Above 1200 Sq/FT The Lone Beech Garage (60x46x16)

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

That is fantastic news to hear that the power feed is almost done. Your definitely on the downward slope of your build. I'll continue to follow your progress.

All the best with your inspection Scott.

Regards

Scotty, more power!

Hope the inspector shows and you're able to enjoy full power over the weekend.

Thanks guys! The Inspector was here this morning and gave us permission to bring full power to the Lone Beech Garage. Unfortunately this is Friday so the earliest Coweta-Fayette EMC (the electric utility) will be out here to accomplish that will be Monday.

Best regards,

Scott

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

Looks like the electrician may be pondering testing that hard hat with the hammer in his hand...

Haha, looks like he is about ready to start swinging that hammer..

Haha, it sure does!

Gentlemen

You have given me an idea on how to the monetize the Lone Beech Garage...

The Combatants: One with a shovel; one with a hammer.
Two men enter the Tornado Shelter...
...only one man leaves.

Tickets: $15

Sadly, in the world we live in, this might actually be popular and there will be scalpers getting $150 for their $15 ticket.


Best regards,

Scott

 

[C_F]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

Gentlemen

You have given me an idea on how to the monetize the Lone Beech Garage...

The Combatants: One with a shovel; one with a hammer.
Two men enter the Tornado Shelter...
...only one man leaves.

Tickets: $15

Sadly, in the world we live in, this might actually be popular and there will be scalpers getting $150 for their $15 ticket.


Best regards,

Scott

That's true, you could potentially start a whole new contact sport! When it ascends to pay per view status, then you really know you've got something!

Hehe

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

Friday - April 15, 2016


The Electrical Inspector came by this morning and gave us permission to hook up full power to the Lone Beech Garage. Unfortunately this is Friday and that means that Coweta-Fayette EMC (local electric utility) won't be here until Monday at the earliest.


As noted in an earlier post, the Electric Chain Hoist had a "pin" missing that held the plastic "Chain Bag". I found some parts lists for this hoist but the "pin" didn't seem to be included as a separate item. After doing some measuring I determined that the "pin" needed to be 7/16-inch in diameter and at least 7 inches long.

This is a bolt size not commonly stocked in my local hardware stores. Fortunately we do have a Fastenal store in my town and I went online to see if they might be able to provide what I needed.

Their web site provided 5 different bolts in a 7/16"-14 x 7" configuration. One of these items was on clearance and it looked like it would work for about 26 cents per bolt.

This bolt was not stocked locally but the web page indicated that it could be at my local Fastenal store in a couple of days. I called the local outlet and asked if they could order this item for me. They confirmed the price and the fact that there would be no shipping charge. "How many do you want?" came the logical question.

While I only needed one, I thought a 26 cent order was a bit over the top so I ordered 20 for the princely sum of $5.27 plus local Sales Tax. These arrived yesterday and I picked them up and then drove by a reasonably close Tractor Supply store to get some 7/16"-14 nuts and washers - sold by the pound.





This is what I needed to serve as the "Chain Bag" pin.






I squirrelled away the extra hardware in my Equipto cabinet.






I climbed up the scaffolding and mounted the plastic chain bag using the 7/16" hardware.






The Hoist's chain is now neatly stowed in the chain bag. What you see hanging down is the power cord - which will eventually be suspended on the recently acquired Festoon Cable Wire Kit - and the Hoist Control Pendant.



Continued in next post...

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

Continued...

After dealing with the chain bag, I was getting my Utility Trailer ready to go pick up a Trenching Machine from a local rental outlet when a pickup truck labeled Peachtree City Code Enforcement pulled into the driveway.

I really wasn't in the mood to be delayed as I needed to get the rented trencher but this wasn't my call. I talked with the code enforcement officer and he indicated that someone had complained about mud on the street from the building site.





To his credit the officer was a bit sheepish about the whole thing as there was nothing to speak of on the road ...thankfully. He mentioned that he had to come out and look when someone complains and left without issuing any paperwork.

I looked at this visit as a fortuitous event. Next week we will be moving dirt around again. I called the builder and let him know that we needed to be vigilant with dirt on the road as I had just gotten a visit from the city after a complaint had been called in. The subs had been a bit complacent recently in keeping the road clean after rain caused a muddy worksite. This "reminder" came at a good time as there wasn't a problem when "The Man" showed up to check out the complaint and we can try to do a better job at keeping the road as neat as possible next week.






