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This was the only quote I was able to get. The first contractor I was talking to never gave me a quote, and now when I try to call him it goes to voicemail and his phone says, "this voicemail box is full. Good bye." The new contractor I'm talking to showed up at my house at 7:50am this morning...

ADVICE PLEASE $2,800 to place rebar and pour a 12' x 16' slab 4" thick. Does that sound reasonable??

Got some more gravel and finished putting in the layer of gravel to go under the concrete pad. As I mentioned earlier, I also had to lower the ground in front of where the door will be, so that it doesn't slope towards the structure. Well because of that, I was worried that I created a low...

I've already spent $3,600 so far on the foundation and header, and it hasn't even been filled with concrete yet. I payed my friend Johnny $160 ($15 an hour) to finish laying the blocks while my back healed, but I did all the other work. I wonder how much it would cost if I payed somebody else to...

No plans except that I'm just planning on having a lean to there. Will wait until I pass final inspection for the workshop before starting on that, so that the inspector isn't stepping on my toes. Rented a mini skid steer to help with back-filling the foundation. It just wasn't possible to do...

Reminds me of the Red Green fork lift!

Doing some drawing on this rainy day. Here's what the property could look like when everything is said and done: A few days ago I planted a Dawn Redwood tree along the north fence near the garage door. It's actually a rain garden that the sump pump will drain into. The water will cross the...

Cool! Its the house with the peace sign stump sculpture on Mass, you can't miss it when driving North. The garage is all the way in the back though, hard to see from the road. But say hi if you see me out there! I'll check that out, thanks. Thanks! I'll check it out for sure, I'm always...

Cool build! My garage more resembles your old one than your new one haha. But I decided to keep it and build onto it rather than knock it down down because I can't find a GC that wanted to take it on, not enough available labor on my area right now. So I'm doing it myself.

How many amps do you think I should feed the garage? I want to be able to power an electric car in the future, and I think the very biggest EVs (like the new Hummer, not that I would ever get one) have chargers that need a 60 amp circuit. 240v of course. What gauge wire I run might end up...

Here's where I'm at: remove tree & grind away stumps ✅ remove old fence and put in something temporary ✅ repair old garage foundation ✅ get approval from city ✅ rent a mini excavator ✅ dig footing trench and move driveway material around to correct the grade ✅ install footing forms, rebar, etc...

Thanks! I believe the siding I have in mind is "ADA rated" so I think that will work just fine

My buddy helped me finish the block wall while my back healed. In return I'm letting him park a 40ft bus in my driveway while he converts it to an RV so I'm not sure who's getting the better end of the deal here but I'm happy for the help. While he worked on that I got started on demolishing...

Thanks so much guys. That T1-11 stuff is exactly what I had in mind. I'll make a call to the building inspection office tomorrow. I do have to get everything inspected for this project. In the plans that I submitted and they accepted, I said I was using plywood siding, but I realized today...

I'm building a small addition to my garage and I'm deciding what siding and sheathing to use. And if the sheathing can also be the siding then that would make my job a lot easier. And cheaper too. I looked at the information sheets for the plywood siding on menards.com and it didn't say it...

I did this in my very old house with shorter than standard doors, and I cut the bottom. I got a solid oak door from Menards but unfortunitally it wasn't actually solid oak, it was oak vaneer and filled with particle board. So I coated the exposed particle board with several layers of shellac...

Here's another quick (possibly dumb) question: If I'm using plywood siding, does that also act as the exterior wall sheathing? Or do I need both a layer of plywood siding and a layer sheathing? Thanks, I'll check that out for sure. Actually I need to get the electrical permit still so I will...

Anything wrong with bringing up the buried electrical cable from the inside of the garage wall instead of the the exterior of the wall?

Time for an update! I had about 2.5 tons of gravel delivered about two weeks ago. I spread it around by hand. So clean! For now... I made a ditch so that when it rained, the rain would go towards a little rain garden area rather than towards the garage or house. The sump pump also...

Yup that was overhead 120v wiring. Replacing with underground 240v. That's my F100 too, all original long bead. My wife hates it, lol, I told her I'd sell it after the garage is finished. Thanks, yeah the patina is nice, I've fixed almost all of the major rust. But I'm tired of the patina...