Comments for A House By The Park

Comment on The bamboo floor saga by Mike D.

Mike D. — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 01:29:33 +0000

Alisha,

I would just call around and find someone who has stained bamboo floors before. Make sure they have actually *done* it… not that they *will* do it. If you find someone who has done it before and is willing to do it again, you should be fine.

As I said, ours turned out great… just took two tries.

Comment on The bamboo floor saga by Alisha

Alisha — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 22:04:23 +0000

My husband and I are hopefully purchasing our first home and it has bamboo flooring in a light honey color and we really prefer a dark walnut color. Researching on whether or not we can just stain them I came across your website. Would you suggest not to bother and just buy new flooring. The floors are in great condition they are just not our taste.

Comment on The Complete Timelapse by Nathan Phelps

Nathan Phelps — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 23:43:51 +0000

AH HA! I just found your post on tech & install:

http://www.ahousebythepark.com/journal/archive/2009/07/21/setting-up-the-construction-time-lapse/

Comment on The Complete Timelapse by Nathan Phelps

Nathan Phelps — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 23:38:41 +0000

Mike-
Thank you for making known to all your journey of building form the ground up. Would you recommend a particular camera available for filming video if you were building another home? I’m breaking ground on my first project with a couple partners and your construction blog gave me the idea of filming and sharing our project as you did.

Comment on Choosing a deck surface by Robyn

Robyn — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:55:37 +0000

Yes, we are still very pleased with our choice. Our sub said the metal was hard on his cutting blade, but not difficult to install. We’ve had no problems with leakage. I can’t opine on coolness, because the decking is on the north side of our house and covered by a porch roof, so it gets no sun at all.

I personally like the look very much and am even more pleased by the no-maintenance factor. We have poured concrete as a roof over our root cellar and my husband’s room in the basement, but could not afford concrete to span the porch area between the concrete pads. I was able to match the brown LockDry decking with colored concrete, so our entire wraparound porch looks like Swiss chocolate. Everyone who has seen it thinks it looks great. If you are near central PA, come and see it.

Comment on Choosing a deck surface by Vince

Vince — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:19:58 +0000

Mike, Robyn and others that used LockDry.

We are also looking at this product as well as LastDek and have obtained samples of each.

a few questions:

Are you still pleased with your choice?

Is it really cooler than wood or composite?

Any problems with leakage?

How hard to install compared to wood or composite?

Why did you choose LockDry over LastDek or the others?

How do you like the look?

Comment on How the front yard came together by Mike D.

Mike D. — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 19:45:23 +0000

Hi Amy. Answers below:

1. Nope, not hard to maintain at all. They stay in place just fine and look exactly as they did when they were laid.

2. The pebbles are way too big/heavy to get kicked up by a lawnmower. They are about 2 inches long.

3. Steel, I believe. Again, they look just as they did when they were put in.

4. Pebbles are a couple of inches long-ish. I don’t know what you mean by “concrete pad”.

It sounds like your landscape contractor may not be well equipped for this job. It didn’t seem difficult at all to me, but you probably don’t want a first timer doing it.

Comment on Timing and tax assessments by Evan

Evan — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 21:47:29 +0000

Wow, good timing.

They still have a value assigned to the land that you’re taxed on, right?

I know this is an old post, but I’m a little slow =)

Comment on Interior Lighting Detail by Bhaskar

Bhaskar — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 21:12:04 +0000

Mike, you have done an amazing work by publishing entire home construction details so meticulous with photos shared through dropbox folders. Thanks & appreciate your entire approach & details shared helping all of us.

Comment on The Complete Timelapse by Nod to A House by the Park | IssaquahModern.com

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