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cousineddie Joined: 22 Aug 2008 Posts: 58	Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 5:46 pm    Post subject: Hey there Mr. Phansford, Those are some righty nice photoes you done showin the folks, I specilly like that there whitewhashed house with the timbrys. Really teerific stuff. My cousinbirgco tells me you got one of them Pensil Points ole timey design type collections. Well I'll be, I got me a collection of them and theys really sumthing ta see. Magine that, I also got an orginal coppry flashin booket from the coppry assoseeashin, 1920 somthin. I learned me a lot from that little book on coppry type work and I tries to show cousinbirgco some of it, but he's stubborn as the days long. I showd him a thing or two, but hill never admit it.
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RSCarcht Joined: 02 Feb 2007 Posts: 114 Location: USA: RI, CT, NY, MA, FL	Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 6:21 pm    Post subject: Phansford: You have outdone yourself bringing high-brow education to those armed only with unguarded circular saws. I marvel at your bringing Siegfried Gideon to the hurly-burly world of the Design Forum—the wild west of architecture! I admire your erudition, elocution and patience! _________________ Ross Sinclair Cann, AIA APA http://www.a4arch.com
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phansford Joined: 18 Apr 2004 Posts: 829 Location: SW Ohio	Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 5:21 am    Post subject: RSCarcht wrote: Phansford: You have outdone yourself bringing high-brow education to those armed only with unguarded circular saws. I marvel at your bringing Siegfried Gideon to the hurly-burly world of the Design Forum—the wild west of architecture! I admire your erudition, elocution and patience! Thank you for the compliment. When I was teaching construction technology, I always tried to bring some historical perspective to the various systems. Lewis Mumford's collection of essays "The Roots of Contemporary American Architecture" was always a good source. That is where I first found Gideon's comments on the balloon frame. There is also a nice little essay in that book on practice called "Client and Architect" by Mariana Griswold Van Rensselaer written in 1890. It was amazing to read many of the same issues we face have not changed in 120 years.
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djswan millennium club Joined: 17 Aug 2007 Posts: 1105 Location: Montana, USA	Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 7:41 am    Post subject: unguarded circulars saws and delicious, mouth watering, chewing tobacco. _________________ n/a
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cousinbirgco Joined: 15 Aug 2008 Posts: 141	Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 5:04 pm    Post subject: Ok, enough of this unguarded, high brow stuff, I almost forgot about my favorite energy saving device in the whole house. This solar powered attic fan is the perfect application of solar technology. Install the fan and watch it run without supporting your utility company (and with no electrical wiring). When the sun is out and the attic is hot, the fan cools it. If it's a cloudy day, it doesn't run but the attic isn't hot. Ah simplicity. Now the down side. The units are about $100 more than standard attic fans and they only move about 1/3rd the air but as a long term energy investment, it just doesn't get any better.    Filesize:  153.2 KB  Filename:  sm.solar attic fan.jpg  Viewed:  128 Time(s)
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cousineddie Joined: 22 Aug 2008 Posts: 58	Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 7:10 pm    Post subject: Quote: and delicious, mouth watering, chewing tobacco. Now thats what Im talkin about!
