Can you get the big blue Telehandler machine inside.... as that will help you get the ceiling done 🙂 Why can you not have the electric box outside that you want, but then fit their stuff inside it..? 🙂 At the beginning there was a very brief shot of the wall siding up against the soffit.... and you can see the two contrasting colours... and it looked great 🙂 As long as you get all the outside walls & drainage & pipes etc all installed & completed before the snow hits... then you can totally concentrate on the inside... 🙂nz
In some types of builds you can get a "man basket" inside, but we have a basement and the flooring above won't handle the weight of a basket machine :)
You might make a drywalling prop shaped as a Y connecting the top With a board holds it up like a kick stand, make the total lenth whatever is needed. save some arm muscles.
I think anything metal is going to be hot . . . our barn has a copper colored roof and the barn loft gets WICKEDLY hot in the summer. The advantage of this build is that it also has a basement, so we can always hang out down there in the summer if we don't want to monkey with air conditioning ;) But really, so far the biggest heating element seems to be the windows at the moment . . .
@This1LifeWeLive Feels like and actual temperature can be, and most times are different. I lived in a house that was two different colors of charcoal, back in 1983 long before it was a trendy color. My A/C unit cold not take the heat out of the house. I talked the landlord into painting the house a buckskin with Carmel trim. I painted the house over the Memorial Day weekend. By the way, the siding was asbestos shingles from the 1950's before they knew the stuff was deadly. By the end of the first day with only two sides painted, west end and south face, the temperature in the house was already comfortable. The home that I live in now had a black membrane roof on the garage, uninsulated for two years, while the main roof was a dark gray. During the summer you couldn't stand to be in the garage. I recorded temperatures over 140 degrees. A wall in my kitchen is shared with the garage. During the late afternoon and well into the evening the kitchen was very hot. After I insulated the garage roof the temperature dropped 25 degrees. I put in two passive temperature controlled vents, one high in the wall the other low in the same wall---the east wall, the temperature dropped an additional 10 degrees. At least it was bearable. This summer I had both roofs replaced due to wind damage. The garage roof is now a very light Grey color, while the main roof is a light Grey color. The temperature in my house decreased another 15 degrees and my A/C unit doesn't struggle to cool my home. By the way my house is tan with chocolate trim. Color, not so much material, makes a massive difference in the temperature of the structure. I will say that metal siding and roofing do also increase the temperature in a building. Color though has the biggest impact. It's physics and thermal dynamics at work.
Wonder if you wire your panels after theirs. They don’t get to dictate what breaker box you use do they? They just run into their box and then it’s all on you. That’s what I thought anyways…. Enjoying your build from Tawas City.
Wow the high wall & ceiling i see where that amount came from !! Your framer wasn't to picky on being perfect .& if it not pretty dang close it's a snow ball effect. Well it just makes the finishing on the inside a bit of a challenge . But it's coming along that's always a good thing !! Yal stay safe
Personally speaking of course,,,I think a color change in the front of some kind would be nice,,,a little curb appeal lol...more welcoming...js.... and definitely finish as much as ya can on the exterior...priority's lol.. looks awesome..and save a couple projects for your self's,,,leave the drywall to the pro's,,,save time and your backs,,,but not the budget unfortunately...
Incredibly dangerous way to put Dry Wall on the Lift. Just Lower it as much as possible. Try getting a few sheets up on the scaffold then position them. Slide them up a couple ladders. Daunting job. No Vapour Barrier? Guy on lift doing siding should wear safety lanyard or be kept on the Ground!!! DUH. If the Power boxes are ANSI etc approved, Your Power Co should accept them. I expected the siding to be Horizontal. Ask Council for an Extension. Invite them out to see the progress.
thats the lowest the lift will go with the two extensions we have on it. here is a link to the box you can have it if you want it. www.amazon.com/dp/B00PQUQTZO?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title
@@ruralridez6165 It is so sad that ridiculous regulation comes into play unless there is a Technical reason why it cannot be used. Thanks for the offer.
That's awful about your power company. I imagine you need to do what they say to get some sort of final approval to move in. In my area that's called a certificate of occupancy that's issued by the county, might be a little different there but is probably the same idea. Are people not doing solar in new builds in your area?
You are correct! There may be some people doing solar in new builds, but not with THIS particular power company . . . they run most of the state, but not ALL the state.
