Recent content by CooperFarm

Thank you all again for the valuable input. I've been in contact with the GC and I'm still awaiting a response. I've also been in contact with an engineer and have tentatively arranged an inspection and report, depending on the response from the GC. For what it's worth, the engineer I spoke...

There was no steel reinforcement used, just fiber mesh in the concrete.

I wish I had had the forethought to draft up something like this from the start. "Trust and verify" is a great creed when someone else is doing work for you. Also a little "cover your ***" doesn't hurt. I have no issue going after someone that doesn't fulfill an agreement to my satisfaction, I...

Wow, I'm overwhelmed by all the responses! Thanks for all the input:beer: A couple of things I should have made more clear from the start: The GC handled all the subs, from site work, to construction, to concrete, to overhead doors to gutters. (I only wish he had subbed what I can only qualify...

Since your positivity and support is an obvious character trait, and you certainly wouldn't leave snarky replies to someone looking for opinions and advice without knowing the depth and breadth of the situation, I commend you and offer heartfelt thanks. Oh that wasn't your intention...

The compaction was definitely not done in 4" lifts. The NE corner of the site needed at least 24" of fill at its deepest, and if memory serves the compactor was only run a few times overall. Like I stated, the entire job took less than 7 hours, after the contractor told me he would be there two...

I agree. I have been looking into having another reputable concrete contractor inspect the slab and document the issues and possible solutions. At least then I can get an idea of the actual #'s as you suggested and an idea of the real cost of any repair, though at this point I don't think there...

Though I have very little experience with site prep, I would agree with the lack of compaction. My basis for this opinion is that the not only did the excavator have to strip, fill and compact the site (4 loads of fill + stone), but he also had to first remove an existing 16'x24' slab from the...

Good morning y'all, and happy Saturday. I've been stressing out over (amongst other things) a complicated issue I am having with the concrete floor in my pole barn. The pour was done early summer of 2015, and it was given more than ample time to cure before anything heavy was moved in (two...

I considered spray foam in a 26x38 pole barn, but the cost was exorbitant and the risk was not worth it to me personally. I don't like the idea of spray foam directly on steel panels for a couple of reasons. First, call me paranoid, but if there is ever a failure with the hardware, especially on...

Did you ever get the truss specs from your builder? I'm no engineer, but I would have to say there is no way those trusses are rated for that kind of dead load. I've got storage trusses in my pole barn, and they are only rated for 20# dead loads. Perhaps if you framed out a box big enough to...

Nice looking building you've got there! Despite all the bureaucratic bulls**t (which I am all too familiar with) you've really made exceptional progress. My building has been up for 8 months and I'm just working on the electric now. I'm curious, with the horizontal 2x4 "interior purlins", if...

Morning coffee view out one of the side doors. Still unfinished inside, and grounds could use a little work, but this is the spot I get my motivation/inspiration from every morning:)

Thanks for the response. I've looked at several post bases with a stand-off, but I would still need to shim it somehow to level it.

So I'm moving along with the storage loft build (http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=295024) and I've been a little puzzled by one detail, and despite my research (that, admittedly, has not been terribly extensive) I cannot find a straightforward solution to the problem of...