The house next door...or how to NOT build a house

[jdurand]

Today their construction work smells really good.

[Toolmaker51]

Today their construction work smells really good.

I guess someone will say it; it's about time!

[jdurand]

A dirt truck showed up and now they're pounding again. Sounds/feels like a helicopter landing outside the office door. Pans rattling in the kitchen.

[jdurand]

Just a quick update on where the Pit is at. They were pounding more dirt today. So much pounding!

[Toolmaker51]

Just a quick update on where the Pit is at. They were pounding more dirt today. So much pounding!

No, not first backfill of earth previously removed. Unaware dirt has migratory tendencies. This keeps up, house is a bunker with soil earthworks.
But that's a lovely still life, inside the cyclone fence.

[jdurand]

No, not first backfill of earth previously removed. Unaware dirt has migratory tendencies. This keeps up, house is a bunker with soil earthworks.
But that's a lovely still life, inside the cyclone fence.

The owners were there over the weekend, maybe the dirt saw them and ran away.

Still pounding.

[Frank S]

You know that brickies get paid by the brick don't you just like asphalt and road building they get paid by the cubic meter this is why a road that could be only 3 miles long winds up being 7 there is no other logical reason why a flat level road needs to be more than twice as long as the distance in a straight line between two points,

[Frank S]

I wonder if the owners have thrown enough money in the pit that they are beginning to rethink their decisions

[jdurand]

I wonder if the owners have thrown enough money in the pit that they are beginning to rethink their decisions

The contractor and workers are cheery. The contractor still wants to buy our place to tear down and build. We haven't seen the owners recently, but when they come by it's often for a short walk-through.

Our new house is working through a glitch, seems nobody told the roofer that the workshop has a skylight. Oops. They're having a meeting today to adjust the framing as required, at least the roof isn't skinned yet. Also to make sure the two skylights are in the plans for the roof over the 2 story section.

To head off potential problems I gave them a drawing of how we want the work area in front of the workshop roofed (after the house is done). I figured I should get that in before someone builds something in the way of the work area cover. It's going to be nice having a 3 x 5 meter flat work area with a high current welding outlet and regular power. At our California house it's hard to find level ground, the driveway is very sloped and can be used but not well.

[Frank S]

The contractor and workers are cheery. The contractor still wants to buy our place to tear down and build. We haven't seen the owners recently, but when they come by it's often for a short walk-through.

Our new house is working through a glitch, seems nobody told the roofer that the workshop has a skylight. Oops. They're having a meeting today to adjust the framing as required, at least the roof isn't skinned yet. Also to make sure the two skylights are in the plans for the roof over the 2 story section.

To head off potential problems I gave them a drawing of how we want the work area in front of the workshop roofed (after the house is done). I figured I should get that in before someone builds something in the way of the work area cover. It's going to be nice having a 3 x 5 meter flat work area with a high current welding outlet and regular power. At our California house it's hard to find level ground, the driveway is very sloped and can be used but not well.

Having a covered level work area can be extremely useful being able to install a roll down canvas or vinyl wind tarp on a couple sides such as those sun setter awning enclosures when needed is even more so