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cousineddie
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Lemme tell ya somethin Mr. Phansford, I dont know nuthin about
no sabatagee, (is that french or somethin?) but when it comes to
gettin this project done, as I says before,
ma cousin is like a stuck duck in a dry pond. 
Hes a bit touchee bout people askin him when its goin
to be finished, so he tells em, when its done. 
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cousineddie
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cousineddie
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phansford
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Location: SW Ohio
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| Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 5:52 am Post subject: |
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Finishes going in.... always a good sign that you're getting close.
I always liked the look of the octagonal mosaic floor tile and the "subway" wall tile.
Is this magnificent domicile for either "one" of you cousins or are you "two" the contractors and/or the designers?
BTW - Didn't mean to take so long to respond to your latest postings, but you know us folks in Ohio can be.... Sometime we aren't as hospitable as you western PA folks are.
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cousinbirgco
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| Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 5:46 pm Post subject: |
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Sorry took this long to reply, major computer problems with
antivirus software, looks to be back on track now.
This house is for my family, (my wife and
a couple of older kids).
Cousineddie wants to move in with us but
I don't think it would work, he's a democrat,
I'm a republican. 
I designed this house in 2006 and it went into
production in the fall of 2007. Cousineddie and I have completed all the
carpentry, including framing, sheathing/siding/windows and painting.
We built the garage doors, front door, kitchen cabs/vanities, stairs,
porches w/ trim, installed the flat copper and membrane roofing,
radiant heat, insulation, wainscoat, etc.
Subs included a special plumber, electrician, mason and tile man,
who made all the complicated stuff happen.
I guess we wanted to see if the two of us could design and build a
house from scratch with a blend of 19th century architecture and 21st century green technology.
We are coming down the homestretch with about 4 weeks to go.
I will post some more picts as we finish up
some of the final interior work.
Thanks for your interest and comments.
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phansford
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Location: SW Ohio
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| Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 4:34 am Post subject: |
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| cousinbirgco wrote: |
I designed this house in 2006 and it went into
production in the fall of 2007. .........We are coming down the homestretch with about 4 weeks to go. |
EB-
Certainly worth all of your efforts and patience.
You should contact a few magazines such as Residential Architect, This Old House, Steelers Nation - I think you would get some definite press on this house and your green efforts.
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cousinbirgco
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| Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 6:28 pm Post subject: |
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We have been working at a feverish pace to meet our end
of Aug. deadline to get "mostly" finished with our project.
I will try to post some more detail picts as we finish the interior.
If I am not successful, you will have to have a little patience
because cousineddie is coming back!!!
I tried............. but no luck again.
Cousineddie will do his best to fill in....... 
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cousinbirgco
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| Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 5:37 am Post subject: |
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Well, we had a crazy last couple of weeks getting moved in
and all (and much to my surprise) there are still a few projects
left on the punch list. 
The kitchen cabinet drawers and doors need to be completed
(open cabinets look kinda nice with flowers instead of dishes
and glasses, just my opinion of course. 
The Phoenix Solar Hot water heater isn't hooked up yet
but we do have
domestic hot water from a small 30 gallon hwh.
(thanks cousineddie!)
The good news is that night time temps have been in the 40's
and inside we are still around 72.
Thermal mass and extreme energy detailing do
work, just how well will become clear this January.
I have some more photos of the finish work
(not sure if I want to show
SDR how me and Eddie made the kitchen cabs .
If anyone knows the secret to contacting Senor Kevin Matthews,
please clue me in, haven't had any luck getting his attention
via im, email etc. for more photo boost.
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phansford
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Location: SW Ohio
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| Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 6:31 am Post subject: |
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Thought you and cousin Eddie might have killed each other in the final frenzied days of construction..... glad to hear one of you is here to give us the "Full Report".
Maybe you can just provide a link to the photos where ever you have them on-line. Then we don't have to worry about Kevin ever getting around to solving your problem.
Glad to hear things are going well.... look forward to the photos.
