I have a Dream 2

[giantkiller]

Well still not done yet. 5 week's off with vertigo. Couldn't work or work on house. Still have averaged 53 hours a week at work. And working on the house 99% of the time by myself. Enough of the excuses.

I'll get you up to date on the house. All the plumbing roughed in.

[giantkiller]

I made an uncoiler for the PEX upstairs. (Couldn't afford to buy one) And installed all the PEX in the warmboard.

[giantkiller]

Decided to go with pocket doors for the bedrooms. That was kinda fun.

[giantkiller]

Installed the Panasonic cold climate ERV in the ceiling of the closet in spare bedroom. Using red turbo tube 90s to hook up the flanges for the r8 flexible ducts in the attic.

[giantkiller]

I roughed in the electrical myself. And Inspector approved it. Said it looked great. Not bad considering I've never done anything before. Bought a book with NEC codes. Don't know how, but it said it had codes through 2019. Actually did way more than I needed to. Inspector said the township finally up to 2010 codes. Didn't take pictures

[giantkiller]

The insulation guy finally called and said he would come Monday. And spray foam the walls. And back of the ceiling upstairs 1". Said that the ceiling needed plastic up before the drywall. And he would come and put the plastic up. Then spray downstairs. While I put all the drywall in the ceiling upstairs. That would be great but I had to work Friday through Thursday. 12hrs 7-7. Got him to send 2 guys Friday and put up the plastic. Then Friday Saturday and Sunday night after work to put up the drywall in the ceiling. Then they didn't show Monday. Called him. He got back to me Wednesday and said he had to do another job. That he didn't know was ready for him. Said they would come the next week an get it all done. They came the next Wednesday. Sprayed 1" foam on almost the whole downstairs. Then their gun got clogged up. So said they would come back tomorrow. And finish. Tomorrow came and they finnished the foam. Then said they would be back tomorrow and blow in all the cellulose in the ceiling. They ran out of cellulose. So they said they would actually come finnish on Saturday. Ran out again.  And came back Monday and actually finished up. Said that the ceilings down stairs and the vaulted ceiling in the living room. Were hard to do. So they ended up putting more in than they intended. Said they used 65 more bags than they estimated.

[andyoutandabout]

And the award for best thread re-ignition after a bump goes to........

Well you are a busy chap. I'm going to have to sit down after taking all that on board.
How on earth do you fit in riding time? After all, that's the most important time.

[giantkiller]

Here's some pics of the spray foam. And some of the PEX I had to run from the manifolds to the six in floor heating zones. Plus the three chilled water fan coils for the AC. In the center ceiling, under living space upstairs.

[giantkiller]

And the award for best thread re-ignition after a bump goes to........

Well you are a busy chap. I'm going to have to sit down after taking all that on board.
How on earth do you fit in riding time? After all, that's the most important time.

I still have lots more to post. But let me tell you of the one fun thing (besides work and working on the house.) that I allowed myself to do this summer. A friend from work built a mini semi. On an s10 drivetrain. Looks just like a semi, sitting in the parking lot. Then you realize It's not big enough. He said he was going to put it in the show during trucking weekend in small town near us( Waupun WI)  He said he would be there Sunday morning at 6 to get a good spot. I've always wanted to check out the trucking weekend. Pretty much takes over the whole town Friday through Sunday. So I got the 1350 running. And ran over to the show spent 2hrs checking out the awesome trucks. And went back to work on the house. only thing I did this year.

[giantkiller]

They put up reinforced plastic up. Then blew cellulose. Then put up more plastic. Blew more cellulose. ect.ect. For the two side ceilings downstairs, and the vaulted ceiling upstairs. Because there's not enough room to do it with drywall up. So I had to put up the drywall right away. To keep it from coming down. Also did ceiling in the shop. To get all the ceilings done.

[giantkiller]

While looking into fire stop around the PEX. Where it goes through the 5/8" drywall firebreak downstairs.
I found rockwool. It's fireproof, water resistant, sound barrier, air barrier, and has better r value than the pink crap.
Super easy to install. And cuts with a bread knife. I have no idea why anyone would use anything else. So I filled out the 2x6 walls with rockwool. After the insulation guy sprayed in the foam. I installed 9 pallets of rockwool in all exterior walls and the walls inside the garage. Am going to use the scraps to fill in the bedroom and bathroom walls just for sound barrier.

So will have R30 in the exterior walls, and R60 in the ceilings.

[ribbert]

Looking good Dan. Not living in a cold country, I'm amazed at how much tech goes into heating and insulating. Is there such a thing as a "Certificate of Occupancy" where the building needs to formally be signed off on as fit for habitation or can you legally reside there at what ever stage you choose?

Noel

[Motofun]

Depends on the local laws.  In 1992 I moved into the house I was building.  No kitchen, no doors, floors were plywood, etc.  We did the dishes in the tub.  Didn't need a building permit though I got one anyways.  Only inspection was by the Utility for the electrical panel and the sewage enforcement officer for the septic system.

[TexasDave]

Depends on the local laws.  In 1992 I moved into the house I was building.  No kitchen, no doors, floors were plywood, etc.  We did the dishes in the tub.  Didn't need a building permit though I got one anyways.  Only inspection was by the Utility for the electrical panel and the sewage enforcement officer for the septic system.

Yes it all depends on the local building codes for the various cities, states or counties. Licensing requirements for all contractors vary from state to state and city to city. How the building inspectors want things done in the same city can be different. Residential construction is usually inspected by one inspector who does it all---framing,plumbing,electrical, etc. After you pay your inspection fee and pass some cities require an additional occupancy fee. As usual its mostly about the money and pleasing the inspector.

Commercial construction is a whole different ball game. Specific inspectors for every phase of construction. Being a commercial Electrical Foreman for many years the first thing to strive for is good relations with the inspector. Find out what he requires and do it his way. Job goes a lot easier. I had a small advantage in Dallas. I knew the head Electrical Inspector because he was a fellow skydiver. That wasn't the case in the rest of the cities.

Dave 

[giantkiller]

Yes I have to get final inspection and an occupancy permit. I ran into a problem when I went to vote. I have a postal address which is on my driver's license. But it doesn't show up in the system for registration for voting. Until the occupancy permit is filed.