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scottfromdallas
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Scott--looks great. Have you fully wired it? In the pics looked like possibly minimal wiring. Much easier to do before you seal the walls. A great big +1 on the ridge vent and soffit vents. If you do that--you have to seal off the other vents. Looks like you do have a gable vent in front. Reason being is that the ridge vent will draw from the soffit vents and you get the whole roof vented. If you leave the gable vent open, it will draw from there and vent the upper portion of your roof only. I put ridge vent on my house and my next door neighbor has gable vents and roof vents--but my attic is 30 degrees cooler than his--I measured em.



I've only wired 3 plugs in it. I'm actually going to run power from a solar panel, 90 amp battery and a 2500 watt inverter. I won't be out there more than a few days a month so that set up should work and stay charged.

Here is a pic of the floor I installed last weekend. It's a hard to see. Basically is a floating vinyl floor. Very easy to install.




 
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TERRIFIC!!!!
 
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Really great looking place. I think you have done what most of us dream about-found your own little piece of paradise. East Texas folks can be a bit strange though, so you might want to be careful for a while. I was surprised when I moved from west Texas to east at the difference in the people. Congratulations.
 
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Looks like a GREAT place. The solar panel sounds like a great plan. I would also maybe get an inexpensive backup generator and I second 450's idea for the wood burning stove. I would probably also put a solid front door in with a dead bolt and have some nice heavy steel shutters made for those windows....but then I am paranoid like that.

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Looks like a great retirement home to me. Congrats!


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Here are two more pics.

I installed some cabinets and a Natures Head composting toilet. Used a bamboo partition for the toilet to save me some labor. I still need to get the ceiling in over the loft. I'll probably post more pics in 6 weeks. Hopefully it will be done. It's warming up so I have to get it done before it gets too hot.






 
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What a great looking place!
May you enjoy many days enjoying it in the future! Congrats!
 
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Here is the latest update. Comfy enough for opening day Nov. 4th.










 
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Looks great! Anticipation is a two edged sword.

How come you're not gonna start around the 1st of October. IIRC, Saturday October 1 is the start of bow season?

Being as dry as it has been are you having much trouble with skeeters?

Do you have any muscadines on your place?

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Looks great! Anticipation is a two edged sword.

How come you're not gonna start around the 1st of October. IIRC, Saturday October 1 is the start of bow season?

Being as dry as it has been are you having much trouble with skeeters?

Do you have any muscadines on your place?

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Never tried bow hunting. I have a bad shoulder that occasionally gets sublexed. It's not real stable so I don't think it's in the cards.

I haven't really been down there much this summer because of the heat. I'm sure the skeeters are bad enough. My pond still has some water in it dancing

I had no idea what a muscadine was until I just Googled it. I'll have to look next time Wink



 
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Never tried bow hunting. I have a bad shoulder that occasionally gets sublexed. It's not real stable so I don't think it's in the cards.



Scott, crossbows are legal you know, that will get around your shoulder problems.


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I had no idea what a muscadine was until I just Googled it. I'll have to look next time Wink


You need to invite Jeffeosso to meet you there with a couple bottles of his home vinted muscadine mead. After a couple bottles you won't even notice the skeeters or your bad shoulder. dancing

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Looking great!
 
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Never tried bow hunting. I have a bad shoulder that occasionally gets sublexed. It's not real stable so I don't think it's in the cards.



Scott, crossbows are legal you know, that will get around your shoulder problems.



It's funny that you mention that. I had no idea they became legal for archery season until a week ago when I was reading the hunting regulations. I might have to give it a try next year.



 
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Looks like you have things going great. Congratulations.


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Do you have any muscadines on your place?


GWB,

What is and how do you tell the difference between a "muscadine" and a "mustang"???


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Do you have any muscadines on your place?


GWB,

What is and how do you tell the difference between a "muscadine" and a "mustang"???



Don't know that I could tell the difference. Dad always called them muscadines. Grew in vines all over our place. Would grab and eat them when roaming the woods.

I do have no problem telling them from poison sumac! dancing

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We have multiple varieties of wild grapes at my home place. We always called them Mustangs...apparently there may be a difference between Muscadines & Mustangs...just curious.


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No state commands such fierce pride and loyalty. Lesser mortals are pitied for their misfortune in not being born in Texas.— Queen Elizabeth II on her visit to Texas in May, 1991.
 
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There is a difference. I just am not the one that can tell. Doing a google search did not help much to clarify either.
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google search did not help much to clarify either.


Agreed. Apparently Muscadines are Vitis rotundifolia and Mustangs are Vitis mustangensis.


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No state commands such fierce pride and loyalty. Lesser mortals are pitied for their misfortune in not being born in Texas.— Queen Elizabeth II on her visit to Texas in May, 1991.
 
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Unfortunately, that is not stamped on the vines in da-glo orange.

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Yep. If you figure it out...let me know!


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No state commands such fierce pride and loyalty. Lesser mortals are pitied for their misfortune in not being born in Texas.— Queen Elizabeth II on her visit to Texas in May, 1991.
 
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