Looking good, Jason! It must be fun to actually see the place going up. I've never witnessed the process.
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Wow alot has happened
Just the other day I was watching something between winks on the tele, about most folks using 2 x 6's for standard stud, in new home constuction because of hurricanes. Also, since you can get more insulation in the walls, it will be quieter.
That would be the way I would go if I were building from ground zero. It would only add about $2K to the framing costs. Cheap insurance IMHO.
Also, I saw on the elevator tele today something about new homes must be built 3 ft higher in NOLA.
Just the other day I was watching something between winks on the tele, about most folks using 2 x 6's for standard stud, in new home constuction because of hurricanes. Also, since you can get more insulation in the walls, it will be quieter.
That would be the way I would go if I were building from ground zero. It would only add about $2K to the framing costs. Cheap insurance IMHO.
Also, I saw on the elevator tele today something about new homes must be built 3 ft higher in NOLA.
toggleswitch
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....as in off the ground?
the one bid difference that takes getting used to is that here in the NE our homes are abut a yad/meterm off the ground for snow reasons... to be able to get your door open. and to have widnows and light in the basment.
I just can't get used to slab-on-ground basementless homes that are so freikin' low tot he ground.
the one bid difference that takes getting used to is that here in the NE our homes are abut a yad/meterm off the ground for snow reasons... to be able to get your door open. and to have widnows and light in the basment.
I just can't get used to slab-on-ground basementless homes that are so freikin' low tot he ground.
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JASON!!! I'm surprised at you, we've corrupted you.
And it does look great.
Helen, did u notice the stud among the studs?
And it does look great.
Helen, did u notice the stud among the studs?
Hi Toggle
Standard ceiling height is 2.4 metres. My new place is 2.55 metres (not a standard size but I cut the timber so I could make it whatever I want.)
Plywood sheets are 1.2 x 2.4 (yep that's 4 ft x 8 ft)
Pipe sizes are 1/2 3/4 1 etc. Only in the last couple of years they have started to call them in millimetre sizes - 12mm, 15mm, 19mm, 25mm.
fluoro tubes - don't know
Metric is SO EASY - the only difficulty is that the building industry didn't want to re-engineer all its machinery so it stuck with imperial sizes and put metric names on it. If we actually had 100 x 50 timber available in half metre increments then the maths would be dead easy.
A metre is a whisker more than a yard, a metre is a good pace, weighing 85 kilos means I need to eat less chocolate, being 1.8 metres tall means I never quite made it to six feet tall, ten degrees is a cold day, twenty degrees is a mild day, thirty degrees is a hot day, 100 degrees is boiling water, 100 kilometres is a good hours drive, metric is SO easy.
Funny thing is despite us having been a metric country for over 30 years, babies birth weight is still bragged about in pounds and ounces, and anatomical boasting is done in inches. I'd better stop there.
chris.
Standard ceiling height is 2.4 metres. My new place is 2.55 metres (not a standard size but I cut the timber so I could make it whatever I want.)
Plywood sheets are 1.2 x 2.4 (yep that's 4 ft x 8 ft)
Pipe sizes are 1/2 3/4 1 etc. Only in the last couple of years they have started to call them in millimetre sizes - 12mm, 15mm, 19mm, 25mm.
fluoro tubes - don't know
Metric is SO EASY - the only difficulty is that the building industry didn't want to re-engineer all its machinery so it stuck with imperial sizes and put metric names on it. If we actually had 100 x 50 timber available in half metre increments then the maths would be dead easy.
A metre is a whisker more than a yard, a metre is a good pace, weighing 85 kilos means I need to eat less chocolate, being 1.8 metres tall means I never quite made it to six feet tall, ten degrees is a cold day, twenty degrees is a mild day, thirty degrees is a hot day, 100 degrees is boiling water, 100 kilometres is a good hours drive, metric is SO easy.
Funny thing is despite us having been a metric country for over 30 years, babies birth weight is still bragged about in pounds and ounces, and anatomical boasting is done in inches. I'd better stop there.
chris.
toggleswitch
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LOL
love the 10, 20, 30
degrees, when you put it THAT way it IS easy. Although a 200 degree oven to me STILL sounds cool. *LOL* and a body temp of 37, and a fever of 40 don't do much for me.
I'm not too keen on *the change* but IMHO the USA needs to get on it already.
Just from this forum alone 45,50,60,75, 90 and 100cm are now pretty automatic (appliance size)translations (in my head) to familiar imperial sizes. We know that 100 mm (102 technically) is a 4 inch dryer vent, etc. See I am paying attention.
......and dont bother bragging to me with less than 20.
(ducks and runs)
love the 10, 20, 30
degrees, when you put it THAT way it IS easy. Although a 200 degree oven to me STILL sounds cool. *LOL* and a body temp of 37, and a fever of 40 don't do much for me.
I'm not too keen on *the change* but IMHO the USA needs to get on it already.
Just from this forum alone 45,50,60,75, 90 and 100cm are now pretty automatic (appliance size)translations (in my head) to familiar imperial sizes. We know that 100 mm (102 technically) is a 4 inch dryer vent, etc. See I am paying attention.
......and dont bother bragging to me with less than 20.
(ducks and runs)
Hey Steve,
If you have recovered from the slap (probably with a handbag!) here's an interesting link. I use this calculator very often to convert American and Imperial measures to the metric system. Lots of interesting links to other stuff as well.
http://www.ibdprince.com/metric.shtml
If you have recovered from the slap (probably with a handbag!) here's an interesting link. I use this calculator very often to convert American and Imperial measures to the metric system. Lots of interesting links to other stuff as well.
http://www.ibdprince.com/metric.shtml
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