After talking with my builder I picked up a Trenching Machine at the rental store and brought it home. Depending on how much rain we get tonight, I hope to use it either tomorrow or Sunday to dig a trench from the Lone Beech Garage to the house for network cable.


Scott

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

As for the gas line size, I am just afraid they undersized it. For reference, I pulled up the specs for your unit, the Rinnai RL75i and at max volume uses 180,000 btu (10,300 minimum). At that size pipe, 1" can only provide that volume at just under a 50' run not accounting for fittings. Now 1.25" can handle that volume at 200' not accounting for fittings. After following this thread for so long, I get the idea that you may well be over those figures when factoring distance from meter to appliance and factoring in fittings. While the tables I reference err a bit on the conservative size, they are generally proven to be pretty darn accurate over the past 15 years. That said, I looked back at just can't zoom in close enough to accurately tell the size of the line installed.

The only reason I mention this is two fold. One because most meters are normally in the 225-300 cfh range meaning 230,000-310,00 btu assuming a .5 wc drop. So unless your meter is quite a bit larger you could already be running into trouble as typically we size them for 75% of your max requirements. Second, while the tankless can modulate the flame front, it may never be able to handle a full load or worse case scenario the meter simply can't keep up with all the appliances. As a result you can have increased CO emissions as well as condensation in the flues as well as poor performance that may or may not shorten the life span of the appliances.

I ran residential for years, almost all commercial now, and very very few installer ever used a chart. It was mainly a rule of thumb type of installation and the inspectors rarely caught it. Not until they noticed a delayed ignition or poor performance did I receive a call and have to be the bearer of bad news.

If they've switched over to a high pressure system with regulators then you can forget everything I've said. I don't want to come off as an alarmist, I just appreciate the huge amount of work and money it takes to create such an awesome addition and want to make sure it was done correctly for you.

Best wishes,

Josh

Josh,

The builder and I talked about this yesterday. After I had asked the builder about the points you had raised here, he had questioned the fellow that put in the gas line.

The plan, as I understand it, is to see if the current setup will adequately supply the tankless water heater. If it does not, we will ask Atlanta Gas Light to come out and upgrade the meter and the gas line guy will add regulators.

This question had been apparently been asked and answered previously but it had been so long ago that I had forgotten exactly what had been decided and I had no written record of it.

Again, I thank you for your thoughtful post regarding this issue.

Best regards,

Scott

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

Sunday - April 17, 2016





Late yesterday afternoon I used the Trenching Machine to dig from the house to the edge of the driveway. I stopped there to limit the amount of time the driveway is impassable to about 24 hours.






I started across the driveway at a little after 9 this morning and got to within about 30 feet of the Lone Beech Garage before I ran out of gas. I let the machine cool down a bit and came into the house for a drink of water; came back outside and put enough gas in the tank to finish the work.






At this point I decided to position the Trenching Machine at the building and come down the hill to meet where I had dug so far. Despite my misgivings with this tactic, it worked and I finished this project a little after noon.






The Trenching Machine is on the trailer ready to be returned to Nickell Rental tomorrow morning.

I had never operated a Trenching Machine so this was a learning experience for me. I would have preferred to have had a machine with tracks instead of rubber wheels. I had read that a tracked machine has better traction than one with wheels. The machine I rented didn't have a lot of traction and that's one of the reasons this job took as long as it did. I couldn't just march along trenching... I had to move just a bit and then stop and chew down with the machine. It got the job done but it wasn't fast.

Security guys should be here tomorrow. Once they get the conduit in the trench we'll fill the driveway first and then the rest as able.



Scott

 

[HemiRamOn22s]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

The track machines are the way to go. I can put 1,200 of drain tile in just a few hours. Its only 12-18" deep but they dig right along. If i had to go anymore then 24" I would rent one for my bobcat or rent a large ride on trencher. Actually i would probably just get the excavator out and start digging.

Spend the extra money now and put a spare conduit in the trench. Trust me you will use it someday. I ran 2 spare 2" conduits between my house and shop. I also put a spare conduit on each corner for future use in case i ever need them.

