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Well I spent some time working today and got the ellipses done. Instead of relief cutting 2x6s, I used kerf cuts on the bottom side. This resulted in a stronger arrangement, I think. Relief cutting just resulted in this when trying to bend away from the cut. Anyhow, here's a poor pic of the...

Got a bit done today and was happy to see the crew come out on a Saturday to beat the weather we're to get tomorrow. Right now, I'm not close to a solution for the 8x8 opening at the back of the building. It may get a garage door, a roll up door or a set of carriage doors. For now though, I...

Thanks. I like yours a lot. In fact, original sketches looked a lot like yours, flipped. Great minds, right? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks! Love your space, BTW. You did an awesome job!

@Jimi - I gave that some thought too. The reason for going parallel to the property line, for me, was that the building is closer to the fence on the property line than it is to the house, and with the fence being a long, straight line, I think it would have looked much more odd to be misaligned...

@xander - I think you could use the same ellipse on both, but only if one opening was totally different in height than the other. Meh - happy with the selection I chose. Don't make me second guess it!!! :willy_nil

@justin1795 - you're referring to building a stick building and pouring footings? No - I only ever seriously looked into building a pole building. Essentially, the sheathing and the metal siding were the same price (we used 3/4 tongue and groove). The siding was then an incremental cost.

Gable end detail done today. It will get the same brow treatment across the back, so it won't look like a 21ft high sea of fiber-cement siding. We got hit with about 4-5 inches overnight and they're calling for 8 more Sunday. I'm trying to get the final inside site work done asap. Hoping to be...

Thanks for the replies. @Skyline - that's close to what the builders suggested, and if it were a walk door, I'd probably go that route. I've got beef with wasting that much material (and spending the extra money that would require). @mikefromme - using ply is probably the second best option...

The next task for me was to shape/frame the garage door ellipses in the front of the building. After toying with different arrangements in Illustrator, I settled on using a different ellipse for each door that would both be the same 9" high, from the top of the arc to the base, where it starts...

A couple of weeks have passed and progress is being made. We've got the building completely framed: ...and as of a few days ago, we've got most of a roof and the building is mostly wrapped. I also got a chance to start with my portion of the build (you know in addition to giving the workers a...

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How about that. Good to meet you, Christian. Funny that since moving to Lebanon, we haven't been yet.

@Kevin54 - Thanks a ton! We're hoping for the best. It would be unreal to get under roof before the rain gets here. The contract states that the building should be erect and completely framed before the end of the year. The boys have their work cut out. As of last night, the front two trusses...

We've started to make some progress. Side poles are up and girts were installed between when the pic was taken and when I got home last night. It's a shame I'm not able to be home to see everything unfold, so wifey is keeping me up to date with frequent pics and updates. Thanks to the short...

So things slowed down a bit, but are back up and running today. As of this morning, all holes were filled to the top with water, and had a nice layer of ice on them. The crew brought pumps to remedy that problem. Now I'm hearing the stacks of lumber are frozen together. I was moderately...

Neither - just treated posts. I am happy to see that each of the three laminated 2x6s in each post are all one piece, length-wise. They are not treated on the bottom with untreated above ground, making for a joint mid way up the post.

I suppose that's a good point, Nighttrain. The crew actually did get a bit done before the rain. Holes are dug and footings poured. The inspector even came out and gave it the thumbs up, so things are going well at this point.

Supplies came yesterday. We've got rain coming our way (again), so it looks like holes will be drilled Monday as opposed to starting today. Getting anxious at this point!

And as of last night, we have a base. Is this where you're supposed to start asking yourself if you should have gone bigger? Seems like it looked bigger when just the flags were in the ground. :headscrat