House Projects

[Halon]

Its a 45k Beacon Morris from Menards. Got it for 350 when it was on sale, and after some rebates I had laying around. Install I paid $1500 which is about half of every other quote I got. That included running a gas line (probably like 70ft), install of the unit itself, and venting. He didn't do any electrical, but that's easy enough. I just ran an extension cord to an outlet for the time being, and a simple $25 two wire thermostat.

Andrew, my garage is about 1200 Sq feet with about 12ft ceilings. It's a new house so everything is extremely well insulated. All the calculators I ran said anywhere from 45k - 75k depending on insulation, and again mine is very well insulated. On some garage forums people with similar setups to mine were saying 45k was perfect and anything larger was overkill. So I went with 45k. Plus I have it in my tucked back area because that's really where I care about heat the most, im not actually worried about heating the entire garage. I don't plan on keeping the garage at 70 all the time. More like keep it around 40 just to take the holy shit freezing edge off. And I can turn it up and have it 60 in there in 10 minutes if I wanted to when working on the car. I also heard complaints fom people with 75k units saying you end up with short blasts of a ton of hot air and they were much happier with the smaller units that put out a little slower more steady heat. I did my homework and chose this for a reason. It's also very quiet. Really happy with my choice thus far.

Momin, no regulator. But I will check out the instructions to see if he was supposed to.

[turbotalon1g]

Awesome!!!
I wish I had tall ceilings.

[tpunx99GSX]

Finally after three years of planning, delays, and redesigns, Im finally building my new deck.
Some Specs and Features:
400 Sq Ft of deck space
Cumaru Hardwood deck boards
Deck Drainage overjoist under boards

The Deck will come off of our 3 season Porch and wrap around the house and step up to a large platform on the back side of the house. where eventually we will replace the window in our living room to make a door.

Some pics of the plans and current progress:
3d Rendering Made by Bighammer Software
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Plan View:
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Cumaru Deck boards on the left, Framing lumber from JL Schweiters Building supply (Awesome price and awesome straight pressure treated lumber)
https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/10400012_10209417553574665_6809180349010353410_n.j pg?oh=3524f3a2ec57bae2531e311dab17a1dd&oe=5788A02B

Holes Dug
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Currently have all of the cement curing for the piers. Ledger board is attached. I have a kids bday party this weekend then next week i will start doing all of the framework and get rippin.

[asshanson]

My dad helped me build a laundry room setup, it's been bothering Emily ever since we moved in 2 years ago. I don't have any 'before' pics, but just imagine two machines on the floor with nothing else around them haha. It cost more than I initially expected, around $350 in total, but that's still relatively cheap compared to buying something similar at Menards.

This is after the first weekend of work. We first built the frame from 2x4s, and secured it to the walls and floor, I had to buy a glass/tile bit so we could drill through the tile and run screws to the plywood under. Then we put some nice birch plywood over the 2x4 frame. The side is 1/8" and the bottom is 3/4" to hold the weight of the washer and dryer. We didn't need to add a center support, which I really like because it opens it up a lot. Then I stained and varnished the plywood pieces to match the rest of the trim in our house, a reddish brown.
http://www.dsmstyle.com/photopost/data/500/laundry_1.jpg

This is after the second weekend of work. Glued and nailed the front trim pieces on (plus putty to cover the little finish nail holes), and then put the doors on. The top two shelves are for random stuff, and the bottom one is for brooms and the vacuum.
http://www.dsmstyle.com/photopost/data/500/laundry_2.jpg
http://www.dsmstyle.com/photopost/data/500/laundry_3.jpg

A week later I got around to finishing the board for the top shelf, cut the clothing bar to length and installed it, installed door handles, and put in some magnets to hold the doors shut. Pretty happy with how it turned out.
http://www.dsmstyle.com/photopost/data/500/laundry_4.jpg

[tehehodi]

Very nice, will you add drawers underneath the machines?


Edit: I can hardly see on my phone but just noticed bins under there.

[A//// Guy]

Looks great!

[asshanson]

Very nice, will you add drawers underneath the machines?

Edit: I can hardly see on my phone but just noticed bins under there.

Thanks guys.
No drawers, just going to leave it open under there. We made it about 1" higher than the height of a normal laundry basket. Which worked out really well for the height of the machines, much more comfortable to get things in and out of now. And the bar was placed low enough that Emily could reach comfortably with a hanger, but high enough that my shirts won't drag on the machines. We did a ton on planning on all the measurements before we started. If the next owners are short, they're going to have to lower that bar haha.

[Kracka]

Love the laundry room setup, that is some Pintrest shit right there! VERY nice work.

[Kracka]

Not really a project, but rather the end of one, and beginning of another...

I close on my new house next Thursday and got my current one under contract with a scheduled closing by 5/30!

old: http://apps2.shoot2sell.net/gallery/mls/5505-riverview-dr-the-colony-tx/
new: http://apps2.shoot2sell.net/gallery/mls/960-westmoreland-dr-prosper-tx/

[Halon]

Garage ceilings high enough for a lift?