Between 705 & 1200 SQ/FT Buckeye Hill Build

[NWOhioChevyGuy]

Have to say the truck cap storage solution is AWESOME, backed under, remove safety chains & hit button.

 

[jollygreengiant]

You've certainly been busy lately and have a lot more motivation than I do.

Everything looks good though! The drain lines for your eaves, did you just dump them to the lawn or did you use a french drain for them?

 

[NWOhioChevyGuy]

Everything looks good though! The drain lines for your eaves, did you just dump them to the lawn or did you use a french drain for them?

House sets on a hill, so drain tiles are ran to daylight / hill side 50-100' from the house. All but one is functioning perfectly, have to seal up the drain box on the one.

Tomorrow we head to da UP for some fishing and relaxing!!!
This week is what I count down to from the time it thaws in the spring!

 

[NWOhioChevyGuy]

Couple more days of progress.

retaining wall completed & north side of garage graded. Just in time to seed for the fall.

 

[NWOhioChevyGuy]

Hopefully the last load of stone was delivered today.
30.4 ton to finish patio sub base and garage approach extension.

the borrowed skid steer fits perfectly in the shed

 

[NWOhioChevyGuy]

Back working on the inside of the bath & mudroom part of the project.

Insulation completed today. R30 fiberglass w/ poly vapor barrier for ceiling, walls sprayed 2x4 full cavity.

 

[NWOhioChevyGuy]

Finally reseeding the yard from the garage build. Wife also started the beds along the garage, simple but effective for ease of mowing.

Also was able to smooth out where we buried the old concrete from tearing out the foundation & sidewalks. That area yet to be seeded.

 

[NWOhioChevyGuy]

Porch floor installed 4th weekend. Went with 4”T&G treated pine (kiln dried) so once trimmed out it will look like the existing porches.

Grass seed almost ready to mow for the first time.

Beds finished for now

 

[NWOhioChevyGuy]

Finally moving ahead again on bathroom & mudroom part of my project.

5/8” ceiling hung last weekend.
1/2” walls to be done over the next 4 days as I find the time.

Bonus is if I get it all hung my Father in law will finish the drywall while we are on vacation

Electric floor heat system for bathroom has arrived. Tile are on back order. Should be here at the end of the month.

Will be livable by winter, which is the goal for now.

Temp vinyl flooring in mudroom until the kitchen project finds funds and the sister wall is removed.

 

[NWOhioChevyGuy]

Weather is so lovely to hang drywall.
Mudroom almost completed last night. Broke my last rotozip bit sit stopped a little short of complete.

 

[NWOhioChevyGuy]

Drywall all hung, ready for someone more talented than me to finish it while I’m on vacation next week.

Opening in the one wall is for the farmhouse sink, faucet location yet to be determined once floors are done & cabinet is modified.

Guess I took those pictures before I filled in the lower 4” pieces. 8’4” ceilings and 8” baseboards so no big deal on finishing those out.

 

[NWOhioChevyGuy]

Finished and also primed while we were on vacation!!

Now onto trim and flooring, still waiting on tile to arrive.

 

[NWOhioChevyGuy]

Finally those pavers are going down & the wife is almost happy. 3 pretty full days this weekend, and we ran out of bedding sand. Picked more up today so I can finish it up this weekend.

We will enjoy the space, the process not so much.

As mentioned these were purchased second hand and have been sitting here for almost 3 years. Pallets were no longer usable so had to move them all by hand. (Mostly the wife did)

 

[NWOhioChevyGuy]

Also the Mudroom is done, with the exception of cabinets that are on my winter todo list.

 

[NWOhioChevyGuy]

Pavers all down, now just some dry weather needed to get the sand applied and things vibrated. Steps will wait until spring.

Wife got the wallpaper up in the bath this weekend. And I managed to get one window trimmed out. Poplar that will be painted.

 

[NWOhioChevyGuy]

Polymeric Sand installed and patio is 99.5% complete.

 

[Chrisb62]

Looks fantastic......I assume the .5% is the steps you mentioned before ?

Seems big enough for a outdoor party..... once again looks fantastic !!!!

 

[NWOhioChevyGuy]

Looks fantastic......I assume the .5% is the steps you mentioned before ?

Seems big enough for a outdoor party..... once again looks fantastic !!!!

Actually if you look close you will see two old basement windows boarded up. Those need to have field stones laid into them and the dozen or so brick set into the patio along the house there.

Also the corner at the front of the garage has 5-6 brick that need placed but need to wait Until the concrete approach is poured. And with the prices and shortage right now that is going to wait.

