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Steddy

Lifer
Sep 18, 2021
1,256
22,152
Western North Carolina
Congratulations, I wish you many bowls in good health on your porch! Our new house is finished and I had an exhaust fan put in the den/office/guest bedroom, against my wife’s wishes and knowledge. She was pissed but I am on a mission to “be allowed” to smoke in this room, haha.
I am not here to steal your thunder so congratulations again on the build, super exciting.
 

chilllucky

Lifer
Jul 15, 2018
1,159
2,985
Chicago, IL, USA
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They started siding around the garage, which is the other side of our breezeway here. Behind me you can just make out the old walnut tree we used to find shade and cool breezes under in high summer whose location and orientation drove the design of this outdoor space.

The plasterer is just about done inside, so I can take measurements for the pipe and tobacco cabinet that will live just inside from this porch.
 

AroEnglish

Lifer
Jan 7, 2020
4,061
12,260
Midwest
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They started siding around the garage, which is the other side of our breezeway here. Behind me you can just make out the old walnut tree we used to find shade and cool breezes under in high summer whose location and orientation drove the design of this outdoor space.

The plasterer is just about done inside, so I can take measurements for the pipe and tobacco cabinet that will live just inside from this porch.
Thanks for the updates; it's been really fun to follow how things have progressed. I enjoy watching some of those home reno shows but sadly no one's done one with a pipe room as part of the work.
 
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chilllucky

Lifer
Jul 15, 2018
1,159
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Chicago, IL, USA
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Yeah, they get really bland people to do those shows. I did about 7-8 years of installation work as part of my 20 years as a cabinet and furniture maker and I have had many conversations with folks about building displays or structures to show off their eccentric hobbies. Everything from model railroads to fully equipped BDSM dungeons.

A 2' wide pipe rack built-in ain't nothing.
 

AroEnglish

Lifer
Jan 7, 2020
4,061
12,260
Midwest
Yeah, they get really bland people to do those shows. I did about 7-8 years of installation work as part of my 20 years as a cabinet and furniture maker and I have had many conversations with folks about building displays or structures to show off their eccentric hobbies. Everything from model railroads to fully equipped BDSM dungeons.

A 2' wide pipe rack built-in ain't nothing.
Wow, that sounds like some pretty memorable stuff.

I totally agree with the people they get for the shows and I get why they do it. My wife is the determiner of who’s tolerable enough to watch and we actually don’t watch too many 😁
 

Uguccione

Starting to Get Obsessed
Jan 22, 2024
155
319
Italy
Beautiful house, congratulations. I work in real estate, so these topics always interest me a lot.

I'm fascinated by all this; it seems that where you live, buying land and building a house is very simple. Where I live it would be simply unthinkable: building land is very rare and in any case you can't build the house the way you like it, there are often landscape constraints to respect, otherwise you won't get the permits.

I'm also very curious to understand why I see so many houses built of wood in America.
 

chilllucky

Lifer
Jul 15, 2018
1,159
2,985
Chicago, IL, USA
scoosa.com
Beautiful house, congratulations. I work in real estate, so these topics always interest me a lot.

I'm fascinated by all this; it seems that where you live, buying land and building a house is very simple. Where I live it would be simply unthinkable: building land is very rare and in any case you can't build the house the way you like it, there are often landscape constraints to respect, otherwise you won't get the permits.

I'm also very curious to understand why I see so many houses built of wood in America.
It's above my pay grade, but I would imagine the availability issue has a lot to do with America having been settled by people who use property rights and build permanent dwellings about 1/10 as long as Italy.

The second question I actually feel comfortable answering - because Canada sells it cheap!
 
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