It's Official

[5thranger]

You joke but the guy that cleared the lot looked like Joe Dirt but a little heavier. lol Oh, He had a tattoo on his left forearm that said....... REDNECK.

Really, was he smiling and winking at you?

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[Fordup]

Wait until the mullets and banjos show up.

Doesn't sound like there's room for the Bud Light truck to keep them happy and strumming either ? .

 

[Texasota]

Wow, that's a lot of land for one but I'm guessing they really don't want people to have a septic there anymore. Tell me you don't want me having a septic system without telling me you don't want me to have a septic system. lol

They changed the septic regulations here a few years ago but nothing like that. This area was developed back in the 70's when house were much smaller (average was around 1,200-1,400 sq ft) so with a lot that was .25 or bigger you could get the house and septic on it pretty easily. The new regulations now require longer lateral lines and with today's larger homes it's tougher to squeeze them on the smaller lots. Now a minimum of .30 (which mine is) is pretty much needed and even mine was tight and I used every foot when you add in the setbacks. That's why I needed to redesign the house because the original one we had (I had the prints for free too) was too deep for the lot and that was only 1,860 sq ft. Luckily I found a great architect and he took that house along with another and our ides and made this one which is 1,755 sq ft. We could've built a 2 story (smaller footprint) but we hate stairs and Annie has bad knees and I'd be the one doing all the cleaning up there. lol

Speaking of septic, do you and Annie agree on TP loading technique?

 

[AzScorpion]

Speaking of septic, do you and Annie agree on TP loading technique?

No, she's backwards like most of the country! ?‍

There's only a few of us normal ones left Al.?

 

[DukeCanBuildit]

I was trying to buy the lot next to me but the owner didn't want to sell it last year. I wanted to put the house there which would've allowed me to have a much bigger garage or another detached one. Then I could've run the septic onto my lot and still had a little more buffer between the two neighbors. Of course his realtor called me twice since August asking if I'd be interested in buying it. He wants to much and it doesn't have that much value to me now seeing as it would only be good for privacy. That's not a bad thing but he's a good $10K to high and it's been sitting for 5 weeks and still for sale.

You’ll need that $10k for repairs and to pay some fines after the kegger.

 

[RedlandRanger]

Yeah, it's fun watching the whole process from start to finish.

I went back and forth on what to get but decided on this zero clearance wood fireplace. Everyone I talked to and all the forums had great things to say about it. Some think I'm crazy (I'm not, my mother had me tested! ?) for wanting to burn wood but I enjoyed it when I was back east and now that I have time it won't be such a chore like it was then.

https://www.pacificenergy.net/products/fp25-arch-le-zero-clearance-wood-fireplace/

You can't go wrong with a real wood burning fireplace I don't think. Some of the new "electric" fireplaces are good but you just can't beat a REAL fire, IMO.

Even though we can't see the fire in our woodstove, we still love our ancient wood burner. It does an amazing job of heating the house, and warms up those wet, dreary days here in the NW.

 

[AzScorpion]

You can't go wrong with a real wood burning fireplace I don't think. Some of the new "electric" fireplaces are good but you just can't beat a REAL fire, IMO.

Even though we can't see the fire in our woodstove, we still love our ancient wood burner. It does an amazing job of heating the house, and warms up those wet, dreary days here in the NW.

The house we're renting now has a vent free gas (propane) fireplace. It actually works pretty well and we turn it on every night right after dinner and have the ceiling fan reversed. It'll warm the whole house up except the farthest rear bedroom but that's just full of boxes. lol

One thing I wasn't skimping on was a good wood burning fireplace. This one has a nice arched door with glass so you can still have a nice fire view when you want one. You're right, there's nothing better than a wood stove/fireplace to take the chill out when it's wet and damp or when the temps fall into single/sub zero temps which they can do here on occasion. The drawback is it's hard to stay awake when you're sitting by it. I use to sit down in the recliner and fall asleep then next thing I knew it was 3 hours later.

