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Ceiling drywall started

Posted to TheHoskensProject by Brian in Dome-ville, central, FL on 1/19/2012 12:42:20 PM

We picked a rainy day to start on the drywall. Picked up in the rain, had to cover the drywall with plastic on the way back to the dome, and unload in the rain. Thankfully it was not raining hard, and the drywall stayed dry. We got three sheets placed on the ceiling. My first attempt at using a RotoZip tool was, ahem, not too accurate. The next two electric boxes went MUCH better (see pics).

We are using a backer board system for the ends of the drywall sheets called "Buttboard"made by Trim-Tex. Basically you screw both ends of the drywall to the Buttboard. Since there's a very small valley cut into the Buttboard, it forces the ends of the drywall to bend into the valley, giving you a 1/8" shallow V across the seam. When you mud over it, the seam tape doesn't make a bump. It seems to do as it's supposed to; anything to make the sheetrock easier to finish!

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The first attempt at using the RotoZip cutout tool. Not so good.	Next cutout came out just fine!	The T-braces helped a LOT!
Patrick puts in drywall screws	Three panels up, several dozen to go.

Ready for drywall

Posted to TheHoskensProject by Brian in Dome-ville, central, FL on 1/11/2012 3:32:00 PM

We went through the dome and pulled extra nails, checked clearances and generally cleaned up getting ready for drywall. Got the upstairs bath fan put in and a few other items done, ready to put drywall up!

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Toilet and shower drain for upstairs

Patrick painting the front door.

Electric entrance conduit completed

Posted to TheHoskensProject by Brian in Dome-ville, central, FL on 12/29/2011

Got a few minor items done, and one major accomplishment. Our oldest dug the trench from the transformer to the house and we placed the main electric power conduit to the meter location, while the youngest dug out all around the house to expose the foundation a little, and washed and scrubbed it so we can seal it and paint it. We had a little issue with fire ants getting into the house in one corner. Although they are gone now (thanks to Amdro fire ant bait), we are going to re-seal and paint the bottom edge of the dome where the panels meet the foundation. We also had a little time to ride around on the mini bikes, have a bonfire, and fill the cracks in the dome floor with concrete sealer. Fun family day!

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Matt and his cruiser	Pat in the hole. It's been almost five years since I placed the conduit under the transformer, so we had to dig around to find it. Ended up with a pretty big hole under the transformer trying to find the conduit so we could connect to it.	Pat getting ready to glue his end of the conduit.
Getting ready to place and glue the last turn on the conduit.

Posted by Mark in APO, AE on 1/21/2012 Mark's Forum Posts: 12 Interview Answers: 63 Average Forum Rating: 3.93 Mark's Selected Image 1/21/2012	Hey Brian, I'm curious to know why you are running conduit all the way to the transformer.  I just did a little research on this subject for the area where I plan to build (in Georgia) and the power company only wants the conduit stubbed down into the ground, but not run all the way to the transformer. I've enjoyed watching your progress. Mark
Posted by Brian in Dome-ville, central, FL on 1/21/2012 Brian's Forum Posts: 86 Journal Entries: 108 Interview Answers: 248 Average Forum Rating: 3.87 Image from Brian's blog 1/21/2012	It must be a Florida Power and Light requirement. I considered asking about it, but since it was only 12 feet I decided it was cheap insurance. Plus, they provide the conduit and since I dug, they took $150 off the $400 fee for energizing. The primary side (from the pole to the transformer) is about 400 feet, and they required that in conduit as well.

Things are picking up, passed framing and insulation inspection

Posted to TheHoskensProject by Brian in Dome-ville, central, FL on 12/10/2011

Good times working with the oldest lately. Got a framing and insulation inspection and passed both. We needed one extra 2x4 in a load-bearing area of the wall (which we put in right away) and all was good. Got all the floor and corner blocking installed. I want the double 2x4's on the floor so there's more to nail to when I put up the drywall and the baseboards, too. The extra blocking will let me lift the drywall up to be 1" or more off the cement, so finish flooring will still be under the drywall. Also if I have a minor flood (clothes washer hose bursting, leak somewhere) the drywall shouldn't get wet. Now that the framing inspection is done, we can put up drywall, and finish out everything. The only thing left is all the final inspections!

