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Posted by el ess1 (Member # 1544) on :
 
A little more work around the garage area, and the foundation will be complete. Good news, too, is the subfloor materials arrived today as well.

I can't wait for the masonry dudes/dudettes to stucco over those blocks. Yuck.

Lorraine went around to make sure all the crawlspace vents worked, and thankfully, they all do. She's a bulldog on making the contractors do what they're supposed to do.







 

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Posted by 2002Z4CSS (Member # 1393) on :
 
The house construction is moving right along. What style of a house will it be and how many square feet?
 

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Posted by el ess1 (Member # 1544) on :
 

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Originally posted by 2002Z4CSS:
The house construction is moving right along. What style of a house will it be and how many square feet?

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It's a 3-BR ranch style, 2562 total sf including the attached garage (2081 heated).

[ 21. April 2004, 06:50 AM: Message edited by: el ess1 ]
 

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Posted by 35TH ED/ed (Member # 1709) on :
 
Looks different to see walls that are not poured like they are up here. Keep the pics coming
 

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Posted by el ess1 (Member # 1544) on :
 
They used to use regular brick years ago around here, but the price to lay per brick is the same as per block, so apparently it's a cost thing. I don't know for sure, but that's the standard method in this part of SC now. I know, it's weird.
 

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Posted by blkragss02 (Member # 1801) on :
 
We took pictures of our home in the build process also. Make sure to take some of the interior walls for elec/plumbing runs, it makes future upgrades alot easier!
 

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Posted by SS_CarGuy (Member # 2065) on :
 
Thats look pretty nice.It's good to see your framing will be sitting on a full foundation rather than just piers. On a side note, make sure you level out the dirt in the crawl space before they start with the floor. Also, ask your builder if he is going to anchor the sill plate to the foundation with some bolts. I don't know why this isn't just done as standard order, but so many times it isn't. If we ever have an earthquake, you will be glad they are anchored.
 

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Posted by poSSum (Member # 119) on :
 


Very different construction. Up here virtually every house gets a full poured concrete basement.
 

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Posted by 35TH ED/ed (Member # 1709) on :
 

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Originally posted by blkragss02:
We took pictures of our home in the build process also. Make sure to take some of the interior walls for elec/plumbing runs, it makes future upgrades alot easier!

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So true. Use a digital if possable you will see what you have at the time. Some of mine didnt come out
 

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Posted by el ess1 (Member # 1544) on :
 

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Originally posted by poSSum:


Very different construction. Up here virtually every house gets a full poured concrete basement.

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Like I've said before, if you have a basement around here, you have to be on the highest hill. If we dug a basement on our lot, we'd probably have an inground swimming pool I'm afraid. At least the risks are higher. A basement is just like unsweetened iced tea around here, it isn't standard.

As far as the sill plates, they're going to be bolted. You can't see them in the pictures, but there's a slew of J-hook studs sticking up through the capstone just for this.

Good tip about taking pics of the open walls/wiring/plumbing. Also the dirt leveling. Need to get out there tomorrow and do that. It's not bad right now, but could probably be better.
 

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Posted by Bill Mason (Member # 1807) on :
 
A basement full of water. Oh that can happen up here if you build where there is a high water table. However there is no choice in the matter as the foundation must be below the frost line which can be 4-5 feet deep in the colder parts of Canada.

Where water is an issue, we use sump pumps and pump the water into the sewers. It can be interesting though if your sump pump quits (happpend in a friends house) or there is an extended power outage.
 

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Posted by Xsta Z 28 (Member # 740) on :
 
Thanks for the pics. Always interesting to see differnt forms of construction. I'm so used to poured concrete foundations.
 

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Posted by Brian's 01 SS (Member # 1499) on :
 
We use poured foundations here as well, but thats because of the mountains. Block in your situation will do just fine. I like that your builder is using Advantech. Its a great sub floor plywood. We started using it about two years ago, and it just doesn't delaminate like regular 3/4 plywood. It also doesn't absorb water like the others. Give your builder a thumbs up there. That plywood is going for $30 bucks a sheet now. We were paying $20-22 about a year ago. Prices have gone sky rocket. You are on a fixed contact price? That way you won't have to deal with the cost increases.

Like the others said. Get plenty of pictures. Email me if you ever have any questions or need any info. Building a house can be fun, or a total nightmare. So far I like everything I have seen.
 

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Posted by Brian's 01 SS (Member # 1499) on :
 
One more thing, looks like they will be using 2x's for the floor joist. It will pass code and do fine, though we never use dimensional lumber for floor systems here. I use enginnered floor trusses or TJI's. Is there any peir supports in the middle of the crawl space? That looks like some pretty long spans for dimensional lumber to span. Just thougth I would ask.
 

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Posted by Happy_Dan (Member # 118) on :
 
Just for comparison sake.

Here is my foundation to my garage. It is the same as the house.



This is what's built so far.


 

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Posted by el ess1 (Member # 1544) on :
 

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Originally posted by Brian's 01 SS:
One more thing, looks like they will be using 2x's for the floor joist. It will pass code and do fine, though we never use dimensional lumber for floor systems here. I use enginnered floor trusses or TJI's. Is there any peir supports in the middle of the crawl space? That looks like some pretty long spans for dimensional lumber to span. Just thougth I would ask.

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Originally posted by Happy_Dan:
Just for comparison sake.

Here is my foundation to my garage. It is the same as the house.

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