My extension

Here is some pictures of the extension I am working on weekends and holidays.

There will be more pictures continuously

Looking good. What is the building season like in the winter in Denmark.

Well..temperature can range from +5 c to -15 c in a normal winter. And it starts around the end of November and ends in March. Sometimes we have very high snow and other times nothing.. So do we stop building in the winter ..! very rare.. We are wiking!!

Nice work on the new shop. It gets cold with huge snow falls in my area to. God I hate winter

I wish it was my shop, but it is a room for our son and a spare..

I am pretty confident your son is going to love his new room KWC. Looks good too. Right now it’s forty degrees and raining outside. Cold wet and it already snowed Sunday!!!! No more working outside for Chris 🙁

Oh well wishful thinking anyhow. I hate winter, but u have to pick your battles.

lucky son and lookin good KWC!

any progress on your extension?

Well I’m almost done with the inside walls and the next part of the project is to put wood on the exterior..

Man I hate the fact that this lot I live on is so effing small. A nice 15×15 workshop would be awesome in addition to a a garage. The dream would be a pimped out huge pole barn with metal and wood working tools. Looks nice KWC can’t wait to see the finished project. Watching how other countries build is pretty interesting. Canada and the USA are pretty much the same code wise except for a few exceptions like insulation and other minor code differences, but I would way its about 95% the same between the two. I also hate that fiberglass asphalt shingles are the standard for most of the USA. They don’t last long and if you don’t get architectural style just a plain 3 tab it makes your house look like crap. I spent extra on SBS shingles they look like fiberglass and asphalt but they are a more like rubber. It’s night and day in the durability the pebbles are pressed in to the shingle not just shaken on, and they are next to impossible to tear with your bare hands. I could have got the job done cheaper even with the same contractor but there are too many issues with warranty work on roofs companies go out of business all the time and the manufacture will blame bad installation 99% of the time. That’s why I went with Mr. Roof a big roofing company in the midwest.

DR I feel the same about my lot size it a more front yard than back yard bit at the the time lookin for houses we couldn’t either afford it or the house would be in a bad area I’m still hoping to get our next house with my 3car garage and BIG lot…..

It’s gotta be tough to live in Cali what people pay for homes is crazy. San Francisco has over taken Manhattan as the most expensive city to live in just recently. The tech workers are forcing everyone else out its causing some major issues. I wouldn’t be surprised if we don’t see protests/riots in sf.

Wow DR I didn’t know bout that but yea we can expect some activity from that. DR it was so hard when we were lookin for our house we had investors and flippers buying house from right under our feet even if we offered 20-30 thousand over the list price they would buy them cash for way under the list price it was so frustrating and now I heard that they have to go through the same process as regular home buyers now and wait for the 30day closing cost and the banks have to actually check where there money is actually coming from

To see if we build so differently. I made a drawing of the design I used for my extension.

Is it the normal way to build a house in Denmark … Nope! one would normally use drywall inside door instead of light concrete(aircrete blocks. http://www.hhcelcon.co.uk ) that I have used.

In my area, not a lot of flippers. I picked up my house a couple of years ago and is 1 1/2 acres. I definitely don’t know how u guys do it out there in California, prices are sick.

Holy crap you guys use a lot of insulation. That is so much more than what we use in the USA.

Yeah alright..we use some!

It is government that requires it .. and do not start me up on the rules for 2015 and 2020

They are insane..!!

but okay .. You only use a candle to keep warm.. with the amount of insulation 😉

I started to put the boards up today

lookin good……

Almost there KWC!! I c a lot nice yellow in that pics 2. 😉

I do some Dewalt tools

Progress

That’s On my way! Really cool sheeting going on there! Are you routing those or dadoing those yourself?

I use router..

And some more work..

Lookin nice KW!!

That’s gotta be real rewarding KWC plus some really good use of tools off the van! I can retire in three and a half years. I’ll be 48. I am going to start hounding tool suppliers for a job!!!

looking good …

ChrisK1970 wrote:

That’s gotta be real rewarding KWC plus some really good use of tools off the van! I can retire in three and a half years. I’ll be 48. I am going to start hounding tool suppliers for a job!!!

I love to make custom made solution.. You are better to sell/demonstrate tool if you have used tools.. ..

It wood be nice to have you on team yellow.. A Festool snob in black and yellow.. NICE!!

Are you using screws to fasten your sheeting? Looks like Assy from Wurth.

I really like the shape of your extension. Nice work!!

Mr. Yellow wrote:

Are you using screws to fasten your sheeting? Looks like Assy from Wurth.

I really like the shape of your extension. Nice work!!

Assy it is:-)

And thanks to all of you for the kind words..

Ah nice. We use it too. Never any problems 🙂

To maintain symmetry around the windows , I needed to custom make a solution ..

All most done..

I can not agree with myself whether I should copy the main house solution.. On my extension..

Awesome job on the extension, not sore about copying the house look.

Here is a update on how i am doing on my extension:

Inside:

The walls inside is almost done, I need to do some of the construction for ceiling first. An before I can do that I need to be done with the putting in the pipes for heat recovery unit. I don’t know if you got that system in the U.S.

http://www.begreensystems.co.uk/Images/Heat-Recovery-diagram.jpg

Outside:

well my wife just started to paint the wood.. And I must say I’m not tried about it.. Not because my wife do a bad paint job.. Just because I’m the type that don’t ask for help, I like to do it myself..!! I’m type.. If you want it done right you do it yourself

Looking really good KWC and we do have those system here in the states. Some people use them and they are not mandatory. As for the wife giving a helping hand its not a bad thing unless she is like my wife. When my wife helps it is like watching the Special Olympics. So I just tell her if you really want to help me go find something else to do please.

Wow guys! My wife comes downstairs and talks to me while I’m in the shop running tools. But….she’s hot so I guess I’ll put up with it 😉

ChrisK1970 wrote:

Wow guys! My wife comes downstairs and talks to me while I’m in the shop running tools. But….she’s hot so I guess I’ll put up with it 😉

I feel the same way Chris. I think my wife is hot but when she tries to help she’s a hot mess. ::)

regopit wrote:

Looking really good KWC and we do have those system here in the states. Some people use them and they are not mandatory. As for the wife giving a helping hand its not a bad thing unless she is like my wife. When my wife helps it is like watching the Special Olympics. So I just tell her if you really want to help me go find something else to do please.

It commen in Denmark if you build a new house, you must put a HRV in,because of insulation you need to have in need house ex min 10″ insulation in the walls..

I can see what you mean about special olympics..

regopit wrote:

I feel the same way Chris. I think my wife is hot but when she tries to help she’s a hot mess. ::)

Hahahaha nice Regopit! My wife broke my glass beer tumblr….then broke the other one. She ended up getting me two better ones! Now…..come on down sweetheart! Daddy needs a new band saw!