I Can't Believe It's Not Zero!House construction thread: Samples for cabinet fronts for the pantry. Just say no to graige!
The brightest red is an exact match to our coffee machine, but right now I think I'm feeling the marigold??!
Get wrecked*!
*actually get slowly and methodically deconstructed, saving as much material as possible.
We are now prepared for when the slow-and-methodical deconstruction process is over.
Construction update: first delays of the project!
- Because of linemen going to help with hurricane recovery down south, it has taken three weeks to get power disconnected from the existing structure. So the excavator is just siting in the driveway waiting. Supposedly it will be disconnected today.
- Because of the threat of the dock workers strike, our windows were not loaded onto a ship from Germany on Sept 27 like they were supposed to be. As far as we can tell they're still waiting in port in Hamburg right now.
Best case scenario, we're running about a month behind schedule now. Windows are on the critical path. Transit -> wall fabrication -> delivery to site -> raising -> roofing.
Debris is all gone, now we're embiggening the hole. The right-hand edge of the pit is the depth we're going for everywhere. A lot of dirt is gonna come out.
Schedule update: they never found the windows in Germany, but we did find them on a boat in the Atlantic. They are due to arrive in NYC the beginning of next week, which means we can hopefully begin fabricating walls the first week of November.
Hole continues to be embiggened.
And now we go back up!
Sealed, insulated, just beginning partial backfill, and now with snow @dev
Big bay window that weighs about a ton and has to be installed on site.
I would say “raw materials go in one side, houses come out the other,” but because there are three intertwined production lines, the raw materials actually kinda start in the middle.
James Widman
Tom Forsyth
DDR@steve Sounds like my Factorio game.
JF Bastien@steve is this a Factorio reference?
@jfbastien life ever mirrors fiction
@steve I love the little propane tank cart!
(house pretty neat too 😀 )
@steve awww! it's widdle!
hrm, if that's used for melting snow, I bet it wants bigger tyres.
synlogic
Whine Spectator@steve passive?
@secretasianman it is built to that standard, but I do not care about the actual certification at all.
@secretasianman (in particular, 0.6 ac/hr @ 50pa is hilariously bad because dimensionally it encourages larger houses, and the other targets do not act adequately in opposition to that. Plus methodologically it’s measured at the wrong time during construction.)
@secretasianman as with all “green” architecture standards, the intent was probably sound, but it now exists primarily to allow rich people to pretend that we’re saving the planet as we build oversized houses that no one needs.
Peter Bindels@steve #1 advice to anyone considering installing their own windows - do basic math on the weight of the expected window, and if it's over 100 lbs get somebody to install it for you. Windows are surprisingly heavy - especially the layered windows you need at heights people can fall through.
For Dutch windows, it's 10mm of glass (3/3 + 4) times height times width, resulting in about 25kgs per square meter. Triple glazing, add another 4mm or use 35kg per square meter.
Andy Wingo@steve already with the wood framing too!!! really nice!
@steve oooh, this is super cool.
to what extent is it automated?
@JamesWidman all the cutting is automated, most of the nailing is automated. Blowing in the insulation is automated. Taping the seams is fully manual; placing the windows happens by hand with machine assistance.
@JamesWidman because all the cutting is automated, they only have about 3% waste (vs ~15% for typical site-built construction) which is nice.
Huw Rowlands@steve a car hole
Neil Henning@steve maaann jealous! Up here the water table is horrendously high, and the ground is all boggy peat. We can’t put anything underground!
Rob Ricci@steve oh no it's trapped
@steve yes!!!!!
@steve is wall fabrication gated on windows? walls are built on site?
@steve may your customs clearances be swift and your shipping containers unsquashed
Dan Ports@steve this is the Windows Update we needed
Boris@steve you are building your walls around your windows? 😅 love it
calicoding@steve that was fast!
@calicoding Taking a house down is a lot faster than putting one up. Entropy is funny like that.
Helge Heß
Jon Masters@calicoding @steve doing the main house this time?
@steve @calicoding ah yes it looks like it!