 

[LutzTD]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

bummer about some someone calling code enforcement, with the lot you have I thought you might be spared the idiot neighbors. you seem very rural, I would have thought in that setting they would have spoken to you first.

 

[AZpilot]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

Your labor is pretty cheap! Nice trench. Another few weeks and you will be all done.

 

[akdiesel]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

sbosecker

Congrats on the inspection. ***** to wait over the weekend though.
Neighbors...don't know what to say about that one. Try to keep a good relationship as best as possible but you also need to stand your ground for what you want in your property. Good luck.
Oh and I am still jealous of your trolley crane. Nice set up.

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

The track machines are the way to go. I can put 1,200 of drain tile in just a few hours. Its only 12-18" deep but they dig right along. If i had to go anymore then 24" I would rent one for my bobcat or rent a large ride on trencher. Actually i would probably just get the excavator out and start digging.

Spend the extra money now and put a spare conduit in the trench. Trust me you will use it someday. I ran 2 spare 2" conduits between my house and shop. I also put a spare conduit on each corner for future use in case i ever need them.

HemiRamOn22s,

Thank you very much for your excellent - and timely - suggestion.

The Security Guys are here and I just asked them to add a spare 2-inch conduit in the trench.

Best regards,

Scott

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

bummer about some someone calling code enforcement, with the lot you have I thought you might be spared the idiot neighbors. you seem very rural, I would have thought in that setting they would have spoken to you first.

sbosecker

Congrats on the inspection. ***** to wait over the weekend though.
Neighbors...don't know what to say about that one. Try to keep a good relationship as best as possible but you also need to stand your ground for what you want in your property. Good luck.
Oh and I am still jealous of your trolley crane. Nice set up.

Thanks guys.

While I would have issues with a neighbor giving me a hard time about what I do on my own property, I really do get the problem with mud on the public road. We had gotten a little complacent and someone called us on it: Fair enough.

I have also thought a bit about the question of "face to face" vs. "calling code enforcement" to deal with the dirty road and I think I get that to some degree as well.

You've got a guy, paid for with tax dollars, that it's his job to deal with that sort of thing. Let him do the legwork.

That being said, about a week prior to my visit, some neighbors were cited by code enforcement - responding again to a complaint - for parking on their grass as opposed to a gravel or hard surface. We are in the city limits and that is an ordinance but I thought that it was pretty chicken bleep on our wooded large lots. The person that complained - suspected but unknown - really was out of line on this one in my opinion.

My guess is that the person that made that complaint now had the Code Enforcement drill memorized and just picked up the phone when there was a perceived problem on the road. Not to mention that discussing the problem face to face probably would make him/her suspect #1 in the parking issue. People talk, you hear things. Ha!

I think the parking thing is the result of some head-butting between a couple of my neighbors and I just got caught in the frag pattern.


Best regards,

Scott

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

Your labor is pretty cheap! Nice trench. Another few weeks and you will be all done.

AZpilot,

The trenching made me appreciate my day job that's for sure.

I agree, the end of this phase of the saga is in sight!


Best regards,

Scott

 

[HemiRamOn22s]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

HemiRamOn22s,

Thank you very much for your excellent - and timely - suggestion.

The Security Guys are here and I just asked them to add a spare 2-inch conduit in the trench.

Best regards,

Scott

Glad i could help. I've done this a time or two.

 

[LutzTD]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

Thanks guys.

While I would have issues with a neighbor giving me a hard time about what I do on my own property, I really do get the problem with mud on the public road. We had gotten a little complacent and someone called us on it: Fair enough.

I have also thought a bit about the question of "face to face" vs. "calling code enforcement" to deal with the dirty road and I think I get that to some degree as well.

You've got a guy, paid for with tax dollars, that it's his job to deal with that sort of thing. Let him do the legwork.

That being said, about a week prior to my visit, some neighbors were cited by code enforcement - responding again to a complaint - for parking on their grass as opposed to a gravel or hard surface. We are in the city limits and that is an ordinance but I thought that it was pretty chicken bleep on our wooded large lots. The person that complained - suspected but unknown - really was out of line on this one in my opinion.

My guess is that the person that made that complaint now had the Code Enforcement drill memorized and just picked up the phone when there was a perceived problem on the road. Not to mention that discussing the problem face to face probably would make him/her suspect #1 in the parking issue. People talk, you hear things. Ha!

I think the parking thing is the result of some head-butting between a couple of my neighbors and I just got caught in the frag pattern.


Best regards,

Scott

yeah, I had a few neighbors *** for tatting code enforcement more than a few years ago and got caught in the cross fire. Hopefully things will settle down as Im sure youre not looking to prolong it. In the place I am now the guy I bought my house from was "the guy" so I was immediately elevated as way better when I moved in

 

[shadyluke]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

I have been lucky so far. I put my "driveway" in without a permit and no one has called me on it yet. I'd argue that my Erosion and sediment control permit required me to control Erosion and I did with some gravel. Lol.

I keep my neighbors happy by fixing their stuff, cleaning my property up (previous owners were slobs), and plowing their driveways during the blizzard we had.

Sent from my HTC6525LVW using Tapatalk

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

Monday - April 18, 2016

I walked outside to a truly outstanding spring morning in Peachtree City GA. I returned the Trenching Machine to Nickell Rental and then returned home.

When I returned the Electrician was on the building site and we discussed whether or not the local Electric Utility would be hooking up power from the utility pole today. The Electrician reported he had been making phone calls and...

1. On Friday the Inspector had dropped off the OK with the city to allow full power to the building.
2. The Electric Utility said they hadn't heard from the City regarding the passed Inspection
3. The City couldn't seem to locate the passed Inspection that the Inspector had dropped off

The Electrician left to pester the bureaucracy and attempt to get full power to the building tomorrow.






The good news was the Security Crew had arrived.






Workers were on ladders hooking up sensors.






A close up of one of the Garage Door Sensors.






The Security System Box was wired to the sensors.


A lot was accomplished today but when all the sensors, control panels and alarms are installed they really blend into the background.

Sensors for security that are difficult to see... what's up with that?


Continued in next post...

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

Continued...



The workers started installing a 3/4-inch conduit as well as an empty "spare" 2-inch conduit. HemiRamOn22s had suggested adding the "spare" conduit and we got it into the trench.

Thanks again for that suggestion!






The conduit installation was completed and the Security Installers left for the day.






I cut up some rebar left over from the foundation pour back in the fall. The rebar was placed here and there in the trench along with some surveyor's flagging. I put these items in the trench to help locate the conduit in the future.






I then got a shovel and filled the trench in the yard and across the driveway. I didn't fill in the trench from the driveway to the Lone Beech Garage because the Dirt Moving Sub will be on site tomorrow and he can fill in the trench quickly with his equipment.


The wife's cat is sleeping peacefully tonight completely unaware that he will be waking up to his worst nightmare tomorrow when the dirt moving equipment starts working the building site.


Scott

 

[JWill417]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

Very nice. Your planning and documentation along the way is outstanding!

 

[Kubota Tee]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

Scott,

You have definitely set a very high bar for all of us GarageJournalers who one day dream of documenting our own builds. Your attention to detail, tons of photos, prompt responses and overall commentary have been nothing short of AMAZING! I have followed your build since the beginning and I can honestly say I've literally felt like I've been living next door to you watching your building go up and stopping by several times a week for a neighborly chat. We have all been blessed by you allowing us to come along on your journey.

Now for the question that you have probably anticipated and one that I almost hate to ask. Having been through multiple house and garage builds over the past 30 years and despite all our best efforts to plan ahead, learn from our own history and take advice from others - there always seems to be something missed, overlooked, or compromised along the way. Now that you are getting close to the end of the build phase, is there anything that you would change / do over or otherwise chalk up to "lessons learned"?

I'm planning on starting a 40x80 garage/shop in the next couple months and I can certainly say that your thread here has been a major inspiration.

Thanks for your investment of time and effort to document your build here.

All the best,

Thomas

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

Very nice. Your planning and documentation along the way is outstanding!

JWill417,

Your first post! Cool!

Thanks for visiting and for the very kind words!

