Recent content by madcat

Looks great! Post more pics of the upstairs if you have any.

WOW...more pics!!

Looks great!

Everything said is absolutely correct. If I had hired a GC, I'm sure my masonry problems would not have happened. My biggest problem and still is...doing most of this by the seat-of-my-pants. AKA "NO PLAN" so to speak. However, I would not be near the person I am now if I hired a GC. Then again...

Yeah Katoom..you built a very similar garage. Nice Job! The whole, "I'll save some money and be involved in the process", gets overwhelming VERY quick. Yea I saved some $. Just have to survive the dream and see it through. Easier said than done. As I'm still not done. Thx kart and JH. I will...

A beer deck is in the beer talk stages still. I will post some pics of the inside and upstairs for anyones ideas. Jim you have a great fun set-up in yours. Our 5 girls would go bezerk. The wall breaking like that? Well the mason ****-head didn't think bond-beams were needed, after repeated...

getting framed...wrapped..... shingled...sided (Hardy board)...direct-bore underground electrical and gas lines...30' radiant tube heater for garage area... Siding was finished March 2005 ... It has sat most of the summer. We've installed most electrical wiring (200 amp), upstairs rooms...

me and my foreman in the skid got busy framing with "the boys from Iowa"....Great work Leon! :beer:

getting the floor poured October 10...there is the, "I know more than an engineer"-contractor.

recommended repairs by Engineer. Footings even cracked! I drilled and installed #8 rebar thru footings. Had wall plates installed to stablize the walls ,(lots of $ wasted) and fealing drained... :sad:

Footings in...bigtime problems arose with knuckle-head mason contractor :wtf:

The start...April 2004 First permitted for 30x34....upsized it to 32x44. Was going to use attic-room trusses. What the hell...just put a full second floor up there. Thats where I started to lose my helper friends and hired an engineer :willy_nil

It is new construction... i will finish it inside ...someday

My boring frig makeover... :beer: