Building Your Dream Home

Building Your Dream Home

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Razing The Cottage

With new home plans and permits in hand, subcontractors worked with and a Septic Design in process, it was now time to take down the existing home. I considered utilizing the regional fire department to burn it down, however I chose the demolition path instead. Though I did not call the Fire Department, I was persuaded that this route would have caused several delays and risks, as I would have been at the whim of numerous town employees and climate condition. The demolition route required just the excavator subcontractor and had less weather associated schedule risks. In addition, the demolition expense and effort was very affordable. Within two days, it was as if the home never existed on the land. It is important to keep in mind, however, that the home was relatively little. It was 22' x 30'. The Fire Department path may have made more monetary sense if the home had been substantially bigger.

Next, the excavator used a big backhoe and tore apart and squashed the building into little pieces. The excavator filled the debris into numerous 20 cubic yard dumpsters, which were then transported away by a dumpster business. Finding the suitable dumpster business was a little bit of a difficulty, as there are stringent regulations on the disposing of specific home building and construction material.

After the home was taken down, and the stakes were placed detailing the boundary of the new home, it was time to begin. This was a very interesting time as my dream will begin to take shape. I was developing a big contemporary home with a wall of windows dealing with the lake front. Undoubtedly it was only a hole in the ground, but this hole represented the rough footprint of my future home. Seeing the hole, I could start to more quickly picture my future home.

Digging out the hole and preparing the site for a structure is one of the most important aspects of constructing a new home. It was essential that all of us were on the very same page to ensure that the structure walls, with all its jogs and step ups/downs would be situated and installed per the strategies.

As I already suggested, the structure is very crucial to any quality home. If the structure is not constructed upon a strong footing, nor built of the appropriate concrete strength, the foundation walls will break in short order.

When the website was gotten ready for concrete, the structure team set up concrete footings 18" large and 12" deep. In addition they set up numerous cement footings in the middle of the house footprint for lally columns. The footings represent the base of the home and support the concrete foundation walls and the home itself. Due to the fact that it was winter, Calcium Chloride was used as an accelerator to speed the curing time of the concrete. In addition water had pooled in a portion of the hole, so continuous pumping was needed throughout the treating time.

After a couple of days, the foundation crew installed forms for the concrete walls. A day later the foundation walls were poured. Three days later the forms were removed and the foundation walls were in. I then had my excavator subcontractor return. After tarring the outer walls, just up to the level of where the finished grade would be, he installed a perimeter drain around the foundation and then backfilled the foundation with clean sand and fill. It is essential that boulders and clay not be used as backfill product. Stones can break the structure walls while being pressed into location, and clay can result in improper drain around the home.

With the foundation in and backfilled I was prepared for framers.

The Framing Stage

The framing phase is most likely the most amazing part of constructing a home. Within less than a week knee walls were up, flooring joists were set up and a plywood sub-floor was down. I was so pleased I was convinced my new home was a month ahead of schedule.

The Framing subcontractor needed to order framing material consisting of lumber, doors and windows, shingles and siding. Undoubtedly there were concerns with the schedule of product and delivery dates, and as a result, we invested a fair amount of time solving these problems.

Digging out the hole and preparing the website for a foundation is one of the most critical aspects of constructing a brand-new home. If the structure is not developed upon a strong footing, nor constructed of the appropriate concrete strength, the structure walls will break in short order. The footings represent the base of the home and support the concrete structure walls and the home itself. After tarring the outer walls, simply up to the level of where the completed grade would be, he installed a perimeter drain around the structure and then backfilled the structure with tidy sand and fill. Boulders can crack the foundation walls while being pressed into location, and clay can lead to incorrect drainage around the home.

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