Recent content by EvanC70

Unfortunately, yes..

Ah sorry, I totally misunderstood that. I see exactly what you mean, and my Dad mentioned that was one thing they didn't do when he built his shop and he would always get water sitting at the door or seeping in. I could see that being an issue in spring/fall with melting during the day and...

I'm in Winnipeg, so slightly different building codes from the looks of it. Less than 538 sq. ft. requires a 4" pad, no thickened concrete edge. 538-753 sq. ft. requires 6" pad with 12" thickened edge 753 sq. ft.+ requires an engineers design Seems like our standards are pretty relaxed...

The entire building shifting with the freeze/thaw after construction I could understand, but building it that way intentionally from the start just seems wrong. A 1" lean could turn into a 1.5" lean pretty easily, where as no lean to a 0.5" lean I can live with..

That's a nice looking space! With me now realizing its going to be a 'floating slab', a curb or stem wall seems even more important. Who knows what could happen after the first freeze/thaw, one of the front corners could turn into the lowest point of the garage and water would just at the...

I'm surprised that isn't the code here, which City do you live in? Our frost depth could be up to 7'.. So they would probably need to use piles and a grade beam instead ?

That's a good point.. yet another thing I didn't think about.. Add it to the list!

I think it would be the latter from my understanding, but that's a good question. He did mention the entire thing would lean to the low end, so i think that's what it would mean. I don't know how they usually frame walls like this, but I'm just picturing building the entire wall sections flat...

That is exactly what I'm looking for, thanks very much for doing that! Sorry you lost an inch though lol...

I like the way you think... For 500 dollars extra it seems like a no brainer, even with losing 4 inches of interior space.. And it would sit fully on a 6 inch curb which I'm still not sure how that doesn't work.. A 2x6 is 5.5 inches, so you would have a half inch gap on the interior which would...

I think that is how it should be done and am going to get them to do it that way. I suppose there's no reason why I couldn't do 3.5/6.5 like you say, as long as it's level... I guess if they give a price for a 6 inch curb I would just do 4.5 and 7.5 or something. Got a kick out of this thread...

They would be dealing with all of the permits, but I don't believe they are at that point yet. At least they haven't mentioned anything. I'm assuming it would be shown all as plumb on the plans though. I don't know if that would be something that is just assumed unless otherwise shown on...

Yeah, that's what worries me. Pointing out that this isn't right and that they should frame it proper might just lead to even more issues if they think this is a good idea. That's why I thought the best solution now, as finding someone else just isn't an option anymore, would be to add the...

But just curious, could you point out some of the issues that could come from this? Besides the obvious of giving gravity a head start for it to fall down. I would think doors could be wonkey as well?

Thanks James, I think we are **** out of luck there as we have a signed contract. I'm going to push for the things we want, I just wish we realized this sooner. I might need to hire you as my part time life coach or something though.