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Blocking on the floor plate.	Bosco decided to shake his head JUST when I took the picture...	One of the maples we planted is turning red for fall. We planted six, and four of them made it through the first year. Looking pretty good!

Almost ready for framing inspection!

Posted to TheHoskensProject by Brian in Dome-ville, central, FL on 11/30/2011

Got a lot done in two days again. Installed the stair risers, ripped out the tub apron and re-framed it, put in the Unistrut for mounting the outside electric meter can, and a few other things. It's getting a little cold too, so we tried out the propane heater. It's nice. The dome is very well insulated, too. We closed the windows and went to bed at 9 pm, and the inside of the house was 66°F. With NO heat at all (except the heat of two adults sleeping), the temp in the morning at 8 am was still 66°F. The low outside was 35°F that night. We LOVE our dome.

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Stairs with risers installed	Stairs close up	Re-framed tub apron
Main water valves in their new box	Support Unistrut for electric meter box	The new temporary heater
Luke approves of the heater.

Posted by Tim in North Pole, AK on 12/3/2011 Tim's Forum Posts: 17 Journal Entries: 25 Interview Answers: 66 Average Forum Rating: 4.20 Tim's Selected Image 12/3/2011	Good luck on your inspection. As a fellow DIY'er, I can fully appreciate the milestone you're about to achieve. You'll be relieved, to say the least.
Posted by Peter in Burlington, WA on 12/4/2011 Peter's Forum Posts: 18 Interview Answers: 36 Average Forum Rating: 4.32 Randomly Selected Image 12/4/2011	I'm curious as to how the stairs passed inspection. Don't they have to be consistent or regular, or something like that for code?
Posted by Brian in Dome-ville, central, FL on 12/5/2011 Brian's Forum Posts: 86 Journal Entries: 108 Interview Answers: 248 Average Forum Rating: 3.87 Image from Brian's blog 12/5/2011	The stairs are what's called "alternating tread stairs". They are not code for living space, but they ARE okay for storage/attic space. To save time and money, I am not finishing out the top floor, so it's "attic space".

FINISHED with the fiberglass-laced drywall !!!

Posted to TheHoskensProject by Brian in Dome-ville, central, FL on 11/19/2011

I am SO happy to report that we are finished with the 1/4" DensDeck drywall. This stuff is very water resistant (rated to sit outside for up to a year), but it's reinforced with fiberglass, and cutting it gets itchy powder everywhere. It comes pre-glued on the interior surface of the dome panels, but NOT on the entryways, window dormers or door dormers. On those surfaces the builder has to cut to fit all those funky triangular shapes and use spray foam (expanding foam in a can, like Great Stuff) to glue the pieces on the Styrofoam surface.

According to the instructions, you spray on a bead of expanding foam every 6" or so and put up the panel, and kind of pull it off and press it back in place to squish the foam around, and it's supposed to get tacky and stay after a few minutes. After getting hit in the head by one of the first panels falling off, I decided to brace them in place for 20 min.  THAT worked just fine. I also decided to put a bead of sticky stuff every 3" or so, just to make sure it stays.

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Had to make a custom "corner cover" for this little area.	The high profile entryway drywall gluing. That's about 10 feet in the air. FUN.	We were given a small countertop about two years ago. Stored in the garage, it absorbed moisture and warped about an inch (the ends are 1" up off the cabinets at either end!). As you can see, we decided to pile nail boxes on both ends in an attempt to UN-warp it. We will see how it goes in a couple weeks.
The kitchen area. The four cabinets in a row will have a kitchen sink in the middle, and the two off to the side will just be a short extra countertop. The stove/oven will be in between them.

LOTS more accomplished.

Posted to TheHoskensProject by Brian in Dome-ville, central, FL on 11/4/2011

Hard at work Thursday and Friday. Today was "cutting holes in the house" day. Cut a hole in the bathroom wall over the window for the vent fan, cut a hole for the dryer vent, cut two more holes for a power outlet at each door (per code, must have one outlet at each entryway). Since the exterior of the dome is fiber-reinforced cement covering a steel wire mesh (not your average stucco), it took a special carbide grit Sawzall blade to cut through, after drilling a pilot hole with a carbide masonry bit. Anyway, we got that done, added in a couple more power outlets I had remembered we needed (near the alarm panel and near the internet router area). After that we got almost all the drywall panels in the window dormers glued up. Only two more dormer panels to go, and THAT's done. I'll be really glad, since the panels are 1/4" fiberglass-reinforced drywall, so it ITCHES!!

