http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ownerbuilderclub/ Owner Builder Club - A place to meet those building their own home. Sun, 09 Aug 2009 02:26:42 GMT Cecilia Sharpley http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ownerbuilderclub/message/4619 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ownerbuilderclub/message/4619 ... Yes Gene - of course I remember. For more information on the radially sawn timber you couldn't do better than visit their website: www.radialtimber.com Sat, 08 Aug 2009 23:04:34 GMT genoman45 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ownerbuilderclub/message/4618 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ownerbuilderclub/message/4618 Cecilia, Your building project was fascinating to me and if you remember I corresponded with a few questions a few years ago. The spiral lumber cut that was Sat, 08 Aug 2009 22:58:14 GMT cecilia sharpley http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ownerbuilderclub/message/4617 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ownerbuilderclub/message/4617 Not sure if it will be of any help to you, but our website documenting our building in the Yarra Valley, Victoria has apparently been helpful to some folk as Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:12:25 GMT LarenCorie http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ownerbuilderclub/message/4616 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ownerbuilderclub/message/4616 Posted by: "julieanne.geard" julieanne.geard@... ... Hi Julieanne; Hopefully you will find someone here. If not, we do have some Australian and New Wed, 29 Jul 2009 02:38:49 GMT julieanne.geard http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ownerbuilderclub/message/4615 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ownerbuilderclub/message/4615 I am looking for a block in tassy, probibly around deloraine area and I am going to build my little dream cottage, are there any other owner builders in tassy Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:30:06 GMT genoman45 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ownerbuilderclub/message/4614 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ownerbuilderclub/message/4614 Laren, As always you provide great advice, thank you for sharing your vast expertise. At one point, I toyed with the idea of building my own windows. What Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:05:27 GMT genoman45 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ownerbuilderclub/message/4613 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ownerbuilderclub/message/4613 Great question - the short answer is you have choices - The lowest cost is to purchase windows before you finalize the home design. Then design the house Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:06:33 GMT LarenCorie http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ownerbuilderclub/message/4612 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ownerbuilderclub/message/4612 Posted by: "hairy_piano" hairy_piano@... ... Hi Harry; As a longtime designer of Solar Solar heated, and naturally cooled houses, that are owner Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:30:08 GMT tjingham http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ownerbuilderclub/message/4611 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ownerbuilderclub/message/4611 We bought Jeld-Wenn Vinyl clad double-pane, single hung windows. I THINK they have an argon gas layer between the panes, to help with energy efficiency. Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:10:01 GMT hairy_piano http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ownerbuilderclub/message/4610 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ownerbuilderclub/message/4610 What brand of windows do you like / decide to use? I'm interested in maintenance free as much as possible, energy efficiency, quality of construction and cost. Fri, 12 Jun 2009 09:40:55 GMT risa_con_mi http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ownerbuilderclub/message/4609 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ownerbuilderclub/message/4609 Hi James, I use the student version of Chief Architect and it does what you're looking for but I have to draw the house first and input materials. You could Tue, 26 May 2009 16:44:42 GMT genoman45 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ownerbuilderclub/message/4608 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ownerbuilderclub/message/4608 For project manangement suggestions click on the Links section in this group under project. There are a few links listed for what you are after. One is Wed, 20 May 2009 21:10:36 GMT Clark Ellison http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ownerbuilderclub/message/4607 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ownerbuilderclub/message/4607 Krylon has a plastic paint that should not and it comes in many colors. Clark [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Wed, 20 May 2009 05:25:53 GMT migraine1000 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ownerbuilderclub/message/4606 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ownerbuilderclub/message/4606 PEX can go directly to your toilet or washbasin. The trouble is it looks ugly because it's red or blue. I'm thinking of painting the exposed part silver. Would Wed, 20 May 2009 05:24:18 GMT james.wisa@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ownerbuilderclub/message/4605 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ownerbuilderclub/message/4605 I am looking for a spreadsheet or program that I could use to quantify the materials that will be used to build a new house. I was thinking that it could be