smokin george

Greek vegetable dish called Fasolakia. Green beans, potatoes, zucchini, onions,tomato paste and diced tomatoes with various spices cooked in a pot.

We're watching Breaking Bad. We watched Better Call Saul prior and there's characters in Breaking Bad from that series.

7 minutes ago, SkisNH said:

Anyone watch Ray Donovan...is it worth the time?

I watched it all awhile back. I enjoyed it.

Pretty good lake party.

Guess I'm Mikey tonight lol

We're on the 2nd season of Goliath with Billy Bob Thorton. 

13 minutes ago, Frostynuts said:

Beautiful looking home. I love the balance. Have you got a water view from the front or back side ?

We can see the lake from the deck or  inside of the house. That's actually the back of the house but turned it around and have it facing the lake. We have a driveway going around from the garage to the other side to unload groceries etc.

37 minutes ago, Steve753 said:

Nice size place. What's the sq footage?

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.

We're almost ending another week and the concrete will be poured late tomorrow. Just in time for another storm Sat/Sunday.

The holiday Aug 1st is called Natal Day. Fkn stupid Bluenosers

1 minute ago, HSR said:

I know right?? I was like WTF is this about???

I had to look it up!

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

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

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

4 minutes ago, Matt said:

Sorry Muslims.  You are lower on the hierarchy of oppression than the alphabet people, specifically, the T's, who've successfully inserted themselves at the top.  You can get fucked with the rest of the religious types.

-JT

Allah Akbar! Silence I kill you. Boooom

3 minutes ago, 800renegaderider said:

I bet he prefers it and the concrete crew lol. It’s gotta be a lot less labor putting up foam blocks than lifting heavy forms and it’s better end result if you’re going for energy efficiency.

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

52 minutes ago, 800renegaderider said:

Nice looks good. I haven’t seen many of the houses being built with icf foundations around here at least the ones you can see from driving by just one and it’s the concrete companies shop. Seems it be a no brainer in a cold climate.

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. 

2 minutes ago, smokin george said:

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.

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

4 minutes ago, Voodoo said:

ICF is what I'd do next for my shop.

Long construction time is the only major drawback.

Seen them take years from footings to completion....normally it's the end user acting as GC and more as to why.

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.

5 minutes ago, SnowRider said:

Looks like a damn nice place and you have it well thought out.  Congrats! 
 

I put two bathrooms in the basement - 1 with a sink, urinal, and toilet for the bar and entertaining.  The other with a 4’ shower, sink and toilet to serve two bedrooms.  My thought process was guests and/or kids have their own bathroom that nobody else needs to use. 

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. 

Strip loins on the Q and lemon roast taters in the oven and maybe peas/carrots out of a can

21 minutes ago, DriftBusta said:

Yup.  Next house will have one.

Not expensive and it's planned in our drawings and will be roughed in.