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Hey Steve Thanks for your insight. Not much I could do once it had been poured other than make due with what I had. I did however have a little chuckle when the concrete contractor reached out asking for a good review on their social pages. I said, "you probably don't want what I have to say"...

This is such a rad build. I'm really happy you commented over on my page because somehow I had missed this. Following along now (y)

No idea what happened with the concrete. I measured the forms and they were within an 1/8". My only guess is that the forms shifted on them during the pour and they didn't catch it. Frustrating to have to do so much handholding when you figure the thing you're paying huge money for should just...

That's the hope. I've been meeting with tons of subcontractors, roofer and electricians, because I have to be realistic about what I can get done before winter hits. It looks like I'm going to have the roofer lay the roof sheathing and shingles and the electrician do enough to get me through...

Man this thread moves fast! And apparently I'm missing lots of cool events around the cities. Great pictures.

Must be nice to have that equipment available to use 😁

This update is three weeks in the making and another example of my naivete. In my head setting the trusses was a long afternoon of a me and two friends walking each truss over to the walls, flipping it up, and screwing it in. Boy was I wrong. Weekend 1: Two friends showed up with the same naive...

I'll add some more detail tomorrow. I'm too exhausted to think right now. Short story: trusses are up.

You beat me to it! Good eye. I would love to tour both; they're incredible.

That's a good insight. I'm leaning towards centering the windows. That was the plan at one point, mainly because it's the program I'm most familiar with. I opted not to because I don't think the time needed to properly model the space and contents to the point it would be more useful than...

I completely forgot an update a while back. I found a nice, never installed garage door for sale on Marketplace that was pretty much what I was looking for. The seller had bought 2 9'x9' doors and decided he wanted to go smaller, but was past the return window on just one of them. I called...

Thanks! I felt like the weather was conspiring against me for a while there. I probably spent way too much time going over the window layout. I was trying to balance allowing some natural light so the space doesn't end up being sterile and not somewhere inviting to work in with practical...

Thanks for stopping in! Woah woah, what's with the dirty word? We don't mention snow around here 😜. But yeah, that's the goal. Days 3 & 4: Saturday was a very short one with family engagements and non-garage (read: annoying) related things to take care of around the house. Today was the big...

Day 2: Still working with some of the gnarliest pressure treated ever. I refined and simplified my little clamp system. Rather than the spring compressors, I replaced them with a big stick (pry bar). Works a treat and much quicker to set up. The lumberyard called in the middle of the day and...

I took a few days off work ahead of Labor Day to start framing. Day 1: I started with the simplest wall. No windows or doors to deal with, just one straight section to knock out. The pressure treated bottom plates are warped enough that they're really fighting me. It was leaving a major gap...

Time for an update. After the pad had cured for a week, I called a buddy who had some experience laying concrete block. I asked him to just help me verify the mortar looked right, lay a couple blocks, then I'd take it from there. WRONG! When I went to measure and snap lines I was astonished...

Happy to help :D

Pretty close! I have to lay a course of CMU around the perimeter. So, another skill I'll probably finally get a hang of right after I finish 😁

The guys came bright and early to pull the forms, cut control joints, and generally clean up. I had them cut joints so that a lift leg won't land directly on a joint.

Thanks for checking it out :) 🍻 Good idea! Maybe I'll throw a garage-warming party once it's finished. Concrete day! The guys showed up early this morning. They had to use an additional pump truck to ferry the concrete up my fairly long, narrow driveway. Had to do a fair amount of...