Recent content by sp00led

Does anyone have this lift installed? I'm looking for some feedback from Atlas owners on their lift and if they would buy it again. The sub $2,000 price delivered is very tempting and it comes with a 5yr frame, 2yr motor warrenty should anything go wrong. I'm also not stuck on the OH9000. I...

I need to crunch some more numbers after work. Last I checked I was looking at $17,500 to get the building inspectors out of my way. They won't sign off on the final until the vinyl siding and metal wrap is done, landscaping work is completed, and garage door is installed. That leaves me with a...

Pictures from a camera phone don't really do the quality of the brick work justice. The mortar joints look great. Instead of using the normal tools to wipe out the mortar inbetween the bricks they used a tool that had wheels and a nail head. It's time consuming but the mortar is all the same...

New pictures posted of the garage dried in. Lots of labor was put in on labor day weekend.

New pictures uploaded. We got the walls up in 5hrs. Hand nailed, no guns. The second day we got all the OSB up. Well everything but the front wall and we have to build the 18' garage door header first. I couldn't of done it without the help of my cousin, dad, brother, friend Steven and of course...

Sloppy work I guess. I didn't know enough to bust balls as it was done. We ended up with some extra concrete and almost all the cells of the block were filled with the leftovers. After seeing them do that I feel pretty good that they are solid. The foundation/slab work is the weakest point for...

Sure did. Everything turned out as expected. I've got some pictures I'll try and upload showing the final product. The slab was was almost finished with 9 yards. Used the rest for the flatwork to connect the existing driveway and had enough to pour pads in front of the side/rear entry doors. I...

I just got the word I passed inspection. I've got 15 yards of 3000psi with fiber headed to my house at 8am. It's going to take two trucks. Hopefully everything goes nice and smooth.

I outsourced that one. The guys doing my brick work here in a few weeks did the block. I only did the patch work for my conduit modifications. On larger jobs I found it isn't hard to get someone to lay it for a $1 a block. Since I really didn't need that many I was charged $1.50 a block. I paid...

New pics posted. Inspector is getting called in at 7am. I made friends with a chick at the inspection office. Hopefully she can get the inspector out there earlier than later. That way worse case senario if we need to fix something we can do so and still get the OK to pour on Saturday. My only...

The slab has not been poured yet. I heard him mention 2" slope. I think I exagerated with 2-3". I take it you don't need anymore then 2" to drain properly should someone forget to shut the garage door and rain water enters? As for funding I was really only expecting to have water proofed. My...

I'm attemping my first detached garage build w/ lift (25'x32') or really my first build ever. Since I'm young (28yrs old) and I know this won't be my house forever. I went with a brick garage to match the neighborhood, for resale purposes. I know it's been said several times in this thread but...

I haven't poured the slab yet. I'm going to remove some dirt from the center before the gravel is spread from the looks of things. I'm not sure where the lift will go. I'm still up in the air on which model to get. Looking for a local deal so it might be a while. I really did want to beef up...

So I had some money burning a hole in my pocket from the RHD Integra Type-R I sold a year ago. I lost use of my rear patio because it became storage for a riding mower, honda foreman, and yamaha raptor. I really wanted to buy a new project car with the money but I've already got two trailers and...