I hate working in the rain, rained here from Wed. evening, all night and all day yesterday. 2.2 inches. Sure as hell don't need this, especially this time of the year.
And so it begins..... my new garage
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Last week was beautiful, perfect weather for working and I took advantage of it. Just have to push threw it all if I'm going to get anywhere.... sure am ticked about the excavator because I'd be a month ahead right now if it weren't for him!
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That drive is going to be nice for when your battery is low.....that is if you have a stick 
LOL, hope you're in southern part of state. That drive slope is first thing I think of when looking at houses!! Some of the one's I see I wonder what are you going to do when the white stuff comes down,AND it will!!
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I've lived here for over 15 years and never owned a 4 wheel drive, no issues getting in or out of the driveway..... just gotta know how to drive in the snow. The pistures make it appear steeper than it actually is.
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What a day! After a miserable day of pouring the blocks I was figuring on getting nothing done but pouring the rest of the wall because it's a slow process...... Larry (Kahn) and my brother in law volunteered their help so we started this morning, Larry brang an extra mixer so I kept 2 mixers going non stop while he bucketed the concrete to my brother in law who filled the walls.. by 1:00 I was amazed because we were done. With the concrete poured we got right after the framing, got 75 percent of the walls built and squared up!!!!!
Amazing what can happen when your buds show up to help, Larry is a hell of a guy along with my brother and brother in law.
Amazing what can happen when your buds show up to help, Larry is a hell of a guy along with my brother and brother in law.
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Looks like y'all made a lot of progress! Looking good!
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No, if you go back and look I used rebar block, there's 1/2" rebar in every coarse (except the top 2) then it's poured solid full of concrete.
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I'll update later today but we'll have all the walls up very soon. Now that I can actually sit back and look at it it's going to be huge!!!! 13'+12" thick floor then another 8' and then the trusses..... going to be some major bracing to sturdy it up from wind.
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Finally got a picture of the Sasquatch (Larry), he doesn't care much for pics but I finally got him to allow for one haha. Huge thanks to Larry, he drove all the way up from NC to help out and I'm greatful for it because we really knocked out some work. In the process I think we also crippled ourselves for a few days... mixed and loaded over 10,000 lbs of concrete into the walls within hours.
In this pic you can see my brother and good old reliable dad, anybody would be hard pressed to find a better dad than this man still doing whatever he can at 67 years old!
In this pic you can see my brother and good old reliable dad, anybody would be hard pressed to find a better dad than this man still doing whatever he can at 67 years old!
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There's been another change to the plans....... I never stop looking for ways to improve so it will now have a full 32'X34' second floor with 32' trusses. This will serve 2 purposes, more room upstairs and having apposing roof lines will look a lot nicer for the wife
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Wow, that is coming along great! Just caught up on the thread and it looks amazing. it seems like your doing everything right so far. two thumbs up from a guy who built his own 32x32 in Georgia many years ago.There's been another change to the plans....... I never stop looking for ways to improve so it will now have a full 32'X34' second floor with 32' trusses. This will serve 2 purposes, more room upstairs and having apposing roof lines will look a lot nicer for the wife
Excellent progress, and great to see some family and friends pitching in to help....it makes the job more enjoyable and a lot easier. I hear your pain on the back-breaking concrete works....I am mid-way through re-building a 30 foot retaining wall on our suburban boundary. Had some help for a day from my wife and older son...but apart from that it's just me. My dad turned up for the concrete pour - but it went so fast that he nearly missed the job. I had a truck and a pump due to the rough terrain and lack of access. Saved me probably 3 days and some time off work to follow.
Saved me probably 3 days and some time off work to follow.
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It likely cost more but working smarter, not harder is always better..Excellent progress, and great to see some family and friends pitching in to help....it makes the job more enjoyable and a lot easier. I hear your pain on the back-breaking concrete works....I am mid-way through re-building a 30 foot retaining wall on our suburban boundary. Had some help for a day from my wife and older son...but apart from that it's just me. My dad turned up for the concrete pour - but it went so fast that he nearly missed the job. I had a truck and a pump due to the rough terrain and lack of access.
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When I built our home we put up a Styrofoam form and poured it 10" thick with a pump truck, couldn't believe that we could build a basement so quick. One night to build the form, one night to erect scaffolding and 4 hours of aiming a hose in the wall and it was done.Excellent progress, and great to see some family and friends pitching in to help....it makes the job more enjoyable and a lot easier. I hear your pain on the back-breaking concrete works....I am mid-way through re-building a 30 foot retaining wall on our suburban boundary. Had some help for a day from my wife and older son...but apart from that it's just me. My dad turned up for the concrete pour - but it went so fast that he nearly missed the job. I had a truck and a pump due to the rough terrain and lack of access.
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Sometimes working smarter = more money, the price difference was incredible so a little sweat meant funds to go bigger were free'd up
. I've never been one to run from a little hard work and am very conservative with my money.Similar threads
