Posted by Gun guru on February 05, 2009 at 15:04:16 from (68.188.232.38):
In Reply to: OT - Building a house posted by dr darren on February 04, 2009 at 16:52:25:
Something else to do.
****Get a book and educate yourself on building codes.
Like: Crawl spaces in my area are minimum 32" deep (4 courses of block)----Electrical--dedicated circuits for heavy applicances---Plumbing---No PVC for pressure lines, use heavy copper tubing, dont put sinks on outside walls of the home. Put in plenty of cleanouts. Rough framing--have the windows framed for standard window sizes, have the carpentry crew use large enough wood beams for the headers over doors/windows, Be at the job site everyday while the framers are putting up the house---Lots of heavy drinkers in this trade as I have discovered and will show up to the site real hungover or drunk.
Put in an extra heat source like wood stove in addition to the main forced air furnace. Hire out the insulation to a professional-- in and out in 2 days and they can use a spray in polystyrene that gives better R-value then the pink stuff. I will think of more later.
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