House Build w/ 3-car

[Dr. Pepper]

A lot has been happening the last few weeks. The drywall/plaster guys "finished" leaving some pretty ****** sanding work behind. So since we were the painters, guess who got to do all that? An entire day sanding that we should have spent painting put us a day behind. Not very happy about that. Everything is painted minus some trim and the garage. Not bad for less than a week of work.











The mason came and did the fireplace minus the mantle. The tile guy started Thursday laying cement board and started tile on Friday. Nice to see some finishes finally!






The cabinets and vanities should be here Monday. Lights get hung Monday as well. Spoke with a friend of mine and we will be doing 3-1/4" white oak floors and having them stained and cleared. All of the prefinished stuff we find don't seem to be quality. We want a very specific color so that makes the choices slim.

 

[Dr. Pepper]

Chugging right along with this! Finally things are moving fairly quickly. All the interior lights are in and on, minus the vanity lights. Still have the garage lights to do and some exterior lighting left as well. Cabinets are 90% installed. All trim is done minus some crown. Tile should be done this week.

Heres the latest pics.

 

[1/2 Cup]

Just awesome and many thanks for sharing.

Regards

 

[jb3]

This is looking great, i like the design of your home!

 

[Dr. Pepper]

Thanks for the comments guys.

 

[HemiRamOn22s]

Looks good! I like to see these full house builds. Give me some ideas for mine!

 

[Dr. Pepper]

A few updates. Things will be wrapping up before too long.

























Note how the wood is flush with the tile. We put down 1/4" board to achieve this to avoid transition strips everywhere.

 

[Vette10R]

Awesome place!!

 

[QuickRick]

I really like that stone......very nice!

QR

 

[Dr. Pepper]

Thanks guys. The stone is by far our favorite part. There are some post lights and a mailbox post that I made that will get stone on the bottom 24". I'll wait til they're installed before I share some pics of those.

 

[cat06]

Looks very nice, as your post lights. Stone in kitchen is awesome, if I can make one suggestion, check at a electrical wholesale house... they make receptacles and plates in gray and they might blend in better with the stone on the front of the sink counter. Really looks great not trying to be critical

 

[Dr. Pepper]

We were at lowes last night looking at them haha. Have to paint the electrical boxes themselves too. You can see some blue showing. The cabinet opposite the oven has one on a black side panel too, it'll be switched for a black one.

And thanks for the comments and suggestions.

 

[UnionMan]

Looks like everything is coming along nicely. I like the stone on the back side of the kitchen cabinets. How do you plan on finishing the oak hardwood?

UnionMan

 

[AnthonyJ124]

Looks fantastic. Who did you use for cabinets?

 

[dubber]

Nice build, big fan of your design choices. What paint colour did you go with?

 

[Dr. Pepper]

Looks like everything is coming along nicely. I like the stone on the back side of the kitchen cabinets. How do you plan on finishing the oak hardwood?

UnionMan

See next post

Looks fantastic. Who did you use for cabinets?

They are Armstrong Excelon brand

Nice build, big fan of your design choices. What paint colour did you go with?

It is Sherwin Williams Collonade Gray SW-7641 but mixed in Valspar Aspire. Very nice paint. Highly recommend it.

 

[Dr. Pepper]

Hardwood guys have been kicking ***. Very pleased with their work. We went with DuraSeal's new True Black with 3 coats of Satin clear. The below pics are with 2 coats. Final coat tomorrow, then we will do some shoe moulding to fill the gaps. They will be the same white as the baseboards.

























Main Bath-



Master Bath-





And we were having trouble finding post lights that we liked that weren't $1200 a set, so I came up with a plan and knocked these out over the last few weeks. I also had a friend cut me some 4" tall numbers and devised a plan to "float" the numbers off the post and have it back lit. I went through all that work, I went ahead and made an aluminum mailbox while I was at it. A store bought one wouldn't really fit the look. The plywood bases will get covered with the same stone as the rest.



























Those obviously need wired still. The electrician should be back to finish that and wire the fire sprinkler pump. Hardwood guys will be done tomorrow, then finishing touches. Still have railings to make, which I will be making. Hoping to have them fitted this weekend so I can coat them, install them, and string the cables so we can get our U&O.

 

[buildingup]

Love the mailbox and vertical entrance lights. Doesn't look like the mailbox has glass or Plexiglas to keep hornets/bees from building nests inside. I'm Assuming LED light at the base shining up?

 

[Dr. Pepper]

Love the mailbox and vertical entrance lights. Doesn't look like the mailbox has glass or Plexiglas to keep hornets/bees from building nests inside. I'm Assuming LED light at the base shining up?

