Hi Greg: Do you have a plan for repairing the block wall?

 

Right now we're going to chisel the mortar out and fill the crack with hydro cement, and see if there is any movement. I am meeting the architect tomorrow and see what he will suggest, maybe we can use carbon fiber every so many feet and do something on the outside to release the pressure from the wall. The length of that wall is 40 some feet and there is no one pier where there should be at least 2-3. The whole perimeter of the wall is cracked around the whole basement. Front and one side of the building pressure can be released on the outside, the back and other side is driveway and parking lot. I don't know to what extend and how much the owner is willing to spend to repair that.

 

Day 3, everything nice and clean, now we can rebuild everything, tomorrow meeting with an Architect to do the layout of the office space. One of the pictures is the first floor, this will Phase 2 renovation. Some nice wallpaper, breaks my heart to take that down :thumbsup:.

 

This is several pics of a remodel/add-on we're currently working on... took the pics with my iPhone, they're not the best....

 

Interesting, log siding.


How are they sealed to each other? Is there a lap or a tongue and groove? Or do they butt to each other and rely on the backer to keep water out f the structure.

 

Its more of a lap than tongue n groove, it's actually like a tongue n groove but the groove just has one side, if that makes sense... I'll try and get a pic of a piece and post it.

 

How do you like that sizzor lift? Never used one with the offroad tires like that. Doe it get around ok? Looking for something smaller than a hi lift.

Leo the ones i did were a lap just like regular lap siding. The thing I didn't like was the planner marks that make them look like half round logs.

Cole

 

You mean they had striation marks from knicks in the molder knives?

 

Yes like when a planner knives chatter you get the cross section lines.

The one I was useing weren't rough looking like real logs. They were planned into the half round shape.

 

Get out the sanders.....:laughing:

 

Cool, thanks.

 

We really like it Cole82, the ground clearance could stand to be a bit higher, but still goes a lot of places... but we're wishing for a 4x4 this winter due to insane amount of rain we've been getting.:furious:

 

but we're wishing for a 4x4 this winter due to insane amount of rain we've been getting.:furious:

I wish you would keep it in Arkansas and quit sending it east to Tennessee:cursing:

 

 

Because this was an add-on we just copied how they did it on the original house, around the doors we put 2x4's and all the windows got 2x2's, on the outside corners we put a 2x4, i'll try take some more pics next week.... again this is not how we'd do it usually but we wanted it to match the rest of house.

 

A log cabin with a cantilever, looks silly.

 

Leo,
do you mean the shot I posted?
It's not really a cantilever,more for adding ventilation for the shallow crawlspace .
It only had one window into existing foundation,so we were afraid of dead air causing moisture problems.
This was recommended by insulation contractor because of foamed floor joists and no openings in foundation for windows.
HO didn't want vents or windows in step down,so this was our only alternative.
I think it breaks up the height of the wall and mimics the foundation/log transition in the existing house,tying them together.
The house sits high on a hill,and I thought an unbroken plane of a high wall here would have looked sillier.:whistling

 

I guess I am seeing the low side of the house in the picture, maybe it looks better on the sides that are lower to the ground.

 

Here's my current project - framed a wall with steel studs, hung board to be finished, incorparated/built alumimun wall system into framed wall and ceiling grid to have glass panels, and a door installed, installed new ceiling grid with a grid bulkhead & tile.

This is in a small car parts manufacturing shop - the room is having 4 machines installed for making dashboard inserts.

Sorry about the crappy pics - had to use my crackberry phone as I forgot my dig-cam.

 

Worked on a shipping container today... turning it into a jobsite office:

 

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trim guy--,,,,,,,shipping container---I can't put the 2 together,,,,what are you doing on there- are they redecorating??????// seriously though,,, what are you doing there? instalation of the JS office or inside?

 

trim guy--,,,,,,,shipping container---I can't put the 2 together,,,,what are you doing on there- are they redecorating??????// seriously though,,, what are you doing there? instalation of the JS office or inside?

I framed the wall in the end of the container, sheathed it, and installed the door, window and AC/Heat Pump sleeve.

The office is secured at night by closing the heavy steel doors and closing the container up tight.

 

interesting

Job,
not the norm - that's fot sure.:thumbsup:

 

Hickory Desk

This is a recent kitchen desk I did for a school Teacher. It was built into a niche using standard sized cabinets from a major cabinet manufacturer.

The strange left side was to work around the window that was too close to what we wanted to do.

Anyway, it's a simple job but it will always be one of my favorites since I love hickory so much. This is a true representation of what hickory should look like. In our model homes, too many Superintendents make us swap out doors if one is TOO wild in colors. That is not good because when a customer orders hickory based on the model which is too toned down, it will not represent what they will get. Too many new home buyers complained about wild colors that was not in the model.

Product is Merillat, wood species is hickory with a light cider color.

Man I love the colors in this desk.
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Oak Desk

Another kitchen desk. This one was in our old showroom. When we redid the showroom we sold this as is for $500 and installed it in an older home for an additional fee. Customer loves it!!

Product is Merillat, wood species is oak and color is cider. A laminate top with a white counter top molding completes it.

Simple and easy.

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did you do any inside framing/insulation on the container?

 

steel studs run horizontally on 2' centers were welded to the container. Spray foamed.

 

I don't like that hickory unit at all. The very unmatched panels look horrible. If they were all like that it might work, but on the left you have a few doors that are very uniform and on the right you have panels that are grossly mismatched. Especially the center panel on the right side.

 

I don't like that hickory unit at all. The very unmatched panels look horrible. If they were all like that it might work, but on the left you have a few doors that are very uniform and on the right you have panels that are grossly mismatched. Especially the center panel on the right side.

i thought it was just me who thought them doors looked strange together. Some look totally different than the others.

 

The grain should be matched, like this. Same boards used full height, even though there are two doors. Even frames that are side by side come from the same board.

 

I have noticed with Hickory unless it is a custom job that you make yourself, you always get that totally random mismatched look that Jimmy showed, its not for everyone, but some customers like it, GMOD

 

You have to specify the grain match. Usually it is the premier series or something like that. Those are likely their less expensive series. Either way, not for my house. Even when you specify grain match it can be tough. Hickory is so varied in graining and color you may not have enough wood to get matches on everything. If you are buying containers full of hickory then no problem, if you are a small custom shop then it can end up being a problem with running out of matchable wood.

 

I've seen a few of the pictures you've posted Jimmy...and I got to tell you... I am diggin how you found a niche that people want and are making it work. Kudos for being creative and not being thrown off by others opinions. Go make a mint doing what you enjoy!:thumbsup:

 

After pushing snow until 2pm I started this winder stair case.

Cole