Recent content by akirvine79

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I just looked at the video and, it doesn't seem that the video tells expansive soil is the direct cause of drywall nail pops. It's more like home owners are addressing various symptoms first and the guy is explaining the expansive soil is one of the issues. To me, expansive soil is more relevant...

Well, in my case, I was able to choose my grout color. At my design center meeting, iPac designer showed us a couple of different grout color samples along with my bathroom tile choices.

+1 for whole house insulation. Regarding solid core doors, I selected an option of solid core door for my master bathroom from my builder (IP) but my normal interior doors are standard hollow core doors.  So I have direct comparison for both type of doors.  To be honest, I hardly feel any...

The rain/moisture scenario is a just my nonprofessional assumption.  It could be wrong. I'm not a building expert, so I don't know what actually caused these drywall nail pops. At the moment, I don't even know popping materials are nails or screws. I'm just assuming they're nails because of the...

Sorry for the ambiguous expression. It's actually nails "popped out" and it breaks drywall and paint surface.

Unfortunately, I don't think builders use screws everywhere.  I see a lot of construction works are using nail guns when they construct roofs, frames and walls.  It's very common to hear nail gun sound like boom-boom-boom if you live near construction area. If they used screws, yep, nail pop...

My ones are not excessive nail popping (since I can't see actual nail heads) but drywall surfaces are a little indented as the shape of nail heads.  (Attached picture is not mine but they're pretty much same shapes as the picture. I can post my ones once I get home) It's certainly visible and...

Has anyone experienced drywall nail pops on new construction homes? Since I moved into my new home (Irvine Pacific) back in June, I can find more and more drywall nail pops developed. It started after 2 months of move-in and now I can count around 25 drywall nail pops on a few visible areas...

Here is my full review of Jo's company (Echo Family). It has been around 5~6 weeks since Jo finished my backyard. Overall, I'm very satisfied with his company and the final look of my back yard. 1. Price & Quote  His offered price was reasonable and cheaper than some other companies for a...

I'm in the middle of doing my back yard landscaping with Jo and expecting to finish in this week. I still need a week to write my review but my experience with Jo was so far so good. I actually read the old thread between Jo and studio/bones/dealcatcher before I contacted him. And after...

I read about Area 5b plan somewhere but I don't remember where exactly I got the information. If my memory is correct, it was planned for next June or Summer, 2015. This may be wrong or out of dated since the original post shows that model home opens by June or July 2014. :)

The legal/technical definition of residential type (Detached condo or SFR) doesn't differentiate HOA bill. In general, attached condos have higher HOA bill because HOA is responsible for some parts of building maintenance but, in Irvine, detached condos are almost same as SFR since ownership...

It purely depends on what type of woods you selected.  I got the same 2,000 sqft quote through design center and they asked me to pay 36K.  (The woods were Provenza Old World Warm Sand).  I did some research before design center visit, so it was a no-brainer not using them, so I did flooring...

I just checked my usage during idle time (12AM - 6 AM), my one shows around 0.38kWh. I live in 2,300 sqft, 2014 built IP home, and only things constantly running during night time are a refrigerator, a WIFI router and NAS for home media server.