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Our Dream House

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#1 ·
Husband and I have talked for years about building our dream home.
After 15 years of marriage and numerous things that have happened we started building last year.
We had always talked about a log house.
So after 5 years of really looking, 3 years of designing and 1 stressful year of finding the "right" log home manufactor we started.

Part way into this I thought we were crazy, but here is what had happened.

The digging of the foundation between rain storms




All Done with the dirt work


Cut the water line and sewer line, digging to find it


Pouring the footings


The guys doing the concrete were the second guys we hired. First guy called us 5 days before the builders were due at 7:30am and said he was overbooked too bad, bye. We just happened to catch these guys between jobs.

Wall forms going up


 
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#467 ·
Finally back online!!!! Old computer was crashing so for Christmas DH got me a new one! Been trying to get everything caught up and transfered.

Finally picked both a back splash and floor tile for the kitchen! Looked at the quartz counter tops but the estimated cost was $7000.00! So it looks like I will just try to get the tile for now.

Got the water filtration system put in too! Water no longer smells like rotten eggs. The guy who put it in did tell DH that if we want to do the tankless water heater it would be best to also get the water softening system.

Winter is here so no putting up the siding as DH was talking about earlier. Too cold with snow and ice!

Going to see what we can do today about going through everything in the basement and it will either go to the Re-Use store, dump or be donated.
He says once that area is cleaned out he will get started on building the wet bar in the basement.

Got to run neighbors just pulled in with 2 trucks, they are borrowing our corrals and loading chute to get their cattle home.
TTYL!!!!
 
#493 ·
Got hit with a big storm. Had about 3"-4" of snow on top of the rain. So that knocked down the chinking project until today. Much warmer and nicer out until some more clouds started to roll in.
Found a BIG problem on the pony wall. Right where our exhaust for the furnace comes out I found where water had gotten behind the house wrap and has caused the particle board to start getting soft and turning black.
I was taking down the areas that had been torn by the wind to replace them. Now we are going to have to do something there.

When we first had the house put up I was told I could use silicone between the logs and the pony wall. Well I started to remove the silicone today and use the energy seal that I have left over. Some of that silicone is just pulling away.

Did get some granite priced out for the counter tops and that was a much better price $4890.00 with installation.
 
#464 ·
Been awhile since I have been on. Between the farming, ranching, home schooling and full time job I got buried!

Hubby and I finally decided on insulated steel siding for the gable ends. We would have loved to have put the cedar shakes up there but with our weather and spare time it would have driven me crazy to have them turn gray.
Crop was not the best this year so the flooring is going to have to wait. :( but no choice. Going to go with doing the gable ends and the water system.

Did decide to put tile in the kitchen. I have already changed my mind on color 3 times so just taking my time on it.
 
#504 ·
I can not believe it. Ran out of chinking. Got 5 more tubes today.
On a good note though No Leaks!!!!!!:thumbup: Got hit by a heavy rain last night around midnight. I could hear the rain pounding on the west side of the house. I got up and checked but no water was coming in! Have had rains like that before and water was coming in.
I am so happy!!!!!!:biggrin2:
 
#529 ·
Got the rest of the stuff our son left in his room out, except the closet. He can get his drum set out himself.
Started painting the walls. Looking much better then the blue not as dark in there now.
Hubby wants to put up some trim just above the carpet to finish out the room.

Asked me what I wanted this holiday. Told him enough foam board to do the basement floor for insulation! Told him I would buy the OSB and liquid nails to put it down. Hopefully will be able to buy the flooring for it over the summer. Looking forward to getting the basement done!
 
#412 ·
Friend got the floor down and ready for carpet. Stopped at the store and they are coming out tomorrow to lay the carpet! Should hopefully have her moved in tomorrow night.

Had a set back for DD last night. She decided she wanted to sleep in my bed, the mattress is more comfortable. Well around midnight she fell out of bed!:eek:
Woke me up. I got her up and into her own bed and got her some of the left over heavy duty pain meds. Told her she was never sleeping in that bed again!
Talked to hubby and what is bothering her about her bed is the mattress so we are going to get her a new mattress.
Scared 10 more years off my life!
 
#435 ·
Daughter is doing great. She did get a small infection where the drain tube from the laceration was, but got that taken care of and it is healing nicely. Too bad it is right where she sits!

Took half an hour but my speed got increased so here are some new pictures!

Master bedroom




Kitchen cabinets. Now the line you see in the center is some wood filler. Even though hubby follow the directions in the cabinet book there was still a small gap there where the boards twisted. I think it gives it characture!







Mariners Compass. Not the best but it looks great.
 
#437 ·
Kitchen is pretty much up and running! Just need to move my stove up there!
hubby is working on getting all the wall and door trim up this week. He said he hopes to have that and the bi-fold doors put in and by this next weekend we should be starting to move in!

My internet is still going slow so once the usage is down I will be posting pictures!
 
