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BDK said:
Drywall pics
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delivery/hanging of Drywall before roof completion is another head-scratcher from my part of the country. (and it sounds like it may be getting left that way for a period of months if I'm following correctly...)

I guess they certainly do things different in the desert…:laughing:
 
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WTF? said:
Drywall before roof is another head scratcher from my part of the country. I guess they do things different in the desert…:laughing:
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Roof has been loaded for at least a week. Wrong time of year for rain.
 
Pony_Driver said:
Definitely an out west thing. Here on the east coast it might last 30 days before being covered in mildew, a year or so before it pulls off under its own weight, leaving the fasteners in the wood above. :laughing:
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Not a western thing either, we might use denseglass, but outdoor drywall in a no go.

He's in Arizona too, not the west.
 
bdkw1 said:
Roof has been loaded for at least a week.
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Does the placement of the uninstalled material on the roof have a waterproofing effect I'm unaware of? :flipoff2:

bdkw1 said:
Wrong time of year for rain.
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That's another foreign-seeming phraseology that doesn't translate in the coastal South. :laughing:

the data looks like all year is pretty much the wrong time of year for rain... with an average monthly rainfall of ~ an inch +/- 0.3... :laughing:
 
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I really don't know much about construction methods in different locations. That's why I rely on a licensed contractor friend of mine who I've known for years, who's been building top quality houses in this area for over 40 years.

I always thought Arizona was still in the western region of the US, guess I'm wrong. It's like the wild wild west out here; herds of wild horses and range cattle stroll through the property daily, most of the people here carry guns, local law enforcement expects you to handle your own affairs, people stay out of each other's business, there's cactus and thorny plants all over, etc.
 
BDK said:
I really don't know much about construction methods in different locations. That's why I rely on a licensed contractor friend of mine who I've known for years, who's been building top quality houses in this area for over 40 years.

I always thought Arizona was still in the western region of the US, guess I'm wrong. It's like the wild wild west out here; herds of wild horses and range cattle stroll through the property daily, most of the people here carry guns, local law enforcement expects you to handle your own affairs, people stay out of each other's business, there's cactus and thorny plants all over, etc.
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I just google mapped Kingman, and I've driven through it probably because it appears to be on 40, but never stopped there. Way back in the day I went on a week long wheeling trip from Phoenix to Flagstaff AZ and if I ever left NC, I'd go there for sure. We left Phoenix and spent a week on trails til we got to Flagstaff. We did go through Crown King AZ though which is a cool old mining town that's 30 miles from pavement and still has the saloon from the 1800s standing. The lady at the general store was talking on the phone when i walked in and said it was a wet year, they'd had 12 inches of rain :laughing:
I was like "what? we get that in a day sometimes"
Sorry for the slight derail but yeah your place looks awesome and I am jealous :smokin:
 
As I’ve mentioned before, it’s pretty wild to see the regional differences in construction practices/techniques.

Honestly kinda sad to read that you won’t be around there for a bit to get our updates on your build.
 
ridered3 said:
As I’ve mentioned before, it’s pretty wild to see the regional differences in construction practices/techniques.

Honestly kinda sad to read that you won’t be around there for a bit to get our updates on your build.
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All they are doing when I'm gone is finishing the drywall, and brown coating the stucco. Maybe laying out the roof tiles and painting the garage, since it's going to be satin white. Power should be to the house and well by then too. I'll have them trench for the propane line when they trench the power lines.

We're not missing that much. I'll also get pictures from the contractor and subs I can post.

Mohave County doesn't want me to leave. This has been the nicest day in a few months. 72 degrees, slight cool breeze, zero clouds, and ridiculously quiet.
 
Squamch said:
Not a western thing either, we might use denseglass, but outdoor drywall in a no go.

He's in Arizona too, not the west.
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Steve300xcw said:
Thank you:laughing:
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BDK said:
I really don't know much about construction methods in different locations. That's why I rely on a licensed contractor friend of mine who I've known for years, who's been building top quality houses in this area for over 40 years.

