What's up today (bullchiting) thread.

I think that will be the route we go. As much as I like having a basement, I'm tired of water seepage wrecking things. No insurance coverage for seepage either. Plus, like I said, my wife's knees can't handle the steps due to a head on car accident years ago and rheumatoid arthritis. I'll probably dig a storm shelter in the yard that can double as vegetable storage for winter.

 

On a positive note, I am meeting a state forester out at the farm. They heard my tree rows are from the first year ND started soil bank/wildlife conservation programs in 1951. Guess they want to assess their condition and help plan other plantings. Should be interesting.

 

Rotti, I think you just described my next house.. current house 35 stairs from office to laundry room in basement 5 levels... I got bad knees but I can do stairs... my sister told me when I bought it she was buying me a stairmaster

 

Amazing how the stair issue evolves as you get older and your afflicted with joint issues. I wouldn't even consider a house with stairs. Single floor living is a pleasure.

 

My wife took this picture today. This is not to far from my work. The traffic stopped and let us get a picture of it. I really need to source an apple tree now.

 

The main downside of living on a slab - no basement for shelter/storage.
Add in you can't really inspect for termite invasion on a slab, until your drywall or baseboard has been eaten to visual ingress.
with PEX piping water lines can be run overhead without "hopefully" pipes bursting someday - they may still freeze solid, but folks up north and down here still run into that anyways

 

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Is it easier to heat too? I assume with 1 floor living area are near stove and bedrooms at end where I would want it cooler anyway..

 

Sorry Stinny the snake ate his frog and found its way out of the pit, checked this morning no frog no snake

 

Gulp...

 

Have 1 wood stove in each end of the house. Run the 30 alone most of the time but when it drops to the -20's or there is a strong N or NW wind, we kick the 2nd stove on and evenly heat the entire house. On a AVERAGE winter (not like the last 2) I burn 24/7 from October to April on 5-7 cords.

 

Sure wouldn't want a place without a basement. Too hard for me to give it up. Makes a nice place to "hunker down" during the cold blizzards winter throws our way every year. Good place for workshop and wood stove and wood storage....and a bit of an escape from someone else when it's needed!!

 

You too?...

 

This year, I put the computer down in the workshop also. Also have the treadmill down here...which usually involves a lot of "suggestions" or "recommendations" when someone else is using the treadmill and I'm on the computer! "You should get rid of that...When is the last time you used this?...I bet you didn't know you had those..." Get the idea?
Almost makes me want to make the same noise your dog does!

 

That's what my heated,attached 2 car garage is for...................................

 

Yup, on the attached garage...nope on the heated. Besides that, there are always two cars in it! (Go figure)

 

Yup, our basement has a lady on a treadmill too... ... no computer ... yet.

 

You mean vehicles can actually go in a garage? I guess I could spread all my chit out across the yard...

 

Hey, are you my lost brother???

 

We're all brothers, bro...