Recent content by wadegibson

I picked up some bollard covers from Innoplast. I'm happy with how they turned out. Also had a chance to put some river rock around the bury hydrant and got a load of sand for the boys' sand box. The 500 gallon propane tank was also delivered this week.

There were a few things that factored into having those 6x8 rectangles on either side of the approach. For starters, there is a bury hydrant on the right side that I didn't want to have completely encased in concrete. Also, if we had completely concreted around the 6" bollards the concrete would...

The embed code didn't work, so I thought I would include a still image of where we're at.

I feel terrible that I haven't kept up on this build thread! The good news is that the project has been progressing quite nicely! The building is up, doors and windows are in, flatwork and final grading are done, and everything on the outside is pretty much wrapped up. Luckily I have an IP...

I specifically asked both my contractor and concrete sub about a vapor barrier. They both advised against using one. Apparently the concrete guy has done it a couple times in the past and he wasn't pleased with how the concrete finished. When we built our house we had a different concrete sub...

Since May 20 (the last time anyone was on the jobsite), we have had six days where we had rain. Some days were heavier than others, but they all caused delays in getting the floor poured. We have 8 miles of hilly gravel that can get pretty sloppy, so trying to run loaded cement trucks over them...

The concrete sub came back on Friday 05/20 and started spreading a layer of fill sand. They also got the 2x8 forms up and braced, then they laid the 4'x4' rebar grid. They ran out of rebar so they'll have to finish the last 12 ft. on the east side when they come back to pour. I'm not sure what...

I'm a little behind on posts, so I'll get caught up in a couple here. The plumber did make it on Thursday 05/19 to rough-in the bathroom. He brought in 1" water line under the footings and has the bathroom set for a tub/shower, stool, urinal, and sink. He put a 6" floor drain in the center of...

The footings and anchor bolts are in. The footing and foundation plan (attached) called for different sizes of footings based on the locations of the rigid frame members. All were 42" deep with rebar cages. I would be a nervous wreck trying to get those anchor bolts aligned just right! The...

As expected the rain pushed our concrete work back to today (Monday), but we had about .30" of rain overnight, so I didn't expect them to come today either. Needless to say I was surprised when I hopped on my IP camera this AM and saw this.

Thanks for the pictures! That's helpful to see what a 12 ft. deep mezzanine would look like on the inside.

The concrete sub came last night and looked things over and shot some elevations. Barring no more rain he plans to get started Thursday afternoon with the mini excavator and pour footings on Friday. However, it looks like we've got a 70% chance of rain tonight, so I'm not holding my breath for...

We had a about .50" the night before last. Most of that system went just east of us.

Okay, I'm looking for some advice. My plan is to have a mezzanine on one end of the shop that will go the full 40 ft. on that endwall. I'm going to rough-in for a full bath out there in addition to a closed off room and an open space under the mezzanine for workbench, tools, beer fridge, etc. I...

The contractor and concrete sub are coming Monday evening to stake out the building. We've got a footing and foundation plan from Chief that basically calls for 36" square by 42" deep footings under each rigid frame post. Then I think the plan is for a 6" thick slab with rebar reinforcement. It...