Recent content by japerry

Indeed. shes a great helper. With some advice from my Plumbing friend, I had to make some modifications to my plan. (note, in the photo, the shower rises 45 degrees, I changed that to be lower so the p-trap is the same height as the vent.) Latest house photo with garage doors and all. I need...

So a little update, it looks like this cannot be done. Going in for round two tonight to see if I can get it straightened out.

Electrical I'm looking at getting this box: Square D 20-Circuit 20-Space 125-Amp Main Lug Convertible Load Center I want something that is semi-commercial, because I have welding, a EV car, and a few other things going on at once. Its not that much more expensive than the other stuff either...

Next up was figuring out plumbing. What a mess. If it didn't cost ~7500 for someone to do it for me, I wouldn't have taken the time. Its a fairly simple procedure, with a service design as follows: For vanity, I'm not usually a fan of HD stuff, but I ran across this gem: Its a utility sink...

Next up was getting the driveway in, and for that we used a bit of Interstate 84. The materials was really cheap, I got 32 yards for $350. That was a steal compared to the 28 yards of Gravel I needed to get for $500. And then came the raking.. I even had some help! Everything you see in the...

Getting the sides up took a little more time. But from start to finish they were done in 2.5 weeks. Building done! (well at least the building-building part...)

Sorry for the delay!! Much has happened since the 20th.. Make a few posts here: First, the poles: They worked quick! Once the poles were in place, it only took a day to get the trusses put up, and it was only a team of 2! So it took a day to get the poles placed, and another day to...

Getting close to laying a slab, but I need some advice that I haven't been able to find 100% answer for. For some background: http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=204177 One of the problems that started out was that our sewer line is only 20" below grade. That meant 4" tube...

Actually the permits only took a week to get delivered! Building is being put up and I'll get photos up soon of the progress

hmm I may see about that on the garage -- but I dunno if people would want it, there were some well rotted pieces on the base... I did realize however that there probably was money in those cedar shakes. We will dismantle the garage more piece-by-piece and sell off pieces next time.

Onsite Pole Buildings, they're in Ridgefield

Now the 4-6 week waiting period is on! Submitted permits late last week, and they said they'd be ready sometime the first or second week of July. Now time to find a contractor for this puppy... Haven't isolated one yet.

Here is a plot plan of what we plan to do. For now we're keeping the existing garage, and will go around the side. This will let me have a garage this summer since I think it'll be a while until this project (mid august?) is done. Specs: 28x36 Shop space, 8ft alcoves for storage shed (mower)...

We just purchased a house in the Vancouver, WA area - its on 3/4 of an acre, and had plenty of space -- all it needed now was a new shop! Keeping this as a place for the build thread, and to get advice hopefully on what I should do. So far with permits and the raw materials we're around 24k...