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
Painting the Face Frames
Well, it's not that I couldn't paint. They say occassional painting in a well ventilated area is fine for pregnant women.
But up here in Alaska, in the cold winter months, working inside a poured in place concrete building, with no ventilation, where your full time job is to build and paint or stain furniture, it's not occassional and it's not well vent
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
How to Build Stairs
Vapor Barrier
How To Install Rubber Cove Base Moulding
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
Staining Interior Doors
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We've been trying to work hard up at the Momplex, finishing up the other side. It's been a struggle with a new baby. Baby usually wins, resulting in not much getting done on the second Momplex unit.There is a lot of baby talk getting
What's Next?
The Last Block
Plywood on the Roof
Building a house is like a giant relay race.
When you hand the baton off to the next stage, you are either giving them an advantage or a disadvantage. But when you DIY it all yourself, you are running the entire race yourself. And you are always thinking about the next step, and how decision you make in this step are going to affect later steps.
Let me give you an example.
Let's say we framed up the walls, and the studs are randomly placed, not 24" o