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Post by Mayberry on Oct 10, 2007 18:23:21 GMT -5
Columns!!!! Woo-hoo!!!!
JohnG sighting!!!!!! Triple woo-hoo!!!!
(does happy dance around the office)
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Post by hurtmylove on Oct 10, 2007 19:23:47 GMT -5
You have designed the built-in surround sound system, for the 3 large screen TVs and the array of PS3s, XBOX360s and Wii's, right?
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Post by Elphie WWOTW on Oct 10, 2007 19:30:14 GMT -5
Um, was that a little *hint*, husband???
Nice try, wise guy... sheesh!!!
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Post by h3h8m3 on Oct 11, 2007 13:44:11 GMT -5
John- Thanks again for the pictures. I actually just came to this site today to check out if you'd updated the house. What is the purpose of those columns? Are they actually load bearing? How thick are they? From the pictures my thought was something like 9x9 inches. Just curious... my first thought was that a column of that size wouldn't be able to hold up much weight (at least not if the soil is moving at all), but then i realized that I know nothing about architecture. Thanks!
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Post by JohnG on Oct 11, 2007 14:02:06 GMT -5
H3h8m3,
The columns are 30cm x 30cm (about 1' x 1'). They are reinforced with steel. They each sit atop footings that are about 1 sq. meter (about 10 sq. ft) which are also steel reinforced. There are 7 total. They will support the weight of the two concrete floors above them and the roof. The exterior walls used to support the entire weight of the house but the engineer determined I needed footings and columns because the new concrete floors will be much heavier than the old wood beam and plank floors. The wood beams and pine flooring will be recycled for decorative purposes but will no longer be structural elements of the house.
I don't know anything about architecture either a friend of a friend who is a structural engineer drew up plans for me. Another engineer I know and several construction guys who have taken a look at what I am doing think the house will be bomb-proof. They think that my engineer was being overly cautious. But that is ok with me.
JohnG
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Post by JohnG on Oct 12, 2007 16:43:38 GMT -5
New neighbors (just arrived this afternoon while I was mixing concrete):
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I have two columns left. This was one of the most complicated because of its height and position against the exposed foundation stones in the lower level of the bottom floor. This required a custom supplement to the form that I built for all the other columns. It was also complicated getting the concrete to the top of the form. I ran some planks between beams and walked out with buckets of concrete - carefully. It is about a ten foot drop to the concrete floor below:
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Post by JohnG on Oct 15, 2007 15:43:55 GMT -5
The latest column:
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Removing the first of three main beams (these must be down by saturday so that the crew coming to put up concrete forms for the new floor will be able to get started). I connected a chain winch from the attic to a main beam above the second floor and suspeded the first floor beam from this. I had to cut the beam with a chainsaw at the ends while balanced on a ladder. These beams will be used again but will only have decorative value - they will no longer be structural elements of the house:
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Post by h3h8m3 on Oct 15, 2007 16:15:22 GMT -5
Wow, that's some impressive stuff. Using a chainsaw on that old wood sounds like a lot of work, and a lot of fun. Is that wood treated? I've never tried to use a chainsaw on treated wood, but it doesn't sound fun. Those beams are impressive. Those are a good size tree! Just removing/moving one of them sounds like a full days work to me. Good luck getting them all done by Saturday, I'll say a prayer. Thanks again for the updates and pictures.
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Post by hurtmylove on Oct 15, 2007 16:28:18 GMT -5
You did put your initials in the wet cement at least ONE place, right?
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Post by JohnG on Oct 15, 2007 17:13:46 GMT -5
I did not put my initials in the wet cement but there is still a lot of cement to be poured.
I haven't included many pretty pictures lately so here is a flora/fauna shot that I took on the hill behind the house this spring. The apples are ripe now and the pears are just about all gone. I can hear chestnuts falling off the trees while I am working during the day. I will try to get some updates flora/fauna pictures soon as not many people seem to be interested in the actual construction work (HML and h3h8m3 excepted). I will also get some pictures of the new lambs. They look a lot cleaner now.
I do have pictures of a Jabali (wild boar) that the neighbor shot and then the same wild boar in sausage form. I don't know if this is going to be too upsetting for some so I haven't decided whether to post them.
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Post by tootrue on Oct 15, 2007 18:28:50 GMT -5
That's a neat photo looking up to the second story. I am not sure if you have shown us that view before. How high will the ceilings in the house be?
You really HAVE TO put your initials in the wet cement somewhere. Would it be too much if we asked you to put all of our initials there too? And also draw a picture of a lamb in the wet cement. That should pretty much do it.
I grew up in an old house built in about 1865 I think. When my parents restored it (over many years) in various places where they'd remove some old wall paper or flooring they'd find messages written in old time handwriting. One was a message from the wallpaper hanger that took up half a hallway giving the exact mixture he used for the glue and then a bunch of complaining about how difficult it was to hang that particular paper. There were also newspapers in the closet from the year the house was built, an old riding whip in the closet in the master bedroom and all the saddles and harnesses from the horses they had in the little barn in the back. The oats were still in the oat bin, still dry and no bugs but probably not edible... and my parents left them there until about 5 years ago. Some of the things were from the 2nd generation of the family but still they were like little treasures left there intentionally almost. When we first moved there the owner's driver still took care of the house and her old, very old antique cadillac was still in the garage. That man had actually taken care of the horses at that house. Anyway, that is kind of off topic from your house. But you never know who might someday come across your initials in the cement and think about you for the next following 40 years!
That sure is one cute lamb.
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Post by tootrue on Oct 15, 2007 18:30:31 GMT -5
ps. I vote nay on the sausage.
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Post by Mayberry on Oct 15, 2007 19:30:50 GMT -5
Great pics! Just what I needed to see tonight. I vote for a whole darned "time capsule" walled up somewhere. I am voting for wild boar pics, and for a sample of the sausage to be sent to Southern Indiana. Thanks for the pic-fix. J
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Post by rabbet on Oct 15, 2007 19:35:05 GMT -5
I simply must vote yay, both for the shot and the processed swine pictures. I am very much aware from whence sausage comes and the violence required to procure it.
Any partridges in your neck of the woods?
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Post by hurtmylove on Oct 15, 2007 19:40:51 GMT -5
They hide in pear trees, unfortunetly.
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