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pwschuh

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Just giving this the bump that it richly deserves. Hope life is going OK for you LL and like everyone else, I am rooting for you to get this wrapped up. Just seeing the frustration of your many fans can only give us a hint at what you must be feeling. The house and the thread are both epic and I commend you for your vision. God bless.
 
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green7racer

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Having just found this thread today and looked at every update (yes it was a slow day at work) I am filled with admiration for the effort, the dedication and the perseverance shown by Doug and his wife. Thank-you!
I'm not sure I'd be able to hang in there for so long and especially with the "challenges" they've faced down.
Truly inspirational and another great reason to join this group.
Now, back to my flower box plan doodling.
 
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mrnitrous

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Well i have spent the last few weeks a couple hrs a day reading through 130 pages of this build.

As most have said, it as an amazing build. very cool to read about the concrete work, and i really like seeing the interior being put together.

Hope all is well with you and i am looking forward to seeing the rest of this bad *** build.

Take care

-Mike
 
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checkthisout

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First time I have seen this thread. Not sure how I missed it.

Absolutely mind-boggling! The amount of and quality of work and design in that place is amazing!

Congrats! Hopefully you see an end in sight. Doing a day job and then coming home and building a house at night and on the weekends is tough. Your perseverance alone is worthy of much praise.

Having the boat and dock there probably provides much needed stress relief without having to spend time driving anywhere.
 
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I always get so excited when this thread pops up with a new post and always so dissappointed when there hasn't been an update. I really hope all is well and we'll see some progress here soon, love this house
 
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UNEEKONE

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Over three years in the making. This thread is insane. Hopefully he spent the summer finishing everything up...
 
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joshhouse

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First time posting on this. I just read pages 1-131 in about a week as I had an hour here or there. All I can say is WOW! Hats off to you, sir! Looking forward to see this place progress!
 
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Motoman1100

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Three years is a long time, I'm afraid even the best can get worn down from the process. I was once involved in a many year remodel and I'm pretty sure that I lost a few years off my life.

I hope all is well and the build hasn't become too much.
 
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Doug

I hope you and your home are doing well. I've read through the thread over the last two days of work and really enjoyed it (Though I did read less and less of the chitchat as I went). It's an inspiration to be sure and get everything I want when I finally build a home. I don't normally chime in after a long read like this, but figured I should since you seem to take such enjoyment in bringing lurkers out of the shadows.

I can't wait to see that Willys on the lift in a fully outfitted shop.
 
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Hugo L.

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Not to sound ominous, but when someone working in construction pours as much money and some of his own company's resources into a personal projet, instead of saving up for rainy days, the worst can happen.

I certainly hope that the OP is busy as hell and that his business is thriving.

But I've seen a lot, and I do mean a lot of contractors start doing well, only to start building a big house, a cabin, whatever for themselves, usually something big (because they figure that they can...) and they end up going under.

Keeping my fingers crossed that the OP is not another statistic.
 
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Tyberius

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Or sometimes you're just busy.

I haven't even been in my little garage in weeks, much less doing any work or posting an update to my garage thread.

And I tried to reply to this thread this AM, but got sidetracked.
 
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davo727

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How bout one of you guys that live up there drive by and ask him how its going?
 
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BeachBoy

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I have visited him 1.5 year ago so I have his address and phone number somewhere.

I doubt he is in any trouble just not online anymore. Even when I went to see him (early September 2014) he was already not posting much updates.

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Re: The Concrete Underground Glossary

LLWillysfan said:
LiteDeck - A brand of stay-in-place form used to build concrete floors or roofs consisting of styrofoam planks with longitudinal 'troughs' that create integral beams when filled with concrete.
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I have a small cabin build coming up where about half of the cabin will be slab on grade and half will be cantilevered over a hill. We'd like the entire floor to be a slab. The cantilevered section will be an open crawl space and held up with columns on piers.

Just curious if you'd recommend Lite Deck or simply pouring a ~1.5" slab over a wood framed floor like you mentioned in this previous post?

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showpost.php?p=4724906&postcount=3

Cabin is going to be 32' x 20'. We haven't started digging yet but it appears the cantilevered section will be 16' x 20'. We'd use ten, 24" wide sections of Lite Deck to span the 16' to the far gable. The forms would run lengthwise from center point to far gable, not from eave to eave.

I spoke to Lite Deck and they think the 8" thick WRS product will be sufficient and the price they mentioned sure seemed reasonable.

I've only seen Lite Deck used once and it seems like it would give me more head room in the open crawl space for storage and any maintenance I'd have to do. Wood joists or trusses would eat up a lot more of that space.

Any input appreciated.
 
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HotRodBiker

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jimmyfloyd

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Came in here to see the progress, as this is a great build. Just found the link about the abandoned house in NY, which turns out to be 10 minutes from me
 
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ebfabman said:
Something must of happened......
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Things happen to all of us and life throws us a curve.


Chris705 said:
Beach Boy ----- Please Please Please send Doug a text message...."thousands of viewers are awaiting any kind of update on "The Concrete Underground""
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I recently sent Doug a text and haven't heard back from him. We did share a few PMs back last year or two years ago when his project slowed down.

When not posting in his thread, Doug has given many valuable information on concrete work in general. However 99% of the membership here wants to see him come back and resume/finish this awesome project, I believe we need to be respectful and not invade his privacy.
 
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