Recent content by rlhanks

The brickwork is unfinished because I don't find any pleasure in it. Not my thing. It is mandatory to match the house. Didn't want to skimp on that or the cement fiber board siding. Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk

I can't say that I went over budget as much as I went over time allowed. Main cause, didn't get nearly enough help that I was expecting from the teenage boy or the wife. After a while you realize what you're going to get. Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk

Sometime later. Hard to believe that little over a year and a half later it starting to finish up. Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk

Slow process but it's starting to take shape. Wrap up the last wall tomorrow. Trusses go on this weekend. Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk

Ok, I know, it's been a while since I have last posted but showing pictures of rain and muddy work doesn't change things. But today things are starting to come together. Most of the block is in and backfilling where I can. Excavator goes home this weekend, man that's a fun tool, would love to be...

Well, the footings are poured and we are past that stage of the build. Now it's time to start the block. So far that part had to be the single hardest thing I've ever done. Not that it's so complicated to know what to do but it's all physical hard labor fighting mother nature and working wet...

Rain, rain, and more rain. First inspection had too much debris in it, so I had alot of work to do. Well that paid off. Now cement coming tomorrow and block has arrived today. Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk

I was fearing the challenge before I started because I knew they were there but I think because the amount of rain we've had they have been saturated with water and cut through very easy. Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk

The excavator went through the roots like they were wet spaghetti. Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk

Here's the first two pages of the plans. 39x25. Main garage 25x25 and a back garage 14x25. I am going to divide it up with a double man door connecting the two. The front area will be one stall to the left will have enough room for the car to park in and the rest of the area will be wood shop...

I could have just rented an 8"x 42" trencher and just trenched I line where the walls are, filled it with concrete and rebar. But just like you said about the settling and all the other future problems that might occur with that style I wanted to avoid. Since I was doing it myself I felt it was...

Finished with the absolute worst part of any build. Calling in for an inspection, hopefully I can pour Saturday. Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk

Eventually the brick work will match the house. I might be short in the budget right now because of some other upgrades and machines I'm doing but I'm putting a brick ledge in the foundation and bricking up few feet at least. So when I work on grading out the landscaping I won't have to...

The shed was put up when I bought the house too house the lawn maintenance equipment. Mower, snow blower, shovels, rakes, etc. It's a pole barn with a crushed gravel floor. All though it's really small for a barn, but still poles in the ground for support. When I built it I didn't realize...

I really wanted to start this project last summer or early last fall to get all the sight work done when it's dry and my backyards dirt is as hard as cement but the city wants building permits closed within six months. Sure would have made this alot easier. Hopefully tomorrow can call to have...