Makes me nervous watching the guys working on that scaffolding. At least they aren't 16' sheets. When picking a siding color, I would want the one that the sun doesn't bleach out. Maybe it's not critical with your metal siding paint. I never heard anything so ridiculous that the power company doesn't alow solar.
@@ruralridez6165 I believe the only place I had to use the thick fire sheets was all through my garage that I sleep over. The 16' foot sheets require less mudding.
Really they cannot, but they CAN refuse to connect their own power in if they "don't like" our set-up :( And sadly we cannot get occupancy permit (the ok to live in it) unless we have main power connected.
@@ruralridez6165 Having both taped and hired it out and seeing the futility of thinking doing myself was the better option, I'm glad you are taking this path.
@@This1LifeWeLive That is a LOT of money. Maybe have them do the most difficult areas and you work on the smaller rooms? My results came out decently but took HOURS AND HOURS to do what the pro did in 30 minutes.
Um, it is called a drywall LIFT! Why are they not lowering it to put the sheet on then raising it? Not big on dark siding (or cars ;) ), but I think white would be even less preferable. Did the power company say WHY you couldn't do solar? Maybe related to the existing grid and its ability to take in more power? I know when I had solar put in they had to verify that the lines could handle the extra input.
that lift has two extensions on it thats why we have to climb on ladders to put a sheet on. even with two extensions its still unable to reach the 19ft ceiling height. We end up buying a second lift and put it on the top level of the scaffolding.
The lady was just very unhelpful and only concerned with the basic details of her job: approving or rejecting the set-up. Erik asked her repeatedly why we had to use their box and why they couldn't connect to our current, nationally approved box . . . she didn't answer.
agree its taking longer then normal. trusses are a inch off here and there so we have been adding sister boards in place to get us to the 8ft mark or we would have alot of wasted drywall cutting them down.
😁The landscape for solar in Michigan is changing; last November, the state passed a law requiring all of its electricity to come from “clean” sources by 2040, and it now allows more people to sell electricity from residential solar back to utilities. Federal incentives have also helped make it more affordable. This statement is provided by GOOGLE . Sue you have been lied to. Go get your solar power. A bit of a sketchy way to hang drywall ,SO be careful . We want all of you to stay healthy. 🥰 Thanks
They used to offer a buy back for solar power, but now it seems they are renting out farmland to put solar arrays on. My tax lady said they offered her $40,000 to rent her 15 acres for 10 years to put solar on . . . she turned them down because she doesn't want them on her property.. I will find a way to get around their BS and go full solar.
There are 100's of things that go wrong with builds, and I'm very grateful that the few things that went wrong have been easy to fix. But there is a big concern on running out of time :)
Hi Sue.................every day you are getting CLOSER 👍👍 Greetings from Illinois Bye
Great work Everybody, that slabbing was not simple, fair play👌👍🙏🙂
That soffit color just pops with that siding. Amazing. Love it In my opinion you guys made the absolute right choice
Ideally it would be lighter, but this was the only "wood" color we could get :) Glad you like it!
IMO love the color choice showing but I think adding the same color of the soffit as siding would really be spectacular
oh we are not done yet ;D
Can you get the big blue Telehandler machine inside.... as that will help you get the ceiling done 🙂 Why can you not have the electric box outside that you want, but then fit their stuff inside it..? 🙂 At the beginning there was a very brief shot of the wall siding up against the soffit.... and you can see the two contrasting colours... and it looked great 🙂 As long as you get all the outside walls & drainage & pipes etc all installed & completed before the snow hits... then you can totally concentrate on the inside... 🙂nz
In some types of builds you can get a "man basket" inside, but we have a basement and the flooring above won't handle the weight of a basket machine :)
@@This1LifeWeLive *Dang.... well slow & steady putting them up.... and be very careful.... safety first.🙂.*
Dark gray looks awesome
The siding is lookin’ good! Exciting!!
Nice video Suzanne. Looking good so far. Take care and have a blessed and safe week
I wanted to stop down yesterday and see what fun you were having but we ended up with the grandkids. I heard you were having fun.
we got alot done worked on ceiling all day saturday and sunday.
@ruralridez6165 I'll bring my snow blower and snow shovel and show you how to do that mud lol
@@jasonbusch3624 lol we have walls to get done come with your workbelt
Looking good
Coming along good
You might make a drywalling prop shaped as a Y connecting the top With a board holds it up like a kick stand, make the total lenth whatever is needed. save some arm muscles.