Thanks! It does have frosted plexiglass behind the number cut outs. All the numbers bolt from the inside of that tube. The screw goes through an 1/8" spacer, the plexi, the post, 1/4" spacer, and threads into the back of the numbers. Good thing the wife has small hands!

And the bulb is a 24" fluorescent style tube light in LED. There is a face mount bulb holder top and bottom to hold it in place.

 

[buildingup]

Mid sharing the holder you are using? I have designs I'm working for the mailbox but haven't gotten to lighting yet really. Planning for a 6" x 6" post.

 

[Dr. Pepper]

https://www.1000bulbs.com/product/54756/SOCK-S2692.html

I drilled the center rivet out and threaded my hardware through the center. This allowed me to pivot them around because I couldn't find a 360* lighting bulb. So there is a "dark" spot the length of the bulb. I can twist it to whichever direction looks best. Also, only one side needs wired with LED bulbs if you're not familiar with them. So the one side gets wired, on the other I removed the wires all together. The holder just holds the bulb in place.

 

[1/2 Cup]

Just one awesome build, many hanks for sharing.

Regards

 

[buildingup]

Thank you!

No ballast that needed to be mounted inside?

Trying to see if I can do with with a solar top plate and little battery for extended use at night but might not be cost affective

 

[doubleot]

Just went through the whole build! Awesome design! You guys have a nice place to call home and it was made the way you wanted it!

 

[Dr. Pepper]

Thanks for the comments guys!

Thank you!

No ballast that needed to be mounted inside?

Trying to see if I can do with with a solar top plate and little battery for extended use at night but might not be cost affective

It depends on your bulb. If you buy direct wire bulbs, there is no ballast. The leads only go on one end of the bulb. The other end is just an empty holder.

If you buy LED replacement bulbs where you just put an LED bulb into an existing fluorescent fixture, they would still use the ballast. Kinda defeats the point of switching to LED in my opinion. Still have the energy sucking ballast that makes noise and cost more to replace than an entire direct wire fixture/bulb setup.

 

[Dr. Pepper]

Few little things. For some reason the electrician put warm white bulbs in the soffit lights above the garage. Switched then out for daylight like every other bulb in the house.

Comparison-







And finally got the right combination of stuff to get the house numbers installed. Same size and material as the mailbox ones. They're 4" tall and have a 6-32 thread tapped in the back. 1/4" diameter spacers, 3/4" long. The screws are 2" long and I cut the heads off and sharpened them like a nail. Drilled 1/4" holes in the siding, put the screws in the back, through the spacer and "nailed" into the plywood sheeting.







Didn't want them to be very noticeable. That's why they're by the door instead of on the column. Building code says they have to be 4" tall and on the front of the house. Should pass. Any pizza boy or emergency person should easily be able to read the mailbox numbers.

 

[Dr. Pepper]

We moved in on May 7th and have been working on oddball projects ever since. There's a lot of things I've had to do that should have been done before we moved in, but you all know how that goes.

Here's so pics of where we left off.













"Temporary" railings I made, powdercoated, installed. We were planning on stainless braided cable rails, but not happy with the deck and didn't want to waste the money if we weren't completely happy with it.





Driveway poured. They did an awful job. Roller lines, uneven edges, they didn't hand tamp by the doors or sidewalk, wider in some spots than others. Needless to say, we didn't pay for this **** work and will be fixed.

















Just some overall shots before me moved in.









Post lights and mailbox lights lit. They are blinding and need toned down a bit.







Another one of the "projects" I mentioned. Shoe moulding throughout the whole house. Before and after..









First night in, we relaxed and watched the Friday series haha



Just got our couches last weekend, TV hung, all the cables hidden.





Frenchie approved!





And most importantly, got the kegerator up and running at a chilly 30*. Got to love Blue Moon on tap.





That's pretty much it. Just finished up sealing the garage floor with TLPPC and will be moving all my garage stuff in this weekend. Hopefully I can get the walls painted by then.

 

[HemiRamOn22s]

Its a shame about the driveway. Was it basecoat and then topcoat? The rest looks nice lets see the garage and floor. Im thinking about TLPPC myself.

 

[Trey T]

very nice exterior design

 

[palmerdrama]

love the house!!!! especially the kitchen.

 

[Dr. Pepper]

Its a shame about the driveway. Was it basecoat and then topcoat? The rest looks nice lets see the garage and floor. Im thinking about TLPPC myself.

No it was one single coat. Not sure how they're going to fix it and make it look right. There's a lot wrong and the pictures don't really show the full extent of it. Where it meets the sidewalk and curves bothers me so much it's not even funny. I drew a marking line how I wanted it and they botched it. Curve is way too tight and makes it difficult to maneuver a crew cab fullsize truck around.

Pics later on the floor. Trying to paint tonight aswell.