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We are building a shop on some vacant acreage (no house, no septic) and the drain pipe for a sink is already roughed into the concrete slab. I was going to do a below ground dry well for this single sink, however after we dug the big hole it rained, and after a whole dry week, not a single inch...

Hey guys, currently my shop has a single drain sticking out as a rough-in, which I plan to connect to two sinks. It exits through the footer and starts its 2% slope immediately. Its about a foot underground. Instead of installing a P trap at each sink, and then keeping them from freezing in...

I'm trying to cut in some ditches, fill in some low spots, and also plan for some drain pipe on 8 acres. The only tool I have right now is a homeowner grade green laser level, which is handy, but i have to wait till dusk and use a 2x4 to see the line, so i only have 1/2 hour or so of working...

Folks, I know there are tons of topics on this already, but hoping for some advice for my particular scenario. Our new slab got poured Friday. It was cool (50s/low 60s) and cloudy all day, then it rained all weekend. So it got a solid 2 days of complete wetting. I also went out to manually...

I'm in North Texas and we're about to pour a 44x50 slab for a tubular metal building. The contractor put the forms down on the land first, leveled them out, then came in and added dirt in the low side to level the area. They've now dug the footers. The potential issue here is the native soil...

Hi guys! I'm pretty new to the forums but have been lurking and learning for a while. Putting this thread up to get advice along the way, and just to have a place to document our progress. We acquired some acreage outside of town and will eventually put a house on it. But for now, I'm...

HI guys, we're about to pour the slab for our new detached 30x50 in a week or two. Very excited! I'll be installing a powder bath and therefore putting in rough ins for a drain and supply line. I'm trying to lay out the room itself so I don't make a mistake on drain placement. Note this...

Hi everyone. We are about to have a slab poured for our remote workshop (no house on the plot), and the shop will have a sink and shower. The toilet will be incinerating so we don't need a real septic system. The sink and shower will drain to a gray water pit/field away from the building. I...

I'm about to sign a contract on a 30x50 metal building. I'm pretty torn between what to do for the main entry on the front gable end. For just about the same price with my contractor, I can do either two 10w x 12h doors, or a single 18w x 12h door. Hoping to hear from folks on thoughts from...

Hi guys, I'm brand new to the forum but have been reading here as a lurker for quite a while. We finally got a few acres out in the country and I plan to build a workshop first, and our house a few years later. During this interim time the shop will mainly be used for equipment storage to...