Hi – I’ve used the search function on this discussion board for the past year to get answers to a lot of my construction questions – very helpful! I’ve only had to post questions twice – again, very helpful. Here is the finished product. A timber frame, SIPs, concrete slab with hydronic radiant heat powered by an outdoor wood burning furnace. We had a barn builder erect the frame and a roofing contractor put on the standing seam metal room – my wife and I did the rest.
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Nice, clean work. Love the deep window sills. Thanks for sharing the pix.
Nice looking place you two have there...............hmhhmmmmmmm.........no info in the profile!
I'm guessing upstate Ny somewher, I can almost make out the plate on the car..............
How bout a little more info and some more pics eh?? I would love to see some progress shots.
Eric
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Good eye! Schoharie, NY is the location. The house is 22 x 60, 22x48 is timber framed the rest is stick framed, all enclosed with SIPs, R-50 fiberglass in the attic, Anderson 400 series thermopane windows, pine channel siding stained on both sides and nailed to horizontal furring strips which were screwed onto the SIPs. We used Tyvek house wrap and Glycor (I think thats the name) flashing around the windows.
Still have to stain and seal the concrete floor (this weekend) - pics to follow.
House looks great! Did you have any major headaches as you went along, or was it mostly a smooth process?
How thick were your SIPs? Is the exterior shot the south side of the house?
With results like that, it certainly makes all the work worthwhile. I'll be interested to see how the concrete stain turns out.
I wasn't even aware of the possibilities of concrete stain until a couple years ago when I tumbled upon this site:
http://www.ourcoolhouse.com/images/construction/acidetch.htm
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jt8
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow. -- Mark Twain
Edited 4/20/2005 10:52 am ET by JohnT8
Yes, the outside shot is the south side, it's a passive solar design.
The head aches were numerous. We hired a great plumber to connect our wood furnace to the house, but he mistakenly pressure tested the furnace (not a pressurized system) and blew a couple holes in it, but they were easily repaired by a welder (he paid, I didn’t). And once the heated water was flowing through the floor, the furnace needed to stay fired. Our home was 45 minutes away so I would go out to work on the house after my day job, spend the night so I could load wood in the morning, then drive home to shower and dress for work. That routine went on for nearly 5 months.
The second floor pine t/g decking spent most of the summer covered outside in the rain, but still picked up a lot of moisture. After we were enclosed and the heat came on, it shrunk right up creating gaps between the floor boards. Not a major problem but certainly not ideal. I also didn’t properly consider the need for good scaffolding until much later in the project and spent many a dangerous day on extension ladders. And to add to all the complications, my wife was pregnant, so her ability to help me out decreased as the size of her belly increased. Thankfully, I had a few dedicated friends who picked up the slack. Would I do it over again? Not under these conditions - I do plan on building a barn/garage in the future but feel I can be really creative with the design since I won't have any time pressure.
Schoharie; I'll have to look that up, I'm down in Putnam County, about 60-70 miles noth of Manhattan.
Thanks for sharing, we all enjoy see other peoples pride and joy.
EricI Love A Hand That Meets My Own,
With A Hold That Causes Some Sensation.
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Looks nice!
Doug
Congrats on your abode! and building it with the DW and you're still together - WOW. And using Forum "search" to help get it all done? (with nary a copper pipe in view?) DOUBLE WOW
WOW.
and...
what Firebird said: MORE PICS!
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What Shredder said and
DOUBLE COOL!
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Yeah, what MizShredder said !
Doubly so !
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I second that...
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Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
"I second that..."
You cant second that , hes on third base .
Youll have to fourth it ! <G>
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Bob
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Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming
WOW!!! What a Ride!
Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
real nice work bro....
question..why the dbl row of nails on the floor planks.
Looks great, just curious.
Were the joists 24 OC...is that why?
Great job....enjoy.
Be well done
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We face nailed the t/g pine flooring to the 10x10 floor timbers (48" o.c.) using antique cut nails. We wanted it to look like an old barn that had been turned into a house. Here are some more pics.
Welcome your place looks great, I like the uncomplicated and uncluttered exterior. We live in the capital district area. How did the residents of your town do with the flooding around your area a few weeks ago?
Your home is easier on the eyes than the McMansions being built around here.
Hey - we just moved from Albany where I've been for the past 20 years. We didn't get much flooding in our area as we're up on a mountain. Thanks for the kind words, we like it too... we wanted a barn in the woods and that's what we got.
What part of Albany did you move from ?
We used to have a converted barn and tractor shed for a home.
Edited 4/20/2005 5:09 pm ET by arrowpov
We were in the city, near Delaware Avenue, I still own the house, it's a two family, but the neighborhood has been steadily going downhill and it was time to get out.
I know the area, it must be real quiet where you live now. I grew up near St. Peters Hospital, had many friends in Delaware Ave. neighborhoods.