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The bath vent duct barely fits between the ceiling drywall and the top of the window dormer. Actually it had to be forced into an oval as you see. We'll just lightly squash the flexible duct to fit on there.	And the bath vent opening on the outside. The expanding foam is great stuff. It will be cut away when cured so it doesn't look bad.	Near the kitchen door, you see the power outlet in its weatherproof housing, and the dryer vent. That's a paver leaning against the vent, keeping it straight and flush while the foam sealing it cures.
Drywall on the interior of the dormer with bracing, while the glue cures.	Nice new drywall. That small mis-alignment at the top will be mudded and covered with drywall tape.	Bosco, don't you think that stick is a little big?

PASSED rough electrical, and solving the cold shower problem.

Posted to TheHoskensProject by Brian in Dome-ville, central, FL on 10/21/2011

We PASSED the electrical rough inspection! There were a couple of minor items, but easily corrected. The scary thing is now all we have left is insulation inspection, framing inspection, and the final inspection! Framing is almost completed, insulation basically is as well, but after those are done we have to drywall, install everything, and completely finish the project. That's a LOT to get done before the final inspection!! Now, the temps have been dropping and the well water is cold anyway, so we got this handy little propane gas "camp shower" and ran the showerhead in the window. The heater turns on and off when you open and close the water flow switch. Worked perfectly, and I couldn't be happier to have a hot shower.

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Patrick places pavers for the front walk

The last couple times we tried to stay the night, "bath time" was the only issue. The well water is freezing cold, so we mounted this propane-powered outdoor shower just outside the bath window.

Posted by Tim in North Pole, AK on 10/21/2011 Tim's Forum Posts: 17 Journal Entries: 25 Interview Answers: 66 Average Forum Rating: 4.20 Tim's Selected Image 10/21/2011	I had to chuckle when I saw your shower setup. Did you shower inside or outside? Last summer I rigged up a MASH 4077-style shower stall next to my camper using the exterior shower head. Usually used it later in the evening so I wouldn't scare anybody that might come down the road... Tim
Posted by Brian in Dome-ville, central, FL on 10/22/2011 Brian's Forum Posts: 86 Journal Entries: 108 Interview Answers: 248 Average Forum Rating: 3.87 Image from Brian's blog 10/22/2011	The shower has a five-foot hose, and it will reach in the window and into the tub by about two feet, so we shower in the tub. Worked perfectly, and easy to set up and take down. Hook up the propane tank, connect the hose, and you're ready.

Bath seat, wiring and yard work

Posted to TheHoskensProject by Brian in Dome-ville, central, FL on 10/7/2011

Got a LOT done in two days with the help of my oldest son. Finished the wood top on the bath seat, got more wires run, and lots of yard work. I keep finding things I missed (an alarm wire here, a telephone wire there). Pat and I put in blocking on corners for the drywall to screw to in several places, and I think all the blocking is done except for some I noticed on the way out. We'll get that next time. I needed to run a couple more wires for alarm sirens and sensors, got that finished.

Pat got most all the yard whipped into shape, as I have been hiding in the house doing work inside while it was VERY hot out during the summer months. It was pretty nice out this week, 78°-82°F high and a cool breeze. Got several other items put onto my list to get done in the next two weeks, and then we get a rough electrical inspection probably next week.

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Bath seat with plywood. This will all be covered by a sheet of DUROCK and a layer of LATICRETE Hydro Ban, a liquid-applied waterproofing that you can tile right over. Makes for an easy DIY shower area.	The septic area (mowed), and near the house and electrical transformer	The GRIM REAPER. The weeds didn't stand a chance. LOTS of dust due to dry conditions, that's a painter's respirator he's wearing.
We used scrap plywood to screw into the sides of the stairs, so the drywall would have something to screw to along the bottom edge between the studs.

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Posted to TheHoskensProject by Brian in Dome-ville, central, FL on 9/26/2011 3:19:32 PM

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Alarm wire run, bath seat built!

Posted to TheHoskensProject by Brian in Dome-ville, central, FL on 9/25/2011

Got almost all the alarm wiring run for the alarm system. You'd think 1,000 feet of wire would be enough... no, about 100 feet short. I'll get it next time. Also, I built the bath seat. You can see it below, built like a truck could drive on it... hey, that's how I build. Next trip I will get the alarm wire finished and do the rest of the blocking/bracing in the walls.

