Milesvdustin's 40x64x10 Build Thread!!!

[mrpizza]

Finally have the meter pad and everything wired in. This weekend I will be getting a trencher and hooking up my secondary into my main panel.

Only took them 10 days of off and on work to get it in.

 

[mrpizza]

Just got done pulling 175' of mobile home feeder in conduit. Ran a trencher all morning and did the rest today.

 

[mrpizza]

Just about have the conduit finished, just need to finish into the meter and under the wall into the garage. I fired the plumber the contractor hired after many delays. Found another local contractor who will start Wednesday and be finished by Friday. Gutters tomorrw Concrete next week!!!!

 

[LB-1911]

Moving right along.

 

[mrpizza]

Gutters are finished, this week I will dig in the drainage pipes for them.

Plumbers start today, they already had their mini ex inside ready for digging yesterday.

 

[mrpizza]

Plumbing is roughed as promised!

 

[mrpizza]

Just spoke to the contractor, concrete will be happening next week in two pours. One Tuesday, one Wednesday. Garage doors will be installed on Friday of next week.

Then, I get to order a bunch of lumber and start the fun part!

 

[mrpizza]

Finished burying the electric entrance behind the barn. Only need to hook up the power line in the meter and bury that end. Saturday I will pound in the ground rods and connect them up and bury all of that, and finish my gutter drains.

 

[mrpizza]

Went out today to work on the gutter drains. Got one side completed, will finish the other tomorrow. The contractor came out and compacted the fill and laid vapor barrier and mesh to get ready to pour next week.





The pipes are buried now, didnt take that picture. Imagine a lot of dirt.

 

[Jeff Scott]

Progress looks great! Keep it up.

 

[mrpizza]

Got the meter side of the power line hooked up and completed. Tonight I finish the other side of the gutter drain system then bury it all. Once I finish grade the sides with new topsoil I will extend the drain popups a few inches to grade level.

First half of the concrete pour happened today. Wife said it looked great! I will have some pictures of it on here later if I make it out of work in time.

 

[mrpizza]

Here is the best shot of the first half I could get.



Power troweled nice and smooth

 

[mrpizza]

All the concrete is finished! Now I wait for the garage doors which should be tomorrow or Friday. Ordering all my framing lumber on Friday I hope.

 

[mrpizza]

Question for my ceiling framing. Original plan was to use joist hangers and nail them all up. I saw a product called a purlin saddle hanger. Looks much easier to set and requires a couple fewer nails per side. Would that work well? The only weight will be the drywall and lights. PFD28B is the simpson part number.

 

[jconnor3]

Don't have an answer for you on which hanger, but do yourself a favor and get a palm nailer to do the majority of the nailing for you. Will speed things way up and your forearms will thank you.

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Bostitch-Framing-Pneumatic-Nailer/3348476

 

[mrpizza]

One of those nailers is on my list, as is a good framing nailer. I will likely borrow one. I have an arrow electric finish nailer.

 

[jconnor3]

FWIW - I love my Hitachi framing nailer. I used the heck out of it building a second story addition on our house. I didn't have a single jam the entire time.

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Hitachi-Roundhead-Framing-Pneumatic-Nailer/3020227

 

[mrpizza]

Walls!

 

[mrpizza]

Got the panel in and mounted in my first wall section this weekend. Was helping family all weekend otherwise. I just have piles of lumber laying around right now.

 

[mrpizza]

Got my 60 gallon compressor hooked up along with a 20 amp outlet, both temporary for the framing stage. Once I start wiring I will make them permanent.

I feel like I hit a huge milestone, power!!!!


Also got garage doors today, finally.

 

[mrpizza]

Here she is with the doors down! They are 10x9 insulated with liftmaster wall mount openers. Tonight, I start framing the walls in!

 

[baron405]

love the porch i might steal that idea for mine

 

[mrpizza]

So a lot has happened since I last checked in. I am preparing for drywall this weekend. I just need to mount my pocket door frames and install my lighting and ceiling fan stuff. No progress on the garage side, that will start once I get the house complete.

Here are some pics of the current setup. Walls are all framed, and spray foam insulation is completed. I do not have pictures of the ductwork, they put that in yesterday.





I just realized it has taken me a month to go from bare shell to framed, insulated, wired, plumbed, and ready for drywall. Its been one heck of a month of late nights after work!