Neph’s new house…

[popvulture]

Ha, wild — well, guess the big plus side of that is you'll have the insulation aspect well-covered. The last house I rented before buying my current one was old and had sort of similar walls, but they were more sheets than planks — was useful for aforementioned hanging pictures and shelves, etc, but the insulation was pretty nonexistent and my electric bills were massive during the summer. Funnily enough I don't remember it getting too cold, but then again this is Texas.

[RoxRocks86]

Did someone say drywall ‍️

Those are some sturdy walls!!! Quite interesting reading up on all the different layers used. Those houses are built to last and it shows.

Do you & the fam have a move in date you’re trying to shoot for?

[steelworker]

I'm getting tired just reading about all that work…  ???

[neph93]

@Roxrocks86 I need to do some sums and see what the price of flying you, @scooter  @Giles and @Brock  over is. You’d have to do 10 days quarantine but we could work on the house. You get paid in beer and possibly moose meat. That would be a dream crew. Thinking about it @spitfiredealer and @steelworker would make it complete, we’d have the place sorted in no time.

We need to have the top two floors done which means re-modelling some rooms, new kitchen, new bathroom as well as all the decoration. We reckon February.

[neph93]

Just used a 500W Bosch Hammer drill to take up the bathroom floor. One layer of tiles. Two inches of concrete and some masterboard. Boo-ya 

[Brock]

I’m in. You can put us up in that cabin on the lake [emoji12]

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[steelworker]

I'm good at the  destructive part @neph93 …

[Giles]

I'm good at fishing 

[neph93]

@Giles:

I'm good at fishing 

I’ll have the rods locked up until you’re done with the drylining.

[Giles]

i come with my own….

[A Former User]

@neph93:

@Roxrocks86 I need to do some sums and see what the price of flying you, @scooter  @Giles and @Brock  over is. You’d have to do 10 days quarantine but we could work on the house. You get paid in beer and possibly moose meat. That would be a dream crew. Thinking about it @spitfiredealer and @steelworker would make it complete, we’d have the place sorted in no time.

We need to have the top two floors done which means re-modelling some rooms, new kitchen, new bathroom as well as all the decoration. We reckon February.

I may not be a carpenter by trade, but I know manual labor as well as anyone ‍️

[neph93]

@adam313:

I may not be a carpenter by trade, but I know manual labor as well as anyone [emoji2321]

You’re in….. although I was thinking your contribution could be be artistic.

[scooter]

Beer. Fishing. Isolation. I don't know that I'd have time for work…

[Graeme]

I'd offer to help too, but I'd probably not get permission to leave Australia from the government, and Norway north of the Arctic Circle would be way too cold for my partner.

[Seul]

I'm good at keeping partners warm and beers cold.

starts packing

[louisbosco]

i've been in the army. i can be your manual labour bitch. bit of whinging but always get to the end. 

[Clint_D]

@neph93 What's the rubble between the floor joists?  Are the joists just sitting on grade or is that the 2nd floor somehow??

[Matty123]

Congrats Reuben! I don’t geton here often enough.

[neph93]

@Seul @louisbosco where there’s love there’s room. Bring it on.

[neph93]

@Clint_D:

@neph93 What's the rubble between the floor joists?  Are the joists just sitting on grade or is that the 2nd floor somehow??

That is clay (now dried and crumbled), mixed with a bit of stone for bulk. It is in both floor dividers and as a solid layer is on top og the bedrock too. It was used as cheap, effective sound and heat insulation in 1941.