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  • jabe
    Senior Member
    • Apr 2006
    • 566
    • Hilo, Hawaii
    • Ryobi BT3000 & Delta Milwaukee 10" tilting Table circular saw

    New Home

    We started construction on our new home, plan to make it ADA compliant as we are in our 70's now. Planning on making my cabinets lower or wheel chair friendly, not using high end finishes but items that are reasonable $$$ and easy to clean. Material prices in Hawaii is 3 to 4 times as much from you folks on the continent. It's 1778 sq ft. living area with additional 1056 sq. ft. of garage & front porch, I designed the home. My garage shop is separated from my wife's garage so her car won't get sawdust on it when I'm working in the shop. I'll be doing the interior painting, flooring & cabinets. My contractors will be doing the rest of the house, I'm too old to be doing all the heavy stuff or working on the roof. Started in Nov. 2018 but had considerable rain delays as we are the rainiest city in the US, we had 200+ inches of rain last year. We had a 40+ inch of rain in 1 day last year. Because of the rains the local contractors here prefer not to put on the sidings b4 the roof. Hope to complete b4 the end of this year.
  • capncarl
    Veteran Member
    • Jan 2007
    • 3564
    • Leesburg Georgia USA
    • SawStop CTS

    #2
    How much eave overhang do you have?

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    • capncarl
      Veteran Member
      • Jan 2007
      • 3564
      • Leesburg Georgia USA
      • SawStop CTS

      #3
      Are the roof trusses on 48” ctrs? Walls studs on 12” ctr?

      Tell is more about your ADA compliant house. I threw some “ADA” in my house plans but didn’t go as far as ada cabinet height, just made it more old people friendly.
      Do you have a cost per sq ft to build?

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      • twistsol
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        • Dec 2002
        • 2893
        • Cottage Grove, MN, USA.
        • Ridgid R4512, 2x ShopSmith Mark V 520, 1951 Shopsmith 10ER

        #4
        When I saw the spacing of the roof rafters my first thought was "how does that meet snow load codes?" Then I remembered that that isn't relevant everywhere. Hopefully you catch a break and get it dried in soon so the rain won't hinder progress. It looks like a good start.
        Chr's
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        A moral man does it.

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        • LCHIEN
          LCHIEN commented
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          Low snow load in Hawaii.
      • Carlos
        Veteran Member
        • Jan 2004
        • 1893
        • Phoenix, AZ, USA.

        #5
        And my first thought was that it lacks shaded outdoor areas.

        Now off to google this "snow" thing.

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        • jabe
          Senior Member
          • Apr 2006
          • 566
          • Hilo, Hawaii
          • Ryobi BT3000 & Delta Milwaukee 10" tilting Table circular saw

          #6
          My eaves overhang is 42" and we don't have snow, no load concern for 4' OC truss.
          Cost per sq ft. $150.00 - $255.00, depending on finishing materials cabinets, counter tops, flooring, window coverings, kitchen & bath fixtures.
          As for outdoor shaded area, will plan for that after the house is completed. We usually party in front or back of the garage, put up a temporary canopy and we good to go also my garage is in the back of the house so there is privacy. My garage shop has a 1/2 bath so guest don't have to go into the home.
          Any kind of hardware that's ADA compliant cost more so, gotta shop smart.
          36" wide bdrm doors, 36" pocket doors for mas bath & WIC, 42" wide hallways comfort height toilet (TOTO) with bidet seat. I'll b using Sterling 36" x 60" shower kit model 72290100-0 easy to install & clean, we didn't want to be cleaning grout so we decided not to go with tile. I'm using Rock Wool insulation for it's fire rating, it'll give us more time to escape the building in case of fire.
          33" single bowel SS sink with offset drain in the back right corner so the garbage disposal will not be in the way for wheel chair access. Our bathroom lavs will be SS with drains more in the back with single handle faucets, it'll be a dual sink 6' vanity with the left side open for wheel chair access.
          I'm thinking of using a cook top so I can build the cabinet lower and open on the bottom for the wheel chair, also installing a pot filler fixture.
          Raising the electrical outlets and lowering the light switches. My wife is 4' 9" so lower counter tops will be OK. We r still healthy no wheel chair yet but, just preparing for the future. There's so many things to plan and to products to research to be ADA compliant, You tube has been a great source.

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          • capncarl
            Veteran Member
            • Jan 2007
            • 3564
            • Leesburg Georgia USA
            • SawStop CTS

            #7
            Is your roof tile or shingles? Tiles are a totally different situation because of their weight. I’ve seen a number of houses built with 24” center trusses, you can point them out when you ride by them because the plywood sags between every stud. Some are probably an inch or more sag. I can’t imagin how you could ever get by with 48” center spacing on a roof.