I always thought Arizona was still in the western region of the US, guess I'm wrong. It's like the wild wild west out here; herds of wild horses and range cattle stroll through the property daily, most of the people here carry guns, local law enforcement expects you to handle your own affairs, people stay out of each other's business, there's cactus and thorny plants all over, etc.
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They're just West-Coasters, you know the blue voting states.:flipoff2: THE West certainly does include AZ,NM, CO, ID, UT, WY and MT, IMO, any place West of or including the Rockies, none of this West of the Mississippi River bullshit, that's so 1803.
 
Roc Doc said:
They're just West-Coasters, you know the blue voting states.:flipoff2: THE West certainly does include AZ,NM, CO, ID, UT, WY and MT, IMO, any place West of or including the Rockies, none of this West of the Mississippi River bullshit, that's so 1803.
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Don't forget NV
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Roc Doc said:
They're just West-Coasters, you know the blue voting states.:flipoff2: THE West certainly does include AZ,NM, CO, ID, UT, WY and MT, IMO, any place West of or including the Rockies, none of this West of the Mississippi River bullshit, that's so 1803.
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If Dodge City isn’t in the West then everything is meaningless.
 
Gbkeith said:
If Dodge City isn’t in the West then everything is meaningless.
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Pfft. Dodge City is in the flyover part of the country and certainly not in The West, it's located in the mislabeled mid-WEST, that part of the country should have been known as the Middle, or Flabby Gut of America.
 
Roc Doc said:
Pfft. Dodge City is in the flyover part of the country and certainly not in The West, it's located in the mislabeled mid-WEST, that part of the country should have been known as the Middle, or Flabby Gut of America.
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Kansas is mostly a rectangle. I’m pretty sure the flabby gut is Illinois, Iowa, and Missouri.
 
Squamch said:
No, just look at map. Washington, Oregon, and California are west. They touch the pacific.
States like Texas that touch the Atlantic are east. The rest are central.:flipoff2:
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Roc Doc's list stands. And Texas doesn't touch the Atlantic. It touches the gulf of mehico which touches the Atlantic. Listing Texas as an eastern state is just as retarded as the bullshit northeast states that are considered the mid-west.

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45acp said:
Roc Doc's list stands. And Texas doesn't touch the Atlantic. It touches the gulf of mehico which touches the Atlantic. Listing Texas as an eastern state is just as retarded as the bullshit northeast states that are considered the mid-west.

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I dunno. East Texas is pretty much the South. Far West Texas and far South Texas are Mexico. Central Texas and the part of North Texas that includes Dallas are the Midwest or Europe or something. Especially where they speak German. The rest of North Texas is whatever the fat part of Oklahoma is. The Panhandle and Mid-West Texas are whatever western Oklahoma and Kansas and eastern Colorado and Wyoming are.
 
Gbkeith said:
I dunno. East Texas is pretty much the South. Far West Texas and far South Texas are Mexico. Central Texas and the part of North Texas that includes Dallas are the Midwest or Europe or something. Especially where they speak German. The rest of North Texas is whatever the fat part of Oklahoma is. The Panhandle and Mid-West Texas are whatever western Oklahoma and Kansas and eastern Colorado and Wyoming are.
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I can see New Mexico from my front porch and hear dulling banjo’s playing in Oklahoma while drinking beer from Colorado. :beer: So there’s that. :usa:
 
BDK said:
All they are doing when I'm gone is finishing the drywall, and brown coating the stucco. Maybe laying out the roof tiles and painting the garage, since it's going to be satin white. Power should be to the house and well by then too. I'll have them trench for the propane line when they trench the power lines.

We're not missing that much. I'll also get pictures from the contractor and subs I can post.

Mohave County doesn't want me to leave. This has been the nicest day in a few months. 72 degrees, slight cool breeze, zero clouds, and ridiculously quiet.
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Drywaller sent me these this morning
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Should be getting stucco brown coat today. Stucco guy said they will be out there watering down the stucco for the next few weeks so it dries harder. He advised waiting two to three months before applying the sealer and synthetic color coats. He did that with his house and it's been five years without a single crack.
 
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