Pole building home vs traditional stick build
Lynn Heins
4 years ago
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Comments (11)i am not a sparky, so not sure if the code limits it or not. i would do as follows, and it may be overkill. you need to sit down and think of how many circuits you will need. if you ar egoing to have a lot of guys around working then you need to give each group at least 1 circuit. put you work lights on their own circuit. you don't want to be that a night and trip a braker and lose ALL lights. figure you need 1 circuit for for the air compressor, 1 for each table saw, and then a couple more for general skill saws and etc. so maybe 10 total, and that should give a little to spare. remember, you can always install unused circuits, but it is a pain to try and stick 10 breakers in a 6 slot box! i would get a 100 amp main panel and wire everything to it. they don't cost that much, and this will cover you if you need additional capacity later inthe build before your main 200 is in service. from the meter to the panel you would run #2. if you can mount the meter base on the top of the temporary panel, you only need enough wire to reach from out the top of the mast to the panel lugs, maybe 10 feet per wire and you need 3 of them. for a ground get 5 feet of #4 and a ground rod. it can be right below the panel. you REALLY need to get a couple of wiring books if you plan on doing this yourself. if you honestly don't knwo how to figure load requirements for a temporary panel, how do you think you will know what to do when wiring the permanent structure? i would hate for you to spend thousands of dollars on wire and then the inspector make you rip it all right back out....See MoreBuild an Addition, Move, or Stick it out?
Comments (20)"From your post it sounds like you want/need a larger master bathroom and the kids rooms are really small, not huge just bigger. I get that, as one of our kid's rooms was really small prior to our remodel. It fit a twin bed, a dresser and a small desk, barely. It was tight. As your kids grow they'll probably want a bit more space in their rooms then what they have now. Since the rest of your house and yard is pretty ideal, location and schools are good, I'd stay put. Can you hire an architect to draw up some plans that might address your needs in a way you haven't thought of already? A good architect will see your house in a new light and quite possibly will give you option(s) you never considered." After we’ve talked about it, it’s doubtful that we would do a full-fledged addition and add a bedroom/master bathroom. That would be too much for what we really need and too much disruption. Realistically, I doubt my wife or I would do the basement route either….maybe one of the kids would want to do it down the line, but it would still cost us a decent amount of money in order to bring it up to code with exit windows. What have kinda tossed around is doing a bump-out or just a small extension off the master bedroom/bathroom to allow for a tub/double-vanity in the bathroom and then a little more closet space in the master. Not sure on the cost, but I’m sure it’ll be much, much less than a full addition. The other thing we have talked about doing is walling off the dining room and making that into a bedroom. There wouldn’t be any way to have a doorway to go from the living room back to the bedroom area, so the only entry to the bedroom area would now be the kitchen. Originally I thought it would be a little weird, but my wife said that it might make more sense. We watch TV and have the big fireplace in that room so it might cut down some sound coming from the family room. It’s not really about having separation from the kids as much as it is having more bedroom space overall. My daughters bedroom could probably fit a small desk in the corner, so no problem there. My boys room has a bunk bed, 1 dresser, and there is not much room outside of that....See MoreCost to build / Stick vs Modular
Comments (31)CSKI13, Without other details, I suspect what they meant by "rambling ranch" was that you had a complicated footprint. That adds significantly to the cost. Tom, that's a very simple ranch floorplan. A style like that will be the cheapest possible build, regardless of whether you go stick-built or modular. While that floorplan may not boast a great deal of "flash", it looks like a solid, comfortable place to live. The plumbing's consolidated, the bedroom hall isn't too long, the rooms are a comfortable size. I think the windows in the utility room and the window over the kitchen sink look a little sad ... I'd make them larger, or perhaps embellish them with some window boxes or something. However -- pointing out the obvious -- these ranches are widely available, and a house bought on the resale market is almost always cheaper than a new, custom-built house. With this in mind, why would you put the money and the effort into building? You're not likely to want to stay in this house for the rest of your life. I'd be okay with a no-view dining room; I'd do a banquette against the back wall -- very practical with kids. I'd add another window (or slider) on the left wall of the living room. You have the space, and additional light from a second side would really open up that room. With another 2-4' of width in the utility room you could have a desk and floor-to-ceiling shelving. You'd sit at the desk with your back to the washing machine -- painted a pretty color and accented with a few nice things, this could be "a real room", not just the laundry. This would provide you with an "away space" for one person. You could even include a peek-a-boo window into the kitchen. Of course, this would enlarge the half bath are too ... allowing you BOTH a large closet opening into the bathroom AND a built-in bookshelf opening towards the living room. Sounds like a win-win-win for the low price of 2-4' width in that garage-connector area. Even for a budget project, that little bit extra will add a great deal of liveability to the house. 10-20% savings, if that's the difference between stick and modular, ABSOLUTELY IS a pile of money. If, of course, you end up with a similar-quality product -- and that, I don't know. One last thought: I'm pretty sure my Bible told me it's ALL God's country!...See MoreNew build w/pics: BM Regal Select vs. Aura? Hardiplank Artisan
Comments (1)Hire a local designer. Look under the Find a Pro tab....See MoreUser
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