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Now we are onto the Roofing.... Finally it is a building. YEAH...... My wife and the contractor put up a nice sign for me on the peak!!! LOL. The building is essentially done. The builder needed to come back and install a new panel and some insulating blocking by the roof. Next comes the...

Hello After the Man door was taken care of it was smooth sailing to complete the sides and the ends of the building. It was at this point My wife told me it was a big "Fn" garage. All I could do is laugh.. Have a great day Landon

Here is our first real problem......The man door!!! When I saw that the door was below the top of the foundation I realized that I had not communicated to My wife that the top of the foundation was the grade. The concrete contractor put cut outs in so we could pour a thickened edge to prevent...

Time for some siding!!! The siding is going on here you can see it is starting to look like a real building!! The build was having trouble due to high wind. he had to stop work for a few days due to the wind, but My wife would call and give the weather report in the morning for them. You can...

Here We Go more steel to go up. The outer columns started going up and they were working one end at a time to get the steel up and tied into the frame. They continued to work to get all of the steel up until we have a completed frame!!!! To me it it starting to look like a building. If I haven't...

July is Finally here and so is the building!!! The new frame for the building showed up and the contractor began the erection process. The first day they had to unload and layout all of the pieces for the new frame and get the old frame ready to ship back to the builders home. The main columns...

Sorry I have been away for a while. After the Pour the builder pulled all of the forms and backfilled the foundation in preparation for the building. The foundation is done and it is time to wait for the building to arrive. The building was delayed due to Covid. The building will arrive in July...

Hey There I am back sorry for the delay. The contractor finished the footings and then started setting up for the stem walls. Again we had no issues here everything went nice and smooth. It was nice to see some real movement on the building. Have a great day! Landon

I don't know if it is in your budget, but Hoffman boxes are about the best and are used extensively in the Electrical world. They make so many different combinations. https://hoffman.nvent.com/ Give it a look and then search for a vendor that has what you may need. I hope this helps Landon

Big E On the receptacle there is a small tab that goes between both screws on each side of the receptacle. if that tab is cut then you would be able to put to separate circuits on one duplex receptacle. So each half of the receptacle would be a dedicated circuit. That would explain the breaker...

Evan So # 6 AWG Aluminum is rated for 50 Amps or 55 depending on the insulation. Not including the voltage drop you can only Use 80% of that. So before voltage drop you would be at 40 AMPS. Given a distance of only 120' using Aluminum at 240V and 40 Amp load the voltage drop would be about 6...

OK. We have Progress!!!! (I have to give immense credit to my Wife. I had to travel for work. So I was gone for most of this. Without her It would not have happened!) So we are ready for the forms an such...Nope. Another inspection. Open hole inspection. That done and we are off and running...

Hello I am going to Weigh in here. The transfer switch you want to install comes pre-wired. I wasn't real happy with their instructions. It would be nice to see a one-line drawing for the Switch. Because your bond ,neutral, ground,and power are common to both panels. You do not have any issues...

The Saga continues.. at this same time I had contacted an engineering firm to design the foundation. That was easy. Took a few weeks. We are now into October 2019. After My wife and I talked to the builder He started the work to get the replacement Frame that would meet the Specs whee I live. We...

To continue: The bureaucracy can take all of the fun out of building a garage. The first thing we had to do was to get the soils report. Make sure that you go over the report completely. My wife and I did not. It will end up costing us money in the end. The contractor was picked for the...