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I should mention my location. Tulsa, ok (north east corner of Oklahoma)

Where the heck can I rent a socket fusion tool? Buying one would be ridiculously expensive for a couple of 3/4" joints. Just going to feed a furnace in my detached shop. Hate to go with a compression fitting from Lowes for underground connections.

I will give that a shot

I agree, I think the grading option is the least expensive and least complicated overall (especially if I do it myself). I was suggested the stem wall method by a guy who does grading as a side job, he seemed like a veteran but was a bit intimidated by the size and was worried about drainage...

Ok, I asked pmiranda if they might have some pics of what they're talking about handy... I think I understand, but want to make sure. I'm trying to develop a plan for this before doing any more work. At this point I am not 100% sure what would be best, the stem wall over the footing with...

I forgot to mention the existing shop is 30' long x 24' wide and the addition should be about 37-38' long and 24' wide with 18' garage door in the back, same width as the front garage door.

Hello, some of you may already be familiar with me from another thread I started about a contractor that I've not been happy with. This is a separate thread to discuss how to go about building the shop that will be built into a slope. The only reason I didn't lift up the whole building is...

I should clarify how we were working out the payment method. Basically, paid him a little down. Then paid him some more for finishing the footing. For whatever reason, he asked for money in advance for the concrete because they wanted cash on site before proceeding with work. Then the last...

I do need to add that my finances are not unlimited, like most of us lol, and that after the building goes up I might not even have enough in my budget to put in a lift for a long time, which definitely ***** because I was really looking forward to it. Heck, I might even be going over budget...

Wow, I did not expect this thread to blow up like it has.... I haven't checked in for about a week and a half. For sure, there's lots of good information here. I wanted to post an update. There's quite a bit to unpack so I'm gonna try to write things coherently and in chronological order as...

Lol, no I'm still here, alive and kicking. Just been very busy the last few days. Been mulling what to do as well. I think what I'll do is dig out any soft stuff, i.e. the mud, by hand and replace it with #57 gravel or similar in those spots. Then of course bring someone else in for the forms...

Wow, yeah I feel for you on that. He should have admitted he was wrong and paid you. Exactly, contractor spec'd ONLY shale. The contractor did put down SOME shale, but it is not nearly 3-4" and then mostly used another material different from what he spec'd on the contract (very fine dust like...

No engineering plans but cobbled together something in Word

What's GC'ing? :confused: Yes, actually I will be VERY specific this time around so as to avoid this **** in the future. I will demand #57 stone at least 6 inches or the CA6 highway pack stuff or RCA (3 options that I will accept), and 4.5" concrete at 4k psi minimum. Whether or not I'll ask...

I read your concrete guide. Great Info! I'll have to read it again several times to really get everything. If I do get vapor barrier, I'm getting the good stuff. My goal was just to reduce condensation inside the building. If it honestly won't make a lick of difference in a uninsulated building...

So, the pressure applied by your foot moves the base material. Lets say that's 3 psi (I googled it). Suppose the same is applied to the use of a lift. Now obviously I'm going with a 2 post lift. Let's say I'm lifting a 7k lb truck. That's 3500 lbs on one post. Let's say the area of the plate...

Interesting... I think the way they wrote it on the benpak site is a bit confusing. If you scroll all the way down to the images on that page, it becomes more clear. I thought the same thing months ago when I started mulling an addition to the shop. But from what I understand, you only need...

scottydosnntkno, appreciate your input. Yes, i've made a bit of a mess haven't I? Part of the blame also lies on him. I relent on the vapor barrier part because ok, I wasn't specific enough but I will remedy that in the future. I've attached a picture of the "shale" that he brought. This is a...

My bad, I thought my location was already in my info section. I updated that to Tulsa, OK. Also, thanks for link, will give that a read. Yes the lift will go in the new slab because I know nothing about the old adjacent slab (10 yrs old appx). It's actually in great shape. The new concrete...