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Yep, going with a high-lift setup and 2 liftmaster 8500's as well. The liftmaster's will get sandwiched together in between both shafts in the middle. The door guy is someone they use on all of their jobs. Pricing was more than reasonable and after chatting on the phone, seems like he is...

Thanks guys for your comments and compliments. The weather was absolutely perfect and the crew deserves all the credit for a smooth build. I now understand how they are so cost competitive, even with a 2hr drive one-way. There were a hundred small things I saw through out the day that...

I'm exhausted and I was just watching. The guys never looked rushed or flustered. Calm and relaxed, joking around, but ALWAYS on the move. Like clockwork.

7:34am Trucks in the driveway ready to be unloaded. 7:59am Unloaded begins 8:10am first modular framing section hits the foundation 8:23am 2 corners set 8:29am back and side wall set. anchors being drilled through sole plates, sections secured together 8:33am last wall going up...

Today was build day. The crew arrived at 7:15am and was finished by 4:15pm. Some clean up and hand shakes and they were gone before 5pm. This morning I had just a foundation and tonight I have a complete garage minus the doors. I've timestamped the pics below to show you all how efficiently this...

OK, lot's to report. waterproofing, french drain installed. fabric over stone to prevent drain clogging from clay backfill #4 rebar added to top course of block wall, vertical rebar added to cores to overlap footer j-bars, then core filled. Hard to see in this pic, but the relief cuts...

Sub'd. Fellow MoCo and Lemons racer here (only once). Looking good so far. I wish my r90 zone would allow thst dize garage!

Ive found the folks at permitting and the field inspectors to be really nice and reasonable people. If you have approved plans, theyre not going to force you to change anything if its done per specs. Good luck, ill be following along.

Dept. of Homeland Security Kidding aside, the drainage plan approval was the biggest PIA for me.

I really appreciate everyone's input on this issue. It's a testament to this community and the good people here who want to help. If you've read this thread start to finish, you will see that there is a pretty big spread on opinion and approach. 1. rip it out now and find a new contractor. 2...

Understood. This is my first construction project of this scale. Lots of lessons learned!

I hope you're right. My main concern is safety, quickly followed by longevity. If the report comes back at 2500 psi or some reasonable value, i'll talk with the owner about discount. If the report comes back with something way too weak for the design, well the numbers speak for themselves, no...

Live and learn I guess. It frustrates me to no end to pay 'professionals' for work that I, as a layman, can clearly see is rushed and sub par. My take is that the strength of the footers is likely fine, but specs are specs! As I get older and hopefully a little wiser, I'm coming to realize that...

Really cool, congrats!

Conduit for electrical runs. Also the CEE for ground. Montgomery County requires 2' above grade. I sprayed it down with Rustoleum where it exits the concrete (once the block is filled).

The crew ran #4 x 2 rebar continuous on stands for proper placement in the footer. back half of the footer pour. you can see the J-bars that were placed wet after the pour was complete. Footer the next day. J-bars placed 32" OC in the back half. Forms for the stepped footer

It's been a stressful week! The foundation got underway with some snags along the way. Early in the week they dug the footers and laid in the rebar on stands. #4 x 2 continuous. Then came the pour which was executed poorly. I won't go into the details here as there is a separate thread here. The...

The block wall has #4 rebar vertical that overlaps the J-bars in the footer by min 20". The block is then core filled per the plans. I'll be adding the last few days progress pics to the build thread.

Bill, perfectly logical as always (I read a lot here and your comments are always insightful and on-point). Strength? - quality report from the concrete folks is in process. I was impressed with the technology on their trucks. Satellite tracked just-in-time delivery, accurately gauged water...

This isn't what I would classify as a major pour. 9 yards total. Had the path for the concrete truck been clear and ready, they could've easily knocked this out in 45 min tops. The problem is they spent precious minutes with the excavator moving fill dirt just so the truck had access. I could...