We're building an ICF house - Page 15

adam_c_eckhardt · 11-01-2012, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Mercury264

Sorry for the folks in NJ....

You could help them out by rooting for the NY Giants /Jets on Sunday.

SourKraut · 11-01-2012, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by adam_c_eckhardt

You could help them out by rooting for the NY Giants /Jets on Sunday.

No can do.

We did send supplies down to Hoboken through our company.

adam_c_eckhardt · 11-04-2012, 05:53 AM

Work has resumed!

We hired the site and septic guy back to do some more rock walls and finish the driveway. Kinda hurts to hire him to do stuff that I can do, but he's proven how good (and fast) he is, and I've found that I just don't have the time.

You'll also notice that our overhangs have taken shape and the character of the house is starting to come out.

We should have a real roof on within 2 weeks- GC is hoping late next week.

Unfortunately these pictures of the rock wall don't do it justice- it's really stunning in real life. Maybe it's just that way to us, because we know what it looked like before (like a bomb went off!).

From November 4, 2012

kobudo28 · 11-04-2012, 10:59 AM

NICE!!!

Piston · 11-04-2012, 11:27 AM

Lookin good! It must be fun to look back at old pics of the site when it was just in the beginning stages. It's really starting to look like a house now!

adam_c_eckhardt · 11-19-2012, 04:04 PM

We're at one of those stages where work is happening but it doesn't show.

They're working on exterior trim and soffit detail. Ok Seriously how do you spell soffit?

From November 19, 2012

And the driveway is done and looks awesome. Everything near the driveway has been spruced up.

From November 19, 2012

Windows and doors came in the other day and are showing up on site late next week. Gable ends are closed in now.

Nothing terribly exciting, but progress is progress.

Piston · 11-19-2012, 04:43 PM

That looks great!

What did you use for the driveway? Did you use geotextile fabric at all?

adam_c_eckhardt · 11-19-2012, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Piston

That looks great!

What did you use for the driveway? Did you use geotextile fabric at all?

The driveway base is a combination of 3" hardpack and bank run gravel. Most of that base has fabric under it. There is one section that is directly on ledge so I didn't waste the fabric there. The top coat is 3/4" hardpack. We did the parking area in plain old crushed gravel due to anticipated wear and tear during the rest of the build. I'll put a top coat on next summer.

and I put a deposit on a new Kubota the other day.

Piston · 11-19-2012, 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by adam_c_eckhardt

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and I put a deposit on a new Kubota the other day.

Did you go with the L3400?

adam_c_eckhardt · 11-19-2012, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by piston

did you go with the l3400?

l3540

Piston · 11-19-2012, 06:26 PM

Nice! Your gonna love it.

adam_c_eckhardt · 11-19-2012, 06:29 PM

Yeah if the snow will hold off for another couple weeks I've got loam to spread along with other final touches around the house. Then the major cleanup begins and that will take years.

ian408 · 11-20-2012, 07:16 AM

Pushed the "new posts" button and found this

House looks very nice.

Been following the various foam construction techniques and they seem to take less time to erect and offer better insulation than traditional stick framing. About the only thing faster seems to be pre-fab (only because it's built offsite and craned into place and what you see is house at the end of the day.).

How's the interior coming along?

Crisis management · 11-20-2012, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by adam_c_eckhardt

They're working on exterior trim and soffit detail. Ok Seriously how do you spell soffit?

Yre speeling are gud.

Just cause it's always interesting to know:

Origin of SOFFIT

French soffite, from Italian soffitto, from Vulgar Latin *suffictus, past participle of Latin suffigere to fasten underneath — more at suffix First Known Use: 1592

Good to see the progress, with Sandy having passed through I was wondering whether you had been sidelined by storm damage.
Keep them updates coming!

Hannda · 11-20-2012, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by adam_c_eckhardt

Ok Seriously how do you spell soffit?

Soffit's easy, it's fascia that's difficult.

11-04-2012, 10:59 AM	#214
kobudo28 Beastly Adventurer Joined: Sep 2005 Location: New Hampster. Live, Freeze and Ride. Oddometer: 5,663	NICE!!! __________________ Be yourself, everyone else is already taken.

11-04-2012, 11:27 AM	#215
Piston Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Mar 2007 Location: Central MA Oddometer: 133	Lookin good! It must be fun to look back at old pics of the site when it was just in the beginning stages. It's really starting to look like a house now! __________________ “What the Lion is to the Cat the Mastiff is to the Dog, the noblest of the family; he stands alone, and all others sink before him. His courage does not exceed his temper and generosity, and in attachment he equals the kindest of his race.”

11-19-2012, 04:43 PM	#217
Piston Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Mar 2007 Location: Central MA Oddometer: 133	That looks great! What did you use for the driveway? Did you use geotextile fabric at all? __________________ “What the Lion is to the Cat the Mastiff is to the Dog, the noblest of the family; he stands alone, and all others sink before him. His courage does not exceed his temper and generosity, and in attachment he equals the kindest of his race.”

11-19-2012, 06:26 PM	#221
Piston Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Mar 2007 Location: Central MA Oddometer: 133	Nice! Your gonna love it. __________________ “What the Lion is to the Cat the Mastiff is to the Dog, the noblest of the family; he stands alone, and all others sink before him. His courage does not exceed his temper and generosity, and in attachment he equals the kindest of his race.”

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11-19-2012, 06:29 PM	#222
adam_c_eckhardt ^OP thunked Joined: Nov 2007 Location: Live Free or Die Oddometer: 4,237	Yeah if the snow will hold off for another couple weeks I've got loam to spread along with other final touches around the house. Then the major cleanup begins and that will take years.

11-20-2012, 07:16 AM	#223
ian408 More wag; less bark Joined: Apr 2003 Location: Santa Clara, CA Oddometer: 11,800	Pushed the "new posts" button and found this House looks very nice. Been following the various foam construction techniques and they seem to take less time to erect and offer better insulation than traditional stick framing. About the only thing faster seems to be pre-fab (only because it's built offsite and craned into place and what you see is house at the end of the day.). How's the interior coming along?