not JAFO anymore

[i8tokyo]

Welcome to the
Yep I'm Bleeding Again Garage
build thread

bought a 32x72x12 from Menards. I have the guy down the street putting it up. got the brother inlaw coming out to level and spreed some stone. been talking about this for years, even decided against it and started a small shop in my garage but a hail storm hit and the cars were out. kinda changed the bosses mind.


BTW, there was a huge barn that they had a tool room in it. wondering if anyone knows the post I am talking about. tried finding it cause I am thinking about it.

 

[i8tokyo]

this is where it is gonna go. the dog is sitting infront of one of the doors.

 

[cyamaha2007]

I am building a 36x56x14h now. Its a ordeal. If i were to say anything get your pad level it makes things so much better. Nice piece of land your on. where are you at

 

[i8tokyo]

I am south of Chicago about 30 miles.
Yeah I figured the only way to get it done is pay someone.

 

[bobemmerich]

Wow! That's a NICE building! I'm envious.

 

[i8tokyo]

Yeah it is and I am excited. been a long time coming and the good thing is I could afford to make it a whole 2 foot longer then what I have detailed inch by inch plans for so it shouldn't fill up too fast

 

[marty_p]

...I could afford to make it a whole 2 foot longer...so it shouldn't fill up too fast

That sounds good in theory, but time will tell ! ! !

 

[i8tokyo]

that was tongue in cheek, I am gonna be builing platforms and and hanging stuff in a year tops

 

[i8tokyo]

I kinda sorta have a tool room now and like it but not sure how it will work when I get a 2 stall auto shop. the wood shop part should workout ok.

 

[i8tokyo]

here is a rough layout. don't have a scaner big enough

 

[i8tokyo]

well some of the stuff got here, still waiting on the permit.

The guys in the yard decided to put a pallet ontop the tin that was loaded with gravel. oh joy starting this out right

 

[i8tokyo]

Finaly got the permit **** worked out then Rain every damn day for a week here.

 

[Kevin54]

What's a JAFO? The only thing that comes to my mind is "Just A F*** OFF"

Surely that's not it. Is it?

 

[Summermoose]

Just Another F Observer

 

[i8tokyo]

yep, thats what JAFO meens. first time I heard that was Blue Thunder....

 

[i8tokyo]

Sitting here waiting to the guy who is going to digg the posts holes and pour the concrete. He wants to take a look at the site.

 

[i8tokyo]

Well I am excited, 11 years we have been starting and stopping this project. we have never gotten this far. They came out to dig the holes for the posts. Now it is just waiting for the hole inspection. yep willcounty not only Sticks it too you they wanna inspect the hole too. Oh and there is no black dirt to scrap off, just weeds growing in raped farm land clay.

 

[i8tokyo]

we the inspector showed up to inspect the holes "yep there holes" and left. so the 2 weeks of amazing weather is now gone, ate up because Menards didn't have the right spec's on the plans. I am calling it 70%menards fault for not having there **** together and 30% willcounty's for being so damn picky. whatever, they were out yesterday after the inspection and got the four corners done. now we have to wail for a little dry weather to get the rest in then I can stone it and they can fly.

 

[i8tokyo]

heres one right out the kitchen on the porch. the service door is to the left and the overhead doors are to the right

 

[i8tokyo]

they came out on a Sunday, I had to skip church (sorry)
anyways got all but 4 posts up today. they worked inbetween the rain drops

 

[jktruck150]

Lookin good! Nice garage too.

 

[i8tokyo]

yeah it will be nice when i can park in it. now I have a workshop tractor tools and the doghouse

 

[i8tokyo]

well after working by myself about 10hrs cutting out inside and trying to level it out then in the rain for 2days speading gravel the weather broke and they set the trusses.

 

[i8tokyo]

I have always hated buying lumber from menards. they always seemed to have a grade lower then everyone else IMO. anyways the trusses and the treated lumber and headers came from a different location the the local store and were/are good. only the 2x4 and 2x6's are from the local store and they are not bad. so far seems to be a good experance other then the plan's snaffo

 

[i8tokyo]

Big FYI, if your building is not 13'6" or higher the concrete trucks cant get in. Luckly the one guys said something before they got the tin on the sides. pushed the concrete up and had them hold up a day one the sides. saved $500. The guys are hear to pour, trucks are on the way

 

[i8tokyo]

one guy running the machine and four guys leaning against the wall waiting to just on and finish it. They ate well, made them pulled BBQ chicken and baked beans.

