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New faucet because of Amazon Prime Days

 

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Got our last concrete pour off at my job today

Poured a slab under the covered deck where 2 / 3000 gal rainwater storage tanks will be located , sidewalk under the deck we just framed , bottom of the pond , crawlspace groundseal , slab in the "garden room" , heat pump unit pad and propane tank pad .

18 yards of 32 mpa / 3/4 aggregate concrete with the 33m pump

Just finished up placing , the guys are finishing it now

 

Going to finish the basement into some useable living space, and I plan to do most of the work. The builder used blown in insulation where there is framing next to the foundation and giant bats of fiberglass everywhere else. There is no electrical or plumbing installed anywhere. I'm thinking about leaving the blow in insulation and framing out my own walls right next to the existing walls. This avoids the creation of an unholy mess of blown in insulation and added expense of reinstalling new insulation. I can think of a number of downsides to this plan, lost floor space and extra framing being the primary ones.

I'd love some feedback and/or better ideas on this.

 

Are they stepped in sizes? I can do that and angle them back to the wall.

 

yup thats not a problem worst case it will use a couple more 2x4's.

 

This way will be a little stronger.

 

I had both set ups in my old garage.

 

got my rear slider on sale over the 4th of July at Lowes. I desperately need to install it. With all my other windows and doors done and replaced with dual pane/gas filled the kitchen/dining is my only hot zone lately. Its truly amazing the difference the windows have made. But cooking when its 105* out has been a real pain and keeps my HVAC constantly running at night. Hopefully soon.

 

haha I can help not a problem.

 

I guess i can add Solar to this. Just signed for 16 panels. Going through the roof assessment process and all that fun stuff but should be installed by the end of next month.

 

Replaced an out dated white sink with this.

 

I’ve also been having fun trying to dominate all my neighbors yards haha. I do think my grass is quite greener if I do say

 

Easy there, LCN

 

All about that curb appeal.

 

Finished removing the old mortar, removed the old flange, replaced the kitchen faucet, and replaced the living room fan today.

 

With our concrete works complete we've turned our attention to completing the outstanding timberwork

Today we started installing the 3x8 fir rafters that will be exposed on their bottom 8' with tempered glass roof panels



Connection from the 3x8 fir rafters to the 6x12 fir beam is a single 5/8" x 12"' galvanized lag bolt with the head and washer countersunk to not interfere with the glazing track later

 

Congrats!