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The New House Next Door: February 2016
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The New House Next Door. Chronicling the construction of a house. Friday, February 26, 2016. Outdoor Living Spaces: Part 2. Site-built King Trusses create a large, open outdoor room off a small ranch house. Adding a glass door and private outdoor balcony space off a bedroom. This is the second part of a series about outdoor living spaces. Click here. A screened porch tucked away for privacy in a village- Bonus Points for any locals who can tell me where this is! Enjoy the rest of winter! Outdoor living s...
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The New House Next Door: Modern, Open Plan Updates a Historic Home
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The New House Next Door. Chronicling the construction of a house. Friday, November 11, 2016. Modern, Open Plan Updates a Historic Home. New Larger Dining Room Connects well to Back Patio and Kitchen. Boxed in Steel I Beam Allows Wall to be Removed. Hidden Door to Garage - Connects to Mud Room. Panelized Ceiling, Painted Wood Floor, Super-wide Glass Door. Wall of Cubbies Separates of Front Area into a Mud Room. Room for a Large Cabinet, now that Garage Door is moved. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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The New House Next Door: Spray Foam and Rigid Insulation
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The New House Next Door. Chronicling the construction of a house. Wednesday, December 21, 2016. Spray Foam and Rigid Insulation. Spray foam in cavities, box beam; Rigid XPS at headers. Recessed lights placed in soffits, not in building envelope. If only cavity insulation is used, there would be thermal bridges/no insulation at each wall stud. Raised-Heel Scissor truss allows for lots of insulation. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Please visit my website:. And view what I call. View my complete profile.
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The New House Next Door: May 2016
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The New House Next Door. Chronicling the construction of a house. Friday, May 13, 2016. New House Next Door to the Pond. Thus begins another New House Next Door! Don't worry, I'll continue giving updates on the New House Next Door to the Mountains as well. The design and engineering of this project started years ago and it's exciting to see the construction phase beginning this spring. Once the framing crew gets on site, you know it will move along to completion FAST. Next the hole for the foundation is ...
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The New House Next Door: June 2016
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The New House Next Door. Chronicling the construction of a house. Tuesday, June 21, 2016. Progress on Site Work and Foundation at NHND to the Pond. This rural site doesn't have any municipal services to offer. So the owners here have to install their own services. Here are more photos of dirt, but essential if you want to have indoor plumbing! Temporary construction "road" to SDS area of site (follows existing carriage lane). Tall Forms used (right side) where footing steps down hill. Crossing through th...
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The New House Next Door: NHND to the Pond - A Sheltering (& High-Tech!) Roof
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The New House Next Door. Chronicling the construction of a house. Tuesday, September 13, 2016. NHND to the Pond - A Sheltering (& High-Tech! In the book "A Pattern Language" the authors state that there are "patterns" that can be used to design a town or a home. They really take the language of house design away from square-footage and number of bedrooms and instead refer to big picture, not-quantifiable ideas like:. The Flow Through Rooms. People at the same time that is covers them. Seen from afar, the...
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The New House Next Door: March 2016
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The New House Next Door. Chronicling the construction of a house. Tuesday, March 8, 2016. New House Next Door in the Mountains update. The New House next door to the mountains is coming along nicely. Framing of walls, floors, and roofs is complete. Roof shingles and flashing is all applied. Windows are installed. This means they are closed in- mostly air and water tight! Integral Exterior Window Trim -"Potter Casing". Potter Casing on 1st floor windows, but not on 2nd floor windows. And view what I call.
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The New House Next Door: Sill Plate
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The New House Next Door. Chronicling the construction of a house. Monday, November 11, 2013. So far the construction has been all about moving dirt and pouring concrete, but this morning, the excavator back-filled the soil around the foundation, loaded up his machine, and drove off. The lumber yard made it's first delivery of wood to the site and the framers arrived to start building on top of the foundation that has been constructed. Shims ensure a square and level floor. November 18, 2013 at 7:26 PM.
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The New House Next Door: Siding and Roofing at NHND to the Pond
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The New House Next Door. Chronicling the construction of a house. Tuesday, November 29, 2016. Siding and Roofing at NHND to the Pond. Hardi clapboards below and shingle above. The New House Next Door to the Pond has it's "clothing" on! The dark window exterior cladding color and the metal roof material selection both lend a more contemporary and up-scale feel to the look of the exteriors. The stucco foundation parging color coordinates with the other exterior colors. Back Side of Garage. Well, its not!
