The CopperFields Cinema - Page 32

Michael

I'm going to do it myself. I'm not going to have to dig near as much dirt as your guys did and I bought a concrete chainsaw to do the cutting. I have watched alot of videos of the actual cutting and really think its going to be a piece of cake.

I'll take a few pics of the outside of the house where the windows are going and you will see its not going to be that big of a deal to dig it out.

Davey
Thanks

I Didn't use the fidelio on the ceiling. I'm useing Danzian Black Celtic cloth as its going to be much cheaper and will match the lower wall fabric. I still have not finished it as I have moved on to some other projects that needed to be finished before winter.

This is as far as I got

Thanks superMM

Update

I got the holes dug for my egress windows last weekend I'm waiting on a another chain for the chain saw I wanted to make sure if I wore out the used one I had a backup it would really be bad to get it half way cut

Here is the front window only had to dig about 3 feet which was lucky as the gas line was about a foot deeper and would have had to have it moved. also ran into a few of my sprinkler lines they ran ran right through both holes






Rear window was a pain the dirt was so compacted I had to chip the dirt out the last foot

Heres the beast thats going to make the cuts. I plan on doing the cuts and installing the windows this weekend.

I have a friend that needed some extra cash that helped me out. I dug the holes while he wheeled the dirt to a large dump trailer that I rented. We probably have about 6 hours into the holes with all the BS'ing we were doing while working

I spent the last 3 full days trying to wrap up the egress windows this week I have a little dirt work and some landscaping left to do and I'm finished. Drew was right it was alot of work and if I had to do it all over again I would have defiantly hired out the concrete sawing as I probably broke even on that part but all together I saved about 3K doing it myself. I have about $2600.00 into the windows, wells and materials and another $1200 into the saw and chains. I was quoted 5K if I dug the well holes and installed the wells and close to 7K if they did it all. I did get a little surprise when I started this project when I pulled down the 2" foiled foam insulation off the walls I found mold that had grown from warm air hitting the cold walls right where they were butted together. I plan on spray foaming these walls

Almost looks like I new what I was doing I don't know how happy I am with the stainless steel security screens as they are so thick they restrict alot of the light coming in but I don't have to worry about someone getting through them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n30Pf...eature=related

The windows I got are called escape egress windows and they have a option of adding the steel secruity screens. I ordered them through reddco.

http://www.escapewindows.net/

http://www.redi-exit.com/egress-windows.html#dhinswing

Tapco sells security screens that install over your windows

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsE_jbQ7vKY

http://tapcoinc.net/index.php

I did look into renting a saw but my walls are 8" thick and the biggest saws I could find to rent were 14" so I would have had to cut from both sides, Plus the chainsaw can make straight cuts right up to the corners.

Relax everyone
I should have taken more pictures of the whole process but was pretty busy thinking I should get the windows in there is over 12" of pea gravel in the bottom of the wells and three 4" drain tiles in a hole filled with gravel about the size of a 5 gal bucket that runs into the foundations strip drain thats hooked to the sump pit.

Chris
The mold issue was caused by not taping the joints, also when they glued it up it was at least 1/2 inch out from the wall so warm air could get behind it since I didn't have anything sealed the mold grew. after I get the framing up I plan on spray foam insulating the rim joists and the walls

Jim

The first hole went pretty smooth, I started with a new chain and it took me about 40 min to cut as I had to keep stopping and going inside to suck up the water that made its way inside. This last Sunday I had my pops over to help me do the other window I thought that since I just got a new chain that it would last cutting both windows, I was wrong about half way through the chain wore out, needless to say that sucked and made finishing the cut with the newest chain the next day a real pain the diamond pads that do the cutting were slightly bigger as the chain had not been worn yet and it kept getting bound I finally got it cut but it was not as pretty as the first cut.

KNKKNK

not a walk out. I had my drywall delivered into the basement 2 years ago

Jim

If you look at the 2 moldy pictures you can see that the rigid insulation was just glued to the walls with dabs of caulk here and there. I had not finished the walls yet so warm air was able to sneak behind the insulation from the crack between the panels and at the top. This would not have happened if they had been closed in, plus this wall is exposed to the outside air and gets vary cold.