Momplex
Exterior Doors
The doors should have been put in a long time ago.
But you see, we built out of ARXX blocks - Insulated Concrete Forms (ICFs) which are basically giant hollow foam legos that you fill with concrete. And the ICFs are much wider (11 1/2") than a standard 2x6 wood framed wall. So we will need a special door jamb to fit the wider walls.
The doors are late to go in because we wanted to D
Getting Started on the Momplex
And boy, what a winter it was for us up in Alaska. This winter, more than once, I asked myself why we live here. It was a tough one.
And I was most thankful to not be battling snow, wind, and deathly cold temperatures trying to work on the Momplex. Or say we had got the roof on - thank for cheering us on! - it would have been dreadful to pay for temporary heat just to get the Moms moved in a few months ea
Framing Decks
But before we get to any of that, we decided to tackle the decks first. The big reason for this is with the walls completely finished out, moving things from unit to unit has become quite a task, involving going down stairs, out the garage, in the other ga
Stair Railing
Well, at least a job that you sit down at.
I guess that's the good thing about working on stairs. You get to sit on them while you work on them.
Yep, sitting down on the job, figuring the stair skirts and installing them.
And we barely got to sit down to cut and install this baseboard down the stairs, it was so quick.
The skirts and baseboard finish out the wa
Everything but the Treads
And today, they look like this:
And hopefully soon ... they'll look something like this:
image from Centsational Girl
Man, there sure are a ton of steps (pun not intended here) to finishing out stairs, isn't there!
First, we built the upstairs railing -
And we painted the
HRV
Drill big fat holes in it of course!
We've entered my most dreaded phase of building.
It's utility time.
I despise this stage because there is so much work, so much money invested ... but you can't see it. In other words, you aren't getting a finished project. You are getting what looks like a freeway interchange of pipes to be hidden i
What's Next?
Electrical in ICF Walls
For those of you new to the Momplex blog, the Momplex is actually built out of foam blocks. We used ARXX blocks, and the technical term is ICF short for Insulating Concrete Forms.
Was she really that little then?
The blocks are lightweight and hollow in the center.
You simply stack the blocks just lik
Adding Crown Moulding to Wall Kitchen Cabinets - Momplex Vanilla Kitchen
I'm really excited today to share with you how we installed crown moulding on top of the wall kitchen cabinets - finishing out the seam between the top of the cabinets and the ceiling.
But before we get to that - don't forget - today's the day!
The Home Depot Do-It Herself Workshop - featuring a storage trunk plan designed by me (it super simple so very beginner friendly) is happening tonight!!!
You can re
The K Word
Finishing Plywood Edges with Edge Banding
Above Floor or Under Floor Radiant Heat Comparision
There's a heated battle going on up at the Momplex.
Or maybe I should say a battle over what type of heat system we should put upstairs in the Momplex.
Downstairs, in the bonus areas and the garages, we've got water tubing poured inside the concrete slab. All we have to do to heat the downstairs is run hot water from a boiler through those pipes, and it will warm the floor, radiating heat throughout the lower floor.