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            • jabe
              Senior Member
              • Apr 2006
              • 566
              • Hilo, Hawaii
              • Ryobi BT3000 & Delta Milwaukee 10" tilting Table circular saw

              #8
              2 x 4 wall studs r 16" OC. Roof framing truss 48" OC with metal straps and 2x4 purlins 30" OC. roof material will be pre-painted zinc alum metal held with SS pre-painted 2" roofing screws. In Hilo Hawaii with so much rain, only metal roof last and reason for larger overhang on the eaves. We don't have snow at sea level so no concern for snow load on roof, we only get snow on our 2 mountains and it's usually light and don't last long. Our footings r only a foot deep, we have no frost level to be concern with. We use a lot of simpson ties for hurricane & earthquake concerns. Everything on the plans are stamped/approved by my structural engineer and approved by our County Building Permit dept.
              Some of our building methods are different from u folks on the continent, we don't have snow winters etc. Our weather is pretty mild except for the rains, just need to build on high ground or on post & pier construction. My current home is post & pier, 4' off the ground and 30 Yrs ago, we could build slab on grade with no footings. I never had any structural issues with my current home and my rentals that I personally built 25-30 yrs. ago.

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              • jabe
                Senior Member
                • Apr 2006
                • 566
                • Hilo, Hawaii
                • Ryobi BT3000 & Delta Milwaukee 10" tilting Table circular saw

                #9
                It's been a while, we moved in last summer. Just poured our driveway this past Saturday, connected all my homes finally to the main street. Starting a stonewall in front of the house and will be doing some landscaping after. Photos of my walk in closet I built on both left & right side walls and the end wall. My kitchen cabinets with quartz counter top, I designed and built all the cabinets in the home. My living rm & master bdrm have vaulted ceilings and all rooms have a split ductless AC. We were fortunate that the home was completed before material prices surged upward. Still have small projects to complete but, started to get arthritis in both hands and cannot do anything for the past 5 months.

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                • capncarl
                  Veteran Member
                  • Jan 2007
                  • 3564
                  • Leesburg Georgia USA
                  • SawStop CTS

                  #10
                  It’s a real beauty! I like the metal roof, that explains the 4’ truss spacing! Is the roof insulated? How about the rest of the house insulation? How about the eaves, it looks like they take the slope of the roof upward? If that is the case do you have any problems with birds wanting to nest under the eaves? Split ductless ac in each room? Each a stand alone or multi zone? Last question, is having the electric service entrance on the front of the house a “Hawaii” thing?

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                  • jabe
                    Senior Member
                    • Apr 2006
                    • 566
                    • Hilo, Hawaii
                    • Ryobi BT3000 & Delta Milwaukee 10" tilting Table circular saw

                    #11
                    My whole home is insulated with Rockwool including the ceilings. My eaves are covered soffit so no bird problems and it's 42" overhang. We don't have snow so long overhang is not a problem and it's good to protect the walls from rain. We average 100" of rain every year. Roof pitch is same from eaves to top.
                    Master bd.rm. and office is multizone A/C and 2 guest bdrm. are multizone only Liv & Kit stand alone.
                    Electrical service location was not to my liking but, my electrician had it installed already. I wanted it on the side but the wire would've been too long and would need another pole to keep it high enough which would be extra cost.
                    I didn't upload all the pictures but I have a 42" x 84" island in the kitchen, I built it std. table height 29 1/2" so we didn't have to buy a separate dining table, we can sit 8 chairs around the island. It has 12" overhang on both sides & back for leg space when sitting. My walkway space between the island and the surrounding cabinets/counter is 52" so ample room for a wheel chair to pass.
                    I made all drawers on the lower cabinet with full exten. soft close Blum slides and all doors use Blum soft close hinges. All wall cabinets have had adjustable shelves. I have my own Blum Mini Press so boring hinge holes and 7-hole drill attachment for adjustable shelves is no problem. I made my countertops low 32" and my sink cabinet & cooktop cabinet doors can be removed/open so a wheel chair can roll in under the cabinet same for my master bath vanity on 1 end of the vanity. We're both in our 70s and not on a wheel chair now but just planning in case. My wife is short to begin with so she loves the lower cabinet/countertops.
                    Our solar PV with Tesla battery will be installed next month just in time for the proposed 20% rate hike nest month. We pay one of the highest electricity rate in the USA, one of the price we pay for living in paradise.

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                    • LCHIEN
                      LCHIEN commented
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                      What is the electric rate like?

                    • capncarl
                      capncarl commented
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                      Is that the transfer switch located beside the service panel? What are the other pipes/conduit’s? What is on the perpendicular wall left of the service panel? Did you have to beef up roof trusses to be able to install PV panels on a 48” truss spacing?
                      In paradise are you able to have your house windows open much and not run AC? Are your multizone units capable of heating, or is it not necessary?
                  • jabe
                    Senior Member
                    • Apr 2006
                    • 566
                    • Hilo, Hawaii
                    • Ryobi BT3000 & Delta Milwaukee 10" tilting Table circular saw

                    #12
                    We have all kinds of service fees, fuel adjustment fee, taxes attached to our electric bill, with all that calculated in it's about 89 cents per KW. Each island has a different rate due to population. Of course Oahu has the larges population their rates are a little cheaper. I live on Hawaii Island (Big Island), we have the most land mass but not as many people. There will be a 20% hike added on top of that on our next bill due to the oil price increase. It helps to have a solar water heater system which is required for all new construction in Hawaii or on-demand electric or propane water heater. I think I only turned on my electric water heater about 6 times because of the rainy weeks we get sometimes.

