**Please note that the plumbers shown are NOT the plumbers that complained about our house design. After some thought, we switched to THIS company and they were more than happy to do the job correctly :)
Hi Sue.......I have followed you for several years now. from Illinois down near and east of St. Louis, Mo. Happy to see the new home getting started. ! This will be an interesting -experience for you and Eric.. Finally a real home !!!!! Yes, I suspect the first plumber was a little pissed , your 2nd plumber got in and getting the job done, that's what you want. I have had kidney stones many times..........VERY PAINFULL to say the lest !!!!! Eric will be a little sore for awhile, but will come thru ok !! You guys stay safe and healthy God Bless 👍👍💖💖
Great video Suzanne. The house is coming along nicely. Good luck with the surgery. Had my share of kidney stones and it's not fun. Take care and have a blessed and safe week 🙏
Well the hurry up and wait portion is looking pretty good. I’m excited for y’all and look forward to next adventures in the build. Tell Eric to save some of the stone pieces to mix in the concrete. That way there’ll be some of him there physically forever, just saying. Looking forward to the next adventure.
Hope Eric gets the cure. I understand the stones are very painful. Funny about using the room as a bomb shelter. I don't think it's deep enough for the bombs. It looks great for tornadoes, but you better keep rotating your can good cache. I think you should mow around your trees and keep a herd of geese for next year.
That guy with that tiny powered shovel, I wonder how his lazy @ss managed to even show up at site😂. Anyway, Keep it up Suzanne, desperately waiting to see it all come together.
*Eric, all the best for your operation 🙂 Gosh lots happening in the new build already. 🙂 You could almost call this the prep work, before the framework starts...🙂Every step is a step closer to it being fully built. 🙂 Do they (the roofers) do the 'roof party' when the roof is all installed in your area? 🙂nz*
Safe room/bomb shelter! Don't fill it with too much "stuff" or you won't have room for yourselves if you need the space for major storms. Glad you got plumbers who will work with your design but having a short run from "source" to septic is a plus. I guess you have enough vertical drop. Where are you going to daylight the foundation drain?
It's going to need some ventilation for sure . . . even with the full wide open doorway after we covered it in it's VERY stuffy in there. I'm not sure what you are referring to in regards to the drain :)
@@This1LifeWeLive The foundation drain has to daylight somewhere. Seems like the area is kind of flat so I don't know how far you have to go before you come out below the elevation of the foundation drain. Could it maybe go to the pond? I'm sure you or Erik have that all figured out.
It would just possibly save you from having to pump basement waste upwards, that's all. A new septic would be $$$$ and we are on a budget. Plus our old one we paid extra $$ to be able to use it down the road for this build :) It's not hard to run the pipes under the driveway.
Some put a corrogated ppstic shield or barrier up against the foundation. This insures the perimeter water is vacated to the footing darainage system as quick as possible.
plumber can deal with it as long as you can fund it ....harder it is for him the more funds from you same for all trades .....around here the electrician is required to ground to the footing steel but maybe not there.....
We don't have footing steel out here, it's all cement. There are steel rods IN the cement, but not poking out the bottom :) I think they do run a grounding rod near the foundation though :)
Basement is getting poured monday after a few days to let the concrete cure it can get backfilled and hopefully our lumber starts showing up. I get my surgery thursday fingers crossed I get this kidney stone out. Having this stint in my kidney the past 6 weeks has been pretty awful.
Seems I read that you can avoid Kidney stones with a healthy diet and drinking lots of pure water.. but I can't remember what the article that I read a couple of years ago said to do and not to do. I'd bet you can find it on google .
UPut the drainage tile inside the footing. Reason being when it get dry he drainage tile won’t put the water down against the outside of the footing when it gets dry to form a pace away from the wall for the water will follow. We put 4” corrugated field tile on the inside of my brothers new house built in 1988 He has had no water in his base et ith no gutters since 1987 in central Mo.We ha
If you put your put your drainage tile inside up against your inner fitting . You don’t need a drainage tile on the outside of the footing. When a drainage tile on the outside of the footing when it gets dry the soil will pull away from th wall and the water will run down the foundation wall. Letting the water seep in the basement. Field tile is cheaper than water in your basement.
We did have a site plan I had the excavators out to mark everything out before digging began and they also are the ones hooking onto the septic system. They said the location was perfect. Its a 86ft run to the septic with two 45 degree turns.
@@ruralridez6165 Sounds like you have to run a pumping Station. What all do you have to do for Radon Gas? I took Building Trades in High School . Never learned about Radon Gas back then. There is a Neighborhood near me., Heavy Clay Ground where dozens of people have died from cancer in an area hear a 4 corners.
@@ruralridez6165 Eric, I meant to tell you, The Auto Parts Store told me that I can't use water based paint to paint my Motorcycle if I don't have a paint booth Oven. You have to put the paint Job in an oven to cure if you use Water Base Paint. Since I have never used it, I didn't even realize that. I ended up with PPG paint.
@@mikeskidmore6754 you can totally use water base paint without a booth it just dries with air. Clear coat is the same weather your using solvent or water base. PPG is what I use at work.
@@ruralridez6165 Hmmm the guy at Ridge & Kramer Auto Parts has been selling paint for 40 years. He told me that I can't use water based paint if I don't have an oven. He was the only one who was able to find the mixture for Yamaha racing Yellow.. and it is PPG Brand base coat and clear coat.. Deltron 2000, what ever that is .. I always used Dupont Paint. Vari-Prime two part Epoxy Primer. Imron Urathane .. I found that in Factory Pak pre mixed Colors like John Deere Green Caterpillar Yellow , White and Black ect.. the Price was less than half that of custom mixed Colors. I also used Enamel with Gloss Hardener in it quite often. Dupont does not exist anymore. The Dupont Family started out making Gun Powder.. they owned Remington Arms for a Century or more too. Remington Guns don't offer much of interest anymore at an affordable price. When I was a Kid you could buy good quality Reminton Guns at an affordable Price. Plus Remington sold their Ammo Factory too. I think they are just now abandoning New York State.
