After 5 years of saving, research, and clearing enough time, I finally tore down my old 1 car garage and started building a new one. Max the city would let me go is 22 by 30, but they let me go with 12 foot ceiling so that helps. The plan, of course, is to put in a hoist.
The problem is, I got screwed by my concrete contractor. After the pour, I watered it religiously and noticed that the water all ran off the side closest to the back lane. I expected this as the contractor told me he puts in about a 2 inch slope - I asked for no more than a 1 inch, because of the hoist.
First problem showed up as I made the wall, the back was 1 1/2 inches narrower than the front, made it hard to square up.
Next, as I tried to sheet the walls, after they were up I found that the short side closest to the back lane had a 4 inch slope from the back to the front, way more than I asked for. The back (30 foot) had a slope of about 3 inches from the left to the right - this made me more unhappy, but I could still work with it.
When the door install came we checked the front and found a slope of 8 1/4 inches from left to tight, this is the side with 2 single doors.
Needless to say, this is not even workable anymore. I phoned the contractor to come out, he was apologetic and stated he could not figure out how it happened. His only suggestion was that he would pay for angled door panels for the bottom panel in the door.
My question is, what would you all suggest I do about it? I am just about at wits end, I'm already over budget and running out of time.
Sorry for the long post, I know there's some smart people on this board, and I'm hoping someone has some ideas.
The problem is, I got screwed by my concrete contractor. After the pour, I watered it religiously and noticed that the water all ran off the side closest to the back lane. I expected this as the contractor told me he puts in about a 2 inch slope - I asked for no more than a 1 inch, because of the hoist.
First problem showed up as I made the wall, the back was 1 1/2 inches narrower than the front, made it hard to square up.
Next, as I tried to sheet the walls, after they were up I found that the short side closest to the back lane had a 4 inch slope from the back to the front, way more than I asked for. The back (30 foot) had a slope of about 3 inches from the left to the right - this made me more unhappy, but I could still work with it.
When the door install came we checked the front and found a slope of 8 1/4 inches from left to tight, this is the side with 2 single doors.
Needless to say, this is not even workable anymore. I phoned the contractor to come out, he was apologetic and stated he could not figure out how it happened. His only suggestion was that he would pay for angled door panels for the bottom panel in the door.
My question is, what would you all suggest I do about it? I am just about at wits end, I'm already over budget and running out of time.
Sorry for the long post, I know there's some smart people on this board, and I'm hoping someone has some ideas.