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-Roof trusses brought in by flat bed set directly beside (12 standard 4/12 2 gable ends). -individually the trusses are actually not too heavy and I was able to carry them into place myself - I again used the winch and pulley with the cable spanned from the two trees above to lift up the two...

been a couple weeks, but slowly making progress on sheathing. I found I can do about a sheet an hour at a very relaxed pace by myself. Hoping to have more done this weekend. Roof trusses come today, going to have to figure out how to get them up to the top. Note: for anyone who argues that...

Hey all, Im trying to figure out what kind of wire to run (through 2" 50' pvc conduit line) and I was wondering if any of you electricians out there had any recommendations? It'll have a 1bdrm appt above it with a tankless heater so Im thinking a 200A service (but possibly a 175A if everyone...

So Ive finally started sheathing. First row I did with the treated plywood (due to flood zone req.) Two horizontal rows followed by a vertical row (in order to position the sheathing overlapping both stories. Decided to play it safe and pick up two scaffolds from good ol Harbor Freight (160...

Second story framing done! Had a few friends around that helped me raise the upper walls. Made quick work of it. Keeping the walls square was pretty easy, only needed to line them up with the floor. Ended up using every single 3" nail. Onto plywood sheathing this weekend! A couple people...

Hey all, Does anyone have any pointers on the best way to install (with only one person) wall osb sheating higher up? Im trying to think of the best way to get the sheets up the ladder to the height of the next row... second story is going to be really interesting... Ive got ladder jacks and...

The first layer will be, but above that will be standard 7/16" osb.

Had to; I live basically at flood level, code said Idve had to go up about another 2 feet in blocks or use pressure treated. Looking back though It might've been cheaper to do the blocks...

Subfloor's complete. Second story framing coming along nicely. Much easier to work with than the treated 2x6 10s. Got 3 walls up, should have the rest done in one more weekends work. I'm thinking of doing the wall sheathing before the roof trusses in order to get the structural support, since...

Thanks! yeah its definitely laborious but its actually quite fun, especially the pride of being able to say you did it yourself

First floor framing's mostly done minus some minor header/door frame parts. - I ended up using 3 2x12's with a strip of OSB glued together to make garage headers, which was an acceptable span since the floor joists were parallel. - I used two adjacent trees to string a cable between in order...

Yeah that's EXACTLY the reason I'm doing it myself. I was quoted 60k actually, and so far even with the 100 tons of fill sand and 30 tons of rock and treated 2x6 10's I'm still only at 12k. I'm finding its actually quite fun doing it myself. Yes its taking WAY longer than I thought but what...

Framing Started! So I spontaneously decided to make the garage part 10ft walls, this way I can put a lift in (10ft plus the 1ft block cap means 11ft roof). The treated 2x6 10's are actually pretty heavy, which made for a REALLY heavy wall. It was so heavy I had to use cinder blocks and movers...

Finally done with the foundation! If anyone in eastern NC is looking for an EXCELENT cement contractor, I ended up going with Duvall Concrete from Jacksonville NC. Him and another guy came out and did the pour for almost half of what the big builder/contractors quoted me. They even used a...

Ready for the slab pour! 98 tons of sand and 10 tons of gravel later, Ive finally infilled the inside of the foundation (did this to get the slab above flood level to keep insurance down) to slab level (about 32") -32" of compacted fill sand -4"-6" compacted 1" rock layer -6 mil poly vapor...

Its a 4" dwv sewer line to the transfer tank where a very strong sewer pump will force pump it through a 2" line to the house system. 2" is perfect for forced line. Probably could have gone with 1.5" but figured better a little too big than on the small side

-Block work up to slab level complete -Trenches for lines cut in -Water, electric, com, and sewer lines installed -65gal sewer transfer tank installed Professional Mason for the remaining blockwork: I eventually managed to get a hold of a brick mason. He came out and did 3 layers. All I...

@sqznby Where in coastal NC are you located? I'm over in New Bern and I'm in the exact same boat. I'm doing a 24x24 garage pad. I was considering doing the same thing; doing it myself with the help of friends, but one guy talked me out of it because if you don't get it right, water can...

Located in New Bern NC, Think code was somewhere between 18-22in. I called a radar place and they said it likely wont work if its below the driveway. Yep that's the plan, renting the small ditch witch today. and yeah that's my backup plan, run it back outside.

Nope :( Is there any way to run enough current through the water itself somehow for it to be detectable?