shit i forgot, on marlon's #11 look at the rinnai one, we have it, its AWESOME!!!
tw On 8/4/05, Marlon Moyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 11. If instant hot water is important, have them plumb the hot water > on a circuit and then install a circulating pump. > 12. Have them deck as much of the attic as they can. It's a lot > easier to do when they haven't put a roof on. > 13. Install a security system before the sheetrock goes up. > 14. Have the dishwasher raised a few inches, it makes it easier to > load since you don't have to bend over too far. > 15. Put space for a second refrigerator in the utility room. If you > have kids, you'll end up wanting a second refrigerator. > 16. If you have a workout room, don't carpet it. Any kind of > equipment you run on, namely a treadmill, will bounce too much on > carpet. > 17. If you have a non-brass finish on your fixtures, make sure they > still don't use brass hinges on your doors. > 18. Skip the jacuzzi tub. You'll love it for about 6 months, then > never use it. During the next few years, mold will build up in the > pipes and render it useless. > > > On 8/4/05, Marlon Moyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 1. Radiant barrier on the roof decking and thermostactically > > controlled electric exhaust fans. > > 2. I'd go with granite on the counters, but that's just my opinion. > > 3. Brick it all the way around if that's the standard in you area. > > 4. Make sure the air conditioner is big enough for the house your cooling :) > > 5. Got a dog? Make a dog room off of the garage. > > 6. Got a girlfriend, wife, or girls? Make sure to get toilets with a > > powerful flush. It'll save you tons of time with a plunger. I speak > > from experience. > > 7. Wire all the rooms for a ceiling fan. Make sure that you have two > > switches for each room. One for the light, one for the fan. > > 8. Want to use a room as a media/movie room with a projector. Have > > the contractor leave the wall untextured. I did this and it makes a > > pretty good screen. > > 9. Phone in the master bathroom. Every time I sit down to read, > > damnit somebody calls :) > > 10. Arrange/put multiple phone/TV/outlets in each room so that you > > could rearrange the furniture. > > > > > > On 8/4/05, Tony Weeg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 1. hot/cold water outside spigots (front and back of the house) > > > 2. wash basin with hot/cold in the garage > > > 3. as someone mentioned WIRE IT NOW FOR EVERYTHING YOU CAN THINK OF! > > > 4. get as many recessed lights as possible (They are cool, and people > > > love them, make sure they are dimmable) > > > 5. get as much room as you can in your closet if its over your garage > > > (resale value) > > > 6. get hardwoods floors if you can (At least downstairs, again resale > > > value) > > > 7. get corian counters in your kitchen > > > 8. go with custom cabinets rather than standard builder grade (All > > > towards resale value) > > > 9. get your driveway paved as part of the mortgage > > > 10. get a sprinkler system included > > > 11. make the deck 5-6' bigger > > > 12. make sure that you have all things where you want them prior to > > > the wall board going up. > > > 13. go with one flat color all over the house (paint later if you feel > > > like room needs it but let the room speak for itself) > > > 14. DONT EXPECT TO FILL THE HOUSE IN ONE WEEK. its a process not an > > > event, enjoy the nothingness of nothing :) > > > > > > again, these are strictly my opinions, but some of them we forgot to > > > do, and are kickin ourselves in the tuckus for! however, not next > > > time! we did all of the above except for (#2, #3, #10, #12) > > > > > > later > > > tw > > > > > > On 8/4/05, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Tony wrote: > > > > > i have a buncha things for you to make sure you ask for, or at least > > > > > think about... > > > > > > > > > > > > > Post 'em! You can never have too much house advice. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:167994 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
