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Well, it took 3 truck's worth of concrete yesterday, but it is done!

Well, today's pour got postponed until Saturday. All the concrete trucks in town seemed to be ******* until then.

Thanks Chris. I didn't think of a drain since the sewer line is so far from the workshop. I guess I could have had it just drain outside into the yard. Yesterday, the engineer came over and did a pre-pour inspection. We're now waiting for the electric company to come over and inspect the...

Hitting rock and the rain showers the last two days slowed them down a little, but they started laying the rebar in! :)

LOL! That's exactly what my contractor said too.

After talking to my contractor, it looks like I'm going to go with a new meter and hooking up to the pole next to the garage. My house panel only has two empty slots left (would have to upgrade the panel and service) and the run would require trenching 2' into rock (only have about 8" of topsoil).

Good idea.

Hmm. That's a no-brainer then. Unfortunately, I live in an area where there's a ton of rock. How deep do you have to trench? 18"?

Well, I got some info concerning the cost of adding a new meter and service from my electrical co-op (Pedernales Electric). David, Thank you for your inquiry as to the cost of adding a second meter on your property. Since there is an existing pole and transformer so close, there shouldn’t...

Afternoon update :)

Woot! They started setting the corners today! So, trenching/forms this week and they will pour next week! It's about damn time!

What's your budget on the tub? I have a buddy that might be willing to sell his Aqualu half tub.

Yes, it's been to Katemcy .

Yep, I'm on MUD under the same name. That's my old Cummins 4BT powered FJ62 (with FJ60 round headlight conversion). Pic Gallery

Update! After getting the plans checked/stamped by a local PE, we re-submitted them to the city. With the holidays in the way, the city finally signed off on the permit. This has been a long process. Hopefully, the build will go smoothly........ I hope. Before the holidays, I installed a...

Yep. Freaking City of Austin.

Quick update. The city rejected our plans and said we needed the Behm design plans approved and stamped by a PE. They also were under the assumption that the workshop would be a garage apartment and not a workshop and were demanding that I put in a 9' wide asphalt or concrete driveway to it...

My contractor updated me on Friday and said that we are 2 weeks out from starting the build. So, I got out yesterday and cleared out the area with my riding mower. It's fun to intentionally scalp the ground :) The recent wet weather made it easy.

Thanks guys. Rigpig, I just checked out your build. Sure is nice to see another cruiserhead!

Well, the latest in the permit saga is that the arborist signed off, but now the city is giving us grief because the prints that were printed from PDF's aren't aligning 100% to their scales. WTF?!?!?! Can't they see that there are dimensions on the drawings? This is killing me!