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smokin george

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  1. Only 1468 sq ft main floor and same with basement. Garage is 26x26. The deck is 48x12' with 2 covered porches. Basement will be the party room with pooltable, 2 dartboard, dry bar, big TV bthrm will have a urinal as well.
  2. Love the progress today. Six hours to get the trusses up.
  3. We're almost ending another week and the concrete will be poured late tomorrow. Just in time for another storm Sat/Sunday.
  4. The holiday Aug 1st is called Natal Day. Fkn stupid Bluenosers
  5. I had to look it up!
  6. Truth and Reconciliation Day! WTF! Government,schools and daycares have the fkn day off. WTF do parents do if they have little kids and have to work.? Inconsiderate Government bastards
  7. It's some weird holiday today here in Nova Scotia and invited the son/wife/ grandkids and a friend for dinner. I'm doing 4 racks of ribs, wife baked a pumpkin pie and daughter in law is bringing some side dishes
  8. Big F"n rock! Only about a foot sticking out of the ground and he wanted it out. Now it's gone to the rockpile
  9. Energy efficient, airtight and definately solid. Too bad we don't qualify for the heat pump rebates here on a new build. We're going with all LED lighting, propane stove so most of the power usage will be from the heat pumps,dishwasher, washer and dryer whenever they're being used. The weather here isn't that bad during winter and the wood burning fireplace can provide some heat as well. We have plenty of trees to buck/split so getting wood won't be a problem
  10. Our builder prefers ICF and we've been to his last 3 builds throughout different stages of the builds to completion. He is fussy and his main guy is meticulous so we're in good hands.
  11. I forgot lol. Basement walls are up and poured ,septic tank is in,weeping tile around the house is in and backfield. Lower doors/windows are ordered as well
  12. We're into our 5th week sofar. 1st week was cutting all the trees down,moving them out of the way and start digging for the footings. There were some serious boulders/rocks under there. 2nd week was digging,measuring etc for the footings then pouring. 3rd week building the frost wall/rebar and pouring. 4th week was putting in the sewage/plumbing and getting the well drilled. 5th week they're leveling the gravel and putting in the rebar or whatever and pouring tomorrow at 8am.
  13. The wife's craft room (15×13) can double as a bdrm for guests with an inflatable airbed or they can sleep in the garage lol.
  14. Strip loins on the Q and lemon roast taters in the oven and maybe peas/carrots out of a can
  15. Not expensive and it's planned in our drawings and will be roughed in.
  16. Yes and a small vanity as well. Main floor will have a master bdrm/ ensuite, spare bdrm and guest bathroom. What is normally the front of the house will be the back of the house and we're putting a driveway back there for unloading groceries etc. The washer/dryer room then closet then a walk in pantry then kitchen. The living room will have a wood burning fireplace and and a partial vaulted ceiling. On each end of the house will be a covered porch with one being screened. The deck is 40x12 and a great view of the lake. The attached garage we switched to the right side
  17. We have a couple friends that have them and decided the party room will be downstairs and if any of the ladies want to use it instead of the toilet go ahead lol
  18. We are going all the up and once the floor is poured/cured they can install the steel beam/post then the joists/subfloor to get all the scaffolding up to start on the main floor. Sofar we haven't had to wait for an inspector which can slow things up. The wife will be happy she's getting her craftroom lol. I'm getting the garage (26x26) and a big part of the basement for a pool table, dartboards, small bar area and possibly a shuffleboard. We're putting a urinal in the basement bathroom.
  19. Our builder did a quote ICF vs stick built here in Nova Scotia and the ICF came out $2600.00 more. It wasn't a difficult decision to make.
  20. The basement walls are done and pouring the floor/garage sometime next week. The builder is a good friend and the quote ( turnkey) is business. He lives on the lake, starts early and even works on weekends and all we do is make sure there's water and pop in the little fridge that we have there. They don't touch the beer.
  21. We did ok! Other than 3 trees on our lot that dropped in the bush no damage. Lucky the concrete was poured on Friday.
  22. Not gonna happen! Alot of our friends get around here at the lake on golf carts and have yet to see anyone plug in.
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