Best regards,

Scott

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

Scott,

You have definitely set a very high bar for all of us GarageJournalers who one day dream of documenting our own builds. Your attention to detail, tons of photos, prompt responses and overall commentary have been nothing short of AMAZING! I have followed your build since the beginning and I can honestly say I've literally felt like I've been living next door to you watching your building go up and stopping by several times a week for a neighborly chat. We have all been blessed by you allowing us to come along on your journey.

Now for the question that you have probably anticipated and one that I almost hate to ask. Having been through multiple house and garage builds over the past 30 years and despite all our best efforts to plan ahead, learn from our own history and take advice from others - there always seems to be something missed, overlooked, or compromised along the way. Now that you are getting close to the end of the build phase, is there anything that you would change / do over or otherwise chalk up to "lessons learned"?

I'm planning on starting a 40x80 garage/shop in the next couple months and I can certainly say that your thread here has been a major inspiration.

Thanks for your investment of time and effort to document your build here.

All the best,

Thomas

Thomas,

How very kind.

There's some amazing stuff documented on the Garage Journal and I'm pleased that you have found my journey to be of interest as well.

To your question:

So far I can't think of too much I'd do different ...but I'm not using the building yet. I suspect that once I start actually using the place I'll regret a few things.

I will probably wish it was bigger! That seems to be a normal reaction. Ha!

Best regards,

Scott

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

Tuesday - April 19, 2016


First thing this morning, the Electrician sent me a text indicating that he had confirmed that the city had indeed sent the "OK to Power Up" message to the electrical utility. He recommended I follow this up with a phone call so they would know who to bill the new service to.

This puzzled me as I had opened a new account for the Lone Beech Garage when we hooked up temporary power. However, I figured it was prudent to call Coweta-Fayette EMC to see if they needed any additional information.

To my surprise, when I called they had a bit of trouble finding the "OK to Power Up" from the city. I suggested they look under the builder's name instead of my own and then they were able to locate the "paperwork". Why they track this sort of thing by a name instead of an address is beyond me.

The bad news is we, once again, have as long as 3-day wait before they show up at the property again. The biggest problem with this is that the Electrician is having knee surgery on Friday and will be out of action for at least a week.

It would really be good for them to show up in the next couple of days.






The new culvert for the driveway entrance was delivered early this morning.


Continued in next post...

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

Continued...



My wife's cat, Ash, is reacting to the horror as...






...the Dirt Movers show up.






The last of the tree trash was cleaned up and deposited into the container.






The majority of the work done today was removing unusable dirt from the loading dock area. The excavator would load it into a truck and then it was dumped on the far end of the house. I didn't ask but I'm pretty sure there were more than a dozen trips made.






At the end of the day, the loading dock area is starting to shape up. The sun angle wasn't the best when I took this as the sun set. Tomorrow morning, I'll try to get a better shot.


Tomorrow we're going to have to destroy some, if not all, of the existing concrete pad in front of the house's 3-car garage. The current container will be removed and a new one brought in for the broken up concrete.

Hopefully this chaos won't strain the marriage too much. One wild card is the forecast for rain on Friday. We just have to move forward and hope for the best.


Scott

 

[1/2 Cup]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

Scott,

You have definitely set a very high bar for all of us GarageJournalers who one day dream of documenting our own builds. Your attention to detail, tons of photos, prompt responses and overall commentary have been nothing short of AMAZING! I have followed your build since the beginning and I can honestly say I've literally felt like I've been living next door to you watching your building go up and stopping by several times a week for a neighborly chat. We have all been blessed by you allowing us to come along on your journey.

Now for the question that you have probably anticipated and one that I almost hate to ask. Having been through multiple house and garage builds over the past 30 years and despite all our best efforts to plan ahead, learn from our own history and take advice from others - there always seems to be something missed, overlooked, or compromised along the way. Now that you are getting close to the end of the build phase, is there anything that you would change / do over or otherwise chalk up to "lessons learned"?

I'm planning on starting a 40x80 garage/shop in the next couple months and I can certainly say that your thread here has been a major inspiration.

Thanks for your investment of time and effort to document your build here.

All the best,

Thomas

What more can one say.

 

[JWill417]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

JWill417,

Your first post! Cool!

Thanks for visiting and for the very kind words!

Best regards,

Scott

I had to register to view your photos and couldn't leave without giving 2 thumbs up. Keep the pictures coming, I won't gum up your thread.

