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Bad news. We had a freak wind storm on the coast this past weekend, and THIS happened: [/url]IMG_6207 by gloria2002mcs, on Flickr[/IMG] [/url]IMG_6205 by gloria2002mcs, on Flickr[/IMG] [/url]IMG_6206 by gloria2002mcs, on Flickr[/IMG] [/url]IMG_6209 by gloria2002mcs, on Flickr[/IMG] Still...

Congrats! :beer: I can't wait to say the same!

Probably here, once I get to it. It will be part of "phase 1" so it should be done by the end of summer. They are 6" x 10" Glulam beams (so 5 1/2" x 9 1/2"). These were per my engineered drawings. They were not cheap :(

Yep, working on that tonight. :beer:

Been a couple weeks and haven't done much to the shop. We've been busy with family reunions and such. Did manage to get the trusses up using our digger derrick truck. It wasn't ideal, but we made it work. Ready for trusses [/url]IMG_5882 by gloria2002mcs, on Flickr[/IMG] First truss going...

Not much progress this weekend, as we took a few days off to work on the cabin at the lake... but last week was somewhat productive! The excavator (sans bucket) was JUST tall enough to get the RV door beam in place. We had to put the blade down in the front and it JUST barely made it. Cheaper...

Productive weekend. My buddy and I worked 12 hours days to try to get some wood up. Saturday morning, we cut the slab to relieve some pressure and to "prevent" cracking. It's already cracked in a couple places, but whatever. Concrete cracks. Period. Once it was cut, we did a quick clean-up...

Thanks! I'm very happy with the results! Exactly. :beer: It's an 8' x 8' walk-in cooler for beer and wild game. Mostly beer.

Got the vapor barrier down and the bar laid & tied on Monday after work. [/url]IMG_5835 by gloria2002mcs, on Flickr[/IMG] Spent a few hours yesterday drilling some holes in the foundation walls to dowel slab bar into the walls. Drilled in 3" and pounded 1/2" bar into the hole and tied them...

Awesome! I'm down in the Newport, OR area. Looking forward to seeing your progress!

This week worked on getting the underslab plumbing done for the bathroom, walk-in cooler floor drain and utility sink. [/url]IMG_5817 by gloria2002mcs, on Flickr[/IMG] Fittings, Fittings and more fittings [/url]IMG_5813 by gloria2002mcs, on Flickr[/IMG] Yesterday we finished grading out the...

Spent a couple hours last evening spreading the sand around inside the foundation walls. Originally, we were going to fill most of it with dirt and cap the last 6" or so with compacted rock. I found a source for 50 yds of clean sand and after last night it appears we have enough to get up to...

Tell me about it... I couldn't find a diagram online and didn't really want to just randomly start pulling fuses :dunno: Pretty sure our mechanic would have accosted me Monday morning :lol:

Thanks for the posts, the garage is looking great! What's your plan for the space? Woodworking? Storage? Keep the pictures coming!

More updates from the weekend. I know most of this stuff isn't very exciting, but I still want to document it for anyone who might be going through the same process. I ended up trucking in about 80yds of fill. 25 yards was left over from previous jobs, and my buddy's Dad had 55 yds of sand...