Comments on: Subfloor Being Laid on Main Floor http://pix2brix.com/main-subfloor/ Lifestyle Design Blog - Dreams Become Reality, One Goal at a Time Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:00:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: Alison Moore Smith http://pix2brix.com/main-subfloor/#comment-1441 Alison Moore Smith Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:15:12 +0000 http://pix2brix.com/?p=1774#comment-1441 Thanks for the explanation, Todd. I don't think they are using anything special. But it will be covered with cement in the next couple of days since the main floor will also be cement. So it won't be exposed for more than a few days. Hopefully we'll avoid much nasty weather! Victor, this is the small house! :) We built the <a href="http://pix2brix.com/curse-of-a-large-home/">mansion</a> in 2003 and learned our lesson about living in mansions! Then we designed a <a href="http://pix2brix.com/old-house-plans/">smaller home</a> that was still too big. Now we're down to a <a href="http://pix2brix.com/house-plans/">just right house</a>. But it's all relative — and location plays a big part! Thanks for the explanation, Todd. I don’t think they are using anything special. But it will be covered with cement in the next couple of days since the main floor will also be cement. So it won’t be exposed for more than a few days. Hopefully we’ll avoid much nasty weather!

Victor, this is the small house! :) We built the mansion in 2003 and learned our lesson about living in mansions! Then we designed a smaller home that was still too big. Now we’re down to a just right house.

But it’s all relative — and location plays a big part!

]]> By: Victor http://pix2brix.com/main-subfloor/#comment-1437 Victor Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:56:23 +0000 http://pix2brix.com/?p=1774#comment-1437 Wow, that house looks like a mansion. I recently order a new townhome in the SF Bay Area and the footprint of the house is TINY! I bet your place will be awesome! .-= Victor hopes you'll read <a href="http://www.pinkishblue.com/eateries/katana-ya-in-san-francisco/">Katana-Ya in San Francisco</a> =-. Wow, that house looks like a mansion. I recently order a new townhome in the SF Bay Area and the footprint of the house is TINY! I bet your place will be awesome!
.-= Victor hopes you’ll read Katana-Ya in San Francisco =-.

]]> By: Todd - Home Construction & Improvement http://pix2brix.com/main-subfloor/#comment-1432 Todd - Home Construction & Improvement Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:05:05 +0000 http://pix2brix.com/?p=1774#comment-1432 Alison, Regular plywood and OSB have a tendency to delaminate when exposed to rain/snow/sleet. Basically the glues used to hold the layers together arean't meant to be submerged in water. To combat that we now use a product called AdvanTech sheathing. The stuff is amazing, it can get totally submerged in water for days on end and never suffer long term effects. When we built our new home it rained every day during the framing process and the floors never had problems. .-= Todd - Home Construction & Improvement hopes you'll read <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/feedburner/SETh/~3/2FruoLCfvqk/">Bosch 26618-01 18V Impact Drill/Driver Review</a> =-. Alison,

Regular plywood and OSB have a tendency to delaminate when exposed to rain/snow/sleet. Basically the glues used to hold the layers together arean’t meant to be submerged in water. To combat that we now use a product called AdvanTech sheathing. The stuff is amazing, it can get totally submerged in water for days on end and never suffer long term effects. When we built our new home it rained every day during the framing process and the floors never had problems.
.-= Todd – Home Construction & Improvement hopes you’ll read Bosch 26618-01 18V Impact Drill/Driver Review =-.

]]> By: Alison Moore Smith http://pix2brix.com/main-subfloor/#comment-1431 Alison Moore Smith Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:11:20 +0000 http://pix2brix.com/?p=1774#comment-1431 Can you explain that more? Delaminate? (You know, for the layman? :) ) Can you explain that more? Delaminate? (You know, for the layman? :) )

]]> By: Todd @ Home Construction Improvement http://pix2brix.com/main-subfloor/#comment-1412 Todd @ Home Construction Improvement Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:56:32 +0000 http://pix2brix.com/?p=1774#comment-1412 I ask because I'm curious what products they are using to deal with weather and also the future concrete. We only use AdvanTech now because it won't delaminate due to wet weather. .-= Todd @ Home Construction Improvement hopes you'll read <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/feedburner/SETh/~3/vpz8N7y1htU/">Rim Joist Insulation – Insulating Options</a> =-. I ask because I’m curious what products they are using to deal with weather and also the future concrete. We only use AdvanTech now because it won’t delaminate due to wet weather.
.-= Todd @ Home Construction Improvement hopes you’ll read Rim Joist Insulation – Insulating Options =-.

]]> By: Alison Moore Smith http://pix2brix.com/main-subfloor/#comment-1408 Alison Moore Smith Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:52:17 +0000 http://pix2brix.com/?p=1774#comment-1408 I think it's just plywood. Then there's more stuff going on top of that, I think. Whatever the concrete guys specified. (Very technical, eh?) They are building up the sides for the pour, but we have some more radiant, etc., going in first. I'll ask Sam for more specifics and post them. I think it’s just plywood. Then there’s more stuff going on top of that, I think. Whatever the concrete guys specified. (Very technical, eh?) They are building up the sides for the pour, but we have some more radiant, etc., going in first. I’ll ask Sam for more specifics and post them.

]]> By: Todd - Home Construction & Improvement http://pix2brix.com/main-subfloor/#comment-1407 Todd - Home Construction & Improvement Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:18:30 +0000 http://pix2brix.com/?p=1774#comment-1407 What are you using for the sub-floor material? .-= Todd - Home Construction & Improvement hopes you'll read <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/feedburner/SETh/~3/vpz8N7y1htU/">Rim Joist Insulation – Insulating Options</a> =-. What are you using for the sub-floor material?
.-= Todd – Home Construction & Improvement hopes you’ll read Rim Joist Insulation – Insulating Options =-.

]]> By: Tinatown http://pix2brix.com/main-subfloor/#comment-1403 Tinatown Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:10:22 +0000 http://pix2brix.com/?p=1774#comment-1403 It's starting to look like a real house, almost. Can't wait to see the main floor! It’s starting to look like a real house, almost. Can’t wait to see the main floor!

]]> By: Sarah Patino http://pix2brix.com/main-subfloor/#comment-1401 Sarah Patino Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:32:44 +0000 http://pix2brix.com/?p=1774#comment-1401 If it wasn't in the 30's they might have taken you up on the offer...I would. If it wasn’t in the 30′s they might have taken you up on the offer…I would.

]]> By: bbrian017 http://pix2brix.com/main-subfloor/#comment-1399 bbrian017 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:44:22 +0000 http://pix2brix.com/?p=1774#comment-1399 Alison the kids are smarter than you think lol... I can tell from your post you are pretty happy with the recent progress of your home. You should be I still pay rent and I'm wasting my money... I wish I was buying a home or paying a mortgage. Very soon thought very soon. .-= bbrian017 hopes you'll read <a href="http://www.seomkt.com/blogging-back-to-basics/">Blogging back to basics</a> =-. Alison the kids are smarter than you think lol… I can tell from your post you are pretty happy with the recent progress of your home. You should be I still pay rent and I’m wasting my money… I wish I was buying a home or paying a mortgage. Very soon thought very soon.
.-= bbrian017 hopes you’ll read Blogging back to basics =-.

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