Recent content by alk8778

Still making progress... doing more work on things inside than I am work on the barn but its almost done. Small touches now. Concrete pad is complete along with circular driveway. Installed some cabinets and began working on the workbench backsplash.

This is Kody. 3yrs old and loves being in the garage while we're out there working!

With that set aside... We have tried to keep a positive attitude and kept working away on the barn. Getting the inside finished and filled up before the snow fell. Its getting there with alot of work still needing to be done. With the help of many friends, we ran over 2,000ft of electrical...

Well it has been some time since the last update. Things have been VERY hectic around the house and barn. We ran into a major issue with the concrete contractor (Ken). He was paid $5,000 (1/2 of the estimate) for materials up front. He poured the inside, finishing up around 10pm and "fell...

Weather has been all over the board and the builder is having trouble keeping reliable workers around. Concrete went in yesterday, and they will be finishing the approach tomorrow. Steel should be delivered tomorrow as well. Pictures show the change in truss/rafters to gain as much ceiling...

Some of the materials have been dropped off. Morning the guys planned on digging holes, we woke up with a fresh coating of snow and a high temp of 25 degrees... Moving along slowly with the harsh weather.

A few more pics. I will need to work on re-sizing before posting in the future.

Well work has finally started this week. Site prep has been completed... Took an entire week to get approximately 600 tons of sand in to level the site. Building should start early next week.

Taken last night. It will get some major cleaning and organizing once the pole barn gets finished later this month.

One of the first things we did when the house was purchased was knock down the scary existing shed and found out the little 8x10 was built on a 10x20 slab of cement. So we figured it would make a nice 8x10 with a 12x10 lean to. The night it was completed, it was packed and thats when we...

Well I have been a long time lurker and have been absorbing ideas from this wonderful community for some time now... And it is finally my time to start with our building. My girlfriend and I purchased our home in February of 2012 and had the intentions of building my dream garage on it. It is...