& Thanks many a beer will be consumed and get together will be had

 

[NWOhioChevyGuy]

Back inside

Prodesto is down and heat grid laid out.

Ready to tile the floor.

Question on insulating the floor joist in the crawl. Just simple unfaced fiberglass? Crawl has a dirt/sand floor that will get a vapor barrier laid down after plumbing & insulation is completed.

 

[NWOhioChevyGuy]

Back to working on the bathroom this weekend.
Holiday Schedule put a stop to any progress.

Put down the tile floor over the heated membrane.

Almost had a "stupid" attack and used modified thinset, then Friday night was looking closer at the instructions and saw it required unmodified.

Quick trip to Lowe's Saturday before starting and got the right stuff.





Plus the wife refinished the cast iron sink for the room also.

 

[NWOhioChevyGuy]

Floor grouted & trim installed & painted. Wife wants a board & batten look so she’s painting those to get installed next. Then the toilet can be installed and door put back in place once trimmed for floor clearance.

 

[NWOhioChevyGuy]

And now we have heat.

 

[NWOhioChevyGuy]

Trim almost done

 

[NWOhioChevyGuy]

Crapper is in.

 

[andyvh1959]

Nice tile work. I see you used an underlayment material under the tile. I used a similar product in my main bath tile project. The tile seller said I needed a minimum 1.25" of plywood under the tile. No way I could do that, I had 5/8" plywood, single layer, on the floor applied over 2x10 floor joists, on 16" centers. Its a smaller main bath with no large open spans of floor space. I applied a layer of mortar, then pressed down a one piece layer of perforated plastic tile support sheet stock, then applied mortar on top of that to set the 12x24 tile. That was back in 2018 and everything has held up great, no issues.

 

[bugnut]

Is the turlet getting it own door light and fan?

 

[NWOhioChevyGuy]

Is the turlet getting it own door light and fan?

It has an exhaust fan duct in that area and in front of the shower. Remote fan with 2 ducts in trusses / attic.

This is our 3rd bathroom in the house and it is next to the garage / back door. So no need to have a door on the toilet area.

 

[NWOhioChevyGuy]

Sink is installed and operational.
Trim is finished.

Struggling with a shelf’s between my cabinets currently, Kreg pocket screws split the stile on the right cabinet.

 

[thammel]

Split wood is no fun....glue with titebond and clamp. Predrill and screw in new location, you should be ok.

 

[NWOhioChevyGuy]

Yeah I have a plan to fix it - but had to just drop my tools and walk away for the evening.

 

[NWOhioChevyGuy]

Slowly picking away at the list on the bathroom. Figured out the shelves between the cabinets, built laundry basket shelving between W&D and also added a shelf to box in the mechanicals for the W&D. (Per the Boss’s request)

Installed a drying rack as well, all while starting on a new pantry project in the house.

Still have to cut the tile for the top of the laundry basket shelving.

 

[NWOhioChevyGuy]

Finally built the steps for the porch on my garage build last weekend.

I had to wait until some foundation work was completed. Stone laid in to the abandoned basement window.

 

[NWOhioChevyGuy]

Finally getting the tile in the shower done.

 

[NWOhioChevyGuy]

Shower tile completely installed, now time to grout. (After our annual trip to Vancouver for work)

 

[NWOhioChevyGuy]

Bath closing in on 100% complete. Caulk & couple baseboards and it will be done.

 

[NWOhioChevyGuy]

Got my ceiling insulation started last night.

 

[NWOhioChevyGuy]

Mudroom cabinet going in, it was salvaged from the High School we graduated from prior to demolition. It was a built in, all solid wood, took around 200 screws to make it solid again. Painted up well.

Had it in place 20 mins and the “boss” said she didn’t like the scale / open area above. I said fine I will make it a shelf. Not good enough, so a “shelf” for it to sit on was built last night.

Should look great once installed and finished out with new hardware.

 

[NWOhioChevyGuy]

Installed & waiting on some more paint.

 

[NWOhioChevyGuy]

Finally finished installing the ceiling insulation in the garage. Next VB & 5/8” drywall.


Also opened up access to the bonus room above. Will be a bookshelf “hidden” entry eventually.



I don’t have full door height or I would put in a fire door. For now a temporary insulated plywood door to seal up the entry. (On the agenda for this afternoon)

 

[NWOhioChevyGuy]

Been way too cold but working on prepping the bonus room for electric & insulation.

Once those are done I will be able to heat and have the drywall hung and finished.

Received delivery of my mini split last week. Hope to get that installed after insulation is done.

Moving forward again!