And so it begins..... my new garage

[747mopar]

https://www.amazon.com/Brondell-L60-EW-LumaWarm-Nightlight-Elongated/dp/B008Q6EN0I

Hell yeah... that's awesome! I put a baseboard heater on a thermostat in my bathroom at work for this very reason but in my garage the boiler will be running anyways so might as well use it. I could run toilet water threw a plate heater and have a radiant toilet.... now there's an idea.

 

[Hemirunner]

https://www.amazon.com/Brondell-L60-EW-LumaWarm-Nightlight-Elongated/dp/B008Q6EN0I

There’s a “Buy Used” option for the extremely brave among us!

 

[conv67bdere]

Hell yeah... that's awesome! I put a baseboard heater on a thermostat in my bathroom at work for this very reason but in my garage the boiler will be running anyways so might as well use it. I could run toilet water threw a plate heater and have a radiant toilet.... now there's an idea.

Lmao . . . Radiant heat toilet . . . Now that's funny !

 

[ws27]

Hell yeah... that's awesome! I put a baseboard heater on a thermostat in my bathroom at work for this very reason but in my garage the boiler will be running anyways so might as well use it. I could run toilet water threw a plate heater and have a radiant toilet.... now there's an idea.

We won't mention that some of "us" suggested putting radiant tubes in the slab "just in case"

 

[ws27]

BTW I have a smallish flat plate heat exchanger if you need one. I was thinking of offering it to you for your water heater in the house.

 

[747mopar]

We won't mention that some of "us" suggested putting radiant tubes in the slab "just in case"

Really? I don't remember that lol.
In all honesty I've thought about that and I can't say I really regret not doing it. I had a budget to work within and adding that would have blown it clean out of the water meaning it would still be sitting here without a roof. Having so much of it well below grade with a full footer vs a slab has already made a huge difference. In my slab garage your feet would go numb but in this garage even not being heated the floor stays much warmer. When I pour the slab addition it will get radiant heat because it is on grade and is much smaller.

 

[747mopar]

BTW I have a smallish flat plate heat exchanger if you need one. I was thinking of offering it to you for your water heater in the house.

I actually had one given to me by a co-worker but I appreciate it. Thanks

 

[747mopar]

The floor is done... for the most part! I've got a few little things bothering me but very minor, I'll tinker with a few options but at least I can move back in. The acid staining process went well but the touch up on a few areas not so well, turns out a 3rd application of stain creates more eye soars. They sold me a small amount of water based stain that's spayed from an HVLP gun but it looked just like it had been sprayed and was quickly cleaned back off. Since I was sealing it in a solvent based sealer why not a little spray paint? It actually worked very well for blending some of the touch up so you never know. Here it is.

 

[Mark B]

That came out really good. I like it.

 

[747mopar]

Thought I'd move the bench in today with the floor being done but had no help so why not just back the truck right into the garage where I can load it myself? The bridge has officially been ODOT approved lol.... or BSH approved as my good friend Larry would say. It was built for a 1,200 lbs Can Am, guess this means it's an overkill but I always figured there would likely be a truck or tractor on it at some time.

 

[bm02tj]

That is always a good thing
Last house the brother inlaw designed the suspended slab with a 5000 lb point load and said you may jack the truck up when it is loaded
I knew it was good when a railway bridge builder said it would hold a D9 cat

 

[oldbee]

AND a good start point for kids to sled ride down towards driveway in the winter.

 

[747mopar]

Nothing impressive but did decide to start on the side entrance, tired of the stairs. This will get back filled with gravel then whenever the apron out front is poured it will wrap around the side... no stairs.

Never fails, I have a curse... my concrete work always summons the rain. It was a beautiful day so I dug the footer, rounded up the supplies and started mixing and no sooner than I got it mostly poured the sky opened up without warning creating a mess. I quickly threw loose tin on it and walked away cussing. I came back after it quit and mixed a dry batch to help thicken the mix back up and called it done. Next day was another beautiful so I started laying the block and wouldn't you know it it cut loose again. I shoveled dirt in around what I had done to keep the rain from puddling and said piss on it!

 

[oldbee]

Nothing impressive but did decide to start on the side entrance, tired of the stairs. This will get back filled with gravel then whenever the apron out front is poured it will wrap around the side... no stairs.

Never fails, I have a curse... my concrete work always summons the rain. It was a beautiful day so I dug the footer, rounded up the supplies and started mixing and no sooner than I got it mostly poured the shy opened up without warning creating a mess. I quickly threw loose tin on it and walked away cussing. I came back after it quut and mixed a dry batch to help thicken the mix back up and called it done. Next day was another beautiful so I started laying the block and wouldn't you know it it cut loose again. I shoveled dirt in around what I had done to keep the rain from puddling and said piss on it! View attachment 614964

I knew it was your fault,lol !

 

[bm02tj]

New job going as a rain dancer

 

[barbee6043]

There are people in W Tx that would pay you to move there!!!

 

[747mopar]

There are people in W Tx that would pay you to move there!!!

I'll have to try and remember before complaining about rain that anybody in the world might be reading. Tons and tons of rain and flowing springs where I live so it's always a pain in the Spring and Fall.

 

[oldbee]

I'll have to try and remember before complaining about rain that anybody in the world might be reading. Tons and tons of rain and flowing springs where I live so it's always a pain in the Spring and Fall.

Never forget about the ‘ Great Lakes’ region...

 

[747mopar]

Never forget about the ‘ Great Lakes’ region...

Funny you should mention that, as we speak I'm sitting on shores in Boyne Michigan enjoying a family vacation . Tomorrow we'll be tubing on a 150hp tritoon then zip lines after that.

 

[747mopar]

More aggravation

When I dug the footer for my retaining wall I had a ton of water pouring into the footer, no biggie it's been raining and it is under the roof right?? Not so, I decided to lay another coarse and add another footer and whataya know more water. My first suspicion was that I had a hole in my footer drain pipe... nope so I kept digging and found this! The water is dumping out of a hole in the block foundation

If you haven't followed this thread I live on an oasis, freaking springs everywhere where drainage is always a problem. I sealed the foundation walls tight with heavy water barrier and dimple sheat then put 6 mil plastic under the concrete which has probably 20-30 tons of #57 gravel under it. Because the footer ditches were also back filled with clean gravel I don't think this will be an issue? I believe if I knock a 4" hole in the block, dig in a ways and put a drain pipe under the slab I'll be good. While laying the footer and block all of the springs drained as they should so my only guess is one redirected itself under the footer? Zero signs of any moisture inside so that's my plan. I'll get a better picture of the hole once I get it drained better to see if the hole was from freezing or maybe bumped with the Steiner bucket, whatever the case it's good that there's a hole otherwise I wouldn't know I need to add a drain. The big bummer is this means installing yet another drain away from the driveway!

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