Recent content by EnchantedForest

I need to take some better pictures, but this is what I have for now. They subbed the garage door job out but that was included in the package. The steel garage doors were installed the Monday after the garage was put up. I had some gutters installed too, but that part was out of my own...

Yeah I need to build a small deck and stairs with a walkway now very badly. I think I'm going to try to tackle that myself before winter. Right now its a bit of a mess with some pavers I set so we don't have to walk through a mud pit. I'm planning on just building a pressure treated wood deck...

Here is the time lapse of the building going up. Unfortunately the angle is from the back of the garage, so once its up, there isn't much to watch. I left it unedited so you can get an idea of how much day there was left after they finished.

Yeah it actually looks like the panels are about 12' wide. But yes, the parts with the double studs are the joined panels.

I'm still at work, but the wife took these pictures. But as they said, they were out of there after 1PM.

That's my house you're seeing behind the garage. Its about 15-20' from the back of my house.

You're right, they didn't start stick building it from scratch. I didn't watch every step of the way from the very beginning since I was getting ready for work, but I assure you my time frame is accurate. Yesterday there was nothing but concrete. From what I saw, it looked like they had the...

It's happening. Four walls up with sheathing and house wrap, windows installed and end trusses. This literally took four guys less than an hour and half. They started at 7 AM and this is what it looked like when I left for work a little before 8:30 AM. They told me they'd be done by 1 PM today...

UPDATE: I've worked with the General contractor and the masonry contractor to come up with an engineered solution. A state licensed engineer designed and stamped the plans. Two courses of block (fully grouted) were added and pinned to the existing wall with rebar and embedded with epoxy. Then...

Thanks. I can't dispute or argue that I made a mistake. I indeed made a huge mistake like I said in my first post. Emotions can cloud judgement especially when dealing with large sums of money that doesn't come easily.

Thanks to everyone here that's offered helpful and useful advice so far. I'll continue to update after me and the contractor come to an agreement and we can determine that it's possible to add extra courses of block.

Thanks. You're adorable. :)

I just spoke to the GC. I won't be cancelling any checks, I only considered when it seemed like I was being ignored. He's going to talk with the sub and his engineer to see if adding more courses of block would have any effect on the load. He seems somewhat willing to work with me on the cost...

Maybe you should try to reread some of your posts slowly.

The plans were done by the GC. I think there's some confusion about the original change of plans due to height restrictions. The height of the original building was over 15' because of an attic truss design. The new design has no attic trusses and is under 15'. None of that has anything to do...