Home addition photos

[giles]

Awesome! Looking good

 

[hickslawns]

Good updates. Was thinking about this the other day. Good to see you plugging along.

 

[Jackalope]

Looking awesome man. Love seeing the pics

 

[Mike]

Nice work!

 

[Bowkills]

Thanks. The flip phone is awful for documentation....ill have my wife send me better pics from her album to post in the future. I think another 900 block and fireplace guts should hopefully complete the shell...

 

[Bowkills]

Looking awesome man. Love seeing the pics

Ill need that furnace101 course u posted...although a newer modle i doubt my little furnace could heat this. Ill tackle that much much later.

 

[Bowkills]

900 more block arived today. Truck number 6 total for the project. Should be the last until spring. it will close in fast and look like something very soon.

 

[Bowkills]

 

[Bowkills]

tried showing a bit better detail what im doing and the tool theif in action. Two walls left until trusses. My body is wearing down quicker being a hod carrier and mason and the manuel fork lift these days. Not 20 anymore thats 4 sure. Im looking forward to putting the roof on watching for bucks chasing from my elevated perch, and go after one...

 

[the Lackster]

Very nice!!

 

[hickslawns]

Little pig, little pig, let me in.

Screw you. I built this brick house for a reason. Screw you tornadoes and big bad wolves.

 

[Bowkills]

Little pig, little pig, let me in.

Screw you. I built this brick house for a reason. Screw you tornadoes and big bad wolves.

My wife kids and i watched and took a video of a twister from our front yard a few years back...i ve seen 3 now in my life and have all have been close enough to make me want more than sticks.

 

[Bowkills]

so far this is the only thing ive dropped the ball on estimation wise. Rebar is $1 a foot. 423 dollars of 3/4 bar laying here. Most commercial jobs 5/8 is used but i used 3/4 in the footer so i continued up with it. im over 3k worth of metal in this. Ill have another grand or 2 in it after more footers and porch construction next spring. Opps. Im sure ill be sticker shocked with somethin else during this.

 

[giles]

You are doing fine, if that's all you missed.

 

[Bowkills]

Exterior walls all finished tonight. Current materials used.....
4500 block laid
17 tons mason sand
136 bags of mortar
35.25 yards of concrete delivered 10 tons of stone for mixing grout how many ever 100lb sacks of portland to mix 10tons of grout shitload of rebar holding it all together.

Had the best 2days working yet. Knocked out the last wall before trusses can go up. I might rough in the fireplace while the last wall cures a bit before putting weight on it. It will be nice to be able to start a fire in it this winter. Ill get pics from my wife soon. Going to hunt when i can and get my other kids on deer i hope and work on this. Winters coming...

 

[hickslawns]

Good for you Bowkills! You've been busy. Best of luck in the hunting.

 

[Bowkills]

Good for you Bowkills! You've been busy. Best of luck in the hunting.

Thanks. My season is already one to remember with my boys deer. Anything else is icing on the cake..

 

[Bowkills]

the wind is whippin! About bidened my pants walking the top of the wall to get a bit of a brace up. I believe a sedative of some kind is n order until the wind dies to keep me sane. The only draw back to the flip phone is bad pics and goggle maps.

 

[hickslawns]

Don't drop a Biden.

 

[Bowkills]

gosh darn it! With the lack of all masonry fireplaces built anymore dampers are ordered and not stocked regularly even at masonry supply yard around here. I dont enjoy being in towns or cities and hurry getting in and out. Well bought this at 11am and just looked it over, fugg! Cracked all the way through and no handle or lift arm that comes loosely bolted on where they r made. Someone probly already returned it once. My fault. Half day f up and gas money. Another hour 20 drive to return for a good one. Time is priceless with freeze nearing.