Recent content by Joe384

Pic 1: After 1 day of framing Pic 2: Big piles of my concrete forms i ripped off Pic 3-4: Pic taken a few minutes ago, after 2 weedends of framing. Also, my boss dad was nice enough to come home with a kubota kx121 to backfill and level all the dirt... i only 4 hour. Pic 5-6: Inside pic with the...

The stagger is indeed for aesthetic reason. In all the months of planning, I could not find a design that i liked with the flat facade. As for space, I settle with what I have now because of budget. At some point I was gonna have the back wall 4' further back, giving my 108 sf more, but the...

Here is a 3d rendering of the framing. Not accurate as it is old and I will do the final plans in 2d Autocad as it is much faster for me.

I borrowed a Kubota L3130 (31 hp) to excavate my garage. I thought it would make short work of the manitoba maple i had in the way, which was about 1 foot diameter at the base. I spent at least 2-3 hours with the backhoe to clear all around, then I tried to lift it with the bucket, but the...

Hi This is the garage i started earlier this summer. I did the excavation, form work, rebar and pex myself. Photos are from today after a few hours of pulling my forms out. I plan to start framing next weekend.