My House - Part II

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Steve
You hit the nail on the head...
If you cashed out refinance, then tore down the house, who freaked out. (took the cash and no house to back it up)
Or
Did you cash out with approved plans in hand so the finance company didn't freak out. I assume the finance company knew your plans.
Did they give you all of the cash out, or was it like a typical construction draw, thru the project cycle.

Sorry for all of the questions, I just dig the idea of tearing down a house in an established neighborhood and building a new home.

I do like the modern (I call it modern, or contemporary european) design.

I'm still trying to picture the stucco system, I understand the process, but you have a 1/2 void that is either open or partially open (partially filled with stucco) then the wire, only nailed at the strips, is supporting all of the stucco weight? Is the void really 1/2 inch or is that just the beginning space and most of it will be filled with stucco? Therefore providing drainage channels?

PM if you have time to talk on a phone.

Mick

We cashed out and didnt tell the lender our plans. They gave us 80% of appraised value. Thank goodness we did it in June 08. Too bad we didnt do it in June 07.

I'll PM you my cell. I'll see if I have a few more rain screen pictures...

We started with two layers of building paper everywhere...


Then added the 1/2" strips of ply at each stud.... In this picture we had just installed the corner window so the strips are missing around the window...



Then we installed the wire lathe where the stucco goes, it is attached only to the fir strips... We're getting Cedar siding in the area around the porch...


The stucco does get pushed into the cavities a bit, but we were assured it would not contact the building paper behind. The rain screen is vented at the bottom with the metal with holes, with vents under the porch ceiling and with vents in the upper part of the second story walls .... I don't have a picture right now...


Here's a great article on rainscreen...
http://www.greenhomebuilding.com/pdf/RainScreen.pdf