mortgage payments?
Nah, no payments. Had a good discussion here with Frenchy a few years ago on cheap source for DIY elevator, could probably find the link. Per Frenchy, the hydraulics, including all the safety mechanisms on a forklift, are ideal for a DIY elevator. Frenchy could get all the parts surplus for about $5.00 a few years ago IIRC <G>
Should be able to put an elevator in for only a few hundred over the cost of a craigslist scrapped forklift. I could probably put one in here in WA without a permit (at least without getting caught as long as I live?), dont know about Vancouver. Permits here would cost more that the elevator itself on DIY basis.
Get a lift out of an old gas station.
Lift the whole damn room.A Great Place for Information, Comraderie, and a Sucker Punch.
Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
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What do use for YOUR excuses ?? I need some fresh ones !!
Subbed the excavation & septic and flatwork.
Almost, close or yes depending on how I'm feeling.
Not by me.
Bought the next piece of land to be closer to grandchildren, gonna hire out the dry wall this time, too old for that stuff.
Joe H
I didn't hang or tape mine either.
Never again, I'm too pickey and too slow.
Getting too old to spend that much time on something rockers can do in a couple days.
Joe H
I can hang but I can't tape for sh**
slateman,
I built my own. Once you call it finished you have to start repairing it.
Ron
You betcha !
Started mine in 2000. Moved into it in 2002. Still working on some trim items. I'd say its about 95% done but now I am having to go back and repaint and the repairs are starting.
About par for this group here I guess .
I made the bottom half, hauled the top half 35 miles to stick on it. No, it is NOT a trailer house.
I belong to the Sphere school of economics: i have BOATLOADS of sweat equity in this place. The market for sweat is just about what you'd expect it would be, so it looks like it will remain a work in progress, so that i don't have to face up to reality.
Sweat equity is prolly just as valuable now as the other kind.
I'm speechless (but I can still type).
I was going to say my house isn't even close to being finished, I still have a lot to do.
But I asked my wife if she would say the house was done and she said "yeah". Now I have to figure out how to get that on tape.
Here's what's really left:
Finish the undercabinet trim in kitchen, ogee molding on island and stair rail wall cap, misc. GWB and paint touchup, install windows screens, move receptacle in kitchen, stain cut ends of shoe molding, install siding adjacent to concrete slab, paint foundation wall, paint front door, and much more.
Makes me tired just thinking about it.
Jon Blakemore
RappahannockINC.com Fredericksburg, VA
Jon,
If I only had that much left to do I would claim to have finished !!
I've read 5 posts of the 100+, glad to know I'm not alone.
I remember going to the hot rod show in NYC when I was 17-18, dad took my brother and I. We were big into cars back then. Many of the cars had "for sale" signs, "$20,000, put $50,000 into it" sort of thing.
Didn't understand it then, but now know the work of making it right, or flat out making it, is what a lot of guys enjoy, me included.
my house be finish if it wasnt for this damn computer
Good point there Doc.
There is an old saying..
"When a man finishes working on his house he dies"
Started by a true procrastinator no doubt.
I didnt build it originally, but my father did in 1970. It was well built, but hadnt been renovated in a long while. I picked up all 80,000lb of it up and moved it 30mi and have been working on the reno since 2004.
This thread is great. It makes it seem ok for my project to be taking so long. I am just about to finish off the stairs finally, do a bit of flooring and the finale is the kitchen. Oops, I almost forgot there is a basement to finish and there are some holes that need built-in's. Nah, I'll probably never finish.
Brad
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I really like the railings.
I have!
I have!
Oh! finished?
Heck I have a copy of This Old House where Norm admits that 12 years after starting his house he still has major work left to do..
So my progress is a bit ahead of his.. Even if I started with sawmill wood rather than lumberyard wood.
Wondered when you'd see this thread !
Yes, No, Never.
Started in '89, done everything except drill the well. Built a carriage house(garage and shop with a 1 bedroom apartment above. Perfect for DW and me. Almost done.
In '94 the first of 2 kids that we were'nt supposed to be able to have arrived. Added on another bath/laundry on ground level, and another bedroom above. Had that almost done, when the 2 kids moved in. Not much has changed since.
Started a new shop building on site about 5 years ago. Pretty much done, except siding.
2 years ago, we bought another house in a nearby town to change schools.
Did a quick repaint and added a fence and new electric service and moved in.
Since moving, we've been remodeling the old shop/ garage area in the old house, into a new larger kitchen, dining and living room.
Once that is done the old upstairs kitchen will be turned into a 3rd bedroom.
The youngest graduates in 6 years, so I'm hoping to be done by then, so we can move back.
Also, the house we moved to is in dire need of windows, siding, a roof and insulation.
Repeat after me "spare time is highly overated"
Brudoggie
Edited 3/24/2009 7:36 pm ET by Brudoggie
You're a glutton for punishment !! Most of us are content not finishing just one house .
1. Yes
2. Yes
3. Still needs a deck.
Mike
Two out of three ain't bad !!