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Monday, Jun 17
arrive in Pittsburg - drive to Carlisle - check on
the rental property
Monday, Jun 18
Drive to the farm - meet Dad and Rick and anyone else for site survey: chose home site, excavate, permits, utility trenches, septic, dozer, tractor, etc.
Thursday, Jun 21
Fly to Atlanta, GA - Pickup Jasmine in Athens, GA - Drive to NC to pick Justine up from camp on the 24th.
Follow up visit TBD
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The purpose of this site is to keep everyone that's interested in the Reighard's future Mahaffey cabin, up to date on the planning, and construction efforts as we progress along each step.
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Hey Rob: I got a call from Gracie. She has a chance to buy sheetrock through Joey's cousin who is remodeling his garage. Anyway these are 4X10 sheets of fire resistant sheetrock and the price is $1.00 per sheet. I don't know if you'd be interested or how many sheets we can use. But I need to let her know ASAP. She said Billy Whitney will bring them to Mahaffey. Sounds like a deal. You can check with Rick or Email Gracie directly at grfede@windstream.net Let me know. PAW
How can I change my user name? I need to sign in each time to get to the blog and dozerpaw#earthlink.net is much too long to type in each time for a non-typist............... me. I want to be 'rthee'. Can I do that?
Correction............ dozerpaw@earthlink.net is the way it should be, not #
Gracie will have approximately 24 sheets of drywall for the cabin. She is going to look at the blog to see your efforts up to the moment. rthee
I would buy as many sheets as possible at that price. Home Depot retail is around $10 a sheet.
Comments from Gracie.
Rick,
I checked out the site and looked at the cabin layout, looks great.
put pocket doors in the bathroom and bedroom and move the bedroom door around the corner, gives you more space for a cabinet in the kitchen area.
Was that a plan that you fellows designed, it is perfect for everyone. Hunters, fisher men, vacationers, what a great view you will have too. gf
PS Mar is giving us a roll of ceiling insulation, so if I don't use it you can have it.
If the conversation with your contact for the socket systems indicates that the distance between the 6x6 posts at eight feet is better, then think either a 32' or 36' length and omit 34'. He can then give us the materials list. If it turns out to be too expensive with that system we can reevaluate our goal and preceed with the stick built way. (framing is fine.) Keep this in mind; taxes and insurance requirements increase the bigger and more ornate the project becomes. That only entices the money grubbers to feel obligated to extract more of 'their share' from our pockets. We should restrict our wants to form, function, appeal, and practicality. It can still be a place to bring guests and be proud of it.
Rob: Just got a call from a Penelec engineer named MARK IRWIN at (814) 768- 4106. He will be the engineer who we will work with to get electric. He can give us free installation up to 100 feet for overhead wiring. ANything over we pay for. However, we can install underground without the 100 feet restriction but we are responsible for the ditch and the inspection. We'll have to do a cost comparison. Also, Tom Holes will have the dozer moved back up to Bethlehem when I let him know.
I received an estimate from Fischer SIPs. You can see there are different options with the lowest at 16K and the highest at 24K. The high cost is with T&G pine. I was guessing about 15K so I wasn't that far off. I think we can do better with stick built but I won't rule anything out. I also received a booklet that showed a SIP built home with wood beams on the inside. I think the stregth of the structure was the SIPs and the beams were for looks. I'll see if I can find out more on this option. I'm going to post the cost estimate just for comparison.
Dad, The SIP guy was saying the price would be the same because the panels come in 8' widths and they would have to cut them down to 6'9 5/8". If we go with stick built, I think the 34' is a good size cabin. That's the size of the cabin in the picture.
It'll be interesting to see, but I gotta believe a stick built, especially with lumber from one of the local mills should be less. If we were contemplating a year round residence or even a place we'd utilized on a more regular get away for the different seasons the more higher priced SIP route might make sense. I think spending that much just for the walls and roof panels is a reach for what we really have in mind.
I agree. Did you see the material list I put on the links? Can you start filling in some of the items? I'll do the same for the lumberlink stuff. I have the parts list and will start to do that. I'm driving to Augusta today. I took a day of leave and will go there to play tennis. I'll work on the lumber link sys stuff while there.
I don't believe this will effect us but we need to save it in the blog archives so we don't forget it. If we use a contractor for anything and he subcontracts the work or a part of it we need to get a 'lien waiver' from him. If he fails to pay the sub we could get a lien put on our place and possibly end up paying twice for the work. Not a good thing.
Received nothing re: cabin plan or Email from Steffinger.
Take a look at the revised plan. I'd like to price this size out first and then scale back. I staked out the dimensions in the back and it didn't seem too big. I changed Steff's plans a little. The bathroom is on the right if you come in through the utility room. It takes up the space that was the hallway in Steph's plan. I think gives you more room in the kitchen/living area. Also an island instead of a "U" shaped kitchen for the same reasons. The back door could be optional but it would come in handy if anyone ever wanted to add-on.
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