The lake house in the country.

[constructor]

And, by the way, is will be really interesting to compare the prices. We have a door from a normal iron, and an insulation. It costs around $ 1000. And what about you?
P.S.please, send in pm.

[baltazar]

Hello constructor!!. Tell me please how does it look the overlap between the first and the second floor? There are beams and OSB?. Thanks in advance.

[constructor]

Yeahh, it looks like that ... but it depends on more on the "ruches"!. That's it. Then, there will be a floor cover on the CAP and there will be a stuffed batten and a ceiling on the bottom – a wall paneling or something like that... We brought a little "winter" wood for a sheathing under the siding and a horizontal sheeting, as well as for a driving of floor on the cold attics. And, we threw an insulation for walls and ceilings. I
acquired a set of tools for the installation of siding, we have not found them here, and we ordered in America. We arrived in 10 days.

Snap Lock Punch (for punching of locks in the back rows to lock of finishing slats).
Nail Hole Slot Punch (for punching of missing oval holes in the "tricky" areas).
Siding Removal Tool (for removing the panels, in case of replace. Smart americains made a bonus for two dollars). I slightly changed the rear facade, thanks God it is winter, and I have time to twist or to redo.

[constructor]

For example, fasten a J- fascia for the wind and front boards.
The bottom is nailed as usual (or fastened), and as for the top, what should we do?
You can certainly stick on the finish profile and that’s all, but not by a technology. A strong wind can break the knot.
And if you are doing correctly, then do the locks at the top of the bevel, then snap it in the finish profile and voi- là - we have the correct reliable node of the upper anchorage, and the bottom as usual through the perforations with nails or screws.
It is also interesting to know how you beat technologically the top siding panel fastening on the wall under the overhang?.
And, there are many such nuances...
I prefer to abide the technology of a manufacturer not to have problems in the future, having saved pennies!!.

[constructor]

The eaves in order to save, I decorated without the use of proprietary siding hardware designed especially for this purpose (soffits, wind and front-boards, etc.). I used for this purpose PVC linings and plastic corners. The last siding panel, that is under the eaves, fastened to the lower part of the notch, and the top part cropped to the size, just tightly inserted into a finishing profile.
There was another moment. There was no starting profile for the plating of the veranda. I was going to buy it. But, it is sold in pieces, I had a lot of superfluous in metres, and I did not want to overpay. The seller, a good soul, suggested a solution: instead of using not the starting profile but the cut top part of the siding panel, thanks god I had such waste.
What I gonna say?. Of course, not to abandon the various accessories of manufacturers, but the fact that there is always the output there. Or, almost always…

[bill]

Not very secure fastening!. You just had to make some clips on the top of every cut.
Well, I do not argue about this, there were different situations. there is always the output, but you lost the most precious – a time!. And, well, that is worth a lot!

[constructor]

Well, you are not reason. Do you think so or did you face with the unreliability of that attachment?. for example, my siding has been tested by the wind. Did you feel, probably, a bad weather last week?

[bill]

Fundamentally insecure!!... the rest of special cases are under certain conditions.

[constructor]

- I will not argue, a more reliable fixation, of course, is better. If such tool has been specified in my instructions for the installation of siding, maybe I would purchase it. A why do you praise America?. We have such goods, don’t we?

[constructor]

- I could not find, or I found in the internet somewhere, but the price was very hot!. I oredered at “Amazon”. For three tools I paid 46 USD (at) half the price.

[constructor]

Tell us please, about the filling of grillage. Did you make a cement youself?. How many people?. How much does it take?. Did you add some retarders?. Did you fill by horizontal layers?.

[constructor]

We made the concrete ourselves.
We filled almost 3 days, but we could do it for two days, but I have just ripped my hand the day before casting and the work went very slowly.
Only two 2 persons were working.
The first day my father- in -law and I, then my mother-in-law and I.
I kneaded and then poured into the formwork and then I was puddling.
The mother-in-law helped us bringing the buckets of concrete, as thare was nobody else.
I respect her very much!
We added:
The antifreeze additive (an accelerator - it was still chilly).
An adinol-rapid
A plasticizer Bevetol CPF
Proportion:
On a bag of cement M400, 25 kg:
- Water (if the sand and the gravel are dry, if they are wet, then add a little less) - 14 liters
- A sand - 39 liters
- A crushed stone 5-20 - 64 liters
- A plasticizer Bevetol CPF - 100 grams
- An adinol-Rapid - I do not remember how much, according to the instructions.
Notes to the ratio:
1. If there is no plasticizer, you can take more water.
2. A quantity of water may be vary a little bit of a fresh cement.
This ratio is considered on a calculator for a concrete M250.
We made the joints of the filling in the evening and in the morning with an angle to the horizon about 30 degrees. I do not remember where, but I read that it was impossible to fill such foundation with the layers!.

[buldozer]

The reliability of the information in our time is a real problem. I’ve written somewhere just exactly the opposite.
According to the logic, the beam is working for the bending, it is clear that 30 it is good. But in this case the logic can not be with.

[constructor]

And, what to do?. My right hand does not work, and my mate has immediately dumped into the city, he has some problems. Only my mother-in-law has stayed!.
Everything is logical, but looking from a point of view!. Actually, I do not think that this factor is so critical. And the best way is to pour it once again!.

[baltazar]

Oh, here's another question. How much time does it take on the casing?.

[constructor]

Ohhh, If the land was flat and it was able to call a mixer…
You and me, we are cowards with that grillage. Maybe it doesn’t need?.
A mixer could not drive there because of service buildings.
I still believe that a concrete grillage is safer and more durable than a pine timber on the bars, especially given into account the slope of the plot.

[bill]

Ohh, well, no doubt, I'm going too to do 250 * 300.
But whether it is necessary?. That is a nasty thing - a healthy sleep!.And what is the thickness of heels under the posts?.

[constructor]

450 x 450 x 130 were emerged in fact.
Bars AC-tube 150 mm (the outer dimeter something like 160).

[bill]

And how are you going to do an infilling between adjusting posts?. It's nothing more to me than to make a blind area
with vertical board of 20 cm with a clearance of 10 cm.

[constructor]

He drew a project of bars for the windows.
I used standard forged items from the catalog from the company in Kiev “UAStal’.
That's what happened.