 

[HemiRamOn22s]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

I dont know how acidic you soil is there but in Delaware a metal culvert like that will be rusted out in 5-10 years. They just dont hold up especially in areas with a constant flow of water. We actually just outlawed the use of metal culverts under roadways. A 15" RCP or 11x17" elliptical concrete pipe would be the way to go based on conver.

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

I dont know how acidic you soil is there but in Delaware a metal culvert like that will be rusted out in 5-10 years. They just dont hold up especially in areas with a constant flow of water. We actually just outlawed the use of metal culverts under roadways. A 15" RCP or 11x17" elliptical concrete pipe would be the way to go based on conver.

HemiRamOn22s,

Interesting. I wonder if it could be winter road salt that is part of the issue.

The metal culvert that is coming out has been there for almost 25 years. The ends are mashed down from it being a bit short for the driveway but I think it it has held up OK.

We shall see as it's too late to do anything about it now.

Best regards,

Scott

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

Wednesday - April 20, 2016

No shadows on the building site today. High clouds provided diffused lighting all day.





As promised yesterday, a picture of the loading dock area in more forgiving lighting.






I asked the dirt moving guys and they indicated that about 2 dozen truckloads of dirt were moved to the south end of the house yesterday.






With the Loading Dock area cleared, I got out on the building site and measured off where the circular ramp driveway would be. Then I climbed the stairs to the Mezzanine landing and took these 3 picture. The orange flags didn't show up very well in the pictures so I did a little Photoshop work to make them visible. In the 3rd picture a couple of blue flags may be visible. Those are the radius points for the inner and outer radius of the circular ramp driveway.






I was delighted when Coweta-Fayette EMC arrived this morning and provided full power from the utility pole to the Lone Beech Garage!


Continued in next post...

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

Continued...

The Dirt Moving Crew arrived and started the process of removing & replacing the culvert at the end of the driveway.






The old culvert was dug out and removed.






A new trench was dug to receive the 40 foot replacement.






Once in the trench, the two 20 foot sections were joined with a coupler.






The new culvert was covered up and the driveway was usable again.

Sort of...


Continued in next post...

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

Continued...

"Sort of" are the appropriate words because the next project was partially removing the house garage's concrete pad. The partial removal was to facilitate filling in the outer portion of the pad with some compacted clay.





The concrete was broken up and then placed in a pile out of the way.






Then the fill dirt was harvested from the front of the building site and spread onto the now exposed low area.






The Trash Container was supposed to have been removed this morning and replaced with an empty container for the broken concrete. At the end of the day, that had not happened.



Continued in next post...

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

Continued...

The next phase of the Dirt Movers day was the building up of the Ramp area with more good compactable dirt from the front of the building site.





The berm on the front of the site was harvested...






...and spread and compacted as it built up the slope of the Ramp.


Towards the end of the day, the Dirt Moving Boss called me aside. He indicated that they were out of useable dirt from the front of the building site. "Do we need to bring some in?" I asked. He indicated that would be expensive. I asked him to follow me to the far end of the house where they had been putting the dozens of loads of "topsoil". I indicated that I had no problem with using the good dirt on this end of the house. Doing that was something that would need to be done at some point when I built a driveway to the basement garage door. We could use as much as he needed back there and if we needed to, we could use some of the "topsoil" dirt piled up back there to fill in the hole.





A load of good, compactable clay was harvested from this area and then this crew had to leave mid-afternoon to tend to a maintenance issue.





We should have all the clay we need back here. We will start again here tomorrow morning at 7:30.


Despite the disruption to our property, we made a LOT of progress today. Thunderstorms are forecast for Friday night. Hopefully the effects of whatever the weather brings us then will have dissipated by Monday when the Concrete Crew is supposed to show up.


Scott

 

[Crash&Burn]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

Josh,

The builder and I talked about this yesterday. After I had asked the builder about the points you had raised here, he had questioned the fellow that put in the gas line.

The plan, as I understand it, is to see if the current setup will adequately supply the tankless water heater. If it does not, we will ask Atlanta Gas Light to come out and upgrade the meter and the gas line guy will add regulators.

This question had been apparently been asked and answered previously but it had been so long ago that I had forgotten exactly what had been decided and I had no written record of it.

