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Well the enthusiasm for my new dream shop just took a huge turn for the worst. My #1 mistake was believing what an excavator and the builder told me about fill and compaction. The only location for my new shop had an old sewer line roughly 7 feet underground. My building dept made me replace...

Hello, I've got a question about concrete blisters. I had the slab poured in my new shop last friday 24' X 44'. 6" thick throughout with 8" pour where my lift will go. I noticed some blisters on Sunday, maybe 20 - 30 of them, 1 in the smallest a few maybe 2 1/2" or so across. Haven't noticed...

Hello, I 'm having the floor done in my new shop as part of the build. My question is I plan to add a lift in the near future, so how thick a slab should I have etc. I haven't settled on a brand or model of lift yet so I need to be sure what ever I buy will work with my slab. I do know I won't...

This has been a long process but I'm finally close to starting the building I've always wanted. I'll post a long thread with photos when complete. I've had to demo the old garage...slab included, redo my sewer line $$$, move my electrical $$$ etc. All done by myself up until now. I wanted to...

Hello, I'm going to be putting up a 24' X 44' X 12' pole building. The question is whats the bare minimum I'll need to lend a hand. I'm having the posts set for me and doing the rest myself. Anyone done one bare bones with little or no help ? Any tricks or advice would be greatly...

Hello everyone. I've been lurking here for a year or so and have finally decided to bite off on building a new shop. Or I should say my wife has been hounding me to knock the old eye sore down and build a nice one like I've always wanted. What kind of woman is that ! I'm going to keep her...