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[miniQ]

Pretty damn cool

Edited by miniQ, 30 July 2010 - 05:47 PM.

[Mart!]

You seem to have done all this rather quickly (granted its prefab) but as regards time scales, how long did planning take? And were there any implications in planning being granted (like we'll grant planning if you do such and such...)

well, it all went pretty fast! we bought the lot in december, then spent part of the winter drawing up the plans, then we submited them for the permit in april. the structure took a week to build and 5 days to install...

[Down&Out]

Thats huuuuge.

[Mart!]

the basement and garage's radient floor hoses are now plumbed in, also sprayed some urethane insulation foam around the basement slab!
concrete should be poured in a couple days...

garage:




where the stairs will be:


basement:




and on the way back i spotted what might just be my next project (once the house, and my 2 minis are done )

[Bean]

It's probably just me, but I can't see any of your images? They're just little red 'X's?

And I reaaaaaaaaaally want to see the photos, lol

[mini93]

im seeing them all fine bean

i do like a good house build looks great

Edited by mini93, 03 August 2010 - 09:33 PM.

[Mart!]

It's probably just me, but I can't see any of your images? They're just little red 'X's?

And I reaaaaaaaaaally want to see the photos, lol

weird... they're all hosted on my website, can you see these?
http://www.cheese-fa...m/house/medium/

[Mart!]

YAY, concrete!!!

4 inches in the basement:






6 inches in the garage:



i was afraid the structure would bow out under the weight of the concrete, i think i was being paranoid...





the walls and roof of the garage should arrive next week or so. cant wait to have something i can lock, bringing back the tools every time gets tiring!

-more soon-

[minimad01]

this is amazing

[B-shaw]

Wow!!

Its like grand designs, TMF style!

Amazing work dude! Cant wait to see the finished item

[Cygnet45]

Looking good fella. Can we all pop round for the house warming?

[leadly]

Love it....

lol, may sound sad but i think there would be something oddly satisfying about being the guy in control of the concrete hose!

Just watching grand designs as well.

Will do something like this..........one day.

[Mart!]

Looking good fella. Can we all pop round for the house warming?

SURE!
got a boat?

[Mart!]

ok, time for a little update!

basement concrete after they went at it with the upside-down helicopter:






started framing the walls:


basement door installed:


1st floor getting ready for the radiant heating hoses and 2inches of darker gray concrete:




the concrete is scheduled to be poured next tuesday, 28 days later i'll be able to polish it!
the garage is scheduled for next wednesday!!!!

dunno how it is in the UK - but here in Quebec all construction workers (builders, plumbers, electrician, etc) are part of a union, and they are planning a general strike around august 30, which means the entire build might come to a screeching halt for a undetermined time. seems i might have to do more myself than i had initially planned... we'll see how it goes!

cheers

[jayare]

Looking good but bad news about the tradesmen. That basement would have made an awesome garage if you could have got into it from the front!

JR