Where to start? You have lost a years growth on your Christmas Trees by thinking Geese would eat all the grass. A herd of Cattle would be needed. Mow it immediately and then since you didn't put a protector around the trunks 16" in diameter, they are out of sight with grass. Carefully use a String trimmer so trees do not have to fight for Sun and moisture. There should have been a meeting with all trades to discuss plans and time lines prior to starting. Have one Now with the Framing, Electrical, Roofing, Siding, Insulation, Masonry and Plumbing guys. Put in cable for TV and Phone even if you don't plan on using it. The Concrete Company should not have poured the dregs of leftover cement on the ground without your permission. If that skinny wall is really a Retaining Wall, it is much too thin and should have buttress support. New Concrete is easily drilled with Core Drills meant for the job. Pipe TO Septic Tank(s) should be as short as possible and have accessible clean outs. Accurately Map your weeping bed and keep details with House plans. Was a permeability test done for the Weeping Bed soil? Yes, there are Railing Codes. Dog House/Run etc., should be separate from House. If you are concerned about water in the basement from cracks in walls or other areas, cover the walls with the Dimpled Plastic sheets (Dimples to wall) BEFORE putting in stone and weeping tile (Sock Covered perforated 4" plastic). This should be professionally done. If you plan on a Basement Bathroom, Do it NOW. 3 piece. It will be 3 times cheaper to do it now. Hopefully the remainder of your build will go smoothly. Kidney Stone removal will be a in and out job with Ultrasonic smashing and vacuum. Quick recovery I hope. Good Luck on everything.
I did spray the original group of trees with glyphosate and that worked great to knock everything down around them. However I didn't get a clear window of weather to do the tiny trees so those are buried in grass. However, everyone is doing great, and the trees are actually looking better WITH the tall grass than all the years of mowing. perhaps it's keeping them from getting too hot . . . We don't have cable out here, and they don't plan to run lines due to $$$, so that's not worth doing. We have fiber internet instead. The retaining wall is 10" thick which everyone thought was overkill, but this was professionally engineered by a certified engineer company along with everything else in the house :) Before a house can be started, the soil has to meet certain codes to ensure drainage etc. As shown in the video we do have plumbing installed in the basement :) Also as shown the walls are sprayed with thick black rubber that seals the walls against water ;)
@@This1LifeWeLive I am glad you are happy with the growth of your newer trees. Based on experience when my father planted a couple thousand trees on hillsides etc those that had a cleared area did much better. Ditto recent neighbour experience. The wall I referenced was not 10" thick I don't believe. Likely the wrong one. Wiring the house with at least Cable and outlets may become very handy in the future. The dimpled plastic I referenced goes over the sprayed on Mastic and help protect from water ingress if there is a crack in the foundation/walls, giving a path for water to go down to the weeping tile around the footings. Much to think about. Foam Insulation in Attic? Lots of Roof Vents needed. Wishing you much luck. Tornado fasteners at framing joints?
You and your kids are going to have nightmares going into that shelter room if you don't make some accommodation for lights and electrical outlets. Of course it will need backup for loss of electric so .. battery bank?? Anyway a dark airless and cold room for maybe a couple of hours is OK but the idea of going in there may be a nightmare for the young kiddos.
Are you kidding me the retaining wall is 10in thick. Also Suzanne sprayed weed/grass killer around all the trees wile in dormit before they budded out. Septic is 86ft run. All tile run inside and outside of footings.
What are the tax advantages for this configuration. No one builds this way unless that is the goal. I know people that have done this. No one ever wants to talk about it. It is like they want to hide this little tax trick. Something nobody wants to admit. A bit of a gray area in the tax law. In Wisconsin we try it too.
The tax advantage is the less bedrooms and bathrooms and overall SQFT, the lower the taxes. Unfortunately talking to the township ANY NEW BUILD will increase the taxes. Even a small pole building for the tree farm. So we built the house according to what we needed, just 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms
progress depends on cash flow. I need to get back to 100% health and start banging out cars again. Ive been taking it easy at work till this kidney stone is out.
Well this is all contractor work right now. These guys have LOTS of jobs to do and are on top of staying organized. It's really crazy how quick they are and on the ball. Once the contractor work is done it will slow down, lol
TIPS AND TRICKS For growing trees Pop was Horticulturist , He`d take lake water from anywhere , It had massive nitrogen water from the fish poop ,He`d feed the trees they are massive today , Nitrogen is key to plant life anywhere Even bury a dead fish below a tree . Good luck it`ll work Gaurentee. A good plumber can deal any situation what he`s a rookie , Anyone will accept what`s in front ,, You can move a septic system anytime -Anywhere
So Suzanne had a tree specialist out and our soil is not acidic enough to allow the trees to absorb enough nitrogen. I think she is looking at was to amend the soil.
@@ruralridez6165 Sorry I missed your text here , Another thing can try is 0:0:12 Nitrogen Fertilizer I used this on my trees had a feeble little Lilac it shot up over a foot in no time and my Garden went Ape potato hills with 32 spuds per massive carrots- Do you spread your horse manure on the trees too massive gain , But Lake water we done this for yrs . Pop won Garden awards 3 times people walking thru our Garden daily just to see and buy Good luck .
