Recent content by Squirrely Dan

I spent the last few weeks getting the structural squared, braced and sheathed. Afterwards we wrapped, got underlayment down, and roofing material before the heavy rains from the hurricane hit us. I'm now on to electrical rough in, testing out light setup/spacing, and have metal panels for the...

It's been a few weeks since I've provided an update, so here we go!

It's been a few weeks and figured I'd share a few photo updates! Currently, I'm about half way done with wall sheathing and moving on to roof sheathing this weekend!

Today at work I'm daydreaming about sawcut placement..In my experience, pouring a slab through a doorway and on top of a foundation usually results in some cracking. I'm trying to eleviate that issue with a tooled joint on the man door and terminating sawcuts into the corners at overhead doors...

It's been a busy few weeks! I finally finished laying up my masonry foundation and got it filled. With some industry connections I was able to solid fill the entirety for the same cost as it would have been to mix 80# bags for corners and cells with rebar. The entire below grade exterior got...

I was able to make a little bit of progress today. Another course and a half was laid, and I practiced tooling joints for when I get above ground. Also got my conduit stubbed up for my sub-panel. Finally seeing the block break ground is a fantastic feeling, despite having three more courses to go!

Unfortunately I'm making slower progress than expected, as I had family in from out of state for the past week. Despite the delays, I'm slowly figuring out masonry and expect to have a pretty good looking wall for the 1-2 course that will be above grade. I've got my electrical sub panel...

Well.. I'm back from two weeks in AK, and finally started the build! I used some family connections and borrowed a mini for the excavation and dug the footer on Saturday. Thankfully there was a spell of dry weather and after inspection Monday morning, I had concrete delivered that afternoon...

Thanks for the input! I'll do some layout this weekend and see if it's feasible to squeeze a few extra feet in the north / south dimension. Unfortunately I'm blocked by an electrical line to the north (have to stay 10' off it) and encroaching on the side of the house to the south. I had to go...

Nope, you're correct! Plan is to do a 4-in slab but that was not depicted with my poor sketching abilities 🤣

Unfortunately I'm blocked by my zoning appeal, and a limit of 1000 sqft. Great advice though, going as big as you can from the start rather than regretting design decisions down the road! I've got a work bench that will fit under the stairs and a rolling mobile shop bench that will likely float...

My general thought was to be able to park my car on the smaller side and be able to close it off with a barn style type door. That way when I'm doing any wood working or messy projects on the larger side, it will keep the parking bay cleaner. Given that the wall is not structural, I'm going to...

Well, after lurking for a year, I've finally got approval from the zoning committe and building permit in hand for my little 26 x 38 detached garage! I'm a fairly new home owner and landed my forever home on the first go around. I'm planning on matching architecture and styling of my home, with...