Gerald Boggs Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 Ticks, chiggers, mosquitoes and a pushy bear banging on the door at night looking for food, Heaven indeed. :-) 1 1 <p>Gerald Boggs <a href="http://www.geraldboggs.com">www.geraldboggs.com</a></p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua States Posted September 20, 2021 Author Share Posted September 20, 2021 On 9/14/2021 at 12:39 PM, Gerald Boggs said: Ticks, chiggers, mosquitoes and a pushy bear banging on the door at night looking for food, Heaven indeed. :-) Lions, Turkeys, and Bears! Oh My! Yes, we have all of them. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/11F2qyoyctMT-l1heMlUYPTsoafUpGhjC?usp=sharing “So I'm lightin' out for the territory, ahead of the scared and the weak and the mean spirited, because Aunt Sally is fixin’ to adopt me and civilize me, and I can't stand it. I've been there before.” The only bad experience is the one from which you learn nothing. Josh http://www.dosgatosdesignsllc.com/#! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdJMFMqnbLYqv965xd64vYg J.States Bladesmith | Facebook https://www.facebook.com/dos.gatos.71 https://www.etsy.com/shop/JStatesBladesmith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua States Posted October 20, 2021 Author Share Posted October 20, 2021 (edited) Just got back from a few days there. The foudations were installed last week and Liz & I had to run out and waterproof the stemwalls before the backfilling. There will be a 1472 SF log home standing on this at some point...... View from the north, back porch on the left. View from mostly the west. Front porch columns. Me enjoying the art of smearing Henry's asphalt emulsion... Liz working in the trench on the north face Last, but not least, the shop foundation. 576 SF log structure will be here. View from the south. I have to get the house crawlsapce insulated, then the building drains installed, and then the floor system. Hopefully, by next summer, I will be ready to stand up the shells. Edited October 20, 2021 by Joshua States 6 “So I'm lightin' out for the territory, ahead of the scared and the weak and the mean spirited, because Aunt Sally is fixin’ to adopt me and civilize me, and I can't stand it. I've been there before.” The only bad experience is the one from which you learn nothing. Josh http://www.dosgatosdesignsllc.com/#! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdJMFMqnbLYqv965xd64vYg J.States Bladesmith | Facebook https://www.facebook.com/dos.gatos.71 https://www.etsy.com/shop/JStatesBladesmith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Abbott Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 Looking good. Always exciting to see a project like this going up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerhard Gerber Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 Labour of love......I need some place like this, but it seems there's not even brick outhouse ownership in my future.....enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles dP Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 On 1/6/2022 at 2:17 PM, Gerhard Gerber said: Labour of love......I need some place like this, but it seems there's not even brick outhouse ownership in my future.....enjoy! ... and with your postal system they’ll probably nick any bricks we send you too 1 "The way we win matters" (Ender Wiggins) Orson Scott Card Nos qui libertate donati nescimus quid constat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerhard Gerber Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 8 hours ago, Charles dP said: ... and with your postal system they’ll probably nick any bricks we send you too TIA.......every single government or semi-government institution (like postal services) is there with the sole purpose of deceiving, frustrating and stealing from you...... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua States Posted April 2, 2022 Author Share Posted April 2, 2022 (edited) I have hit a major speed bump. More like a roadblock actually. I cannot find anyone to put the frame up using the logs. So, we switched gears and went back to the idea of a stick-frame with log siding. I had to take a week off work so I could redraw the plans for a new permit. Had to break out the old drafting board and lean over the table for five days, but I got them done, scanned and submitted today. Edited April 2, 2022 by Joshua States 2 “So I'm lightin' out for the territory, ahead of the scared and the weak and the mean spirited, because Aunt Sally is fixin’ to adopt me and civilize me, and I can't stand it. I've been there before.” The only bad experience is the one from which you learn nothing. Josh http://www.dosgatosdesignsllc.com/#! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdJMFMqnbLYqv965xd64vYg J.States Bladesmith | Facebook https://www.facebook.com/dos.gatos.71 https://www.etsy.com/shop/JStatesBladesmith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Dougherty Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 That's a right fair amount of work you've done there. I spend a lot of time behind a CAD station, but really appreciate the aesthetic of a set of well done drawings made by hand. 1 -Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua States Posted April 6, 2022 Author Share Posted April 6, 2022 Thanks Brian. I used to do it a bit back in my Design & Build contracting days. Still have the chops I guess. I never did learn how to use AutoCAD or Revit. Not for lack of trying, just didn't grok the functions and tools. Guys who can use CAD amaze me. “So I'm lightin' out for the territory, ahead of the scared and the weak and the mean spirited, because Aunt Sally is fixin’ to adopt me and civilize me, and I can't stand it. I've been there before.” The only bad experience is the one from which you learn nothing. Josh http://www.dosgatosdesignsllc.com/#! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdJMFMqnbLYqv965xd64vYg J.States Bladesmith | Facebook https://www.facebook.com/dos.gatos.71 https://www.etsy.com/shop/JStatesBladesmith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerhard Gerber Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 Indeed a man of many talents 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Abbott Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 Yes, very nice work. Nothing says that a straight-edge can't produce art. I've worked with CAD since '97. Before that it was graphics programs; Illustrator, Freehand, etc. I took a semester of drafting before I left the academic world prematurely and permanently. I really wish I had paid more attention. I still use a few of the basic drafting tools, but not for anything that would pass for drafting. At work I've got lots of prints from the teens and twenties. We have framed a lot of them because they need to be appreciated. Good drafting is both an art and a craft. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerhard Gerber Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 Technical drawing was one of my best subjects at school, but I had an issue working neat enough for a teacher that didn't like me, so I dropped the subject when it was no longer compulsory, went the computer studies route I realized the pity of this many years latter when I started working at a mine, and became friends with somebody I was in school with who worked in the drawing office of the mine. He was doing far more than just drawings, and I found his work fascinating. For him "technical drawing" from school went to doing donkey work for others, into CAD, on to an engineering company and eventually the mine....if only. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua States Posted May 22 Author Share Posted May 22 (edited) This has been a total cluster-f%&* I couldn't find any talent to help build, or just build the house. Even the contractors who told me they would be interested in giving me a quote finally either said "too busy to take this job" or they just stopped answering emails and phone calls. So we had to switch gears and went the Modular route. We designed and ordered what they call an "off-frame modular". This is a factory-built home built to building codes rather than a manufactured home built to HUD standards. That means it has 2x6 walls, 2x10 floor joists, and serious insulation. The only problem is that the foundation is 32 feet wide and the widest they can build the house is 31 feet. That means that with an 8-inch wide stem wall, the house only bears on 2 inches of block. So it took some creative engineering design to attach a ledger system to the inside of the two long walls. We went out last month and attached the ledgers and built the center bearing wall. This is the engineer's fix. First bolt a pressure treated 2x10 to the stem with 5/8" bolts at 6" on center (o.c,) Then screw a 2x6 ledger over that with 2-1/2" #8 wood screws at 12" o.c. staggered and screw a 2x6 pressuretreated plate to both ledgers with 3" #8 wood screws at 12" o,c. staggered. He also wanted the center wall sheathed and bolted down to the footing. Truly serious overkill. Last Wednesday, they delivered and set the house on the foundation. It took about 3 hours to get the house halves into the site, pick them up with a crane and swing them onto the stems. I shot about 50 minutes of video and sped it up so you can see the process in 5 minutes. Edited May 22 by Joshua States 4 “So I'm lightin' out for the territory, ahead of the scared and the weak and the mean spirited, because Aunt Sally is fixin’ to adopt me and civilize me, and I can't stand it. I've been there before.” The only bad experience is the one from which you learn nothing. Josh http://www.dosgatosdesignsllc.com/#! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdJMFMqnbLYqv965xd64vYg J.States Bladesmith | Facebook https://www.facebook.com/dos.gatos.71 https://www.etsy.com/shop/JStatesBladesmith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Sexstone Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 That was so fun to watch Josh…… Exciting to see a long term dream coming to fruition ….. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua States Posted June 13 Author Share Posted June 13 Going back out there this weekend to fasten the vapor barrier and lay the building drain pipe. 1 “So I'm lightin' out for the territory, ahead of the scared and the weak and the mean spirited, because Aunt Sally is fixin’ to adopt me and civilize me, and I can't stand it. I've been there before.” The only bad experience is the one from which you learn nothing. Josh http://www.dosgatosdesignsllc.com/#! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdJMFMqnbLYqv965xd64vYg J.States Bladesmith | Facebook https://www.facebook.com/dos.gatos.71 https://www.etsy.com/shop/JStatesBladesmith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua States Posted June 24 Author Share Posted June 24 (edited) The house has power now. I had about 60 feet of drain pipe to lay and it needed to slope at 1/4 inch per foot through the crawl space. So I made a scaled drawing of the path it would take, did some calculations, and made these little cradles to hold the pipe. Worked like a charm. Edited June 24 by Joshua States 3 “So I'm lightin' out for the territory, ahead of the scared and the weak and the mean spirited, because Aunt Sally is fixin’ to adopt me and civilize me, and I can't stand it. I've been there before.” The only bad experience is the one from which you learn nothing. Josh http://www.dosgatosdesignsllc.com/#! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdJMFMqnbLYqv965xd64vYg J.States Bladesmith | Facebook https://www.facebook.com/dos.gatos.71 https://www.etsy.com/shop/JStatesBladesmith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua States Posted September 11 Author Share Posted September 11 The septic system went in last month (sorry, no pics) We went out last week and did some electrical, insulation, and drywall work in the wellhouse. We also installed all the baseboard inside the house. We had the propane tank set too! There were some other small projects that got completed as well. I'm headed back out next month and with any luck, the house should have heat, power, and hot water at the end of October! 4 “So I'm lightin' out for the territory, ahead of the scared and the weak and the mean spirited, because Aunt Sally is fixin’ to adopt me and civilize me, and I can't stand it. I've been there before.” The only bad experience is the one from which you learn nothing. Josh http://www.dosgatosdesignsllc.com/#! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdJMFMqnbLYqv965xd64vYg J.States Bladesmith | Facebook https://www.facebook.com/dos.gatos.71 https://www.etsy.com/shop/JStatesBladesmith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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