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I hired a contractor to do my concrete work. They poured the footings, the frost walls, and then the floor. Some of the footings are directly on ledge. For the openings they left rebar protuding to bend and pour the floor over. I think you would be best using rebar or in a worst case of...

I had my floor poured two weeks ago. I put in an area which was about 3X4 centered on the lift I believe I will be going with, but it also works for another brand. The thickness in this area is about 8-9". My primary lift company specs 6" concrete. I also installed radiant heat, but did not...

I am getting ready to frame a similar size building with similar sized walls. Most of my garage has 24" concrete knee wall and the other walls are about 52" tall. I will be adding a 12' stud to the 24" knee wall and cutting a 10' stud down to match on the 52" knee walls. I am looking to...

Thanks Rick. It was quite a long process getting as much work done with the excavator. I have a KX057 and it worked quite well for the work I was asking it to accomplish. I did have a local excavation company help out with a CAT 320, which was challenged with a few rock and limited by the...

It's been awhile since I have had the luxury of surfing the site here and posting an update. The floor is being poured in the morning. It is going to be 6" thick. I have attached a picture of the current status. The visible depressions are for a little extra concrete for the futrue vehicle...

I am in the process of building a garage now. The plan was 32 X 46 and if I had to cut costs then 28 X 40. The doorway on those designs was on the 32 or 28 side and I was planing on 30' deep. Due to ledge issues I have moved the garage and tried to keep it 32' in one direction, but go to 48'...

2' increments are usually the minimum. 4' makes better use of plywood and similar sized material. I am in the middle of a build. I started with 32X46. Then went to 32X48 to meet the 4' increment. Due to the amount of ledge I was looking at 32X44. I really needed at least 46' from drawing...

Footing forms are in today. Had to make a few changes due to hard ledge. Here's an image of the current status.

When I say heavy ledge it is solid, but you can see changes in grain on a larger scale. I have a hydraulic hammer for my excavator, Kubota KX057. I have a friend who owns an excavation company and I asked him to take a look at the ledge. He said the excavator would need to be much larger and...

I have been checking out the site for a few years now and it is go time. I have been digging/hammering since May. Only to find out last week the location I would have liked to put the garage is not going to work out. Too much heavy ledge and blasting is not an option for me. The cost for a...