Let it snow!

[North Idaho Wolfman]

I would love to visit but.......

Oh come on now... don't make me call you chicken!

 

[bearbait]

Place looks great Wolf, nice job!

 

[Magicman]

Oh come on now... don't make me call you chicken!

Actually I have been close. We drove Hwy 2 from Kalispell, MT., just forgot to turn South at Bonners Ferry. Of course it was in July.

 

[D2Cat]

I was looking at OTT and when my wife came by I said, "Look at these pictures Sean put on the internet. This was his house yesterday." She said, "I don't know how people live in that crap!"

I guess we all get use to what we're use to. She thinks anything less than 60 deg F is cold!

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

House looks great so far, and the trees look good in their "winter clothes."

The insides are looking good too, I've been working in there when it's not too cold.

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

Place looks great Wolf, nice job!

Thanks,
This to this in 7 weeks into it after pad was finished (79.5 cubic yards of concrete), 2,520 SF house and 1,050 SF garage.
We wanted to get into it before winter hit but fall weather did not cooperate, so now we are shooting for late spring early summer move in.

https://www.orangetractortalks.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=46768&stc=1&d=1579195924

These pictures were right before we temp wrapped the outside for winter.

 

[bearbait]

Once again, nice place. I'm assuming you have a few deer in the area seeing that your trees are wired in. Gonna be some happy dogs living there.

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

Once again, nice place. I'm assuming you have a few deer in the area seeing that your trees are wired in. Gonna be some happy dogs living there.

White tail deer, Mule deer, Moose, Elk, and a whole bunch of other critters, gotta love the wildlife!

Yea our wolves, wolf/dogs, and dogs love it here, they have quite a bit of fenced yard, 2 acres give or take right now and will double that once the house is done.
we want to fence the whole property but that's pretty pricey!

We also do property runs once or twice a day in the spring, summer, and fall (back of property is 4+ feet of snow right now so that's a no go area), all but three of our kids are lead free, we don't want them getting into trouble, so they only get lead walks!

 

[GreensvilleJay]

house is too big, garage too small

the older I get, the less like that white stuff too !

sure is real pretty country though !!!

 

[bearbait]

White tail deer, Mule deer, Moose, Elk, and a whole bunch of other critters, gotta love the wildlife!

Yea our wolves, wolf/dogs, and dogs love it here, they have quite a bit of fenced yard, 2 acres give or take right now and will double that once the house is done.
we want to fence the whole property but that's pretty pricey!

We also do property runs once or twice a day in the spring, summer, and fall (back of property is 4+ feet of snow right now so that's a no go area), all but three of our kids are lead free, we don't want them getting into trouble, so they only get lead walks!

Sounds awesome for all of you. Just finished putting everything away that isn't anchored and fuelled up the generator, we're in for a pretty good blow here tonight and tomorrow.

 

[skeets]

That is a bunch of cement, Im wondering, do you have hot water pipes or heating elements in the floor for heating? Yes sir that is a real nice looking place

 

[SidecarFlip]

Sounds awesome for all of you. Just finished putting everything away that isn't anchored and fuelled up the generator, we're in for a pretty good blow here tonight and tomorrow.

So are we and then it turns to rain. I'm excited...Not.

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

That is a bunch of cement, Im wondering, do you have hot water pipes or heating elements in the floor for heating? Yes sir that is a real nice looking place

Yeppers full hydronics, with pellet stove backup, house and garage, 12 Zones, all sitting over 2 inches of foam all around and up the sides of the pad.
Garage is sloped to front gutter drain (red strips, in pics 4 and 5) so pull frozen truck into garage and it will melt off overnight.

The garage skirt and front sidewalk will also be hydronic heated, but that will be a glycol system and heated via a geothermal loop 16 feet in the ground.

 

[SidecarFlip]

Ah yes, oxygen barrier red PEX, I know it well. My entire shop floor is heated but I use Cryotek fluid in mine, just in case. Non toxic. (supposedly).

 

[skeets]

Now that Sir is the cats ass!!

 

[Cobraone]

Yeppers full hydronics, with pellet stove backup, house and garage, 12 Zones, all sitting over 2 inches of foam all around and up the sides of the pad.
Garage is sloped to front gutter drain (red strips, in pics 4 and 5) so pull frozen truck into garage and it will melt off overnight.

The garage skirt and front sidewalk will also be hydronic heated, but that will be a glycol system and heated via a geothermal loop 16 feet in the ground.

Looking good wolfman!

 

[Lil Foot]

And I'm guessing this was all done without the assistance of a 20 man crew.

 

[dlundblad]

Fine with me. Need some degree days and a hard freeze in the ground to kill off the bugs. My biggest enemy in the hay is leaf hoppers and I need a good winter kill to slow them down.

I'll just crank up the bio fuel stove another notch. Only been running on 2 so far, have 6 more higher heat ranges to go.

Bio fuel? What exactly does it run on?

Leaves, cow poop, soy diesel, human bodies etc?

 

[GreensvilleJay]

hmm... you got any concerns over that HILL that seems real close to the house(3rd picture) ?

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

And I'm guessing this was all done without the assistance of a 20 man crew.

Yeppers, it would have been nice to have a lot of help, but cost wise and quality wise the Wife and I crew work really well!

The only parts that the wife and I haven't done ourselves, we had help with septic tank move and main septic line digging.

And concrete pour and finish, There were 5 concrete finishing companies, a pump truck crew, and concrete delivery company, all working together, it was really incredible coordination to do that part of it!