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All the home runs for the alarm wire go to the closet...	Bath seat framing	And ready for a top. The top will be TWO layers of 3/4" plywood. Partly to make the top of the seat even with the rim of the tub, and partly to make sure it WON'T flex and let a tile crack...
Bosco the giant puppy

Internet, phone and cable TV run

Posted to TheHoskensProject by Brian in Dome-ville, central, FL on 9/16/2011

Got a LOT done in the last two days. Spent a lot of time running cables. I ran two Cat5e and one Cat6 cable to several places (can use the Cat5e for phone). I ran those to a lot of the same places I ran the RG6 TV cable, I plan to have a little multi-outlet faceplate that has a TV jack, a phone jack and a computer jack. I am finished with the wires, except for the alarm system wire.

I also glued in place some pieces of 2x4 along the perimeter of the dome first floor, even with the bottom of the joists so there's something to screw the ceiling drywall to. According to the plans, you're supposed to cut a 1/2" slot all the way around and slide the drywall into this slot. That sounded like a cluster to me, plus the drywall on the dome is 1/4" DensDeck, reinforced with fiberglass, and every time I cut into it I get covered in fine fiberglass particles... no thanks.

I had some spray foaming to do, so I tried foaming in a couple of the electrical boxes that needed to go in the wall... wow. Sounds easy... "Just cut a hole, slide in the box, and spray a little expanding foam in behind it to hold it!" Yeah, while the foam is busy expanding and pushing the box out of the hole, you grab for anything you can stuff in the edges to hold it without getting the foam everywhere. Anyway, I also finished the overlook wall with the sliding window in it. I need to place one more 2x4 in it, but it's basically done.  Pics below.

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All the cables for phone, internet, TV, etc. come together under the stairs.	Luke helping with the cable.	Perimeter boards, being held up by extra 2x4's while they glue
These were stubborn, I had to brace them with little scraps of wood AND hold them up with 2x4's.	Electrical box foamed into the wall.	Fan box for the ceiling fan. I placed a 7/16" bolt in the concrete seam of the dome and cemented it in place, slid on the fan box and foamed it in to keep it from moving. It's not going anywhere.
The overlook wall with the sliding window in it.

Posted by Tim in North Pole, AK on 9/16/2011 Tim's Forum Posts: 17 Journal Entries: 25 Interview Answers: 66 Average Forum Rating: 4.20 Tim's Selected Image 9/16/2011

Brian, I feel your pain with all the details involved with building your place. I'm not building a dome, but adding some custom features and extra insulation techniques that really slow a guy down. In the end it will be worth it. At least that's what people keep telling me. Tim

Electrical rough-in complete, TV cable run

Posted to TheHoskensProject by Brian in Dome-ville, central, FL on 8/31/2011

The electrical wiring is all run and ready for inspection, and the TV cables are all run. Next is telephone, computer, and alarm wiring. More pics below!

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All the TV cable runs coming together under the stairs, where there will be a junction box.	Spaghetti ready to be installed in the breaker box	Nice clean orderly runs.

Posted by Tim in North Pole, AK on 9/3/2011 Tim's Forum Posts: 17 Journal Entries: 25 Interview Answers: 66 Average Forum Rating: 4.20 Tim's Selected Image 9/3/2011	Nice and organized wiring, Brian. I just started running some ceiling circuits tonight and I'm excited to be pretty much done with the framing phase and on to the electrical portion. Feels great, doesn't it? Tim
Posted by Brian in Dome-ville, central, FL on 9/3/2011 Brian's Forum Posts: 86 Journal Entries: 108 Interview Answers: 248 Average Forum Rating: 3.87 Image from Brian's blog 9/3/2011	Yes, it does feel good, but every time I look around the house it seems like there's a million things I still need to get done.  One at a time...

More wiring progress

Posted to TheHoskensProject by Brian in Dome-ville, central, FL on 7/26/2011

As of today, we've got the conduit for the main service cables figured out, a good electrician friend Kevin helped us pulling wire and joining it all up, and we're moving right along. THIS YEAR IS THE YEAR! We are going to get a certificate of occupancy and final inspections on this house THIS YEAR. We pulled permits in early 2006, and now I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.

