You going to scrape that ceiling? That was (is) one trend I will never understand...
We've got a second floor on our house! The 2nd floor block was poured yesterday and we are waiting on roof trusses to be delivered and installed.
If I was going to live in it, yes. Doing so doesn’t add any value to this project though. Congrats on your building progress! Exciting times!
You going to scrape that ceiling? That was (is) one trend I will never understand...
We've got a second floor on our house! The 2nd floor block was poured yesterday and we are waiting on roof trusses to be delivered and installed.
Living in L.A., I find it difficult to believe that there isn't any graffiti on your walls 😵💫
I suppose that is a valid point. From what I understand that can also be quite a project.
Our current house had a popcorn ceiling at one point, and all if it had been smoothed out except for one tiny section that was inside our closet lol.
That finally got knocked out though when we did a master bath renovation.
Again, why someone would texture a ceiling like that? I don't understand. Or how the owners of my moms house (the one pictured earlier) decided at some point to carpet over the beautiful, original hard floors.
Always makes me wonder what thing we are doing today, that will seem silly in 20+ years down the road...
Question: How did they pour CMU?
I bought and renovated a house in 2022 and had a lovely surprise on discovering someone had carpeted over a beautiful, original hardwood floor..
Good question. But I am not actually sure. I just assumed they sort of funneled it down from the top.
I would've liked to have watched them do some of the work, but just have not had the opportunity.
They are CMU blocks set in mortar. You can see remnants of some in the rubble pile at the base of the wall. They may have put rebar in the cores and then filled the cores with grout though, particularly if you are in a an area with seismic risk.
No real seismic activity to speak of on the west coast of Florida lol.
But yes the most definitely stuck rebar dowels into the block and poured.
If not you, if there is a family member or friend with experience (not the Architect, not the builder), to make the quality control and report weekly, someone that can avoid hidden mistakes, which suppliers are late, someone to search for the best options, etc.…this guy can save time and future headaches.
Ah, it's built to resist hurricanes (high winds and projectiles).
The house will stand through anything Mama Nature can throw it's way. Hopefully you'll have the back-up power to go along with it. Last thing you want is to miss that grail piece because power's out and you can't log into OF 😎
