Tarps. Giant blue tarps.What type of water proofing are you going to use on the walls?
Fence looks great. Tell Leon Chris & Ashley said hello! His team moves fast. Leon would run everywhere when he was working on ours.102421- End of week update.
At the shop/barn site--The fence guys came and did what they were supposed to. It happens a lot easier with the correct equipment. They had a skid steer with a cool auger/hydraulic ram attachment. I don't know how many posts they put up but it all looks great. My wife is very happy with it and that's all that's really important.
From the upper corner post. Looking left.
Looking right.
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Oh and for the water you can buy an IBC tote and put it on a trailer which im sure you have. This will get you 275 gallons. This is what we had to do when we moved here.Fence looks great. Tell Leon Chris & Ashley said hello! His team moves fast. Leon would run everywhere when he was working on ours.
$17k for the shop pour and footings? What's the footprint size?Concrete guys are supposed to start this week. My early on estimates were blown out of the water after they looked at the rebar and footer requirements. Around $9k early on to about $17k now. They've dropped a couple loads of rebar sticks off on site. I did the plumbing stub ups myself. It should work splendidly. I'm seeing talk of some rain this week. Water is good for concrete, right? lol.
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40’x40’ overall with 18”x18” footers all the way around the perimeter. Lots of different sized rebar tied in too. Minimal grading was needed.$17k for the shop pour and footings? What's the footprint size?
I just got my quote for the same for my barn build. Quite a bit more dirt removal, but probably a smaller footprint.
Thanks! My build requires a 40 x 40 footprint to be leveled, with the high corner requiring roughly 5' of dirt removed. Same footing size (w/d), but "T" shaped and 747 sq. ft. of 6" pour w/ rebar/wire. Was quoted $11k, which I thought was about right.40’x40’ overall with 18”x18” footers all the way around the perimeter. Lots of different sized rebar tied in too. Minimal grading was needed.
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It’s funny you mentioned them letting that log get in the way because you’re right. They show up with an excavator to did your trench. Out of all the work done while building our place they were the only ones that did a good job leveling out the trench they dug.111221-
Quick update. No photos this week. Everything is red clay muddy AF! That rain yesterday really soaked into the ground there. Sheesh!
At the shop area:
My bro-in-law brought over his little tractor that has a small backhoe on it. He dug out a couple of trenches for our water supply lines. 135 feet from the well to the shop. And 105 feet from the well to the pasture where the no-freeze spigot is going. He went 24" deep...just because. We buried 1" PEX and the UF wire for the well pump power. We got the trenches covered back up before the rain hit. I still have to attach the pasture spigot and back fill it. I had to order plumbing parts on Amazon because our Lowe's is doodoo.
Duke called and said that I am in line for trenching. The subcontractor requested that I move a log that was laying across the old logging road that they are going to trench down. I took my tractor out and moved the several year old decomposing 8" pine log out of the way. lol. It was a beast! Just kidding. I kicked through it in a couple of spots and used the bucket to sling it to the side. Hard to believe that they are going to trench 1000's of feet and that powdery old log was going to stop their progress. Whatever. It's moved.
County inspector came out and did the one and only inspection that is required for my Ag exempt building. The main electrical service inspection that is required for Duke to be able to hook up to it. He went on about how I should have had a lot of other stuff inspected even if it is Ag exempt and isn't required. He's a real go getter. The electrical service got its green sticker and I let him keep talking. He saw the UF well pump wire that was buried along with the PEX pipe and asked about depth on it. I told him 24" and he moved on. I'm done with inspections on our end now. Won't fill out any other permits or have to deal with him again. He is the same guy that is inspecting the home build though. My GC gets to work with him up there. lol.
At the home site-
It's muddy. The foundation walls were sealed on the outside with some black membrane and tar looking sealant. Those guys had about 10 dump truck loads of gravel brought in. I'm assuming that will be backfill around the basement walls. A plumbing crew came in and did the drains and stuff that are going under the basement floor. I saw the pressure test fitting on them. Today was the first day in a week or so that anyone even went to the build site up there. The concrete/basement guys from CLT brought in a little skid steer and it sounded like they moved some of the gravel around. Again, it was very muddy up there. I drove up but didn't get close enough to look at anything. I might head up tomorrow and get some pictures.
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I am impressed with them. There's enough light there to do most projects.Those hi bay ufo lights are no joke. We have them in our barn and you could preform surgery at night in the aisle if you had to.
I’d love to build a detached garage at some point in the near future.
I'm going to see what we have laying around at the laser shop. I plan on doing something with it.Suggestion. Screw some 2x4s or angle iron across the bottom center of those shelves.
I also put in a dehumidifier. The weird weather last week created a lot of moisture on the top of that sealed concrete. It was fine until I opened a door and the outside air rushed in. It was weird.
We have the same problem maybe 1-2 times each year. I wonder if a big ass fan would help more than a dehumidifier. Maybe something like this: https://www.bigassfans.com/for-home/outdoor/Mine does the exact same thing any time its been cold/cool and we have a random warm/hot day. Soon as the big doors open warm air rushes in and anything that retains temp will instantly form condensation. Tools, toolbox, machinery, scooters, etc. everything instantly soaked with condensation. I think it has more to do with the warm humid air outside coming in and surfaces being below dew point temp than actual humidity being trapped inside when its closed up.
Curious to hear if the dehumidifier makes a big difference.
A unit heater to keep the inside (and the stuff inside) above dewpoint is the ticket.
I'm sure we aren't doing things the most efficient or cost effective way but they are getting done! lol. My wife and I are in our mid-40s and this is probably going to be our last home. I wanted to document it so everyone can see us bull-in-a-China-Shop our way through it. 😆I can't thank you enough for posting your build this way. Doing that was a dream of mine that I'll never get to do, but I am enjoying seeing you get it done, and done well. Thanks so much!