#494 ·
I beat the rain! Got the south side chinked today. I did miss the east side of one window but I can get that later. Went through a few razor blade's to my box cutter cutting out all the silicone from around the doors and windows. Went through all 48 tubes of chinking! Need to get more to finish the rest of the house.







Going to have much more time at home. I got tired of the drama at work and quit my job. Daughter is happy and so is Hubby. Going to see which way this road is going to lead me now.:biggrin2:
 
#533 ·
Talk about crazy. My dishwasher top rack adjusters are breaking. They are plastic over metal. Have replaced them 3 times!
Went into the place I bought it from and even their parts guy said they have had to replacement them at least once on other machines like mine but it is weird that I have had to do mine 3 times.
He advised I look at a different machine. Thought about just replacing the entire top rack but it would be half the price of a new one.

Going to be a tight year with so many projects I would love to get done. Every time I start thinking of doing one and then another one and soon I have 4 or 5 projects I want to start at the same time I stop and sit down and clear my mind.
Big project right now is to remove the humidifier relay off the furance and see if it is broke or just coated with soda calcium.
 
#80 ·
Well sat down with the husband and we did up a list of "want" to get done this fall, hopefully before the snow flies.
We agreed upon putting up the house wrap on the gable ends.:thumbup: Put in a gable end vent on each end. Finish out the eletrical. Do as much of the plumbing as possible. Put in an attic ladder. Sheet rock the upstairs ceiling. Install insulation, we looked at a couple different sites and they all advised an R-60 for our area. So a double layer of R-30 is going in.

The caulking and stain are next on the list to get done first. I'm going to be busy this weekend.
 
#182 ·
Well I am back!

Been busy around here and I finally was able to get back to work on the house.

A couple of problems have shown up. The stove pipe was leaking. Turns out hubby did not get the pipe sealed completely. Got that fixed.
The doors are still leaking. Called our builder and talked with them and he told us what we need to do to stop it from leaking. Hubby is going to fix that after he gets our spring crop in the ground.

I just finished getting the house wrap around the pony wall. Boy is that tape sticky! Only took me a few hours. Guess most the time was spent trying to find where hubby had put certain tools I needed.

I got a part time job in town so I am saving up to buy all the sheet rock we are going to need to do the walls. Going to get another Nu Heat pad for the kitchen. I really just want tile in there, but I do not want the cold floor.
 
#416 ·
Thanks Barb!
She is doing pretty great. Started back to school on Monday. She was pretty tired that night.
Had a classmate pushing her in the wheelchair today and he accidently ran her into the wall, but she was not hurt. She laughed about it.
Her other classmates left on Monday for a 4 day 3 night canoe trip. Teacher said they will see about taking her on next years trip. It is just for the 7th grade class.
I had asked the Dr, but he had said it would have been too hard for her to go. I just didn't have the heart to tell her, but she had already figured it out.
She really wants to get healed but with so many people watching her to make sure she does not push it, she cannot cheat!
Last night was her first night in her room! Boy was she excited! Had a good nights sleep.
 
#422 ·
Hubby looked at me yesterday and said he really wished he was moved into the house too. Talked with him and we are going to go look at carpets for our bedroom! Told him once we had the carpet in our room we can move into our room.

Going to get more insulation board and OSB board to put down in basement floor.
Can really tell the tempature difference between the old house and new house. From the last storm it looks like I got the leaks around the windows sealed!!!!:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
 
#430 ·
Got the call this morning telling me our carpet is in! They are going to come out on the 18th to put it in. I have to go into town on Monday and I am going to pick up the boxes of tile I ordered to make sure there is enough to do the laundry room.

Forgot to call to have the internet transfered too! Have to have that set up on Monday.
 
#433 ·
Stupid internet!!!!:furious::furious::furious::furious::furious:

Cannot upload any current pictures my speed got slowed down due to that share with the satelitte companies. Really sucks when you have one child getting ready for college and the other child doing reports.

Well as for the house!!!!!!!:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
As you can tell I am super super HAPPY!!!!!
Hubby is up there right now hanging the doors and putting in the drawer fronts! He got them all stained and got the poly put on them. When I left he had 23 left to go!
The laundry room is almost totally done! Just needs the trim and the closet doors put in and that room is finished. Moved our upright freezers up there. Hubby was against it til I told him one was empty and it would be easier to do it now instead of emptying 2 freezers and trying to move everything.

Hubby is going into town tomorrow and is going to pick up some bumpers to keep the doors from slamming against the frames.
 
#447 ·
Right now Mike I love the raised dishwasher. So much easier to load stuff.

Thank you everyone! It does feel great getting moved in. Only big problem was this morning. Moving from a house with very little storage to a house with tons of storage I forgot I hung my heavy coat up in the closet instead of hanging it on the coat rack or on the back of a chair! Forgot where I put my make up for work too! LOL!
 
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