Yes I have used these before. We ended up buying a second lift and put it on top of the scaffolding and went from one lift to the other.
Erik was considering that too! But we took a similar route in the next video ;)
The darker the siding and roofing are the more heat that is absorbed into the structure.
It's your house, so you do you
I think anything metal is going to be hot . . . our barn has a copper colored roof and the barn loft gets WICKEDLY hot in the summer. The advantage of this build is that it also has a basement, so we can always hang out down there in the summer if we don't want to monkey with air conditioning ;) But really, so far the biggest heating element seems to be the windows at the moment . . .
@This1LifeWeLive Feels like and actual temperature can be, and most times are different.
I lived in a house that was two different colors of charcoal, back in 1983 long before it was a trendy color.
My A/C unit cold not take the heat out of the house.
I talked the landlord into painting the house a buckskin with Carmel trim. I painted the house over the Memorial Day weekend. By the way, the siding was asbestos shingles from the 1950's before they knew the stuff was deadly.
By the end of the first day with only two sides painted, west end and south face, the temperature in the house was already comfortable.
The home that I live in now had a black membrane roof on the garage, uninsulated for two years, while the main roof was a dark gray.
During the summer you couldn't stand to be in the garage. I recorded temperatures over 140 degrees. A wall in my kitchen is shared with the garage. During the late afternoon and well into the evening the kitchen was very hot.
After I insulated the garage roof the temperature dropped 25 degrees. I put in two passive temperature controlled vents, one high in the wall the other low in the same wall---the east wall, the temperature dropped an additional 10 degrees. At least it was bearable.
This summer I had both roofs replaced due to wind damage. The garage roof is now a very light Grey color, while the main roof is a light Grey color. The temperature in my house decreased another 15 degrees and my A/C unit doesn't struggle to cool my home.
By the way my house is tan with chocolate trim.
Color, not so much material, makes a massive difference in the temperature of the structure. I will say that metal siding and roofing do also increase the temperature in a building. Color though has the biggest impact. It's physics and thermal dynamics at work.
Wonder if you wire your panels after theirs. They don’t get to dictate what breaker box you use do they? They just run into their box and then it’s all on you. That’s what I thought anyways…. Enjoying your build from Tawas City.
the box we had to take down was a all in one meter socket/ distribution center.
@ gotcha, I didn’t realize it had the meter socket.
Yes, we did something similar to that but still need to get a separate solar box :P
Wow yal need a professional sheet rock hangers & finisher !!
Not at $24,000, lol!
Wow the high wall & ceiling i see where that amount came from !! Your framer wasn't to picky on being perfect .& if it not pretty dang close it's a snow ball effect. Well it just makes the finishing on the inside a bit of a challenge . But it's coming along that's always a good thing !! Yal stay safe
Personally speaking of course,,,I think a color change in the front of some kind would be nice,,,a little curb appeal lol...more welcoming...js.... and definitely finish as much as ya can on the exterior...priority's lol.. looks awesome..and save a couple projects for your self's,,,leave the drywall to the pro's,,,save time and your backs,,,but not the budget unfortunately...
We did quote it out . . . $24,000 to do everything . . . sadly it is out of budget after so many other upgrades :(
Incredibly dangerous way to put Dry Wall on the Lift. Just Lower it as much as possible. Try getting a few sheets up on the scaffold then position them. Slide them up a couple ladders. Daunting job. No Vapour Barrier? Guy on lift doing siding should wear safety lanyard or be kept on the Ground!!! DUH.
If the Power boxes are ANSI etc approved, Your Power Co should accept them. I expected the siding to be Horizontal. Ask Council for an Extension. Invite them out to see the progress.
thats the lowest the lift will go with the two extensions we have on it. here is a link to the box you can have it if you want it. www.amazon.com/dp/B00PQUQTZO?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title
@@ruralridez6165 It is so sad that ridiculous regulation comes into play unless there is a Technical reason why it cannot be used. Thanks for the offer.
Or rent/ purchase a scissor lift
That's awful about your power company. I imagine you need to do what they say to get some sort of final approval to move in. In my area that's called a certificate of occupancy that's issued by the county, might be a little different there but is probably the same idea. Are people not doing solar in new builds in your area?