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cousinbirgco
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| Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 7:30 pm Post subject: |
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thanks Phansford, I can tell you have experience with deadlines on large projects.
There was a brief scuffle during the final days but nothing requiring hospitalization.
Fortunately my wife is good with a needle and thread and all wounds
were closed up with little chance for serious scarring or major infection.
I had my best man on the photo problem this evening
and we are good to go. I can use a computer pretty well but I would
never have figured out how to link to an outside hosting site on my
own. Imagine that, even Professor Edward was stumped!
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cousinbirgco
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Continuing the theme of a 19th century carriagehouse with
retro bathrooms, the master bath floor was installed using
2 x 2 carrera marble on a diagonal with a black granite border.
The border needs to be a certain width so the diagonal lines
can continue through the entire floor without losing the diagonal line.
Figuring all this out is why you may want to use an
experienced tile man.
The green tape (in the 2nd pict.) is there to protect the black grout on the black granite
when the gray grout is applied to the marble.
........and who says you can't teach an ole dog new tricks.
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phansford
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| Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 4:09 am Post subject: |
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| Very Nice.
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cousinbirgco
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| Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 7:36 pm Post subject: |
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The shower was built with a 3 x 5 ft. cast iron shower base from Kohler.
If you've ever had a leaking shower pan or a
deteriorated tile shower floor, you might want to consider
this kind of shower base. The surface is slip-resistant and
virtually maintenance free. The height is only about an inch
after the tile floor is installed so it's a
good choice for handicapped access or old folks like me.
Black granite with a one inch pencil cap was used for a
base as it continues through the shower area.
Black makes a good contrast to the white tiles and
also does the job of "anchoring" the room.
A faucet salvaged from another job lives a second life on the deck
of the new tub.
The shower ceiling sees a pattern change with a
little imagination.
Our tile guy was getting out of control so we reduced his
coffee consumption to 4 cups a day.
Next we'll take a look at our site built kitchen and
cousineddie's wood counter tops.
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cousinbirgco
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Our site built kitchen was conceived with a few basic ideas
in mind. The cabinets would be hand painted, simple
Shaker style frame and panel doors with some recycled glass
for authenticity, and wood counter tops to lend a warmer,
more traditional look than stone or man-made materials could
offer.
Here the "L" design with large island and raised eating
area takes shape in the east corner of the main living area.
Access to morning sun and the 32 x 11' covered back porch
played a large part in locating it here.
A few liberties were taken with fabrication that are
possible with painted finish grade plywood cabinets.
(Warning to all professional cabinet makers, please don't
read any further, this could get ugly)
Screws, 18 gage finish nails, simple dado cuts and glue
made short work of getting the bulk of the cabinets together
in just 2 days. Doors and drawers would be added later
as our tight schedule didn't allow for non-essentials at this point.
An extra deep cabinet gives a
free-standing refrigerator a custom built-in look.
White oak counter tops, stained darker than the floor boards make a
nice contrast to the light painted cabinets. Cousineddie insisted the
wood counter tops would be the perfect material for our 19th century
cottage, (damn if that no good so and so wasn't on to something)
Note the refrigerator in the background is the new Whirlpool Gold Resource Saver
which uses the equivalent power
of a 60 watt light bulb. 
Plain and simple white appliances finish off the look of this
site built kitchen. Sorry ladies, no $7000 Viking stove here, don't forget
our solar equipment!)
We only have about 60 drawers and doors
to finish, eddie's workin on 'em right now. 
One project that was finally finished after 6 months on
the backburner were the newel posts and
patterned ballusters for the exterior front stairs. What
do you do to make code when the hand rails are six
inches wide? 
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cousinbirgco
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| Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 8:27 pm Post subject: |
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Answers to the previous question....
What do you do to make code when the exterior handrail is
6 inches wide?
choose one or more....
A. Pretend the house isn't new.
B. Claim a giant lives there.
C. Pay off the building official. (just kidding)
D. Blame the architect. (never!)
E. Blame the builder (aw go ahead, everyone else does!)
F. Blame Cousineddie. (best bet.....)
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