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I live in St Tammany Parish in southern LA and dropped of my architectural plans to my engineer last week for the foundation work estimate (footing dimensions, etc) on my 30x30 two story. From what I have read on here, my footings will be a bit thicker b/c my sidewalls are 25 feet high with the...

We are now around the timeline where we began laying down plenty of stone. The truck weight ticket of the load was 46,600 lbs. That is a total of 14 pallets, not the trailer itself. Left over I have about 1 and 1/3 pallets. I would say about 1/3 to 2/3 of a pallet went to 'waste' due to...

I am interested in your cost also, but mainly for the structural part. I have worked with Meuller (but will not use them for my main build), currently bidding out to Reed's Metals and met with Ben Kyzar from Kyzar steel yesterday. What makes mine expensive is it will be over 35 feet high so I...

Unfortunately you are right ... on two trees so far. My two magnolia bay trees didn't make it but all others are doing ok for now. I left about 4-6 feet open for each tree but for those, it was not enough. The live oak and pines seem to not have any changes but like you said, a couple more...

These pictures are still taken April 2014. We started running flagstone from two sides, under the cover when the weather was bad or ground was wet from previous rain and out in the open when other times allowed. Prep work, such as evening the ground or laying black matte happened regardless of...

We are now in April 2014. I decided to install a french drain so the water could work its way out of patio area and off to the sides. It worked TOO WELL. I did all kinds of research and watched youtube and so many said, they clog, etc. I'm sure these type of drains clog over time if you...

By March we got the roof delivered. A little story about my experience with roofs. Hurricane Katrina took off about 60% of the shingles on the West side of my roof b/c the wind was coming from the West. My neighbor was a roofer years ago and I asked his advice. I went with his suggestion, a...

Imagine the look on my face when I opened my door to see his trailer stressing like that! I haven't seen that much flex since yoga class. MacTexas, I am in St Tammany Parish about one hour north of New Orleans.

The previous pictures were taken in mid Jan and the following were taken in late Jan. Here we are building the largest beam, one LVL surrounded by two OSB and two 2x12s. I had thought about going with steel (like I am going to do when I build my addition/garage) but the deck is wood so I...

After we got the posts up, it was time to start cutting the placeholders for the beams and fitting them into place. Patio 69 by Southern Gemini, on Flickr Patio 74 by Southern Gemini, on Flickr Patio 80 by Southern Gemini, on Flickr Patio 83 by Southern Gemini, on Flickr Patio 84 by Southern...

We made pretty good progress so far. These following pictures are from Nov 4th 2014. We started laying the crushed limestone down so it would get flattened into the red clay and make a nice foundation for the sand to work its way between the cracks when that time comes. This ends the 'good'...

Next was to get the red clay down to give my ground some height. I wanted to keep as many trees as possible. I was thinking I would lose a few along the way (I lost three so far) from either to lack of water from the ground changing so quickly or damage to the tree. Either way, I was not...

The next step was to prepare the ground and get ready for the flagstone to be delivered. Thankfully my neighbor two doors down had a nice skid steer I could use if I rented the forks myself. Of course I took him up on it. Patio 025 by Southern Gemini, on Flickr Patio 027 by Southern Gemini, on...

Hello All, As a lurker of garagejournal for some time, I felt it was time for me to post some of my projects that are LEADING UP to my garage build. Before I build my garage/addition to my home, I decided to add a flagstone patio just off of my 1,000 sq ft deck. I have a modest home now but...

bczygan is correct imo and someone else said it as well; if you end up going non-kit, a good lumberyard will sit with you and go through every stage of what you are trying to build. Have drawn up what you are looking to do, have an idea of what things cost and plan to sit there for about an...

Re: Beginning stages of 24x44 with 3br/2ba on top Currently I am adding a large flagstone patio to my place (pics to come late July) but you are building something similar to what I plan to construct next year. I have a unique land footprint and have always liked the idea of building 'up' vs...

My best friend of now 35 years worked as a locksmith and I went on jobs with him to observe and learn. Medeco are good locks and keys are cut on an angle making them difficult to pick. They are well built, solid locks. Pricey but you get what you pay for. My friend P.T. is likely the most...

We may not like it but I agree with the above statement. :rant:

I don't know if this will help but maybe mentioning this will give you "something". I'm in my third home out of four with a septic vs municipality ... and I love it. I have read every post on this thread and noticed something not mentioned but will get to that last. 1. Like SouthAlabama...