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Damn, you got some cool toys. :LOL:

The first 4 days was the big push and while we didn't make as much progress as I would have hoped we still got much the structure of the building up. CT stayed for about a week to run the backhoe and help with the build but had to head back home to New Mexico. Since the initial push I've been...

Mega update Been a while, but I'm still at it. The building was delivered in February; transporting it from the road, down the driveway and to the slab was .... a chore, even with the benefit of a forklift. Either way I got everything down to the building site, and under a tarp, awaiting...

Great work @clinto and @Psychoholic, I love the deuce and a half as a work truck.

What a cool build, props on getting it done so fast given all the current "issues"

@Psychoholic I'm so glad to have found your build thread. I purchased a cold formed steel building from the same manufacturer (ACT) and its been a challenge just getting it. I haven't erected it yet, but all of your advice and experience is incredibly valued and has been noted by me (and I'm...

Lookin good, I was wondering how your crew did with all that wind yesterday, glad they got through it.

I went with one of these, but my cost was about $1k less, not sure why the price increase. And totally hear you on cost, the recessed lift was one of my "must haves", I changed the footprint and shape of the building, but skipping the lift was never an option, I wanted as much open space as...

Elevation Concrete, they were too good to keep private, I dealt with a ton of flakey contractors but these guys were on it, I'm going to have them come back and pour another apron slab between the foundation and the driveway in the spring

Congrats! Getting that permit issued is a great feeling. Seems I'm right up the hill from you, sorry to hear about your struggles with Lakewood, but seems like you should be built in a few weeks.

You and I are under identical restrictions (1000 sq ft max) and solved it in the identical way - 25x40 with a lean-to on one side. 😆👍🏽 I opted for a 12’ wide lean-to, which gives a slab footprint of 40x40, I plan on eventually framing in and enclosing the lean to, and the extra few feet will...

Winter weather has still held off so I figured I would take advantage of that while I could, I ended up pulling the trigger on having the driveway paved. I've been very fortunate to have all good subcontractors (knock on wood) and the asphalt guys were no exception. Showed up at 8:30am, did...

Hey Neighbor, JeffCo's actually been pretty fair all things considered, I can't say I agree with all their policies but as long as you stay within the lines and be pleasant they're pretty easy to work with, though they are understaffed and (like everything else) running slower than expected...

Well despite the troubles with the building I've been able to make progress on the foundation. The concrete crew was great, they knocked out all the prep work in a little over a week. Up here, there's snow on the ground 5 months out of the year here, so I went a bit overkill with 2" foam...

Well, more than a month later and literally zero progress has been made. I must say this is the must frustrating and annoying experience of anything I've ever purchased. The engineering company did a substandard job by providing an incorrect specification, and due to miscommunication between...

Echoing RST277, the tradesman doesn't need a homeowner poking his nose around and getting in the way, you may be trying to be helpful but it really just creates drag especially on a small project. Fact is homeowners like most of us on this board are small potatoes for any licensed contractors, I...

Yes, thanks for the nudge... The final building design ended up being different from what I showed a few posts back. As much as I love a little abstract design I was giving up some practicality and (more importantly) space for the sake of aesthetics which is a compromise I didn't want to make...

I had a few concrete guys come out, but I haven't been able to get solid numbers, since I haven't been able to get any quotes on the building itself. It's the strangest thing, vendors don't answer their phones and don't reply to quote forms or return calls. Maybe 1000sqft is small potatoes and...

My initial plan was to go big, like 1400-1500sq ft big, but my local county has some pretty limiting regulations, I'll spare you all my rant on suburbanite tinhorn beaurocrats telling rural dwellers what they can and can't build on their own land. Suffice to say I had to get a variance. I was...

Well, I've been a long time lurker and finally starting a build thread. I'm in the foothills of Rockies about 30 miles from Denver; wifey and I bought our forever home almost 4 years ago, our lot is 3 acres on a fairly steep hillside, and even though we're in a rural area, our county straddles...