Again, I thank you for your thoughtful post regarding this issue.

Best regards,

Scott

It's good that they will address it, just hate the wait and see approach when a load calculation and meter verification could have been performed to tell you exactly what you needed from the get go. Regardless of my opinion on the matter, should you do need to move up to a 2 or 5 psi system just send me a pm on here. I can get all the regulators and any other miscellaneous parts at my cost from the distributor for you, and I'll install them for a nominal fee of letting me bask in the glory of what is the Lone Beech garage and maybe a glass of iced tea or the like.

It's coming to fruition, and it's truly amazing to have such an outstanding getaway on your property.

Warm wishes,

Josh

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

It's good that they will address it, just hate the wait and see approach when a load calculation and meter verification could have been performed to tell you exactly what you needed from the get go. Regardless of my opinion on the matter, should you do need to move up to a 2 or 5 psi system just send me a pm on here. I can get all the regulators and any other miscellaneous parts at my cost from the distributor for you, and I'll install them for a nominal fee of letting me bask in the glory of what is the Lone Beech garage and maybe a glass of iced tea or the like.

It's coming to fruition, and it's truly amazing to have such an outstanding getaway on your property.

Warm wishes,

Josh

Josh,

What a generous offer. Thanks so much!

Do you happen to know what the drill is to upgrade the Gas Meter (if that's the correct term)

Best regards,

Scott

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

Thursday - April 21, 2016

Yesterday was cloudy... Today was clear ...at least at first.





The Dirt Moving Crew arrived at 7:30 this morning and immediately started digging on the south side of the house.






The clay was then spread onto what is becoming the Lone Beech Garage's Half-Circle Ramp.






I found out that the Dirt Moving Crew are the same as carpenters. Given a large pile of 2x4's, as often as not, a carpenter will use every one of them. Give my Dirt Moving Crew the opportunity and they will dig a hole to China and use all the clay found in the hole.

Actually, having ample clay for the Half-Circle Ramp - and a few other locations - has been a tremendous blessing. I'm extremely pleased with the way this is turning out.






Some of the "topsoil" that was positioned on the south side of the house will now be used to fill the hole.






The remainder of the house garage pad was removed.






Just before 4 pm our luck ran out. We got a little cloudburst of rain. It didn't amount to a lot but it pretty much ended our progress. It cleared off after about a half an hour but the damage was done.

...but wait, there's more!

Starting around midnight we've got pretty much a 100% chance of rain for the next 24 hours. Hopefully it will not be a huge accumulation but we shall see.

There's still a bit of prep work that will probably not get done until Monday. It's not hard to see the concrete schedule starting to slide backwards a bit due to the rain that is coming.

Still, the building site is looking fantastic! Hopefully the weather will not cause too many issues tomorrow. I suppose it could even provide a bit of natural compaction.


Scott

 

[jbmatth]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

On the subject of moving clay with heavy equipment I was reminded of a quote I had an old boss that used to say he wanted an excavator. I asked him why to which he replied, "So I can dig a hole, and if I don't like that hole I'll just move it." That seems to be exactly what they have done here.
JB

 

[C_F]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

At least with the rain, you don't have to worry about a dust problem.

Your build is coming along nicely & looks great! BTW, what is the approximate acreage of your land? Seeing the pics of the backside of the house shows a lot more of a spread than I was assuming initially, from the prior pics.

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

On the subject of moving clay with heavy equipment I was reminded of a quote I had an old boss that used to say he wanted an excavator. I asked him why to which he replied, "So I can dig a hole, and if I don't like that hole I'll just move it." That seems to be exactly what they have done here.
JB

JB,

That pretty much says it all!

To sum up the dirt moving business: It's in the wrong place on the site or somebody's got too much and somebody else doesn't have enough.

Best regards,

Scott

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

At least with the rain, you don't have to worry about a dust problem.

Your build is coming along nicely & looks great! BTW, what is the approximate acreage of your land? Seeing the pics of the backside of the house shows a lot more of a spread than I was assuming initially, from the prior pics.

C_F,

Thanks - we're getting there!

I've got just a fraction over 6 acres. That's an unusually large lot for Peachtree City, GA.

Best regards,

Scott