[Spike-A-Pike]

Daymon.

The place is really coming together nice. It's okay to make changes as long as the owner signs off on all the change orders, otherwise, it's generally on your dime. This weekend is the TU Meet in Clinton, MO and I think Pete is in route from down under and Phil will be coming in from the UK. I'm looking forward to finally getting to put a few names and faces together. Hope the construction continues right along and I hope you'll get some fishing in soon.

[Vodkaman]

Very impressive, love the woodwork.

[kelly]

Now thats a place I could spend some time. Who needs the real world. Or is that the real world we all want. Good job!

[StoneCoal Tackle]

Hello everyone,
I'm still here and we're still plugging away on the house.

Although the temps have been a little on the cool side, the hills are really turning green............




Even with the cool temps it sure beats this day....................................



Got lots of stuff going on lately including stonework on the fireplaces, rough wiring, rough plumbing, soffit and facia, siding and setting tubs and showers.

Here you see the "Great Room" strewn with fieldstone and not just any old fieldstone but some unusual rocks with lots of character......................



........like this piece of swiss cheese


and this big eyeball.........


....these weired color patterns........


Or how about this "dinosaur head"...................

or am I the only one who sees it?

Anyways, start putting them all together and they look pretty cool.......

The stone with the mortised out area at the upper left corner of the firebox was from and old barn and held the tennon of a wood beam. Here it will serve as a match box, holding a handful of long stem matches. The mantel will be oak with a big flat screen tv above, the lower box to the right will hold firewood and the upper box will hold video/audio equipment.

Next post, some siding pics.
Later,
daymon

[StoneCoal Tackle]

Here's a few pics of the "James Hardy" cement siding and accessories. It comes prefinished and is tough stuff with low maintenance.

....Nice woodgrain finish and wide trim....


......Making arch trim and keystone..........



.......once the trees are all leafed out the house should blend in pretty well, LOL




The house has a spacious 36' X 28' guest bedroom with bathroom upstairs with patio door leading onto a small balcony.



.....in this photo we see the supports for the balcony and also the water pipes and drain for the bath protruding from the wall.



The comode and lavatory for the guest bathroom will be mounted on the exterior of the house and will be accessible by climbing out the bathroom window. This is being done to discourage guests from overstaying their welcome ......................................... ......just kidding, the pipes run perpendicular to the floor joists and have to be slid in from the outside before the siding can go any further.

Here's a shot of one of the showers...........................


Here's the back side..........sure glad this thing came preplumbed!


Well, that's all for now.
More to come,
daymon

[Spike-A-Pike]

Daymon.

The place looks like its coming along; all the details look great. The owners should be happy with what they're see for their money. The only thing that I would add is a large bass pound within casting distance of one of the decks; better yet, a musky pound!!

[Vodkaman]

I like the lure testing tank in the last pic. Many thanks.

[hazmail]

James Hardy (Another great Aussie company) -- like the way you finished the cladding around the windows, something they can not match at home. You have probably posted it , but where is this house? - I have probably drove past it recently. pete

[StoneCoal Tackle]

Hey Pete, the house is located in the little community of Ireland, West Virginia. If you visited Vince you were probably within a few hours of me.
Ireland is not much more than a wide spot in the road but they do have a post office (about the size of a one car garage) and they have a cool "Irish Spring Festival" complete with "Road Bowling".
Glad you made it home safely, sure wish I could have made it to Clinton for the TU gathering. Maybe next year.

[hazmail]

Daymon
I reckon I drove within 100 miles of there, beautiful country right through there. pete