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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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#400 ·
That was too funny!!!!!
Hubby got my claw foot tub put into place. He found the plumbing that was included did not fit perfectly. So there was a lot of cussing going on, well every time he cussed my tom turkeys gobbled back at him! ROGLMAO!!!!!!

He threatened to shoot them but he knows better.

Friend is doing other jobs right now and hubby is out getting our hay put up then we are going to start harvest. So no work getting done until things are done around here.
Next month is going to be totally crazy.
 
#401 ·
Hubby has been busy harvesting our grain crop.
We got rained out so he got the toilet, claw foot tub and vanity in place and working!







Got the rest of the doors put in too. Going to try to get some more of the cabinets built.

Still having some leaks showing up.:( Took one window interior frame out and started looking. From what we could find is the rain was coming in from a check in a log. The corners were the wettest. Going to get more energy seal and going to see if I can get my nerve up and start sealing as much as possible.
 
#403 ·
Got my nerve up and went back up in the bucket truck. I borrowed the wheel chocks from our fire truck!
Found where the sealant had failed at the bottom of the windows so I cut that out and re applied it. Also found a couple areas where it had pulled away from the wood and re did those areas. Also found that the silicone I had used as a stop gap between the sub floor and bottom log failed. I have over half of it pulled off and put on energy seal instead. Going to need some of the sealant though.
 
#404 ·
Ok.
Mother's worst nightmare happened on the 29th. I was at work and got paged out for a vehicle accident about a mile and a half from my house. It was 13 yo daughter. She was Mercy Flighted out. Broke a bone in her lower pelvis, has a tear in her ACL, a small fracture at the top of her tubulia and lots of road rash. So blasted lucky!

Well the hospital really started pushing for us to get out. The problems with this old house there was no way we could bring her home to it especially since I cannot get the bathroom and help her.
So hubby cleaned out the craft room and set up 2 beds up there. Got an old TV and a DVD player.
I got foam board and OSB board to go down in her room, the carpet is ordered. It is a tight short carpet si it does not catch the crutches or drag the wheel chair.
Got a foam glue that works for that along with wood. Store is going to have more on Tuesday.

So I will be home for quite awhile; a week to 2 weeks; so I should at least get the doors in the house finished.

Funny thing. The store I get my hose supplies from had a screwed up order and got in solid maple and oak bi-folding doors. They had them on special for $40.00 a piece. I got the rest of the doors for my closets!
 
#408 ·
Thank You Barb and Mike.

I gotta say I am so happy we got the basement bathroom done!
She took a shower tonight and it was so easy getting her in and out of the tub. It fit the shower bench and the foot stool to prop her left leg up.

So many people were always asking me why we designed our house this way. Well all the planning for handicap access was well worth it! Just never figured we would need it so soon!

Got a lot done today. All the doors are stained, just need more stain to do the bi-fold doors done.
 
#411 ·
Mad rush for today and tomorrow! Forecast is calling for rain and snow this week!
Hubby never got the west wall stained. So I am going to buck up and go back up in the bucket truck and get as many check logs sealed and get the windows re-sealed then going to stain it!

Friend is coming today to get the floor down.
 
#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!
 
#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.
 
#417 ·
My folks surprised us this week by sending us a check to go buy a fridge and a range! I got the fridge and a range hood. Have enough left over to go get the new Maytag dishwasher that chops up any food stuck on the plates!

Got daughter a new mattress today. I messed up! Did not check it carefully and they gave us a full size instead of the queen size. Found that out once we were home.:(
Oh well.

Waiting for the carpet for our son's room. Once that is here he can move into his room!:thumbup:
 
#419 ·
Too funny! Figured I would sell our extra dishwasher on the Face Book Online Yard Sale. While on there I saw where another person was asking who to get to pour a foundation for a modular house. This contractor I know told them to use the concrete guy who bailed on us!
I warned them to stay away. Contractor came back yelling at me (using capital letters) that he knew the whole story and the truth and there was nothing wrong with guy.
I went back and told him that he was not there and to go talk our friends who used this guy who totally screwed up their foundation on their house!
No more comment from him.
Can hardly wait to see him in the store. This contractor who I was arguing with said he would put in a door for my fire company in our storage building. He never did it.
Had another guy do it and he never charged us!
 
#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:
 
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