Complete Florida re-model

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Originally Posted by Taboma

Damn, way to dig in Joey :thumbsUp:
Appears to be a very nice area and I'm in love with the whole canal, dock and boat out the backdoor aspect :thumbup:
You mentioned concrete wall construction, filled CMU ?
Is the house built such that the walls are not load bearing ?
Are the exterior walls all furred on the inside so the electrical etc. is accessible for ease of relocation ?
Great thread :happy:

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Most down are way are concrete block and they have rebar every 36" I think filled with concrete, yes, they are load bearing and most of the plumbing is in the floor, a lot of the electric is in the ceiling, unless it's needed on a exterior wall, then it's furred out for the wires and boxes, lots different than how we build them in the Midwest.
Some of the stuff isn't the easiest to just move like in a normal house, have to think about it a bit more so you do the least amount of damage to the house when doing stuff like we did.
In the area we live there's canals behind a couple hundred houses, it's really cool driving out of our subdivision to get to the Gulf.

We fell in love with this house because of it's location to the Gulf, it had electric hurricane shutters, the outside was perfect and it has great curb appeal, thanks for the nice comments

Looks great!!....did you have to redo the sea wall?

Did you live in the house while all of this was going on or did you rent a house nearby?

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Originally Posted by Kenny D

Looks great!!....did you have to redo the sea wall?

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No, it was in great shape, I was worried about that too, but in the inspection it checked out OK.

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Originally Posted by riverrunner1984

Did you live in the house while all of this was going on or did you rent a house nearby?

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Yes, all of our furniture was in storage and we lived in the Master bedroom only, it was tight, then when everything was done in the rest of the house, we moved to one of the other bedrooms and the Master and Master bath got a upgrade too.

Check out the guy walking on the 2" cage railing, WTF.

Almost done, dahm, I'm getting tired..................again.

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Originally Posted by 314joey

No, it was in great shape, I was worried about that too, but in the inspection it checked out OK.

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It is nice to have a cover over the boat.... in our area a covered dock must be grandfather in.They say it kills a certain grass that the Mantee eats

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Originally Posted by Kenny D

It is nice to have a cover over the boat.... in our area a covered dock must be grandfather in.They say it kills a certain grass that the Mantee eats

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A few of my neighbors asked me how we got one, I don't know, I tell them the dock company got it for me, apparently they're hard to get here too, it has the special city permit on it, so I know it's permitted, it is nice to have it though.

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Originally Posted by Kenny D

It is nice to have a cover over the boat.... in our area a covered dock must be grandfather in.They say it kills a certain grass that the Mantee eats

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OH CRAP, really ? ----- Good tip on the Grandfathered in aspect. I can't help but think there's probably a lot of important details easily overlooked when purchasing along that coast.

Just about done.

That's about it.

Joey, you'd previously mentioned you were in the SW Cape Coral area, so do you exit to the gulf via the Grover Bight ?
Certainly interesting when viewing the aerial images how the area, the canals and homes change as you go further north of Hwy 78.
Between you and Kenny, you're stirring up dreams I've had tucked away for many years ---- FUN :happy:

Do they only offer electric for appliances and not Gas or was that your guys decision?
I know my Fiance prefers Gas to Electric

Awesome job Joey !!!
You guys have a wonderful place.
I've really enjoyed this thread, yeah, that and you're fuckin killing me :stir::wink2:

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Originally Posted by Taboma

Joey, you'd previously mentioned you were in the SW Cape Coral area, so do you exit to the gulf via the Grover Bight ?
Certainly interesting when viewing the aerial images how the area, the canals and homes change as you go further north of Hwy 78.
Between you and Kenny, you're stirring up dreams I've had tucked away for many years ---- FUN :happy:

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SW Cape over by Cape Harbour is definitely the nicest area and the further NE you go the "not so nice" it gets, depending on how far you go, anytime someone asks me about the Cape I advise them to stay South of Veterans Pkwy and go as far South and West as you can afford, it's funny, there's multi-million dollar homes spread throughout our area, then every once in a while there's a tear down, but they all seem to be disappearing now.
Location is important, the closer you are to the river the more expensive homes are........................location, location, location................cha ching... cha ching.... cha ching.

We come out right at the most SW exit by Rumrunners/Cape Harbour exit into the river.

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Originally Posted by 314joey

That's about it.

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She always looks fantastic!


Sent from my Bat Cave

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Originally Posted by riverrunner1984

Do they only offer electric for appliances and not Gas or was that your guys decision?
I know my Fiance prefers Gas to Electric

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I don't know about the gas, then house was all electric, I'll have to ask, it's not that big of deal for us.

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Originally Posted by Taboma

Awesome job Joey !!!
You guys have a wonderful place.
I've really enjoyed this thread, yeah, that and you're fuckin killing me :stir::wink2:

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Thanks T, it was a lot of work, but it was well worth the time and effort.

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She always looks fantastic!


Sent from my Bat Cave

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Thanks, Eli, I keep the smile on her face................lol.

You have to put in tanks it is not like Calif. where you just hook up to the street and you have So Cal gas co.We put in gas on the new build it was about $9000.00

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Originally Posted by riverrunner1984

Do they only offer electric for appliances and not Gas or was that your guys decision?
I know my Fiance prefers Gas to Electric

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Originally Posted by 314joey

That's about it.

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Joey the island was a great decision it really opens everything up.

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Originally Posted by 314joey

SW Cape over by Cape Harbour is definitely the nicest area and the further NE you go the "not so nice" it gets, depending on how far you go, anytime someone asks me about the Cape I advise them to stay South of Veterans Pkwy and go as far South and West as you can afford, it's funny, there's multi-million dollar homes spread throughout our area, then every once in a while there's a tear down, but they all seem to be disappearing now.
Location is important, the closer you are to the river the more expensive homes are........................location, location, location................cha ching... cha ching.... cha ching.

We come out right at the most SW exit by Rumrunners/Cape Harbour exit into the river.

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OK found that SW exit to the river. Just wanted to make sure I was looking in the right area. That whole area is huge, never imagined so many canals, like a maze.
Looking close up at the aerials it appears there's a lock right at Cape Harbor just west of the launch ramp --- why a lock ? Aren't all those canals at sea level anyway ?
Do they open the locks for the manatees ? :headscratch: