Cal
Rancher
Joined: 14 Feb 2005
Posts: 3617
Location: Southern SD
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Cal
Rancher
Joined: 14 Feb 2005
Posts: 3617
Location: Southern SD
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Cal
Rancher
Joined: 14 Feb 2005
Posts: 3617
Location: Southern SD
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Cal
Rancher
Joined: 14 Feb 2005
Posts: 3617
Location: Southern SD
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Cal, great looking place! I have been admiring those Enercept houses since the first one I saw at SD State Fair!. Unfortunately, we had built our house before that......and haven't been able to convince any of our kids that is the way to go!
And the eldest grandson wants out of his parents house nearly as much as they want him out, so think he may settle for the ancient and badly dilapidated double wide they will be moving out of, hopefully soon. The kid is going to be 23 years old next month, so it is definitely time! No bride-to-be in the picture to speed things along, much to his dismay....he's playing it pretty cool since he got burned by a cute little thing while in college last year. Hopeing he plans to return to college, but not till his dad is finished with presidency of SD Cattlemen, which will probably be another year and a half.
Son Barry and family bought a former church in Midland, long ago remodeled into a very cool home with a very high cathedral ceiling (fitting term, since it was a Catholic church!). We hear it is very well insulated, which is something I admire about Enercept. They plan to put it on a basement, soon as we can get the dirtwork finished and get one poured. Kim can't wait to start painting and remodeling work, so Barry is going to have to get in a hurry, or she will start working on it before the move, which he definitely is not in favor of!
Your house looks to be quite earth sheltered. That is something I surely wish we had known about before we built ours. We have a walk out basement....facing west. Though we do have quite a few trees, some along the creek a block of less from the house, and shelterbelts we planted to the northwest. Built by MidWestern Homes, in RC and hauled from there, each wall as a complete unit with windows, insulation, sheetrock and siding, then set up on the foundation with a crane. Sort of frightening to watch the process, for fear of a wreck! But it worked out fine, and is pretty comfortable, but we apparently do need to do some work on ceiling insulation as wind blew in through the ceiling into the bathroom last winter till I did some caulking. Always plenty of repair and improvements needed on 40 year old houses! We are re-doing dining room and kitchen floors and have a BAD case of sticker shock, but decided it has to be done, and the 40 year old carpet on d. room has really been in desperate need for about five years. Just couldn't decide, and it didn't look that bad when it was newly shampoo'd, either!
ANyway, have fun with your project........Looks like you should have room to hang one of those giant hammocks or a hammock chair.......or something just plain fun! I have read that those homes have fared well in hurricanes, too.
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Maxine, it's great to hear from you! Have noticed you've been off of here for awhile. Good luck with all your projects. I'd love to see the former church after it's set up....will it be visible from the road? A young man over in Union Center (Rede Cammack) will be doing the cupboards, countertops, bathroom vanities, and pouring the sinks, and installation. It was actually a better deal having him do it all than ordering from somewhere like Lowe's or Menards, and then having someone install everything and hoping it all fits. It's CR Dreamworks, just east of Cammack Ranch Supply. Him and his wife were up taking measurements last weekend, very nice couple. Don't be afraid to just stop in if you find yourself in our area! Take care now.
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And for entertainment we can have a cattle penning contest. Each team will be made up of three members. You can use ATV's, horses, cowdogs, or any combination thereof, as long as there are three members on the team. A cowdog will be considered as one of the team members. Should be fun. 
, you know what a bad roll model I am, and getting worse with time LOL. 
