http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com Professional resources for the do-it-yourself homebuilder Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:31:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/prepare-building-site/saving-trees-from-construction-damage/ http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/prepare-building-site/saving-trees-from-construction-damage/#comments Sat, 12 Nov 2011 21:30:46 +0000 Build Your Own Home http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/?p=1146 After beginning construction, you will come to the time of building a house that requires you to prepare the lot for foundation placement. If efforts at tree preservation are delayed or ignored until construction begins, they are largely doomed to failure. Wooded lots ust be examined by the prospective homeowner to identify those trees to [...]]]> http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/prepare-building-site/saving-trees-from-construction-damage/feed/ 0 http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/home-plans/preparing-for-construction/ http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/home-plans/preparing-for-construction/#comments Sat, 12 Nov 2011 20:56:00 +0000 Build Your Own Home http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/?p=1139 When preparing to begin construction, you should review this checklist for a guideline to what you should review and plan for during construction. As soon as you have made notification of an Earnest Money contract on a lot, you need to determine unique cost-related issues affecting the potential completion of your home. Some of the [...]]]> http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/home-plans/preparing-for-construction/feed/ 0 http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/prepare-building-site/tree-preservation-2/ http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/prepare-building-site/tree-preservation-2/#comments Mon, 10 May 2010 16:51:31 +0000 Build Your Own Home http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/?p=532 Any trees to be removed must have all roots taken out and the resulting hole back-filled and compacted with suitable fill dirt. Compaction must achieve a minimum 95% of standard proctor density. If trees are to remain on the property, care should be taken not to disturb the root system or understory within a radius [...]]]> http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/prepare-building-site/tree-preservation-2/feed/ 2 http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/prepare-building-site/tree-preservation/ http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/prepare-building-site/tree-preservation/#comments Mon, 10 May 2010 16:25:20 +0000 Build Your Own Home http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/?p=524 When building a house, tree preservation is going to be a key aspect in the overall outcome of your homes appearance, value, and landscape beauty. It is ideal to keep as many trees on your lot as possible. If I were to estimate the value of a full grown tree, it would be from $2000 [...]]]> http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/prepare-building-site/tree-preservation/feed/ 0 http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/prepare-building-site/culvert-construction-checklist/ http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/prepare-building-site/culvert-construction-checklist/#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 18:40:39 +0000 Build Your Own Home http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/?p=507 When building a house, it is important to go through a thorough process of checks and balances to ensure that you are following the proper procedures. That is part of this websites job, to help you along the way. Which is why we have put together an inventory of checklists to help you do just [...]]]> http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/prepare-building-site/culvert-construction-checklist/feed/ 1 http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/prepare-building-site/culvert/ http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/prepare-building-site/culvert/#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:52:46 +0000 Build Your Own Home http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/?p=502 As you embark on your journey to build your own home, it is important to understand exactly what you will be getting yourself into, which is exactly what this website aims to help with. In this section we will be talking about communities and subdivisions that have culvert drainage, and how this can affect your [...]]]> http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/prepare-building-site/culvert/feed/ 0 http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/prepare-building-site/excessive-lot-grade-diagram/ http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/prepare-building-site/excessive-lot-grade-diagram/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:36:02 +0000 Build Your Own Home http://www.mybuildingpro.com/?p=252 ]]> http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/prepare-building-site/excessive-lot-grade-diagram/feed/ 10 http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/prepare-building-site/color-coded-utility-markings/ http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/prepare-building-site/color-coded-utility-markings/#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:48:14 +0000 Build Your Own Home http://www.mybuildingpro.com/?p=27 Typical Color-Coded Utility Markings PINK – Survey markers RED – Electric powder lines or conduits ORANGE – Communication lines YELLOW – Gas, oil, & petroleum lines GREEN – Storm & sanitary sewer lines BLUE - Potable water lines]]> http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/prepare-building-site/color-coded-utility-markings/feed/ 2 http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/prepare-building-site/tree-removal/ http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/prepare-building-site/tree-removal/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:27:01 +0000 Build Your Own Home http://www.mybuildingpro.com/?p=22 Clearing the Lot and Prepping for the Foundation Depending on the condition of the lot which you have selected for your new dream home, many avenues can occur. For the purpose of this section we will assume a relatively simple lot, a few trees requiring removal, and the building of a house pad required. When [...]]]> http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/prepare-building-site/tree-removal/feed/ 0 http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/prepare-building-site/installing-temporary-electric/ http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/prepare-building-site/installing-temporary-electric/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:26:32 +0000 Build Your Own Home http://www.mybuildingpro.com/?p=19 Temporary Electric At this point of construction you should contact the electrical subcontractor that you have selected and have them install the temporary electrical pole to provide power for your subcontractors. Typically this is a 4″x4″ post with a location for the electrical company to install a meter and then a set of recepticals for [...]]]> http://www.buildyour-ownhome.com/prepare-building-site/installing-temporary-electric/feed/ 0