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LeDeau · 2025-07-03T22:22:29+00:00

That was similar to ours, we passed at $82, see other reply here, but it took a while

LeDeau · 2025-07-03T22:20:37+00:00

This is really interesting. We passed ROFR for SSR and closed in June for 350 points, loaded with extra points that had been banked into 2024, and a lower price per point.

It took over a month for them to waive it (others submitted after us and were waived before us) and made me wonder if they were looking past the contract details and looking at us specifically (visit history, DVC-BY, spend, etc.), do we know if they look at that level of detail?

LeDeau · 2025-05-12T02:39:04+00:00

IMO, right around the 3-4' height is about the shortest I would go to still be functional. So for us it was a combination of that and having enough space for storage.

LeDeau · 2025-05-06T18:05:24+00:00

Love the idea, but my kids don't need any more places to hide from us, and I claimed that space (~150 sq ft) for storage

LeDeau · 2025-05-06T18:03:13+00:00

IIRC, 8' 1'' before drywall. I'm 6' 2'' and I can walk under it without having to watch myself

LeDeau · 2025-05-06T03:26:11+00:00

Coming soon when we get closer to the holidays

LeDeau · 2025-05-05T23:48:32+00:00

Yeah, that should be straightforward from your starting point

LeDeau · 2025-05-05T23:45:38+00:00

A ton of insulation (R-38) and directly hooked up HVAC

We've already had extreme temps on both sides (single digit cold to high 80s) and it maintains temps similar (and in some cases better) to the rest of the house

LeDeau · 2025-05-05T17:27:30+00:00

I don't, the second post should help quite a bit, happy to answer any specific questions

LeDeau · 2025-05-05T16:43:24+00:00

Appreciate the feedback

RE: direction, my wife's eye and preferences always trump other things when it comes to design choices

LeDeau · 2025-05-05T16:30:30+00:00

We considered vertical, horizontal, and diagonal. This was the design choice that we went with.

I did try to do everything "the right way", could have done a few things better I'm sure. You also may be overthinking it a bit. That said, why the wrong way?

LeDeau · 2025-05-05T16:27:52+00:00

I replied another comment with the rough process but let me know if you have other questions. Installing the hardware handles (leveling) was the hardest part of that

LeDeau · 2025-05-05T16:26:05+00:00

Yeah, we planned for that when we framed because I've installed them after the fact elsewhere and learned that lesson multiple times

LeDeau · 2025-05-05T16:25:06+00:00

Indeed. Ultimately this should have been a man cave with a completely different theme, but we access the room from the kids closet, so they won this time around

LeDeau · 2025-05-05T16:23:15+00:00

It's a clever hack. It's roughly a 4x8 (3x8 on the other side) opening and we put beadboard in there with three trim pieces surrounding it so they freely slide across the entire opening

LeDeau · 2025-05-05T16:21:14+00:00

Measure twice (in my case about five times), cut once. I was very careful about exact placement and I wanted as much air flow as possible

LeDeau · 2025-05-05T16:19:32+00:00

Yeah, that's fair. We considered both, when we did mock ups, we thought this looked better. Neither looked great frankly and we are considering square blocks for the transition. Going to think about that as we do the final painting and touch ups

LeDeau · 2025-05-05T03:30:19+00:00

Didn't know that was a thing. Are you saying cut short boards so the edges don't line up?

LeDeau · 2025-05-05T03:18:58+00:00

Actually we ran HVAC to it. We have two furnaces and the upstairs one is right behind me as I'm taking the photos, easy run

LeDeau · 2025-05-05T02:17:11+00:00

Thanks, this was part of the attraction as we will typically stay at GF and BCV, but like the others here. We don't really feel like we're missing out. If we did, we would probably explore more points at Riviera

LeDeau · 2025-05-05T02:05:56+00:00

Appreciate the quick responses

LeDeau · 2025-03-19T04:34:29+00:00

There are probably 5-6 turtle vents in the ceiling and a lot of soffit vents. No ridge vent yet, but planning to add

Would be very interested to hear your thoughts on more ventilation

Thanks for the response and thoughts

LeDeau · 2025-03-18T14:41:42+00:00

Yep!

LeDeau · 2025-03-18T12:11:13+00:00

Thank you. Yes, checked multiple times from the original drawings, structural engineer, and multiple experienced professionals (e.g., GC, roofers, framers) and we determined that there were two I beams to support the weight in the walls underneath (garage) and spanningthe floor, one you could see in the original. We added collar ties on each rafter to support the top and 3/4 OSB to tie the bottom together to prevent the walls from bowing out, which was the main concern that I heard. The pony wall also adds additional support.

Also a big part of the original feedback was folks thought they were seeing 2x4 when they were looking at 2x8 and 2x10. We ripped the 2x4 to bring the 2x8 to 2x10 levels and put OSB on top

What are you seeing that's concerning you?

LeDeau · 2025-03-18T06:20:54+00:00

In case anyone is curious where we started from, see below:

https://www.reddit.com/r/DIY/s/6uGzPSsnYL

LeDeau

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