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LeonardY

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Not sure if going to do bags, (fifty 80lb bags) or ordering a pre-mix truck. Figuring the cost at that amount vs. minimum load charge.
I did bags. I bought 50lb ones. The salesman said it will be cheaper if I get the 80lb ones. I told him not once I add in the hospital bills. He laughed and gave me a quantity discount which got it to almost the same. Nice guy.
 
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I did bags. I bought 50lb ones. The salesman said it will be cheaper if I get the 80lb ones. I told him not once I add in the hospital bills. He laughed and gave me a quantity discount which got it to almost the same. Nice guy.
I talked to my step dad last night about the concrete, what it costs and what a minimum load charge would be.

My suggestion was to bring in a ready mix truck (I'm guessing 3 yds min) and pouring a floor and bringing it outside. This would create a work pad or apron. He liked that idea.

Doing the bags would have been around $230 and busting our humps for a decent part of the day to get one yard of concrete.

The ready mix will be more, probably double, still in the grand scheme of things only a few hundred dollars more. However, we'll have 3 yds of concrete and it'll be down in 30-45 minutes. The finish work is a moot point, the same has to be done for both options.
 
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No work today, had a storm roll through this morning and got paged in for multiple fire alarm drops. Both turned out to be nothing.

This afternoon, as I was mowing, a second storm rolled through. It took down some branches and large enough to pull down our cable line to the house.
It also took down a dead tree across the road. It fell on the neighbors well... well, the "original" sulphur springs well. I guess he shouldn't have been so damn cheap and had the trees taken down.
 

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I used a metal roof from Menards on my shed and I am very happy after about a year including a Michigan winter. I'm confident you'll find the same. Great project!
 
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I used a metal roof from Menards on my shed and I am very happy after about a year including a Michigan winter. I'm confident you'll find the same. Great project!
The ceiling metal in the house garage and addition came from Menards. Its not due in until the 20th or 22nd. However, I expect it to be in sooner than that.

If it comes in on time, it'll be fine. I got rained out yesterday, at work today and probably going to get rained out tomorrow as well.... 68% of rain.
 
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Well, I knew the RR tie foundation wasn't level but it was worse than I thought. I took the rotary laser over today to set the starter strip.

I ended up having to cover the bottom edges with some coil stock because it was so out of wack.KIMG1241.JPGKIMG1243.JPG
 
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The ceiling metal in the house garage and addition came from Menards. Its not due in until the 20th or 22nd. However, I expect it to be in sooner than that.

If it comes in on time, it'll be fine. I got rained out yesterday, at work today and probably going to get rained out tomorrow as well.... 68% of rain.
I got a text Saturday that the metal was in. Since I got rained out today, I took the dump trailer to pick up the steel. Unfortunately, the top sheet had damage from a fork lift. Fortunately, Menard's stood behind it and gave me an "in stock" sheet of the same color in 8' length. I'll just have to cut it down to the correct length.
 
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I don't mind when there are issues, as long as you're willing to make it right. Good job to Menards.
You're correct. I tried to count the sheets to see if there was an extra one as a cover sheet. I couldn't as they were strapped too tight and ends to close. As the guy from the pro desk came out, I told him that and he tried to count. He said the same thing. He offered me the 8' sheet as a comp. I was fine with it, I realize **** happens but how they resolve it makes the difference.
 
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That's looking great Eric! And it's going super quick.
Thanks, actually, it's going slow. The weather, as you know, around here hasn't been the most cooperative. Add in, it seems the nice days, I'm at work.

I'll be at work, more than likely the next two days. My shift(Wed) then extra coverage for the Brat Festival this weekend. I'm pretty positive, I'll be working Thursday, off Friday and back to my shift on Saturday.
 
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That's impressive. Great job!

I wish I had your motivation.
Thanks Leonard. It was all easy work, granted, every piece needed cut to size.

However, now I'm nearing the top edge, I have to do a little creative work. Since the foundation is out of wack, I've got the siding level but the roofline at the soffit is out. I think I'm going to find a level that works with the siding and rip a board. Once in place, I'll wrap it with coil stock.
 
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Thanks, actually, it's going slow. The weather, as you know, around here hasn't been the most cooperative. Add in, it seems the nice days, I'm at work.

The weather can kiss ol'spot in my opinion.

I'm hoping it holds off this weekend so I can finish my roof project. I mainly want to get it water proof by getting the shingles up. But i need to sheet the new addition, felt, soffit/facsia, and then shingle the rest of the roof. This will allow me to get the siding back on the side of the house since i had to replace the step flashing on the wall when replacing the shingles of the roof that butts up against the second floor.

But, mother nature has decided to give us a good bit of rain these past few weeks......


The shed is looking good though! You should be finish with the siding in a short amount of time. What's your prefered method of cutting the siding? Last time I did siding I was using my miter saw since that allowed me to keep my cut straight, or angled as needed.
 
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This project has drug on for way too long. It seems every time I try to make progress, it's one more thing. Today should have been the last day.

I finished the roof and had the wife come over to help me with the roll up door. After some lunch at BW3, we started to assemble the door. Some poor directions later, we made a little progress. I realized, I was going to need more help. She wouldn't be able to hold up the door while I screwed the uprights to the wall.... and vice versa. So she went in to get my step dad. Long story short, the door isn't up and a trip to the ED yielded 3 stitches in his left index finger.KIMG1266.JPGKIMG1267.JPGKIMG1269.JPGKIMG1268.JPG
 

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That’s too bad about the extra trip to the ED. Would work gloves have prevented the laceration?

We’ve had a heat wave in the mid 90’s here all week. Past couple of days a heavy downpour with lightning in mid afternoon and brings the temp down somewhat.
 

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Ouch that hurts and delays the completion. But it is the bit of "sweat equity" for working on the shed. And he gets to tell a story!
 
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That’s too bad about the extra trip to the ED. Would work gloves have prevented the laceration?

We’ve had a heat wave in the mid 90’s here all week. Past couple of days a heavy downpour with lightning in mid afternoon and brings the temp down somewhat.
Probably not unless they were some thick leather gloves. It was more a hand placement issue.
 
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Ouch that hurts and delays the completion. But it is the bit of "sweat equity" for working on the shed. And he gets to tell a story!
He said it never hurt but the ED doc numbed it up before he started sewing. Doc gave me a suture removal kit and more "super glue" to take the stitches out in about 10 days. Before I grabbed them, I also got s few sets of hemostats that came in the laceration kit. Stuff that would have just got tossed in a Sharps container. . . free tools.
Shed look great!!! That's no fun with the ED.. I think I'd load up the JD and use it to hold up the door.
Step-dad asked if I was going to bring the JD over to raise the door. Probably not, but it's a thought.


Full disclosure here. The building may look great but I truly screwed up in the beginning. I tossed a level on the RR ties when I started, they didn't look bad. Let me tell you, they are unlevel and out of whack. It shows in the finished build. I'm not proud of the finished project but I made do with what I had to work with.

I wish they would have talked concrete in the very beginning. I could have pulled the ties away, formed up and poured a small monolithic pour. It would have been flat and square rather than working off a 40 year RR tie foundation. However, I'm positive it'll last as long as the old one if not a few decades more. It just needs the ties to last and if they need replaced, I'll be doing that if we buy my parents place if/when the time comes.
 
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Filled up the kindling box for winter.KIMG1272.JPG

Cleaned up all the left over metal siding from my parents. Most of this is from the building they put up last year. A few pieces are from the roof of the barn I put up.

I pulled out and separated the charcoal gray and i have an idea of what to do with it. Stay tuned.KIMG1271.JPG
 
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