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phansford Joined: 18 Apr 2004 Posts: 829 Location: SW Ohio	Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 8:27 am    Post subject: cousineddie wrote: Quote: and delicious, mouth watering, chewing tobacco. Now thats what Im talkin about! My buddies and I were always partial to Mail Pouch. Then all the sisses started going for Skoal. Gave that stuff up long agoooo............. no need to be Sick as a Dog. Last edited by phansford on Fri Nov 21, 2008 9:19 am; edited 1 time in total
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djswan millennium club Joined: 17 Aug 2007 Posts: 1105 Location: Montana, USA	Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 8:48 am    Post subject: I have a theory that Copehagen is an antiseptic, and thus "good for you". Skoal is for sissies! where's my bandits? _________________ n/a
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djswan millennium club Joined: 17 Aug 2007 Posts: 1105 Location: Montana, USA	Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 9:03 am    Post subject: I wonder if yoga or ti chi or erg ahh, or ah fight club would make the job less stressful? hmmmmm. I'm going to get grouchy giving this stuff up. _________________ n/a
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cousinbirgco Joined: 15 Aug 2008 Posts: 141	Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 5:13 pm    Post subject: Since we are posting some personal picts, I thought folks might like to see a rare photo of cousineddie with his ex.    Filesize:  202.5 KB  Filename:  cousineddie and his ex.jpg  Viewed:  149 Time(s)
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djswan millennium club Joined: 17 Aug 2007 Posts: 1105 Location: Montana, USA	Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 6:41 pm    Post subject: I couldn't see it that well, is it real? _________________ n/a
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cousineddie Joined: 22 Aug 2008 Posts: 58	Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 7:08 pm    Post subject: Cousinbirgco, Har de har har mr. smarteepants. You won't think its so funny when I opens up a can of whoop spam on ya!
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djswan millennium club Joined: 17 Aug 2007 Posts: 1105 Location: Montana, USA	Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 7:25 am    Post subject: Humble carpenter showoffs? That kid could bench press well over 300lbs, and a 500lbs squat. ohhhh my back hurts, eh, it's all in your head. _________________ n/a
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cousinbirgco Joined: 15 Aug 2008 Posts: 141	Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 6:18 pm    Post subject: Ok enough of this nonsense, he's a little touchy because I overruled him on the roofing material for the front porch roof. He wanted to use terne, or "tin" as he calls it, and I wanted to use copper. I think the copper would last a bit longer on its own and who wants to paint "tin" anyway. I have better things to do with my spare time, ya think? So as usual, he got sore and wouldn't help much. I think he took a certain satisfaction with the whole thing...... stubborn as the day is long.    Filesize:  192.68 KB  Filename:  sm pict fr roof.jpg  Viewed:  138 Time(s)    Filesize:  137.16 KB  Filename:  sm pict fr gutt.jpg  Viewed:  123 Time(s)    Filesize:  118.65 KB  Filename:  sm pict fr prch rf.jpg  Viewed:  137 Time(s)
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cousinbirgco Joined: 15 Aug 2008 Posts: 141	Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 7:31 pm    Post subject: Well it's radiant heating time, so me and cousineddie started with the garage/basement floor, and boy did we have some fun. Lucky for me eddie didn't mind tying the 1/2 inch pex tubing to the 6 x 6 wire mesh with plastic electric ties. If you would like to try this at home and you live in a cold climate, make sure you insulate the slab with at least 1 inch of blue board styrofoam type insulation (and don't forget the perimeter of the slab), put down a good continuous 6 mil plastic vapor barrier, and add 60 lbs. of air pressure into the pex so just in case someone damages the tubing during the pour, at least you know you have a leak somewhere in the slab. We made two temporary air test manifolds out of 1/2 inch copper tubing and fittings. Add an air gauge and an air stem and you're ready to go. This layout consisted of 2 - 4 circuit zones with approx. 300 feet of tubing in each circuit. After the concrete is poured and installation checks out, the permanent manifolds will be installed. Radiant hydronic heating is an excellent way to heat your home because you can run lower temperature water (90 to 120 degrees) through the tubing and lower temp water is more efficient to make. We will be combining the radiant system with an evacuated tube solar hot water collector and a back up gas boiler/hot water heater for less than sunny days. (or weeks). Only another floor and a half to go and were on to a framing inspection and some cellulose insulation. Cousineddie was so sure that the pex would leak somewhere, but what does he know anyway...    Filesize:  145.72 KB  Filename:  sm. pict, air test.jpg  Viewed:  134 Time(s)    Filesize:  191.66 KB  Filename:  sm. pict air test.jpg  Viewed:  105 Time(s)    Filesize:  241.07 KB  Filename:  sm. pic. radiant heat.jpg  Viewed:  112 Time(s)
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