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Breaker box	Wiring in the wall	More wire around the stairway
Bathroom wall wiring

Electric chainsaw is FUN!

Posted to TheHoskensProject by Brian in Dome-ville, central, FL on 6/19/2011

I'm trying to cut grooves for the electrical wire in the dome insulation (Styrofoam). I tried drill bits, I tried a hand saw, I tried a couple other things... nothing worked well. THEN came the electric chainsaw. Wow, all I can say is I wish I'd tried this first. After removing that annoying tip guard, it worked perfectly. Cuts a nice 1/4" groove, made it 2" deep, and it's easy to push a piece of Romex cable into the groove with a paint stir stick. Being 2" deep, you can push in two or three electric cables without a problem, and since the groove is in a dome seam, you'll never be putting any nails there to hold a picture or anything. The Styrofoam is 7" thick, but at the seams it's only 4" thick since the concrete for the outside is thicker at the seams than on the rest of the panel. The chainsaw worked very well, but it looks like a blizzard inside while you're doing it and afterward.

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You can see the grooves and the way I snaked a piece of extra electric wire into the window framing area. The orange is old expanding foam we used to fill gaps early on.	Chainsaw... FUN!!	After the "blizzard".

Electrical progress

Posted to TheHoskensProject by Brian in Dome-ville, central, FL on 6/12/2011

Got all the boxes mounted and the breaker box is in. Now I am going to get help running the wires. Since I'm not ready for that, I got some trim 2x4's placed and glued against the dome interior (to screw drywall to), finished the urethane on the second floor subfloor, and did some general cleaning up. Back up next weekend and get going on the wire!

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Breaker box mounted!	Trim 2x4's on the dome wall. I cut the 2x4s to fit, sprayed expanding foam on them, and used the little piece of 2x4 to wedge them in place while they glued.	Swept up, put a couple things away... suddenly you have space!

Gas line inspection, stair railing, and such

Posted to TheHoskensProject by Brian in Dome-ville, central, FL on 5/7/2011

Got a gas line inspection, and we PASSED. That gives us another 6 months on the permit to build. Next up is the rough electrical inspection. Since it's likely I will lose my job in September when the Shuttle program is finished, I will have a lot of time to get things done... anyone need a highly skilled electronics tech in about four months? 

I also got the stairway railing up, needed that to finish mounting electrical boxes, same with the wall next to the water heater. Need a place to put a light, outlet and a disconnect box for the water heater. You can see the boxes for those, as well as the little paper tags I have hanging from the boxes. The tag tells what the box is for, in case I forget what I was planning.

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Stair railing	Railing from other side	Water heater and wall
Other side of water heater wall. Eventually this wall will be extended to enclose a bathroom, but that will probably be 10 years from now. Maybe 20.

Second-floor bedroom "balcony" window mounted, faucet fixed

Posted to TheHoskensProject by Brian in Dome-ville, central, FL on 4/7/2011

It's been a couple months, and we haven't been able to get to work here for one reason or another... but my little brother is in town and wanted to see the DOME. He and his wife helped install the sliding second-floor bedroom window and deliver a few other items, and fix a clogged tub faucet. Next time we may actually get some electrical work done.

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Sliding window (closed) and Holly	Holly and Ryan from the bedroom balcony window	In the hammock, relaxing

Posted by Rich in Suffolk, VA on 4/9/2011 Rich's Forum Posts: 38 Journal Entries: 18 Interview Answers: 69 Average Forum Rating: 4.03 Image from Rich's blog 4/9/2011	What is your plan for electrical work? Are you hiring it done, or doing most of it on your own?
Posted by Brian in Dome-ville, central, FL on 4/9/2011 Brian's Forum Posts: 86 Journal Entries: 108 Interview Answers: 248 Average Forum Rating: 3.87 Image from Brian's blog 4/9/2011	I am going to put in all the boxes, so I know they will be in the right places; then I will probably have a guy I know help me actually wire it in. He was a master electrician, does work on the side now. I will help him, basically, and he'll tell me what to do and run the install.

