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Posted: 4/23/2018 2:35:04 PM EST

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Glad you are getting your house back.

Just curious though, do you not like windows?

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First thing I thought " what's with the windows"?

Posted: 4/23/2018 2:35:17 PM EST

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What do you do when that house gets into a fire?

A reasonable guy who experienced a fire would want multiple methods to evacuate.

Posted: 4/23/2018 2:35:49 PM EST

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Ummmmmmmmmm........... OK.

Me thinks OP is trollin'.....

Not his house. Probably a house he worked on, and thought it would make a nice troll thread.

Or not. In which case, nice house, OP.

Posted: 4/23/2018 2:37:18 PM EST

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OP, as a fellow Okie, I get it. There are about 5 months thru the summer I wish my house had no windows

Our nuclear summers are brutal and the amount of heat coming thru via windows sucks.

And since we are home to the F5 tornado, having no windows isn't a bad thing.

Posted: 4/23/2018 2:37:24 PM EST

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OP, are you a vampire?

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You are aware that you can go outside for sunlight, right? But it's a lot harder to get dark with 87 square feet of window after working 14 hours overnight in December? And all the audio transparency of...glass?

Posted: 4/23/2018 2:37:31 PM EST

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Found interior pictures of OP's house (pardon the potato quality):

https://i.imgur.com/uomkVIL.png

https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4034/4544827697_6f73866999_b.jpg

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Posted: 4/23/2018 2:37:52 PM EST

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So, your original house burns down... and you build a new one that you can't easily escape from a fire in the middle of the night?

Posted: 4/23/2018 2:38:50 PM EST

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So, your original house burns down... and you build a new one that you can't easily escape from a fire in the middle of the night?

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GD has lot of rocket scientists

Posted: 4/23/2018 2:39:12 PM EST

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Because if I wanted to sell it, retrofitting giant picture windows for the convenience of burglars is so damn hard to do...How can we cut giant holes and install windows?

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I lol'd

Because if I wanted to sell it, retrofitting giant picture windows for the convenience of burglars is so damn hard to do...How can we cut giant holes and install windows?

How many window breakins happened last year in your AO? Sounds like a serious problem.

Posted: 4/23/2018 2:40:34 PM EST

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Damn skippy. Got 12 cameras and a 2Tb Zmodo system NIB and ready to go.

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You've prewired each of the corners of the house for 3 POE drops for your camera system, right?

Damn skippy. Got 12 cameras and a 2Tb Zmodo system NIB and ready to go.

You're going to want more than 12. Trust me.

Plan on 16 - 24 (especially if you want any that are mounted off structure).

If you've already got at least two POE drops at every 90 degree point on the exterior, you're off to a great start. If not, now is the time to do so.

Posted: 4/23/2018 2:41:20 PM EST

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Posted: 4/23/2018 2:46:54 PM EST

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Might be the most depressing house I've ever seen.

Combination of a bunker and crack den.

Posted: 4/23/2018 2:47:11 PM EST

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Umm, ok....Just understand that your new house will be the devil to sell if you ever want to.

That said, if it makes you happy that's all that matter....enjoy.

Posted: 4/23/2018 2:48:25 PM EST

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Can you ever get the smoke smell out of it? Not sure if the brick retains some of it

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Hang on
There was nothing but a slab. Everything else is 100% new.

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Posted: 4/23/2018 2:51:10 PM EST

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So did they rebuild on the old slab; or did that get torn up too?

Posted: 4/23/2018 2:52:56 PM EST

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Just out of curiosity. What was the cause of the fire?

Posted: 4/23/2018 2:54:38 PM EST

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Not trollin' I'm just a strange guy. And I could have walked out when the fire happened. Y'all are are confused about fire. I had seconds and seconds. I was all about my shit. My safety was never at issue.
Seriously.

Maybe some burns, but, fuck, I can get the fuck outside. Jeebus.

Posted: 4/23/2018 2:55:36 PM EST

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The OP built an above ground basement. .......................................genius

Posted: 4/23/2018 2:55:55 PM EST

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Tiny and few windows. Looks like a safe house.

Posted: 4/23/2018 2:58:04 PM EST

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I hope you don't ever plan on selling that house.

Posted: 4/23/2018 3:00:30 PM EST

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Just out of curiosity. What was the cause of the fire?

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Post before this one, that Suburban caught on fire in the garage.
It's on the original slab, the north and northwest frost footings were calcined, and had to be replaced.
I closed on the house on 28 Nov 2016, and literally all my shit was stacked neatly in boxes on the N side of the garage. the fire was on a Saturday, and the prev Thu a brand new washer/dryer set was delivered. Total loss. All my shit in moving boxes-gone.

I was lucky there was no furniture. It was all scheduled to be delivered the next week; I was camped out in the LR with a sleeping bag and a cooler.

Posted: 4/23/2018 3:01:50 PM EST

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... looks very nice! A neighborhood house burnt down a few years ago. The block stood and builders started around that. Completely refurbished. Been on the market now for almost a year now. No takers. Not sure why it's not selling, but I have my suspicions

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No windows?

