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Post by talkingstones on Oct 3, 2013 20:52:25 GMT -5
Adrian and Ina, CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!! What an accomplishment and it's absolutely beautiful!!!! Well done and thank you for sharing the journey!!!  Blessings and many years of love and happy memories for you both!!! Cathy |
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Post by rockmanken on Oct 17, 2013 16:50:00 GMT -5
Congratulations. I have not been on here much since I lost my picture sharing host. Been peeking in every now and then to watch the progress on your house. You did an amazing job. Looks fantastic.
Ken
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2013 17:30:20 GMT -5
It is hard to put into words how happy I am for you and your family including the dog and cat who gave me a nice chuckle. I remember your daughter from the start and even though she has only aged one year she looks like she has aged three years. Beautiful wife, beautiful daughter and beautiful beyond belief house, it doesn't get any better than that.
I do not remember whether I told you or not but I am going to go there and live in the basement. You will hardly know that I am there and I will keep it nice and clean. Since this is scaring you real bad I will say that I am joking. I will not live there, I will just visit full time. lol
Thank you for taking the time to show us and including us in your family. Keep in touch now that you are not working so hard.
Jim
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Post by pporky on Oct 24, 2013 13:25:45 GMT -5
Congratulations Adrian and family on such a wonderful achievement. Truly a place to call "HOME". Bill
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Post by adrian65 on Oct 25, 2013 0:20:52 GMT -5
Pat, John, Kurt, Grizman, Todd, Rich, Quartz, Scott, Denny, Tom, Daniel, Haley, Dtcmor, KD, Cathy, Ken, Jim, Bill - and everyone else who posted here along the thread - thank you very much!
It's been a pleasure to share here with all of you the joy of raising our home.
Adrian
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Post by NatureNut on Oct 25, 2013 10:04:19 GMT -5
Oh Adrian, I love it. It's your very own little oasis!
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Post by frane on Oct 27, 2013 7:51:47 GMT -5
Adrian,
What a lovely home filled with warmth! Thank you for the journey and I wish you many happy years in your home!
Fran
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Post by adrian65 on Oct 27, 2013 13:31:12 GMT -5
Thank you so much Joanne and Fran, two ladies on the board so much close to my heart!
Adrian
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Post by 1dave on Nov 1, 2013 9:23:24 GMT -5
Those backhoe operators are amazing!
I've watched them excavate for a 12'X12'X12' three piece concrete manhole, move the pieces in place, then flip their backhoe on top of it and drag the surrounding dirt in to back fill it.
Once when it started to fall off, he just swung the arm around to stop the fall, flipped into a less precarious position and continued back filling as if nothing had happened.
No matter how well you planned, you will always wish you had made some part bigger later on!
But then, who wants to be a slave to cleaning a monster house?
Dave
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Post by 1dave on Nov 1, 2013 9:39:22 GMT -5
Aah the memories!
I once put the electrical conduit in a five story "lift slab building."
Wait for all the re-bar to be put in place, run like hell locating all the future walls, bending 90's in the conduit to go up to future electrical places as they are pouring concrete in your hip pocket, then do it all over again.
Finally, watch with your fingers crossed as they jack up the first section into place and start mounting pipe and boxes while the second and third floor are separated, etc.
Your memories of all this will be treasures!
Dave
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Post by 1dave on Nov 1, 2013 9:46:10 GMT -5
I'm a year late, but LOOKING GREAT!
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Post by 1dave on Nov 1, 2013 9:53:23 GMT -5
Adrian, it is really coming along now! They got a lot accomplished this week! It reminds me of seeing construction in Israel when we lived there. Same way of doing things, sandals and all. Not allowed here. So many rules that if you were building here, you might have the land cleared by now... Fran For construction here you MUST have steel toed shoes. A good idea for small accidents, but with a heavy weight, those steel inserts can pinch toes off where they otherwise might be crushed but salvageable. God save us from bureaucrats with Good intentions. |
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Post by 1dave on Nov 1, 2013 10:10:04 GMT -5
Yeah Steve, look at the quality of that compared to our houses. Our houses are only built to last 30 years now, maybe 40. That house will last for generations! It's gonna be cool  That is PROGRESS! The ancients built stuff that is still around. We tear buildings down if they are older than 20 years! |
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Post by 1dave on Nov 1, 2013 12:20:30 GMT -5
Well Adrian once the roof goes on things seem to explode and all the concrete and bricks are a thing of the past as windows,doors,floors,wires and pipes start to come into the construction. Thinking as a plumber,,,,your home won't be totally finished until you have this,,,,  Good luck in this weeks progress! connrock Having it all closed in before winter strikes is a major bonus! |
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Post by 1dave on Nov 1, 2013 13:25:02 GMT -5
Small firs as structures are topped out are honored by iron workers all over the world!
You have excellent craftsmen!
Dave
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Post by adrian65 on Nov 1, 2013 13:42:07 GMT -5
Well, Dave, I'm glad you enjoy in a few hours the almost one year journey of building our home. It shows you've been there, done that. Adrian |
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Post by 1dave on Nov 1, 2013 13:48:34 GMT -5
The progress is wonderful! The rest of it reminds me of when I was in the Army stationed in Turkey. We decided to buy a lamb from a local farmer for a BBQ. We picked it up and put it in a Jeep, between the front seats. The two guys in the back seat then became recipients of the lamb getting upset! (they also had to clean out the Jeep when we were through). None of us could eat the lamb after it was cooked though and I often wonder if it was because we became too "close" to it. I think one of the guys fell in love! Everyone else said it tasted great. It reminded me of my deer hunting days. Nothing like fresh liver and onions cooked on the mountain side! |
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Post by 1dave on Nov 1, 2013 14:04:24 GMT -5
Thank you again everyone! Tom, the snow could hardly come in a better time. Firstly, because it let me finish the major works we had in plan for this season. And, seccondly, because in the Christmass and New Year season there would had been anyway a pause on the site, due to the hollidays. No new pics, as there have been no progress (excepting the coverage of the doors' and windows' hollows with plywood and plastic foil - to protect the inside from snow/extreme cold/moisture). But a very important thing did happen though, these days: The "authorization of construction" has been finally issued! ;D Yes, it was done in the same time with the house itself, practically. Of course I should have waited this authorisation firstly to start the works, but I would have missed the entire autumn season for constructions. So we started to build based on the preliminary paper, which is called "certificate of urbanism" and states the conditions of the buildings in the area, the distances between homes etc. Our house, which is already rised, it's finally 100 % legal. Hard to believe that the issue of a piece of paper to aprove the raise of a house could last as long as the raise of a house itself, but this is true. Having the authorisation, finally, is another big step and a long waited relief. A victory not on the "real battlefield" but on the "paperwork jungle" which sometimes is more scary to me May I also whish to all of you to have a wonderful Christmas and all the best in the New Year to come! Adrian Ah bureaucrats, ya gotta love 'em or kill em! |
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Post by 1dave on Nov 1, 2013 14:30:28 GMT -5
Adrian will most of the wiring run under the floors? Being a retired Master Electrician, I've been especially interested in this phase. I would have put most of that in conduit in the slabs and columns with the re-bar. When other workers kicked something apart while pouring and conduits filled with concrete a lot of creativity was required to get working circuits! |
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Post by 1dave on Nov 1, 2013 14:49:17 GMT -5
Plumbing began?
Here it is tinners first, plumbers second, electricians last, having to work through everyone else's maizes.
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Blessings and many years of love and happy memories for you both!!! 