Something old, new, borrowed, and... golden oak

Posted to TheHoskensProject by Brian in Dome-ville, central, FL on 2/6/2011

I just finished another project, and it turned out GREAT. My wife's parents have a small cottage and when the original door was replaced, we took the old door with the intention of doing something with it as a keepsake. The upper part of the door was a big window, so we cut the upper half into a framed piece of glass. After thinking for a LONG time about what to do with it (mostly we thought we'd use it for a collage of pictures) I decided to make it an overlook window for the dome's second floor. I bought some pocket door hardware and cut it down to the right size, and built a frame for the window, and then put the pocket door hardware on the window. Now we have an overlook window that slides away into the frame, and won't get in the way!

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Frame halfway done, window hanging in the track.	$50 for door hardware and frame.	Completed frame (all except for the trim).
Closer pic of the frame and roller track.

Finally, another chance to work on the dome

Posted to TheHoskensProject by Brian in Dome-ville, central, FL on 1/29/2011

Today we brought up a house's worth of good used carpet (Thanks Mom!). Mom just moved into a new house, and wanted all wood floors, so out came the carpet. It will be enough to do all the upstairs and the bedroom downstairs. We also re-coated the polyurethane on the upstairs plywood floor, put in some bracing for the doors to stiffen the entryways, and got started on the stairway railing wall. The county also just finished a new railroad intersection with our road, SO much nicer to drive across now!

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The dome from toward the lake looking back	bracing and electric boxes	Had to cut into the window frame a bit to fit the switch box, so bracing went in there too.
The county gave us a new railroad track "passover"!

Posted by Rich in Suffolk, VA on 2/5/2011 Rich's Forum Posts: 38 Journal Entries: 18 Interview Answers: 69 Average Forum Rating: 4.03 Image from Rich's blog 2/5/2011	Can you explain the polyurethane? I assumed beforehand that you were doing it to use the plywood as finished floor, but if you're covering it with carpet, perhaps you have other reasons? Love the finished view of your dome. Amazing how fast the landscaping grew itself back. I hope mine is as fast as I don't want washing of the sand to occur.
Posted by Brian in Dome-ville, central, FL on 2/5/2011 Brian's Forum Posts: 86 Journal Entries: 108 Interview Answers: 248 Average Forum Rating: 3.87 Image from Brian's blog 2/5/2011	We got a great deal on the poly ($15 per five-gallon bucket) so I figured it will seal the subfloor in case of spills, dog accidents, too much water from the bathroom, etc. It will be temporary finished floor; might be for five years.
Posted by Rich in Suffolk, VA on 2/5/2011 Rich's Forum Posts: 38 Journal Entries: 18 Interview Answers: 69 Average Forum Rating: 4.03 Image from Rich's blog 2/5/2011	Good idea. I'm gong to incorporate that one into my plans. Eventually I want wood flooring upstairs, but that is one of my very last priorities.

Temp power run inside, second floor coated with polyurethane

Posted to TheHoskensProject by Brian in Dome-ville, central, FL on 12/4/2010

Nice and cool today. We ran two 12-ga. power cords through the 4" A/C chase and buried them in some PVC out to the temp electric box, because I'm tired of running power cords out the window all the time. NOW I can leave them hooked up and not worry about someone taking them. Got the second floor coated with polyurethane, too. It's not necessary, but in case of spills it will make things easier to clean up. Rigged up a timer and two fans to blow air in and out of the house, so the drying urethane fumes will get blown out of the house.  The fans will turn on for an hour in the AM and an hour in the PM, to clear the fumes. I want to make sure it doesn't off-gas fumes that get into the styrofoam and wallboard.

Also, big news... the inspector approved of our alternating staircase! Even though it's not to code for a "living space" like a bedroom, since the upstairs is all open "attic", they will allow the space-saving funky stairs! YAY!

I forgot to mention, while I'm doing this and that, my wonderful wife is either cleaning up after me, tidying the area, or something like that.  Today while I was "getting things done", she was trimming weeds, pulling down vines, unloading the trailer/car, picking up hoses and disassembling the drip irrigation system for the trees we planted, etc., etc.  She's a behind-the-scenes powerhouse and I couldn't do it without her.

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Matt applies the urethane	The finished floor	The "weatherhead" for the temp electric run inside.
The stairway, looking down

Passed our rough plumbing inspection Nov 18th

Posted to TheHoskensProject by Brian in Dome-ville, central, FL on 11/19/2010

Thanks to a good neighbor, we got the inspector into the house and got an approved plumbing inspection. Now we have another 6 months to get another inspection done.

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Some of the PEX plumbing supply lines.

Hot is red, cold is blue...