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I thought we were going to surprise Eric and show up at his place with campers and tents. Oh, forgot, it's probably against the law there.

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Probably sick of the taxes and decided to come to Texas.

Daves tweeters are something special for sure. GLWTS

If structure is what you're after, you should look into ICF's, Precast and SIPS panels as well as engineered floor joists and rafters. Back when I started building (long time ago) everything I framed was douglas fir from Canfor, it was so much straighter and cleaner than any of the normal SPF that you could buy. From a contractors perspective, you have to understand that the average person that builds or buys a home, won't listen to investing in components that will save them in the long run, and they are after bigger, not necessarily better. You, are different than the majority of people.

LOL, yes. Just trying to lighten things up. Hows things going for you?

Dude, I didn't call you out specifically. LOL, It's all good, the world need humor right now, so suck it up.

Sorry Edgar, it seems like almost nobody is listening to the fact that you're not doing 9' walls, despite having told them that many times. I, on the other hand, have read what you said and commented based on what matters to you, but these other jokers can't seem to comprehend, so you're gonna have to get a little more abrupt. LOL EDGAR DOESN'T WANT TALLER WALLS, HE HAS NO NEED FOR TALLER WALLS AND AS FOR YOUR THEORY ON RESALE VALUE, HE'S NOT PLANNING ON SELLING THIS. Bunch of stubborn SOBs on this forum. LOL Happy Thursday!

DL15MT's are the ones that are probably in them.

Having done thousands of foundations, probably around 20 basements in 2020 alone, here's my .02 1. 9' shouldn't cost $6,000 more, i do 9' as my norm, 10's on occasions and rarely do 8' walls. 2. If you're never going to finish the space and have no plans on selling, it doesn't matter, keep your money and move on. 3. Regardless of your wall height, if they dig and get any water running into the cut, stop immediately and fill it in and do a crawl space. 4. If you have precast wall suppliers in your area (Superior Wall or Progressive Precast, maybe others) that's all I will even bid for my projects. All of the precast systems are better wall systems than block or poured onsite. ICF's can be great, depending on pricing and availability as well. 5. Make sure your footings/basement slab are placed over a compacted limestone sub base and your drains are placed at the proper level (I'm assuming this is a flat lot and you can't get drains to daylight) If you can't have gravity drains, spend money on the right sump or sumps and a reliable automatic backup for power loss. 6. Make sure they put in a passive radon reduction system, that can be made active, if the levels ever warrant it. (It's plastic pipe set in the stone base under the slab) 7. Make sure you understand the soil conditions when they dig, and unless you have natural sand and gravel, make sure their contract spells out a minimum of 50% gravel backfill and filter fabric isolating the footer drains. 8. Make sure your foundation is insulated properly, as it will affect your overall heating and cooling and is part of the thermal envelope on the structure. I'm doing R-20 minimum in all my foundations, even crawl spaces. 9. What's your waterproofing? Make sure they are using a system that has an actual warranty (slapping tar on a wall isn't really waterproofing) I could go on, but instead I would offer you any technical/review assistance that I can be. PM me and we can set up a time to chat if I can help. BTW, if you do a crawl space, all the considerations are exactly the same. You only have one chance at putting a foundation in properly, and that's the first time. There should be a Monokast franchise in your area. They're based out of St. Louis and I use their walls as well.

Quite a few people here own a pair of these and I'm one of them that can say, you would be hard pressed to find anything close to the performance for the $$. The DH1A's aren't quite the size of a frisbee, but pretty close. Wish you were close, I have people that heard mine and are hunting for them. I'm building a new home for a friend along with a band room/studio, and he keeps trying to buy mine and a devastator for his house system. Somebody snag these, you will not be disappointed. GLWTS

There's only one way to really know. Blow the dust off of that money and treat yourself.

Old news, and get your facts straight Rich, it was a luxury cabin and technically it was a threesome. LMAO

@Dave1291 sorry Dave.

Damn, it's like a love fest. ROTFLMAO Dave, are you still here?

And your whit.

You're my hero.

As posted previously by someone, a person that is unpopular, not respected and not smoking too much pot..............................................We're screwed! LMAO This is such a f-uped thread, regardless of your beliefs. Let's throw crap against the wall and see what sticks. LMAO

Obviously, you're referring to Carl and Jerry. LMAO

So sorry to hear that. Worked with Bob on more than one project over the years and he was an outstanding individual that, as others have already said, helped so many people.

And may be some day.................when they get a coach that can recruit and actually put together a solid staff. Obviously, I'm not a Franklin fan and haven't been since day one. 6 years and the time for excuses is over. IMHO Bama, what can you say but awesome. Listening to his players, they get really love Nick and his coaching, and all of them, buy into that program 100%, but someone needs to teach

Very nice indeed! I don't believe there's going to be much out there, regardless of the price point, to compete with the beast! Great work Roy.

If it was someone paying back a debt, I would imagine they would use regular stamps, versus having a postage machine. @BigStewMan I would mail it back, but you said you wanted to move and I don't want it getting lost. I'll give it back to you at NAG

Yes, just didn't want to admit it. LOL