You are correct!
There may be some people doing solar in new builds, but not with THIS particular power company . . . they run most of the state, but not ALL the state.
Makes me nervous watching the guys working on that scaffolding. At least they aren't 16' sheets. When picking a siding color, I would want the one that the sun doesn't bleach out. Maybe it's not critical with your metal siding paint. I never heard anything so ridiculous that the power company doesn't alow solar.
no way 16ft sheets that 5/8 fire stuff is heavy.
The metal has a 30 year fade guarantee and 50 year paint warranty, so HOPEFILLY it will ok fine ;)
@@ruralridez6165 I believe the only place I had to use the thick fire sheets was all through my garage that I sleep over. The 16' foot sheets require less mudding.
I don't understand how the local utility company can dictate if you can or cannot use solar power.
Really they cannot, but they CAN refuse to connect their own power in if they "don't like" our set-up :( And sadly we cannot get occupancy permit (the ok to live in it) unless we have main power connected.
Why didn't you hire a drywall contractor? They could have the house finished in no time flat.
we are on a budget and trying to save some $$ I dont mind hanging it but I think I will hire out the mudding/sanding.
@@ruralridez6165 Having both taped and hired it out and seeing the futility of thinking doing myself was the better option, I'm glad you are taking this path.
They quoted us $24,000 to do the house . . . it's a cash build so that will drain our build fund FAST :(
@@This1LifeWeLive That is a LOT of money. Maybe have them do the most difficult areas and you work on the smaller rooms? My results came out decently but took HOURS AND HOURS to do what the pro did in 30 minutes.
Um, it is called a drywall LIFT! Why are they not lowering it to put the sheet on then raising it? Not big on dark siding (or cars ;) ), but I think white would be even less preferable. Did the power company say WHY you couldn't do solar? Maybe related to the existing grid and its ability to take in more power? I know when I had solar put in they had to verify that the lines could handle the extra input.
that lift has two extensions on it thats why we have to climb on ladders to put a sheet on. even with two extensions its still unable to reach the 19ft ceiling height. We end up buying a second lift and put it on the top level of the scaffolding.
The lady was just very unhelpful and only concerned with the basic details of her job: approving or rejecting the set-up. Erik asked her repeatedly why we had to use their box and why they couldn't connect to our current, nationally approved box . . . she didn't answer.
@@This1LifeWeLive Sounds like someone who needs a new job because she can't do the one she has.
@@brucealvarez9263our power company had always been a pain in the #^^@@.... im vowing more than ever to go full solar and bid their bills farewell..
You will not frinish on time the way you are going
I think to get occupancy you need kitchen and bathroom finished. we still have 18 months.
The exterior definitely ate up a lot of our allotted time . . .
Why don't you hire a scissor lift
I think it would be too heavy for the flooring and not sure how you would get it in through the door.
That doesn’t look like a very friendly design for beginner skill levels. Yikes! Drywall bootcamp.
agree its taking longer then normal. trusses are a inch off here and there so we have been adding sister boards in place to get us to the 8ft mark or we would have alot of wasted drywall cutting them down.
Yeah, it's definitely NOT, lol!
😁The landscape for solar in Michigan is changing; last November, the state passed a law requiring all of its electricity to come from “clean” sources by 2040, and it now allows more people to sell electricity from residential solar back to utilities. Federal incentives have also helped make it more affordable. This statement is provided by GOOGLE . Sue you have been lied to. Go get your solar power. A bit of a sketchy way to hang drywall ,SO be careful . We want all of you to stay healthy. 🥰 Thanks
They used to offer a buy back for solar power, but now it seems they are renting out farmland to put solar arrays on. My tax lady said they offered her $40,000 to rent her 15 acres for 10 years to put solar on . . . she turned them down because she doesn't want them on her property..
I will find a way to get around their BS and go full solar.
@@This1LifeWeLive 😁👍👍
Sounds likes from your voice your not happy how things are turning out.
building a house we are finding out can get very stressful. Everything has to line up to make the process flow.
There are 100's of things that go wrong with builds, and I'm very grateful that the few things that went wrong have been easy to fix. But there is a big concern on running out of time :)
You don’t know what you are doing
is this a proposel to come help?
Definitely not pros, but by the time the house is done we will be close hopefully ;)