Here are some more pics. Missed a lot of construction because of massive need to accelerate operations and get $hit done before winter set in on us.
What is this for? Building steel ground?
Project of a lifetime.......so far
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What is this for? Building steel ground?
What a project for sure! Well done so far. You are in God's roost way up there in the mountains. Bold place to live. You must be young and hearty. What is that grounding plate you built and where is it going?
I had to build my own grounding plate because the ground is so hard, you can't pound a ground rod. Buried it the requisite depth after several hours with a jackhammer, digging bar and bucket. PITA.
I commend you for tackling this building yourself. Monster undertaking. You are plenty skilled. I too chose an Outback and it is 30X40. Had a contractor put it up and had outback supply the insulation- plastic faces bats. Had a different crew come in and add sheetrock on the walls in the garage part and then the ceiling too in a hobby room that is 13X30 and then another crew texture it. Another crew added a storage room inside..and another guy ran all of the electrical (still in progress). All this over a two year period. I like the building-as I'm sure you'll enjoy yours. The contractor and his whimps whined about having to drill the holes and make some cuts. Guess they were used to 100% prefab kits. But it got done. Mine is not braced as well as yours-only 80MPH wind loads and not as heavy snow load requirement either I'm sure-as we are only at 5,000' ASL.
Appreciate the comments! It was a huge project and took me about four months from breaking ground to turning the lights on inside and having functioning outlets. While I did have a friend over for a day here and a day there, I did 99% of the work myself, on weekends and after work on weekdays. Great fun.
Love the look of the galvanized beams- they hide the EMT. I left them unpainted throughout and it looks industrial. I did extensive sealing and ran the EMT exterior to the walls so there is little air leakage. Just put in the heater last week.
I really like the industrial look of the building. Wish I could have afforded the insulation to start with. No worries though. A great building and I have forever to insulate it.
Outback Steel Buildings. I got mine in Colorado from a dealer that I would NEVER, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES WHATSOEVER RECOMMEND! Corporate Outback seems to be a good group, but both Metal Sales and the dealer I got mine from were nightmares to deal with. I'm going to elaborate on these two points once I've received the last few panels the dealer tried to screw me out of.
Yeah. It's a ground plate electrode I built.
It serves as the ground electrode for the subpanel (Garage 100amp service is fed from main panel 200amp service in house).
JSanford1974
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I know the tread is several months old, but do you still like your Outback building? I found your build post by searching Outback buildings. I'm also looking at getting a dealership. And I need a garage for myself. Did your dealer/Outback fix your problems that you mentioned with your metal siding?
Lippyp
Well-known member
Where my house is in France I've heard stories about people burying old iron horse ploughs to try and get a decent ground as its very well drained sandy soil.
Hi Sanford. Took a little time to get back here. In Afghanistan, and only go to some of the old sites on occasion. Apparently, it's been some serious time.
In any case, yes, I love the building. It's fantastic in every way except the way the dealer treated me. The guy was a serious tool. I sincerely hope he isn't in business anymore.
The company ended up ensuring he took care of me, but in the end, he wore me out with thin arguments and I just quit dealing with him and the company. I do like the head of the US operations department. He's a good guy, but can't remember his name. I think he's somewhere in Washington or Utah or something like that.
Cheers,
Mike
In any case, yes, I love the building. It's fantastic in every way except the way the dealer treated me. The guy was a serious tool. I sincerely hope he isn't in business anymore.
The company ended up ensuring he took care of me, but in the end, he wore me out with thin arguments and I just quit dealing with him and the company. I do like the head of the US operations department. He's a good guy, but can't remember his name. I think he's somewhere in Washington or Utah or something like that.
Cheers,
Mike
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