Recent content by bohalrantipol

Indeed! No more complaining from me (maybe)! I always regret that I get to hyper focused and forget to document things. I am trying to avoid that this time, as I too always love reading someones else's well documented builds of any kind!

I am pretty pleased with how the flat work turned out, but I am still thinking about grinding/polishing. How long did you wait before doing that work?

And then it was slab pouring day! At the suggestion of my concrete contractor I marked out the locations of where I thought the posts would be located for my lift. As I have stated 18' was the maximum depth I could get out of the city, so I had to compromise with where the lift could go to...

Next was the compaction of the sand, which was the sand they dug up from the footer. Then the placement of the vertical 2" insulation around the perimeter, which originally I had specified horizontal as well, but there were some complications as I wanted the block to be fully filled as well (to...

Then came the block work. It ended up being 1 run of a solid 8" CMU block and the Key block on top of that. I specified 5/8" j-bolts, which the inspector pointed out were overkill (ah well) and I was also surprised to find out that the tie ins for the block were not required to be fixed to the...

Suddenly there was concrete! It all started of course with the digging of the footer. They dug the 24" width that I had specified, but after some discussion we decided that the minimum depth of 16" would be fine for the lowest sides, whilst the highest side would be 24" below grade. They also...

Gotcha. I did put a "6" minimum" in my footing detail for that dimension, so hopefully I am good there.

Thanks for all of the help guys/gals! I appreciate it!

Roger that. I was planning on using decking screws. I have read and read and read. The topic of the keyed slab/floating slab is clearly a hot topic! I chose this way and plan to live with the consequences, but thanks for the advice! I will heed your compaction warnings. Technically PT is an...

Here we are required to have "flood resistant" materials at a minimum 2 feet above base flood elevation. I could use block as the original plans showed, this is obviously more expensive, and it would also take up precious space in the inside of my garage that is already really tight. Thus, I...

Mihaley concrete is doing the foundation. Any reason specifically for not doing the walls with pressure treated? Beyond the issues with warping? Thanks for any advice!

Well I guess its official, I am going to build a garage....finally! I signed on a concrete contractor and got my permits, so its off to the races, sort of. Hopefully I can get the foundation done in the next few weeks and then begin the framing. At the advice of the people doing the...

Thanks! Yeah I am suspecting that is exactly where I am in their business lineup. There is a guy that lives in my neighborhood that has been communicative, but clearly I am still small potatoes. I get it though; if they have to drive their equipment somewhere, it should recoup them the...

Lol. I have never seen those acronyms before. The soil is very diverse! Mine seems to be sandy/silt sand, so I am assuming a 1500 psf load capacity, which should put me in range for a second story if I ever decide to do it with a 24" wide footer. The quote I got so far was around 9800 for as...

Thanks for the help! Minimum requirements are 2" bigger then the wall on either side, so 12" wide footer in 1500psf soil (sandy). The frostline is very shallow at 12", which I am exceeding. I am in Virginia Beach. "KIA"? AHJ? Sorry I am not super savvy on the vernacular!