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Sweet build! Excellent that you get to build what you want, where you want it, access to the lake, it'll be like a vacation home where you permanently live. Makes for a happy man. As long as your wife is good with everything and happy, all makes for a very happy life. Keep on the build as big snow is inevitable up there. Here in Green Bay I have maybe an inch on the lawn. Not like last fall at this time.

Appreciate the efforts to get along with the neighbor. My neighbor Dave has always been great to deal with, we've helped each other a few times. When I was replacing the failed falling down fence on my east lot line I simply planned to use the old post holes to pour Quickcrete after I got the old posts out. Dave comes over to say he thinks the fenceline is actually well onto his lot. So we worked together to find the stakes and string a line from the street back to the SE corner, and he was right. The original property owner back in 73 had built the fence onto the lot to the east. So we repositioned the fence almost two feet onto my property line (still slightly on his lot) and set the posts. All good since 2012, Dave got a much better looking fence to his side of the yard and we agreed on the fenceline.


I'm very excited for next spring to get off work and jump on the boat for a few hours on a weekday. That and the garage will make it all worth it.

Yes the weather has worked in out favor this year, but I know its coming.

The trouble neighbor is named Dave... But the neighbor on the other side is an older gentleman that is retired and very friendly. He keeps offering to borrow me tools, he is a great neighbor. Thats a great story about your fence and how neighbors should be with each other.

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I will only have about 45’ from my garage doors to the neighbor to the souths property line. Sometimes that will make for some tight maneuvering. So I made some floor pots to provide some anchor points to pull dead cars in the garage. I think they will have many uses and they will be flush mounted. They sit on .25” plate and are a 3.5” O.D. Pipe with a step cut for the lid to sit on. I think it’s .5” side wall and they are 5” tall with the base plates. I welded the chain to the sidewall. Saved me a few hundred bucks to make them myself.

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There have been several times I wished I had installed those in my shop. Looking good! Thanks for posting all the pics.

I like the one where mama Cat is protecting the little cat.:D
 
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There have been several times I wished I had installed those in my shop. Looking good! Thanks for posting all the pics.

I like the one where mama Cat is protecting the little cat.:D


Yeah I keep going back and forth on them but I don't think I will regret putting them in. the plan is to have them flush mounted. You can never have enough pictures on GJ.

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Framing started the week before Christmas. The bearing walls in the basement were built and they started on the floor joists. Then we had about 5-6" of snow the Wednesday before Christmas. The following week we got a few more inches of snow and they got the the decking installed. The last 2 weeks have been slow with the holidays but they still made great progress. So the 4th of January will be the 1st full week ok framing.

The main floor to the ground on the walkout side facing the lake is about 10'. From the walkout its at least another 20' of elevation down to the water. It was very exciting to see what our new view looks like. We can see so much more now from this elevation.
 

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When the wood shows up I always think I spent $*** for that pile. Then slow but sure it turns into your dream. Looking great.
 
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When the wood shows up I always think I spent $*** for that pile. Then slow but sure it turns into your dream. Looking great.



That is very true, I did have a lot of piles so that made me feel better about it.


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There's a lot to be said for living in a setting you love, and living on the water can be wonderful. Even if the land clearing and prep process took longer, I bet that doing it gave you a better feel for the topography and how your building would fit properly. I'm in the process of trying to design/plan a shop, and the more I clear the area, the better feel I get for what will fit the topography and give me the building I want. Bet that it's really rewarding now that you can stand on the main floor deck and feel like it's actually happening.

Do you still have the '72 Torino? Those are such great looking cars, and that color is awesome!
 
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There's a lot to be said for living in a setting you love, and living on the water can be wonderful. Even if the land clearing and prep process took longer, I bet that doing it gave you a better feel for the topography and how your building would fit properly. I'm in the process of trying to design/plan a shop, and the more I clear the area, the better feel I get for what will fit the topography and give me the building I want. Bet that it's really rewarding now that you can stand on the main floor deck and feel like it's actually happening.

Do you still have the '72 Torino? Those are such great looking cars, and that color is awesome!



Yeah I don’t regret clearing the land myself, if I had to do it again I would just do it more efficiently.

Yes I still have the Torino. It’s a 1972 Gran Torino wagon and is very original and clean. I got it a few years ago and have been making a bunch of upgrades so it’s a better daily.

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Went out to the new place after work to check on progress. They have some of the exterior walls up on the main floor and the garage. They plan on being ready for rafters on Monday. I also took a few pictures of the house from down at that lake. They really show the elevation well.

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Framing is going fast, they got most of the first floor done and have the garage walls up. The trusses were too large so they came in 2 pieces and were assembled onsite. Trusses go on today.

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This is the first house I have ever built and like anything its a big learning curve. Everything is going pretty well there are just a few things that I thought were the way I wanted them and ended up different.

