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RE: Building Blocks with Market Friday

in Market Friday3 years ago

The house looks amazing. That's quite the closet! Don't know if you planned yet, but may want a cover on that pool to help keep humidity down if the room not enclosed. I wish I had heard of ICF before. I would have LOVED to build my garage myself using this. As it is now, it will just have 2x4's and metal siding on the outside. The inside will be uninsulated and unfinished for a while. Maybe my summer project. They finally got my roof on it, but still waiting for them to finish the siding and pour the floor. Ugh.

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The pool is actually separated from the house, with its own system, but, glad you mentioned that. I have been to houses with indoor pools where the closer you got, the more I could smell chlorine. I am having a saltwater pool anyway. :) This is a spec house, and I was interested in it when they proposed building on this piece of land. I like it, but, the walls need to be shifted to make fewer rooms and more walls. I thought it was okay until it was actually put up. One of the reasons they left the walls able to move.

I wish you had been able to build it yourself! I think you would have loved to jump right in and do this. I love how contractors are so independent, working when it feels right to them. LOL Lucky ducks. What kind of insulation will you be using? This time next year, you'll be enjoying the cozy warmth of it as you watch that blizzard outside. Is it covid or have they always been so slow to get things done?

The inside can/or not be done independently. Looking at the two-story closet, it might be fun, but, I'm not nearly as creative as the designers. Hey, you! Thanks so much for stopping by and for your advice!

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I figured you had the pool thing covered knowing what I do of you, but just checking! As you stated it can be an unpleasant surprise for first timers.

Exactly right on the contractors... First the glitch with having to move it because they didn't get the permit done right ahead of time (which I clearly made their responsibility since we were new to area). Then we did have some weather delays where it was just too darn cold to work. I wouldn't ask anyone to work below zero F. But there's been several decent days and either nobody shows up, or just one or two guys. And now here we are Feb. and still waiting on part of the siding to be put up, garage door and opener, and the floor to be poured. Not sure what insulation I'll be putting in just yet. Electric guys have been great, they've already got their wiring run and now just waiting for the siding complete to connect it up.

For insulation, I like the spray foam stuff for something like this and do the roof as well, also better to keep the mice out but will have to see cost comparisons up here.