 

[RedlandRanger]

The house we're renting now has a vent free gas (propane) fireplace. It actually works pretty well and we turn it on every night right after dinner and have the ceiling fan reversed. It'll warm the whole house up except the farthest rear bedroom but that's just full of boxes. lol

One thing I wasn't skimping on was a good wood burning fireplace. This one has a nice arched door with glass so you can still have a nice fire view when you want one. You're right, there's nothing better than a wood stove/fireplace to take the chill out when it's wet and damp or when the temps fall into single/sub zero temps which they can do here on occasion. The drawback is it's hard to stay awake when you're sitting by it. I use to sit down in the recliner and fall asleep then next thing I knew it was 3 hours later.

Propane gives you the heat, without the additional work that wood requires. But nothing is the same as watching a wood fire. We typically burn our woodstove once it gets below 50 - we just have to be careful not to burn it TOO hot otherwise the house gets too warm!

I've heard the saying that wood warms you at least 3 times - when you cut it, when you split it, and when you burn it. There is a lot of truth to that statement.

 

[DukeCanBuildit]

Propane gives you the heat, without the additional work that wood requires. But nothing is the same as watching a wood fire. We typically burn our woodstove once it gets below 50 - we just have to be careful not to burn it TOO hot otherwise the house gets too warm!

I've heard the saying that wood warms you at least 3 times - when you cut it, when you split it, and when you burn it. There is a lot of truth to that statement.

There sure is Rob. ? This will mostly be for beach fires at the cottage, courtesy of a couple of fallen trees.

 

[RedlandRanger]

There sure is Rob. ? This will mostly be for beach fires at the cottage, courtesy of a couple of fallen trees.

Not that this is a competition, but I can beat that! (I finished stacking the last of it last week):

The county took out two really big trees next to the road - it was a huge chore to get them cutup, split and stacked. We have enough wood for at least a few years now.

 

[DukeCanBuildit]

Not that this is a competition, but I can beat that! (I finished stacking the last of it last week):

The county took out two really big trees next to the road - it was a huge chore to get them cutup, split and stacked. We have enough wood for at least a few years now.

Holy cow Rob, that’s going to be a lot of S’mores! ?

 

[AzScorpion]

Propane gives you the heat, without the additional work that wood requires. But nothing is the same as watching a wood fire. We typically burn our woodstove once it gets below 50 - we just have to be careful not to burn it TOO hot otherwise the house gets too warm!

I've heard the saying that wood warms you at least 3 times - when you cut it, when you split it, and when you burn it. There is a lot of truth to that statement.

I've always said you don't burn wood to save money. When you add up the stove, pipe, instal, chainsaw, gas & oil, splitter and your time it's cheaper to turn up the thermostat. You do it for the heat and exercise.

To hot? That's not a word in Annie's vocabulary!

 

[AzScorpion]

There sure is Rob. ? This will mostly be for beach fires at the cottage, courtesy of a couple of fallen trees.

Not that this is a competition, but I can beat that! (I finished stacking the last of it last week):

The county took out two really big trees next to the road - it was a huge chore to get them cutup, split and stacked. We have enough wood for at least a few years now.

My buddy burns wood for his maple syrup business. He heats the boiler room and barn with about 25 cord a year. Those are rookie piles you guys have there. lol

 

[MXGOLF]

The house we're renting now has a vent free gas (propane) fireplace. It actually works pretty well and we turn it on every night right after dinner and have the ceiling fan reversed. It'll warm the whole house up except the farthest rear bedroom but that's just full of boxes. lol

One thing I wasn't skimping on was a good wood burning fireplace. This one has a nice arched door with glass so you can still have a nice fire view when you want one. You're right, there's nothing better than a wood stove/fireplace to take the chill out when it's wet and damp or when the temps fall into single/sub zero temps which they can do here on occasion. The drawback is it's hard to stay awake when you're sitting by it. I use to sit down in the recliner and fall asleep then next thing I knew it was 3 hours later.

I am lucky that I have two wood burning fire places. The one in the main living room has glass doors and the other one eventually I will add a wood stove. I use that one for wood storage now. My house is only 1220 square feet so the house heats up pretty easily.

 

[AzScorpion]

We stopped by the house today to take a few measurements and was pleasantly surprised to see the roofers there. It's going to rain tonight and they were putting down the ice & water barrier along with the tar paper. Even though the Zip System is a water barrier it's nice to see that my builder had them protecting it even more. Having worked construction my whole life and many, many Sundays I can appreciate this and them for their hard work.

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