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re: Custom house - stuff you forgot
Posted on 9/7/14 at 5:57 pm to X82ndTiger
Posted on 9/7/14 at 5:57 pm to X82ndTiger
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More hot water spickets outside
what on earth is that good for?
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Posted on 9/7/14 at 6:00 pm to Nobs
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Cat 6 not Cat 5.
Conduit
Easy access conduit. Everything is constantly becoming outdated.
Posted on 9/7/14 at 6:26 pm to EA6B
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The cables you pull today probably will be obsolete in a decade anyway.
Copper is copper.
Now I would be leery of wiring lots of HDMI all over the place because of its closed standard setup....but Ethernet is already 30 years old.
And I doubt CAT6 will be obsolete from a home perspective in the next 50 years.
Posted on 9/7/14 at 6:57 pm to Mr.Perfect
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More hot water spickets outside what on earth is that good for?
Washing a 80lb dog when it is 40 degrees outside and he is covered in mud from palying in the woods!
Posted on 9/7/14 at 7:42 pm to SmackoverHawg
I always wanted a 10x10 concrete "boiling area" with a drain in the middle and curbed around all four sides. Could then dump the pot right down the drain, hose it down and be done.
This post was edited on 9/7/14 at 7:43 pm
Posted on 9/7/14 at 8:06 pm to Meauxjeaux
My dad's buddy just built a covered detached outdoor kitchen and did to the side of it
Posted on 9/8/14 at 8:27 am to SATNIGHTS
Our home was custom built 10 years before we bought it, and I can give you the perspective from the 2nd owner. 
-More outlets in the garage. Ours only has 2. Added 3 more a couple of years ago.
-More closet space than you think you need.
-Wood burning fireplace. We have a gas one and it is terrible and we never use it. It's an eyesore in the living room.
-Stay away from trendy, decorative enhancements. Our house was a "showcase" house of some kind when it was built, and the builder put a bunch of designer customization into it. A lot of it is now outdated and has been expensive for us to replace.
-If you do a bonus room of some kind, go ahead and finish it. Ours was, but I have a couple of friends that didn't when they built a house and immediately regretted it when they moved in.
-Insulate the garage.
-More outlets in the garage. Ours only has 2. Added 3 more a couple of years ago.
-More closet space than you think you need.
-Wood burning fireplace. We have a gas one and it is terrible and we never use it. It's an eyesore in the living room.
-Stay away from trendy, decorative enhancements. Our house was a "showcase" house of some kind when it was built, and the builder put a bunch of designer customization into it. A lot of it is now outdated and has been expensive for us to replace.
-If you do a bonus room of some kind, go ahead and finish it. Ours was, but I have a couple of friends that didn't when they built a house and immediately regretted it when they moved in.
-Insulate the garage.
Posted on 9/8/14 at 8:37 am to The Spleen
Washer and dryer in master closet, saw this in a bachelor pad and its probably the smartest feature I've ever seen. Doing laundry sucks, it sucks even worse when you have to drag it all over the house.
Posted on 9/8/14 at 9:03 am to tes fou
My rich arse cousin just built a house and put 2 laundry rooms in it. One is for his 4 kids, and there's a laundry chute from upstairs down to it, and one in the master suite.
Posted on 9/8/14 at 9:09 am to Mr.Perfect
quote:
More hot water spickets outside
what on earth is that good for?
Washing stuff
Posted on 9/8/14 at 9:16 am to tes fou
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Washer and dryer in master closet, saw this in a bachelor pad and its probably the smartest feature I've ever seen. Doing laundry sucks, it sucks even worse when you have to drag it all over the house.
Unless you like doing laundry late at night or early in the AM when someone is attempting to sleep nearby. I usually wash/dry later in the PM in warm weather (heats up the house less), and I would be mightly annoyed by the dryer noise while trying to sleep.
Posted on 9/8/14 at 9:34 am to SATNIGHTS
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This post was edited on 12/21/21 at 9:59 am
Posted on 9/8/14 at 3:35 pm to SATNIGHTS
Good list here. We actually did a lot of this.
A few things we did that worked well:
-bury some 2" or 3" PVC pipe under sidewalks near areas with landscaping. Made it real easy to run wire for lights and pipe for irrigation.
-also buried pipe before landscaping and sod was laid to get rainwater from downspouts away from bedding.
-if you know your doing gutters get the framers to square the fascia boards. Makes it easire to hang gutters.
-add outlets in eaves and on porch that is controlled by switch indoors for XMas lights.
-Add 2x6 or 2x8 blocking to studs were you plan to hang towel bars or toilet paper rolls. Gives solid backing to hang these.
-add plumbing for a wash/laundry tub in the garage. Works well to wash hands, shoes ect.
As for the bonus above the garage. If you spend the extra for bracing (manufactured beams), to plumb, to wire and to sheet rock area you might as well finish it. We thought about just doing beams and nothing else but could envision the mess when it came time to sheetrock it. Just did it all.
A few things we did that worked well:
-bury some 2" or 3" PVC pipe under sidewalks near areas with landscaping. Made it real easy to run wire for lights and pipe for irrigation.
-also buried pipe before landscaping and sod was laid to get rainwater from downspouts away from bedding.
-if you know your doing gutters get the framers to square the fascia boards. Makes it easire to hang gutters.
-add outlets in eaves and on porch that is controlled by switch indoors for XMas lights.
-Add 2x6 or 2x8 blocking to studs were you plan to hang towel bars or toilet paper rolls. Gives solid backing to hang these.
-add plumbing for a wash/laundry tub in the garage. Works well to wash hands, shoes ect.
As for the bonus above the garage. If you spend the extra for bracing (manufactured beams), to plumb, to wire and to sheet rock area you might as well finish it. We thought about just doing beams and nothing else but could envision the mess when it came time to sheetrock it. Just did it all.
Posted on 9/8/14 at 4:46 pm to XanderCrews
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Hardie/vinyl trim. It is usually maintenance free.
Vinyl trim in South LA and TX mildews terribly, I have to wash mine several times a year, it is becoming a real pain.
Posted on 9/8/14 at 7:40 pm to EA6B
Lots of outlets in the garage and put them at chest height. Too much stuff accumulates around the walls and blocks outlets that are too low Also, floor outlets in the den and attic ridge vents
Posted on 9/8/14 at 8:04 pm to EA6B
quote:Correct, there is no way I would put vinyl on my house.
Vinyl trim in South LA and TX mildews terribly, I have to wash mine several times a year, it is becoming a real pain.
Posted on 9/8/14 at 9:05 pm to saderade
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This post was edited on 12/21/21 at 9:59 am
Posted on 9/9/14 at 9:46 am to XanderCrews
So, for the these A/V cabinets, how do you handle IR remote equipment, or do you have all RF?
Posted on 9/9/14 at 4:36 pm to ScottieP
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-if you know your doing gutters get the framers to square the fascia boards. Makes it easire to hang gutters.
Just had mine gutters done today and I have angled fascia, they had to put these
Posted on 9/9/14 at 4:39 pm to MNCscripper
Exactly what Im talking about. We squared ours off. No brackets!!
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