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I did a bit of digging and have an 8" diamater root where I was thinking I would be good. I am thinking running through the house may be my best bet. I had a guy that works for the local gas company quote me $400 for 200 ft of 1" HDPE with risers. He said he could put together the 100 ft run for...

I will do some hand diging tonight around the problem root to see where it dives deep enough to clear. I spoke with the gas company this morning. They no longer get involved in gas runs after the meter and suggested I contact a local plumber. I did find out that my supply is rather low for...

There is an enormous tree about 2 foot away from the lower right hand corner of the house in the attached picture. I do not think I can run around the tree since there is a large exposed root that trails nearly to the edge of my property. Would there also be cost savings by going around the...

I am in need of a bit of knowledge with pipe sizing. I have a few questions but Ill start with what I am planning. Looking to run from the existing house setup to a furnace in my new garage. My house is currently running the following - 110k btu Furnace - Supplied by 1 1/4" pipe 35.5k btu...

Hah yeah I will never pour that thick again! It was quite the learning experience.

Lot size is just under half of an acre. The city bases allowable detached building size on lot size so when I was looking for a house I purchased one that would allow me to build a decent size 4 car garage. Concrete is done...ish. We ran a bit short on the last pour. I was widening the driveway...

Our first pour was a bit rough. We went with 3" slump since we had quite a bit of slope and it was a pain to get screeded! I finished up siding the front and prepped for the second pour over the weekend The slope of the driveway was a success, we got a decent rain and I did not get water...

It has been awhile since my last update so it is time to play catch up. Things have been going good and I have not had any real hold ups. Most complicated thing has been figuring out the pitch of my driveway, but we will get to that in a bit. I added some can lights into the soffit which...

Well the trusses took a whole weekend. We got them up and braced the first day, and then realized they were all messed up on the second day! We leveled the back wall and set the tops and bottoms based on the first truss. We should have put a string line on the top of the wall as we were a bit...

The concrete guys told me that they would slope out from the front corners. Its not a visible slope, but we did get some rain and I did not end up with any standing water in the corners.

We got the majority of the walls sheeted 2 weeks ago. Had to wait a little bit for my concrete guy to be ready, but the slab was poured last week. I did all of the concrete prep work and paid a crew to handle the pour and finish. I used 4" of crushed lime stone. I then put down two layers of...

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I am happy with my decision to put the doors on the narrow end. It worked out best for my lot size and will save on concrete and awkward approach angles in the long run. She is all about the garage build!

Working in the mud was almost as annoying as being delayed 3 weeks due to rain. Oh and the 2 months due to winter hanging around way too long. I tell myself that I would pay someone to do the concrete/block work if I ever go through this process again, but looking back the labor never seems...

Good catch. I will get her to start thinking they are cool too.

We have been killing some time waiting for the concrete guy to be ready. The last two weekends we have gotten everything framed up and the majority of the sheeting on. The rest of the sheeting will wait until the trusses are on. I really underestimated how tall 12' walls would be. My neighbor...

Block is done, dirt is leveled off, and stone is in. I would have been ready for my concrete guy this week, but someone broke his leg when he was leaving a bar... :wtf: He will be out for about 2 weeks supposedly, so we are going to get started with framing. This week I hope to get the sill in...

Termites are in small pockets around here but I am not familiar with seeing the termite blocks. I did have to replace the 2x8 footer on my grandmothers garage last year. I replaced it with green treated wood since I was told that termites do not eat the treated wood or that if they do it kills...

Trench foundation ended up working out for me. The biggest problem we ran into was a collapse at one corner of the trench. This was likely because there was a tree in this location previously and the soil was more wet than other areas. We dug out the collapse and ended up just running the...

Due to grading issues I am going to end up running a 4th course of block. This will also help in getting me the ceiling height I need for a lift. Picking up some more block tonight, and hoping to be ready for my slab guy to do his part by next week. Out of the entire project, the slab is the...