jasonl
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YAY!!!!!! All bricked up.
The inside is a mess so when the cabinets are all in, I'll take pics.
The inside is a mess so when the cabinets are all in, I'll take pics.
She's a brick... hooouuusseeee
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C'est une garconierre tres belle.
What a beautiful love-nest. May you both enjoy it in good health and peaceful times.
And for G-d's sake, turn the music up LOUD, and draw the blinds when plowing the fertile crescent.
What a beautiful love-nest. May you both enjoy it in good health and peaceful times.
And for G-d's sake, turn the music up LOUD, and draw the blinds when plowing the fertile crescent.
Looking good Jason, I can't wait pictures of it after you've moved in, appliances and all!
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Nice House!
Jason, wasn't there a chimney in the front corner near the front window?
Jason, wasn't there a chimney in the front corner near the front window?
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No chimney
There's a fireplace in the corner by the driveway but it's propane.
There's a fireplace in the corner by the driveway but it's propane.
Hang on...
...so is that brick cladding on front of the house, or is the house actually built of bricks?
That aside it's looking good!
Jon
...so is that brick cladding on front of the house, or is the house actually built of bricks?
That aside it's looking good!
Jon
Jon, they don't build houses the same way over here as they do in the UK and Europe where they build the house from ground up with bricks. The brick or stucco here is just a cladding over the framework and does not support the building at all, other than brick will withstand storms somewhat better.
Same in AU
We call it Brick Veneer, as the bricks just go up around the supporting structure of the home.
In the 80's here, Cavity Brick was popular, and in those homes you had exposed brick walls internally, and the bricks were load bearing.
Like Jasons house, over here the bricks basically go on as the last part of building.
We call it Brick Veneer, as the bricks just go up around the supporting structure of the home.
In the 80's here, Cavity Brick was popular, and in those homes you had exposed brick walls internally, and the bricks were load bearing.
Like Jasons house, over here the bricks basically go on as the last part of building.
This method is also known as "brick-face"
Reall all-brick homes, I believe,have two walls or thicknesses of brick, and IIRC have a dead-air space between as insulation.
New fire-proof costruction has a sandwich of sheetrock-cinderblock-brick veneer (a/k/a brick-face).
Sheetrock=> see gypsum panels
Reall all-brick homes, I believe,have two walls or thicknesses of brick, and IIRC have a dead-air space between as insulation.
New fire-proof costruction has a sandwich of sheetrock-cinderblock-brick veneer (a/k/a brick-face).
Sheetrock=> see gypsum panels
ICF
I've always been a fan of ICF, or Insulated concrete forms. For people around here custom-building homes, it's popular, but you don't ever see anybody building subdivision or tract homes with them. Basically what happens is that these hollow blocks are stacked up like kids building blocks. The insides of the blocks are hollow, and concrete is poured down in them. This forms the structure of the house. The subsequent interior walls and stuff are regular wood, but are not load-bearing. The inside walls are covered in drywall with a wood lathe frame, and the outside of most can be finished off in whatever you want. Most people use stucco. The ICF offers excellent thermal and noise insulation, as well as giving the house a 125 mph wind rating...important in hurricane prone areas! Best of all, it's not that terribly expensive!
I've always been a fan of ICF, or Insulated concrete forms. For people around here custom-building homes, it's popular, but you don't ever see anybody building subdivision or tract homes with them. Basically what happens is that these hollow blocks are stacked up like kids building blocks. The insides of the blocks are hollow, and concrete is poured down in them. This forms the structure of the house. The subsequent interior walls and stuff are regular wood, but are not load-bearing. The inside walls are covered in drywall with a wood lathe frame, and the outside of most can be finished off in whatever you want. Most people use stucco. The ICF offers excellent thermal and noise insulation, as well as giving the house a 125 mph wind rating...important in hurricane prone areas! Best of all, it's not that terribly expensive!
jasonl
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The beginning of siding and posts.
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Cabinets
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Cabinets 2
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My happy place 
The brick is coming along quite nicely. Much better than what I had imagined... I visualized the home's siding to be made entirely of old Kenmore top loader washing machine lids, arranged like shingles.
Well not really, LOL.
You don't see too many brick houses here, due to the quake issue. I realize your brick is non-structural, but it would still probably raise eyebrows around here. But it makes a lot of sense in a high wind-prone area like Louisiana.
The columns look great, too.
Well not really, LOL.
You don't see too many brick houses here, due to the quake issue. I realize your brick is non-structural, but it would still probably raise eyebrows around here. But it makes a lot of sense in a high wind-prone area like Louisiana.
The columns look great, too.
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And the terlet.
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Jason, your house is coming along very nicely...can't wait to see it when everything's finished!!! Love the colors!
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Thanks! My mom and dad can tolerate the yellow but they can't stand that green. Well, it's my house, not their's.
Yes, plenty of storage to keep vacuum pots and percolators. There is a Mr. Coffee but it will be shamefully hidden somewhere.
Yes, plenty of storage to keep vacuum pots and percolators. There is a Mr. Coffee but it will be shamefully hidden somewhere.
Percolators.
You go Jason~!
I am impressed.
You go Jason~!
I am impressed.
