Roof
Yayy..
We still don't know what kind of roof we will have. Unfortunately I was
so busy with fixing the errors for the windows and other "minor"
details, plus a lot of work to have the house ready for the first
pouring of concrete, that the whole week just flew by, and I'm still
nowhere even close to know from where and what kind of roof will we
have. Great, isn't it?
Our first choice is metallic roof. Now that's great, it also looks great, and is the best choice if you live in... New York.
Not in California. It is also the best choice if you live in California AND you have a huge amount of money at disposal, because here they are still so into the hacienda style, that metallic roof is rare and a luxury. They ask almost DOUBLE for it that Ruukki in Finland. Now how is that possible? Still digesting, but I hope that next week I will be able to spend some time with looking for the acceptable offer and best solution.
If metal will be out of question due to the price, we will have to stick to the concrete tiles we have. Which is not that bad, especially that I asked the structural engineer to calculate the load with the heaviest roof possible, which gives us a lot of flexibility. Something god, finally..
Sunday, July 7, 2013
Steel arches
Bent steel arches
As I mentioned our trellis support fell just above the pool. Great. Or not so. The architect came up with a nice idea of bent steel arches in both front and back. The structural engineer proposed to have the front cross beam supported by the walls, which will be both more economical and better structurally. We immediately considered it a good combination, so we now have to order the arches. The biggest issue, in addition to additional costs however is, that the structural engineer went for a week holiday, and his son didn't touch our project as we were promised. So, another week delay in having the plans accepted.
Luckily e have two companies to turn to, one in Escondido and one downtown.
The one downtown is Carrol Metal Works, the one in Escondido, Del Mar Fabricating and Welding.
The one in Escondido was suggested by our contractor, and so far he gave us only the best hints ever. So I'm hopeful to get things done nicely and in time, as soon as we have the structural drawings. Sigh...
As I mentioned our trellis support fell just above the pool. Great. Or not so. The architect came up with a nice idea of bent steel arches in both front and back. The structural engineer proposed to have the front cross beam supported by the walls, which will be both more economical and better structurally. We immediately considered it a good combination, so we now have to order the arches. The biggest issue, in addition to additional costs however is, that the structural engineer went for a week holiday, and his son didn't touch our project as we were promised. So, another week delay in having the plans accepted.
Luckily e have two companies to turn to, one in Escondido and one downtown.
The one downtown is Carrol Metal Works, the one in Escondido, Del Mar Fabricating and Welding.
The one in Escondido was suggested by our contractor, and so far he gave us only the best hints ever. So I'm hopeful to get things done nicely and in time, as soon as we have the structural drawings. Sigh...
Glass wall
Glass wall
The glass wall of the living room seems to be another big chunk of order, when it comes to difficulty to plan, decide, order, not to mention pay. We asked San Marcos Glass to give us an offer. The original price per square foot was high enough, but looked kinda swallow-able. The final one we got, including delivery and installation rocketed through the roof, so we were left speechless. No way we can pay that amount... Now in search for more humane solutions, like installing it ourselves and moving some smaller glass surfaces to the window order which hopefully is more standard and less expensive. Hope dies last..
The glass wall of the living room seems to be another big chunk of order, when it comes to difficulty to plan, decide, order, not to mention pay. We asked San Marcos Glass to give us an offer. The original price per square foot was high enough, but looked kinda swallow-able. The final one we got, including delivery and installation rocketed through the roof, so we were left speechless. No way we can pay that amount... Now in search for more humane solutions, like installing it ourselves and moving some smaller glass surfaces to the window order which hopefully is more standard and less expensive. Hope dies last..
Glulam beams
Beams
Next we have the beam order, the glulam beams for the roof of the living room and some engineered beams for the rest of the roof.
We found two companies that sell glulam beams, Pine Tree Lumber and Dixiline.
Luckily they said they deliver in only days, so we are quite safe with those as we still have about a week to wait for our permit from the city.
Next we have the beam order, the glulam beams for the roof of the living room and some engineered beams for the rest of the roof.
We found two companies that sell glulam beams, Pine Tree Lumber and Dixiline.
Luckily they said they deliver in only days, so we are quite safe with those as we still have about a week to wait for our permit from the city.
Windows & doors
Windows & doors
The most burning problem is the order of the windows.
