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RSWORDS

RSWORDS

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Starting progress on the new shop at the house. Went with a 30x50 with 14' walls and 3 12x12 doors. 1st bay will be drive through, middle will have the lift. 3rd bay is getting an 8' mezzanine down the far right wall and will be the "workshop" area.

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A good friend owns a site work company so I got him on clearing out today


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No it's the "carport" style but is doubled up legs
 
Building was the cheap part :laughting. Just under 20k installed. Slab is gonna be 10k, site work about the same.
 
surprised no one has said "too small" yet. :flipoff2:
 
power?

Water?

you doing insulation?

Anything special in slab for perimeter turndown or for lift?

:beer:
 
RSWORDS said:
$4300 later I have a flat piece of dirt. Only took 6 tandom dump truck loads of dirt and its nice and high compared to the surrounding land.

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You sure that’s gonna be high enough. With the roof dropping water infront of the doors you’re gonna want at the minimum of 1” in 10’ of pitch away from the slab. There are not many garage projects of that size we haul too that only need 6 loads of fill.

Number one rule of building garages make sure they are high enough. Cheap to do now impossible to do later.
 
Levigarrett76 said:
power?

Water?

you doing insulation?

Anything special in slab for perimeter turndown or for lift?

:beer:
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Yes

Yes

Eventually Yes

Yes

Here's a crappy scetchup drawing from when i was designing. Bathroom with shower in the rear, closet for the for compressor. the truck isnt to scale

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ThePanzerFuhrer said:
You sure that’s gonna be high enough. With the roof dropping water infront of the doors you’re gonna want at the minimum of 1” in 10’ of pitch away from the slab. There are not many garage projects of that size we haul too that only need 6 loads of fill.

Number one rule of building garages make sure they are high enough. Cheap to do now impossible to do later.
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It's plenty high. Was on a hill to start. The pad is about 6" above surrounding grade at the lowest spot. After it's all in we will final grade. The land falls away in every direction. Enough that I don't need a pump for the 100' run to my septic tank lol
 
ThePanzerFuhrer said:
You sure that’s gonna be high enough. With the roof dropping water infront of the doors you’re gonna want at the minimum of 1” in 10’ of pitch away from the slab. There are not many garage projects of that size we haul too that only need 6 loads of fill.

Number one rule of building garages make sure they are high enough. Cheap to do now impossible to do later.
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Here's a little better picture but still doesn't show the drop. I'm going to have to bring in more dirt so I don't have a ledge after it's up

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RSWORDS said:
It's plenty high. Was on a hill to start. The pad is about 6" above surrounding grade at the lowest spot. After it's all in we will final grade. The land falls away in every direction. Enough that I don't need a pump for the 100' run to my septic tank lol
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10-4 this is the biggest mistake people make when putting a garage in. The try and cheap out on the dirt work.
 
ThePanzerFuhrer said:
10-4 this is the biggest mistake people make when putting a garage in. The try and cheap out on the dirt work.
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I told my buddy (the site work guy) to do what he would do if it was his. When we 1st started talking he was thinking 10 loads minimum but ended up not being as bad once he got it all stripped down.

He also took out twice the amount of trees because and, I quote, "that's what I would have done" :laughing:
 
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RSWORDS said:
I told my buddy (the site work guy) to do what he would do if it was his. When we 1st started talking he was thinking 10 loads minimum but ended up not being as bad once he got it all stripped down.

He also took out twice the amount of trees because and, I quote, "that's what I would have done" :laughing:
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it never fails. My dad digs a basement and these trees need to get saved. Struggle to work around them to get a house in. Come back a few years later and they are all cut down. :homer:
 
SomeGuyFromOlympia said:
cash is king you are doing it right:beer:
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Shit. I'll probably end up financing the building or at least part of it for a few months to keep cash open to do plumbing and electrical. Between the price of everything still going up and I Got hit with a LARGE tax bill I wasn't counting on due to a shitty accountant (that's now gone). Cash is gonna get snug
 
RSWORDS said:
Shit. I'll probably end up financing the building or at least part of it for a few months to keep cash open to do plumbing and electrical. Between the price of everything still going up and I Got hit with a LARGE tax bill I wasn't counting on due to a shitty accountant (that's now gone). Cash is gonna get snug
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that makes sense, give the bank money to somehow save money
 
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