 

[i8tokyo]

put some stone in that I scapped off the driveway to the back door. I have 2 loads of stone coming tomorrow but we might get rain so I wanted to get some down incase it rains tonight. Don't feel like playing in the mud.

 

[i8tokyo]

concrete is done amd the roof is on. saw cuts in and blown out. wanted to get them blown out before a weeks worth of rain hit's. they were gonna do the gable ends today but 30 to 40mph winds out here. was nice to sweep the floor in my shop for the first time.

 

[i8tokyo]

the apron isn't poured on these

 

[i8tokyo]

Had 2 crews at the same time

 

[i8tokyo]

backfilled around the aprons today and clipped the corner of the garden. the concrete trucks ran it over and made it very obvious that it needed to be done. Oh and I got to work in the rain again.

 

[i8tokyo]

looking out

 

[i8tokyo]

Ok so yesterday I went to pick up the service door and the 3 10x10 OH doors from menards. The woman at the contractor desk talked me out of having them sit at the site because she said they get messed up. Well let me tell you about my 4 hr ordeal picking up my doors. they found the door right away, or should I say I found them nice and Safe on the top bunk but the first guy said there was 2 10x10's and a 16x10. WTF probably should have went wider for the back door but a litttle late now. anyways the area clown in charge pulled my order down after knocking over a rack of 8ft counter tops bumping into a generator on a pallet and a kitchen display. needless to say the 3 doors were there but the hardware was not. an hour and a half latter they figure out it was not in a box but scatter across 2 wharehouses. anyways I inspected it and it seemed to be fine. got it home and set up to paint. "I was going to save $1000 over special ordered insulated custom colored doors and went white" Found one corner of a pannel trashed and 2 edges hit. got it straighted out. they are putting the doors up saturday and I do not have the time too play. leason learned. Don't let suff sit around clowns. anyways I got the doors painted and they are drying now. rolled them instead of sprying them but I didn't have the space.

 

[i8tokyo]

Kerosen heater ran all night with fans going. They are dry just not hard yet. Used some Japan drier in the paint. never used it before and hate thrying new things out on the run like this but so far so good. The contractor came out and tryed to hang tin on the walls today got 2 sheets up and they went home. This weather *****. yeasterday was so windy 40mph gusts. today it is blowing 15 to 25.

 

[i8tokyo]

“maybe if I don’t look at it he won’t notice I stole his tape”

 

[Vernmotor]

LOL at the tape..Just want to check in and let you know been reading all along ! You doing a fine job..and will have a nice place in the end !

 

[Jagmandave]

Me too!

Like he says, once it's done you'll forget all about the struggle it took to get it there....

Was all the water inside on the floor from rain being blown in?

Think of how great it will be to have a dry place to park the tractor and cars!

What are you doing about insulation and HVAC?

 

[i8tokyo]

LOL thanks guys, yeah the dogs a great helper. When he was a pup he removed the turn sig's and half the fork rock guards off my Bike.

I have ADD and a bad back so I didn't go with heat in the floor. That way I can go a week or 3 without it at 65deg's while I am off doing something else or recovering. Thinking about going with that tacky cellulose for the walls and the blown in stuff for the ceiling.
Probably going to use the Tube heaters. My oldman has them in his shop and they kick. good thing is they are signing a petition to bring natural gas down my road. LP is exspensive

 

[i8tokyo]

didn't beat the first snow
had to get my tractor out to pull the lift out of the mud. single wheel drive and soild fixed axels on anything but a flat hard surface is bad. We had rain then sleet then snow yesterday. Now the stuff is dripping off the roof on the guy as he is putting the walls up. The whole time His is cussing at his kid "not there helping" that took a union job for a month and put him behind. I hate to sound happy but I am just glad I am not the only one that **** like this happens too. LOL everything I touch turns into a canOworms.
I am just glad that there is Rum and Cigars at the end of the day. Hmmm ***** bars would fit in there if I was Rhyming but Mama would not appreciate that.

 

[i8tokyo]

another saturday with 2 things going on at once. the door guy is coming back tomorrow. he had a wedding. he asked me about the lift I am gonna put in and brought up a good point about the opener being in the way. now I know why you guys with lifts went with the jackshaft ones. DOUH