Posted: 4/23/2018 3:01:53 PM EST

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You are aware that you can go outside for sunlight, right? But it's a lot harder to get dark with 87 square feet of window after working 14 hours overnight in December? And all the audio transparency of...glass?

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OP, are you a vampire?

You are aware that you can go outside for sunlight, right? But it's a lot harder to get dark with 87 square feet of window after working 14 hours overnight in December? And all the audio transparency of...glass?

You'd hate my house. I'm sitting in my 20x20 sunroom reading this thread. It has (5) 5'x5' windows and a 6' glass door out to the pool. No blinds or shades either.

Posted: 4/23/2018 3:02:07 PM EST

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I'm from Kansas, Topeka, where everyone has a basement. It's weird that basements are like hens teeth here. Fur Realz.

Posted: 4/23/2018 3:04:42 PM EST

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Why isn't your roof brick?

Posted: 4/23/2018 3:05:17 PM EST

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You'd hate my house. I'm sitting in my 20x20 sunroom reading this thread. It has (5) 5'x5' windows and a 6' glass door out to the pool. No blinds or shades either.

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Yes, Yes I would.

I'm a cave man. Gimme a bunker over a glass house every day and twice on sunday.

Posted: 4/23/2018 3:07:06 PM EST

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well, Arfcom certainly runs the gamut..

We had vacuum out the saw dust guy.

me with the structural engineer...

none of the walls lined up guy..

tiny shitter in the roof guy

and now no windows dude.

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Lol explain the sawdust one please, I missed that one.

Also, this has got to be the most visually boring house I've ever seen. I understand wanting to be secure with yourself and your shit, but this is just......over the top. Some of you guys literally live in a state of paranoia.

Posted: 4/23/2018 3:07:51 PM EST

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I'm from Kansas, Topeka, where everyone has a basement. It's weird that basements are like hens teeth here. Fur Realz.

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Wait, you're from Kansas, live in OK but are Nickmemphis...

Posted: 4/23/2018 3:08:11 PM EST

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I hope you don't ever plan on selling that house.

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If it comes sell it time, and lack of windows is an issue, putting windows where there were none before is about 87% easier than un-windowing windows. No joke.

Posted: 4/23/2018 3:08:29 PM EST

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I'm from Kansas, Topeka

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Oh, that explains it.

Posted: 4/23/2018 3:10:38 PM EST

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Why isn't your roof brick?

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I wanted a metal roof, but I had to settle for a composite shingle because of insurance. It is a timberline instead of 3-tab. Can't always get what you want.
Eventually.

Posted: 4/23/2018 3:11:22 PM EST

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Yes, Yes I would.

I'm a cave man. Gimme a bunker over a glass house every day and twice on sunday.

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You'd hate my house. I'm sitting in my 20x20 sunroom reading this thread. It has (5) 5'x5' windows and a 6' glass door out to the pool. No blinds or shades either.

Yes, Yes I would.

I'm a cave man. Gimme a bunker over a glass house every day and twice on sunday.

I rarely lock my doors. Don't need to live in a bunker in my area.

Posted: 4/23/2018 3:11:39 PM EST

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I was confused about the windows until I saw OP is in Oklahoma.

Posted: 4/23/2018 3:12:48 PM EST

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Bad architecture is bad and op should feel bad about his bad design.

Posted: 4/23/2018 3:12:57 PM EST

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Glad you are getting your house back.

Just curious though, do you not like windows?

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This.

Man that's going to be a dark place.

CMOS

Posted: 4/23/2018 3:13:03 PM EST

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Looks like a Central Office.

Posted: 4/23/2018 3:13:41 PM EST

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As long as you're happy..............................I guess....................

Posted: 4/23/2018 3:14:12 PM EST

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Wait, you're from Kansas, live in OK but are Nickmemphis...

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nickmemphis is the FBI guy from the Bob Lee Swagger novels by Stephen Hunter. I'm in OK because horses and esoteric reasons.
And I'm a strange character, with very little if any concern for the opinions of others. I like what I like.

Posted: 4/23/2018 3:14:14 PM EST

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"In case of fire, be Kool-Aid Man"

Posted: 4/23/2018 3:15:23 PM EST

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Public housing

Posted: 4/23/2018 3:16:59 PM EST

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I wish now I'd have picked samvincent instead of nickmemphis, but shit is how it is.

Posted: 4/23/2018 3:18:02 PM EST

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I'm not fond of windows. I have blackout curtains up. Also that's what basements are for.

And insurance is for break-ins. I can't see lack of windows helping resale value.

Posted: 4/23/2018 3:18:12 PM EST

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I keep imagining that house with an chain link fence, 12 cameras and no windows. It will, literally, look like a prison. If safety is that much of a concern, as to drastically alter your living situation to this degree, you are living in the wrong place.

Posted: 4/23/2018 3:19:52 PM EST

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Wow.

I like the ability to keep a room dark as well, but I think I'd have gone with a more conventional design and simply added something like these shutters which you see all over other parts of the world. They would address your lighting, security, etc concerns just fine without giving you a potentially very unpopular house design.