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Blackhawk, the red pole barn holds the tractor, and tractor implements. Also have a slab poured on part of it for woodworking tools. The RV belongs to a friend and he is just parking it here for a while. I debated re-pourposing the pole barn when I moved in, but there are a lot of reasons why...

Jack black, yes I purchased through AHT. Michael, the sales rep has been awesome. I sent him an e-mail the night before I poured the slab and he came by late that night with templates just to make sure I had everything planned out ideally. I'm anxious to finish the epoxy on the floor so I...

At this point my efforts are focused on getting the garage functional for the lowest cost possible. Then slow down the money burn as I finish things up. Hopefully over the next few weeks I will have all the basics functioning. This weekend was spent installing bunch of insulation, hanging...

The past 4 weeks have been busy although not tremendous change in appearance. While the concrete cured I was busy stringing wire. I went through about 750 feet of 12/2 romax, 120 feet of 30amp wire and 100ft of 50 amp wire. I spent some time looking in the lighting posts, and after reading a...

Its been a pretty good weekend all things considered. With the pour complete Friday night things got windy and rainy, not as bad as those along the coast, but enough to keep me out of the rain. The next couple pics are my slab going through curing. I'm sure there are lots of blogs on this on...

Thanks all, the rebar size and spacing is based on the requirement for the Mohawk System I lift. The lift requires #6 rebar 12" OC and 5 1/2" of 4000psi concrete. I added a little safety factor and went with 6" of concrete. The pour went pretty well: and I think the hanging balls worked...

a couple weeks ago I had a good productive weekend, and just ahead of the heavy week long rain in Virginia. It was a good feeling to get a roof on. Last weekend was spent getting ready for several inspections, and prepping for the slab pour. first was to finish bringing the gravel to grade...

Thanks Bib. The hope/plan is to lift a car by Thanksgiving, I can catch up on sleep in the winter. Cool pics of LtGen Moore on your link.

Finally finished with the wood phase, now its on to roofing and preparation for the slab.

So this is where I ended up Sunday night (minus the gravel). If all goes well next weekend I will finish the sheeting and get some felt paper up. Then shingles and then shifting to the slab prep.

Things kinda stalled for a couple weeks with the challenge of setting trusses. Not something one can do alone. Fortunately I found a few hands to help so I'm back at it again. Below was a big day, setting 26 trusses in a day, 3 guys, no crane. This weekend was spent shoring up...

Finally back at it after a few weeks working on other things. Earlier this week I had all my lumber and trusses delivered. I had high hopes for a banner weekend until Saturday morning arrived and all three of the helpers I had lined up didn't make it, leaving me to be a one man show for the...

Thanks Jason. Other than finishing up the drainage plan, backfill , insulating the inside of the stem wall, and filling the first 6 of 12 inches of compacted gravel under the slab, I am on hold until my trusses arrive. In the mean time I will keep reading all the great posts about radiant heat.

Another Hot but productive day in Virginia. The forms are off and back on the trailer to go back to the rental company, the outside of the stem wall is sealed, and I got a start on plumbing the drainage. If all goes well, tomorrow I will finishing running my drain lines to daylight, gravel and...

Bib, couldn't agree more, I have a crew of three coming Thursday morning for the pour. I didn't think it was worth $10k either. I think when it all said and done I will have about $4k into rentals, concrete, and some lumber. I'm looking forward to the framing phase.

It was far from an easy weekend, but the forms for the stem wall are set. I will install the brick ledge cut outs on Monday, inspection Wednesday, pour the stem wall Thursday, and then spend next weekend taking down the forms and loading them up to be returned. Below is the end of the day...

Day 1 setting forms. 90 deg and humid made for a tough day, but made good progress. Hopefully if all goes well I will finish setting the forms tomorrow and be ready to pour the stem wall by Friday. This was the progress at lunch break: And when it was time to cal it quits for the day...

Just learned the secret to getting full size pics for me....Create an album and use my laptop. Below are full size pics of the progress so far. I will spare the pics of the footer covered in mud and water since it is depressing. Below is a chronological sequence of where I am at so far...

Over the 4th I made the most of a mostly rainy weekend. The one clear day I dug a ditch for a french drain to solve address a drainage issue I have with my pole barn Below are some pics of the trench...having dug a few ditches by hand I was glad I have a backhoe for my tractor. Got the...

Small progress over the weekend digging the drainage ditches from the footer through the trees to daylight on the back side. The tree roots were a major obstacle and too a lot of hand digging, and some use of my pressure washer to bore under the roots. When finished I was the color of red...