                    All of the transfer switches, Tesla battery, etc. will be mounted on the left wall next to my driveway. No I didn't have to reinforce my roof truss to accept the weight of the PV panels. I designed the home to take advantage of the breeze coming in from the front of the house so we seldom need to turn on our A/C. With the breeze and our ceiling fans makes the home comfortable. My bedrm. AC units are capable of heating but, it's really not necessary. I did turn on the heat once in each bdrm just to check that it works. It's not a large home only 1772 sq. ft. living area plus 1056 sq. ft. attached 3 car garage & porch. more than enough for my wife and I.

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                    • jabe
                      Senior Member
                      • Apr 2006
                      • 566
                      • Hilo, Hawaii
                      • Ryobi BT3000 & Delta Milwaukee 10" tilting Table circular saw

                      #13
                      More photos, open floor plan, only thing with open floor plan, you'll need to get a quiet garbage disposal otherwise you won't be able to hear your TV. I got from COSTCO a American Standard disposal, very quiet, affordable and powerful. My sink cabinet & cook top cabinet bottom is only 9" so the front is open so a wheel chair can roll in when both doors are open or removed. One side of my vanity in the master bath is also open for wheel chair access. For my kitchen, I got a single bowl sink with an offset drain on the back right so the disposal will not block the wheel chair from rolling in. All my base cabinets in the kitchen have full extension drawers so easy for aged or wheel chair bound person to access. Only the corner base cabinet has doors with a lazy susan. Also, get a pot filler valve so the wife won't have to carry a heavy pot from the sink to the stove. I should have bought a counter mount pot filler instead of the wall mount type, would be easier for a person on wheel chair to use. Another thing install GFCI outlets for the toilets that'll have a Bidet seat. I have them installed on 2 of the bath rooms and powder room toilet. We only have a TOTO toilet/bidet in the master bath for now. I planned the master bath to have at least 4' of space on one side of the toilet so a wheel chair can pull up next to it so you can just slide onto the toilet. I used pocket doors for the master bath & walk in closet, more conducive for a wheel chair bound person. We're not on a wheel chair yet (hopefully never) but, just planning ahead in case.

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                      • atgcpaul
                        atgcpaul commented
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                        Very nice house. Do you have a lanai, too?

                        Can you provide more details about that single recliner? Our last apartment had a similar one and I loved it. I haven't been able to find a similar one.
                    • twistsol
                      Veteran Member
                      • Dec 2002
                      • 2893
                      • Cottage Grove, MN, USA.
                      • Ridgid R4512, 2x ShopSmith Mark V 520, 1951 Shopsmith 10ER

                      #14
                      Very Nice, beautiful home.
                      • I like the layout. It looks very similar to a house I had in Tacoma ... if you make everything 20% smaller, ditch the garage, and shoehorn it between the freeway and the end of the McChord AFB runways.
                      • I do like that the garage is not at the front of the house so the street view is a house, not a garge with a house attached.
                      • I'm pretty sure your flooring is identical to what is in our house, built at about the same time.
                      • And as a hardened Minnesotan, it's just weird that there's no basement.
                      Chr's
                      __________
                      An ethical man knows the right thing to do.
                      A moral man does it.

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                      • jabe
                        Senior Member
                        • Apr 2006
                        • 566
                        • Hilo, Hawaii
                        • Ryobi BT3000 & Delta Milwaukee 10" tilting Table circular saw

                        #15
                        No lanai, my septic system took up a large portion of the yard, small lot 11,000 + sq ft. Hate yard work so small lot suits us. On special occasions, I just set up a canopy in front of my garage to party so no need for lanai.
                        Too costly to have a basement and wanted to have just a single level home due to our age.
                        Wife's idea to have garage on the backside of the house, so no one knows if we're home. Also have a semi smart home so lights can be programed to look like we're home. Still learning more about making the home smarter.
                        I used laminate flooring throughout the home and LVP in the bathrooms & pantry. A friend & I installed all the flooring, took us a week to finish, had to wait 3 1/2 months for the flooring material from HD. They were a pain to deal with. When you're 73 yrs. old, installing the flooring took a toll on my back and knees. I painted the garage floors with "Rock Solid", did 3 car garage in 1 day by myself, prepping the floors took some time.
                        My 2 grandsons & I built & installed all the cabinets, they also helped with all the interior painting (age 15 & 10 yrs old) whenever they were not in school.
                        All of my electrical wall outlets are a little higher from the floor& light switches are a little lower for easy access on a wheel chair.
                        We were fortunate to complete the home last year just when the material prices started going through the roof. Remember everything has to be shipped in so materials cost 3 to 4 times more than you folks on the continent. Materials get shipped to our main Island Oahu then shipped again to my Island so $$$$. Gas price range from $4.83 to $5.13 for regular today.

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