We finally made the decision to go with Jeld-wen windows from Builders Direct Supply.
First I was relaxed about them as I was told the aluminum windows we chose come in two weeks.
Well, they don't. The delivery is 4 to 6 weeks, and to say the least we are in deep sh..t.
Luckily Zoltan from BDS said we see what we can do about it. I hope we can do something about it...
We should finish the house in a month, move in in 7 weeks, and we don't have our windows ordered.
Well, not so happy about it, but can't do much anymore, so I decided not to go crazy about the issue completely and bought some B vitamins.
The most burning problem is the order of the windows.
We finally made the decision to go with Jeld-wen windows from Builders Direct Supply.
First I was relaxed about them as I was told the aluminum windows we chose come in two weeks.
Well, they don't. The delivery is 4 to 6 weeks, and to say the least we are in deep sh..t.
Luckily Zoltan from BDS said we see what we can do about it. I hope we can do something about it...
We should finish the house in a month, move in in 7 weeks, and we don't have our windows ordered.
Well, not so happy about it, but can't do much anymore, so I decided not to go crazy about the issue completely and bought some B vitamins.
Orders - drawings - surprises
The worst nightmare of the project is getting the drawings in order and being able to make the orders.
We are redoing our windows on a daily basis due to errors in the drawings.
Too sad...
To make things even more complicated, it turned out that our trellis support falls into our pool. Huhh.. Now that's gonna be a great support :D. Well, it is not so funny after all.
I feel like we will never eventually put a dot and be able to leave our orders. The only good part of the whole series of failures is that the architect is at the scene and able to fix/notice the issues asap.
We have five major parts for which we need very precise material lists and some of them have a long delivery time. Next one by one each..
The first huge learning of this project is that if you start to build a house learn to read architectural and structural drawings first. You can't just trust blindly that people will do their job and things will work out.
You need to double check everything, draw, and measure, and draw again, and ... Well, try not to go mad in the process :).
We are redoing our windows on a daily basis due to errors in the drawings.
Too sad...
To make things even more complicated, it turned out that our trellis support falls into our pool. Huhh.. Now that's gonna be a great support :D. Well, it is not so funny after all.
I feel like we will never eventually put a dot and be able to leave our orders. The only good part of the whole series of failures is that the architect is at the scene and able to fix/notice the issues asap.
We have five major parts for which we need very precise material lists and some of them have a long delivery time. Next one by one each..
The first huge learning of this project is that if you start to build a house learn to read architectural and structural drawings first. You can't just trust blindly that people will do their job and things will work out.
You need to double check everything, draw, and measure, and draw again, and ... Well, try not to go mad in the process :).
The fun begins
How should I start..
Maybe by shouting out loud with a grin on my face hip, hip hurray! for the first time in weeks.
And the reason: we GOT our PERMIT!!!
This means many things. First of all that we are experts in California 2010 building code.
It also means we have made our calculations right for electricity and bathroom appliances.
And the day was June 28th.
A day to celebrate for many reasons, but mainly: my sons birthday.
In the heat of getting the permit, selecting a huge pile of material from Home Depot, we almost forgot to bring home a tort.
Luckily hubby was wise enough to fetch son and visit Champagne, the only cafeteria nearby which sells edible torts and bring home a triple chockolate.
We needed the energy for the following days, I'll show you how the house looks like now.
The best about the permit is that we are now able to start demolishing without thinking of how much the city would allow us to demolish without a permit.
Sooo, the fun begins!
Maybe by shouting out loud with a grin on my face hip, hip hurray! for the first time in weeks.
And the reason: we GOT our PERMIT!!!
This means many things. First of all that we are experts in California 2010 building code.
It also means we have made our calculations right for electricity and bathroom appliances.
And the day was June 28th.
A day to celebrate for many reasons, but mainly: my sons birthday.
In the heat of getting the permit, selecting a huge pile of material from Home Depot, we almost forgot to bring home a tort.
Luckily hubby was wise enough to fetch son and visit Champagne, the only cafeteria nearby which sells edible torts and bring home a triple chockolate.
We needed the energy for the following days, I'll show you how the house looks like now.
The best about the permit is that we are now able to start demolishing without thinking of how much the city would allow us to demolish without a permit.
Sooo, the fun begins!
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