The windows on the back side of the garage are 2'x4' and suppose to be 4' off the ground. They were framed in at 3' off the ground. I told them that its wrong and their response is that the plans call out 3'. The standard is to line up the tops of the windows with doors so they did that. It is getting changed and the contractor is covering the cost but in the end I believe that I am right, but I should have had the designer give me a profile view of the house with dimensions so that I can confirm that everything is correct. I just went by it looks good in the model and there is a call out for the scale to measure by.

Another thing I learned is to get your floor plans perfect from the designer and don't assume that you remember to change it when framing is started or just make that change later. If a door opens the wrong way or the kitchen island is turned the wrong way have it changed then. Because the framers will build it how prints call it out. I have had many small changes or ideas that I want to add and its best to just get them in writing and not rely on just telling the contractor.

I think the last thing is meet with every subcontractor or crew that is working on the project to confirm that everyone is on the same page before they start working.

Many of these things are probably known but I figured if I help someone else who is planning a build it would be good to post it here.
 

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The other thing I've learned is really get buy in from the various contractors... I have had a number of times where I show them prints before things are final. They sort of look at things but don't dig into the details. Then things are final they have the prints they are on the job complaining about how something was designed making it hard for them to do "X"... Well I hate to be a a$$hole but you had your time to point this out 6 months ago when I showed you the prints before they were final. Sorry, just coming off a project that went well but some of the "wounds" are still fresh from sub's complaining about this and that. Build looks great.
 
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The other thing I've learned is really get buy in from the various contractors... I have had a number of times where I show them prints before things are final. They sort of look at things but don't dig into the details. Then things are final they have the prints they are on the job complaining about how something was designed making it hard for them to do "X"... Well I hate to be a a$$hole but you had your time to point this out 6 months ago when I showed you the prints before they were final. Sorry, just coming off a project that went well but some of the "wounds" are still fresh from sub's complaining about this and that. Build looks great.

I totally understand where your coming from. I think I should have asked more questions about the efficiency of my design. Is there another way to do something that is less costly but has the same look in the end?

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Last week a lot of progress was made on the build. Trusses went up and roof sheathing was started. They also started framing out the lakeside wall and framed up the porch. Really happy with the build so far and it’s getting very exciting. The vaulted room is huge! It’s really hard to show the scale in pictures.

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We picked some really big windows and doors. But I’m happy we did, we will have some great views. There is also a ton of engineered wood in this build.

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As a contractor, that open/unguarded stairwell opening is driving me nuts. Just a big ol' accident waiting to happen.

Aside from that, your place is coming along nicely. It is going to be amazing!
 
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As a contractor, that open/unguarded stairwell opening is driving me nuts. Just a big ol' accident waiting to happen.

Aside from that, your place is coming along nicely. It is going to be amazing!

That is a very good point about the stairwell, I didnt even think about it much.

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My current work space is my in-laws garage which is about 22’x22’ and the wagon takes up a lot of that space. I insulated it and put up the Sheetrock and did all the mud, taping and sanding. Then painted it all white and added a few lights. I heat it with a 30k blue flame heater when I’m working out there during the winter.

I have also been buying up 89’ and newer Johnson/Evinrude 40hp-70hp outboards as projects. Currently I’m up to 5 and have another one on my pontoon. These motors run really well and are easy to work on. But they are heavy to man handle. I got all of them off of the ground last night and on stands.

My current plan is to get them all tuned and and ready to sell in the spring. Then use that money to do upgrades on my 1990 24’ Party Barge. My wife said no more than 6 at a time, I said what if I find a good deal?


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Yes, it's a Ranchero 500 with a stock 302, these 72's are a bit scarce around here and it can be challenging to find them in the scrap yards when parts are needed, I don't recall the last time I've seen a wagon in this area. Your ambition level for the variety of tasks you're juggling is admirable, keep the spirit and good luck! Rick
 
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Yes, it's a Ranchero 500 with a stock 302, these 72's are a bit scarce around here and it can be challenging to find them in the scrap yards when parts are needed, I don't recall the last time I've seen a wagon in this area. Your ambition level for the variety of tasks you're juggling is admirable, keep the spirit and good luck! Rick

That's awesome! Mine is a stock Cleveland that will get a few bolt on performance mods soon. Yeah I never see 72' around and Torinos/Rancheros of any year and kind of rare to see. Parts are a challenge, I cant even find weather stripping for my rear window.

I definitely have too many hobbies but it keeps life interesting!

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Originally I planned on 10'W x 9'H doors, contractor told me thats all the taller I could go. I think he forgot that I had 12' walls and didnt think we would have enough header space. I figured 9' would be enough but I keep thinking I would regret it later. So I went ahead and changed that. It will delay them about 3 weeks but it will be well worth it.
 

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Originally I planned on 10'W x 9'H doors, contractor told me thats all the taller I could go. I think he forgot that I had 12' walls and didnt think we would have enough header space. I figured 9' would be enough but I keep thinking I would regret it later. So I went ahead and changed that. It will delay them about 3 weeks but it will be well worth it.


I did 10’ tall doors with my 12’ walls. The doors are big but look fine with the tall walls.


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