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This is my biggest frustration. The whole mess was easily avoidable. Had they arrived 30-60 min earlier it would have been fine. Late to a pour? Come on...

Update: talked to the GC/company owner first thing this morning. He's a stand up guy and assured me several times he'd "make it right" if this isnt to spec. He in turn called his contacts at the concrete company (he uses these guys often) to get their quick input. Their take is that the pour is...

Excellent suggestion, thanks. I'll do that first thing in the a.m.

I'm not sure. What I do know is that I took a cell phone pic of the paper work his crew signed which clearly shows the # gallons added and their signature. I could probably call the company and get a copy. My main concern is safety. Is the reduced PSI a big issue for a 24x25 garage foundation...

It is the "in-house" crew. But another crew does the structural. I got a long list of references from these folks and followed up on 3 or 4 of them. All were happy with the quality. I guess that's why i'm second guessing here. I'll be talking to the owner of the masonry company tomorrow to fill...

Thanks for this. OK. This was a 9 yard load total. So assuming all 56 gallons were added to the full load (which it was not), that would be 6 gallons added per yard for a loss of 500 psi. So 2500 psi. However, the lions share of the water was added to the last half, so i'm betting the final PSI...

Those 2x8 ramps would've snapped like twigs. The driver was beside himself with this request. I just read a paper on concrete strength that says going from 4" to 7" slump reduces strength by about 800 psi +/- depending on concrete type. So I'd estimate the back half of this pour is about 2200...

I'm hoping someone who knows concrete can size up my situation and give me some advice. I had footers poured today for my garage build, but i'm really concerned about the quality. Here are the details. footers dug yesterday in clay, 2 x #4 rebar laid continuous on stands in base Pour today...

Are you sure the 15' height limitation is to the roof peak? Many jurisdictions, including mine, specify max height as the mean height of the gables as measured from eaves to peak.

Good suggestions all around Roscoe. I'll be running 3 conduits: power, 3-way circuit, & data. The foundation crew will install the stub ups before the pour. I spent a bit of time this weekend researching concrete encased electrodes, and will be adding that as well for service ground. I think...

have a pic?

This. Looks like you have plenty of space to put this shop out of view and go 14'. I like the loft idea and would like to do something similar on my (much, much smaller) build. Since i'm only 5' 8", i'm thinking of going less than 8' clear under the loft. Maybe only 6'8" or a hair more to fit...

Ive got a build underway with 12ft walls and attic trusses. Are you proposing a 2nd story or truss with knee wall?

Progress. Excavator came today to clear the stumps, strip the top soil, and haul away a few loads of dirt. This provides the foundation crew with a good starting point to finish their job with a bobcat. The excavation crew will come in behind them to finish the downspout drains and drywell...

I'm in the DC area getting underway with a 25x24x12 build in Oct. Sitting at $44k so far for hillside excavation/foundation and finished shell + a drywell. The tradesmen have to pay the same tax rates, gas costs, rent/mortgage, insurance, time in traffic, material costs, etc that I do. It's all...

More challenges. The foundation contractor was out at our site over the weekend. This is the design-build firm's inside guy. His equipment isn't big enough to handle the cherry tree stumps in the excavation footprint. Since they are based out of PA and i'm down here in MD, it's not cost...

Looks great. how high are your ceilings?

Bill, great write up! Looks like you used a wood ledger lagged to the studs and the floor joists tuck into the I-beam. Do you have a pic of the joist - I-beam connection? I'm thinking of doing something near identical, except i'm only spanning 25' and coming out from the wall about 4'.

DIY or not. I went back on forth on this for months. You're taking the right steps gathering the info you need to size up the scope of the constituent parts of the build. Only you can assess the time vs. money balance. I think most on this board could build a whole garage start to finish given...

I'm pushing close to $60/sqft. There were some options and foundation costs unique to our site. 12ft 2x6 walls, extra windows, attic trusses, perimeter french drain, misc cosmetic upgrades.