Aparto II - 2012 Update

[Peter Rideout]

Interesting floor process Stu. It gives me some ideas, so, a couple of questions:
1) Is the "moisture absorber" a clay product (ie. kitty litter, or oilsorb) ?
2) Did you space the joists to fit the insulation and does it just friction-fit in place?

Looks great. It would be fun to steal some of your Tokyo methods and apply them to an old NS farmhouse!

Best regards
Peter

[Stuart Ablett]

Hey Peter,　nice to hear from you!

The insulation is cut from larger sheets, and then there are these little steel hanger things that hold it up.

The moisture absorbing rock is a natural rock product.

Cheers!

[Stuart Ablett]

let me tell you, 1" thick plywood makes VERY stout floors, but that stuff is HEAVY to move around, even in the smaller 6'x3' sheets

Not one sheet went down unaltered, they all to get a notch or two (or three!) cut in them, or the end trimmed a bit off square etc, as the room is NOT square

Things went well, but even with the AC on, it is HOT and HUMID here now, can we stay "Sticky"

I started to move stuff over to the new floor, so I can get the plumbing, and electrical going in the kitchen.

On the old floor, in the living room area, if I jumped up and down, the whole house shook, seriously, but now, with the structural work we did above, and the rock solid floor I'm building, I jump now and nothing shakes, except me , but that is more of a "Jiggle"

Cheers!

[Jim DeLaney]

Lookin good!

Hey, that looks like the older style Hitachi SCMS in the pix. I thought you had the more compact 7¼" version - or is that just your jobsite saw and you're keeping the good one in the dungeon?

[Stuart Ablett]

Lookin good!

Hey, that looks like the older style Hitachi SCMS in the pix. I thought you had the more compact 7¼" version - or is that just your jobsite saw and you're keeping the good one in the dungeon?

Yep, good eye!

That is my old Hitachi SCMS, it is a beast compared to the new compact one, but as a jobsite saw, it works just fine! I was going to sell it, but newer versions of this saw used were going for about $150, so I figured I'd keep it for now.

Cheers!

[Alan Bienlein]

That is one major transformation thus Far Stu. I'm sure the help that Jake supplied made the demo work on this aparto much more pleasurable if you want to call it that. Out of curiousity, is there any reason that you didn't stagger the joints on the subfloor by half a sheet instead of lining them all up?

As far as the jiggle it can,t be that much losing almost 27 lbs. I jusy recently had to punch a new hole in my belt cause of losing weight and I'm about ready to do that again. It sure does feel good. Keep up the excellent work

[Stuart Ablett]

That is one major transformation thus Far Stu. I'm sure the help that Jake supplied made the demo work on this aparto much more pleasurable if you want to call it that. Out of curiousity, is there any reason that you didn't stagger the joints on the subfloor by half a sheet instead of lining them all up?

I did not see the point, the sheets are so freaking solid, and they are blocked on the joints, so they cannot move. The room is only two sheets long, so I would just be making more work for myself, IMHO.

As far as the jiggle it can,t be that much losing almost 27 lbs. I jusy recently had to punch a new hole in my belt cause of losing weight and I'm about ready to do that again. It sure does feel good. Keep up the excellent work

Unfortunately I still have another 70 or 80 pounds to lose, I should be around 185lbs, I'm about 272 lbs now, way too much, but it is good that it is coming off.

Good luck on your belt punching program!

[Alan Bienlein]

Last time I saw 185 lbs I said I do to loml. That was 25 years ago. I'd be happy to be back at about 240 which is what I averaged for about the first 14 years of our marrige.

[Art Mulder]

Unfortunately I still have another 70 or 80 pounds to lose, I should be around 185lbs, I'm about 272 lbs now, way too much, but it is good that it is coming off.

Keep it up, Stu! I'm 6'3" and the scale said 185 the other night... I should probably weigh a bit more -- but only if I can put it on as muscle. It's too easy to put it on as tummy flab, and I've been closer to 200 before, and glad to be down where I am.

I think that gaining weight is just like smoking; it's better to never start. And I have huge respect for people who manage to quit and/or lose weight. It's a hard, hard thing to do! Which reminds me I should make sure I get in a 50k bike ride on Saturday morning! (with the weather finally getting hot here, that should be a good way to sweat and get a workout!)

Oh yeah, great job on the aparto, and look at it this way... if you ever want to put in ceramic tile, you've already got the right base down!

Why is the corner of that closet cut off on the angle like that? I thought that this aparto was pretty much rectangular like the other one, so I'm not sure where the angle would come in.

best,
...art

[Stuart Ablett]

.................Why is the corner of that closet cut off on the angle like that? I thought that this aparto was pretty much rectangular like the other one, so I'm not sure where the angle would come in.

best,
...art

The land is angled like that.

This aparto was extended out on two sides to fill up the land, I guess they decided a yard was too much trouble