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Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Canyon Lake, Texas
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We now have an estimate of completion from the builder. He says first or second week of October at the latest.
It's coming along. Right now they're trenching for electrical service, adding fixtures and wall plates, and finishing up the travertine in the kitchen.   
Although the process has been slow, I've been pleasantly surprised by the quality of some of the products he's using in the home. A two-stage high SEER AC unit, with a horizontal air handler in the attic instead of the vertical noise maker in a closet. Beautiful granite and tumbled travertine tile work. An AO Smith Commercial grade 55 gallon water heater with a warranty that will outlive us. Top of the line softener with a lifetime warranty. Lots of other quality stuff as well. For what we're getting, this has been a relative bargain.
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08-30-2018, 07:09 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Central, Pennsylvania
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Just about a year from start to finish and you guys had some bad weather last year.
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08-30-2018, 08:04 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2014
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cpaharley2008
Just about a year from start to finish and you guys had some bad weather last year.
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We did have some bad weather that delayed us for maybe a total of 5 weeks. But, we broke ground in late January, and may finish by early October. So, a total of just under 10 months.
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08-30-2018, 11:38 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
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Looking very nice, Robert. Im sure you’re ready to move in and you’ll be in time for the Holidays.
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08-31-2018, 12:12 AM
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Join Date: May 2014
Location: Sacramento area, California
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It all looks so beautiful. I’m especially jealous of the RV garage!
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08-31-2018, 12:31 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Greg A
Looking very nice, Robert. Im sure you’re ready to move in and you’ll be in time for the Holidays.
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It's been rough Greg. Can't wait to move in.
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08-31-2018, 12:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Jill
It all looks so beautiful. I’m especially jealous of the RV garage!
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It will sure be nice to have the trailer always ready to go. I think it will mean more camping trips.
Some of our friends joke that we bought an RV garage that came with a house.
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08-31-2018, 07:10 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Ashland City, Tennessee
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Hey Robert,
Great choice on the A.O. Smith water heater!!! The factory is about a quarter mile from my condo. Your new house is absolutely beautiful!!!!!! 
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08-31-2018, 09:23 AM
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Originally Posted by titanizer
Hey Robert,
Great choice on the A.O. Smith water heater!!! The factory is about a quarter mile from my condo. Your new house is absolutely beautiful!!!!!! |
Thanks Brenda. Won't be too long now we hope.
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08-31-2018, 11:21 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: WI, Wisconsin
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Congrats! The house is really coming along nicely.
Where is the signup for the house warming/Escape rally? 
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09-26-2018, 12:39 PM
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09-26-2018, 12:51 PM
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Location: Central, Pennsylvania
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looks nice....Up here it is asphalt,...
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09-26-2018, 12:53 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cpaharley2008
looks nice....Up here it is asphalt,...
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Lots of asphalt drives here as well. They're far less expensive. If I had another 50 or 60 feet to run, I'd probably have tabbed it with asphalt to the street.
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09-26-2018, 01:12 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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You are certainly making the concrete supplier one happy fellow. 
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09-26-2018, 01:16 PM
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I should have bought stock....lol. 330 cubic yards for the slabs, and who knows how much for the drives, walks and steps.
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09-26-2018, 05:15 PM
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Are you using rebar or mesh
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09-26-2018, 06:05 PM
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Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Oldtimer
Are you using rebar or mesh
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I haven't seen mesh used in forever. Maybe elsewhere though. Drives and walks we use 10M bar at 16-20" OC.
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09-26-2018, 06:43 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2014
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim Bennett
Drives and walks we use 10M bar at 16-20" OC.
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Mesh is very common here. Rebar would probably be overkill in areas like ours where the ground never freezes.
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09-26-2018, 08:36 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Mid Left Coast, California
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yeah, my kid had to reinforce the sidewalk leading to a 'RV pad' he put in his back yard to satisfy city code, this required steel mesh and higher pressure cement thicker than the regular sidewalk. all this to get neighbors off his back who were complaining about his 5 ton 6x6 army truck burning man rig. hah hah.
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09-26-2018, 09:40 PM
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This goes without saying make sure they pull up on the mesh before they do the smooth out so it’s not just sitting on the bottom.
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