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Tarps. Giant blue tarps.
Chris, that's looking great! The grass really came in well too. Sometimes the first spring / summer after planting I'll let a new pasture go to seed to help fill in the spaces between the grain drill rows.
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Fence looks great. Tell Leon Chris & Ashley said hello! His team moves fast. Leon would run everywhere when he was working on ours.102421- End of week update.
At the shop/barn site--The fence guys came and did what they were supposed to. It happens a lot easier with the correct equipment. They had a skid steer with a cool auger/hydraulic ram attachment. I don't know how many posts they put up but it all looks great. My wife is very happy with it and that's all that's really important.
From the upper corner post. Looking left.
Looking right.
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Oh and for the water you can buy an IBC tote and put it on a trailer which im sure you have. This will get you 275 gallons. This is what we had to do when we moved here.
$17k for the shop pour and footings? What's the footprint size?Concrete guys are supposed to start this week. My early on estimates were blown out of the water after they looked at the rebar and footer requirements. Around $9k early on to about $17k now. They've dropped a couple loads of rebar sticks off on site. I did the plumbing stub ups myself.It should work splendidly. I'm seeing talk of some rain this week. Water is good for concrete, right? lol.
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I just got my quote for the same for my barn build. Quite a bit more dirt removal, but probably a smaller footprint.
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40’x40’ overall with 18”x18” footers all the way around the perimeter. Lots of different sized rebar tied in too. Minimal grading was needed.
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Thanks! My build requires a 40 x 40 footprint to be leveled, with the high corner requiring roughly 5' of dirt removed. Same footing size (w/d), but "T" shaped and 747 sq. ft. of 6" pour w/ rebar/wire. Was quoted $11k, which I thought was about right.
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The end of the week turned nasty. Lots of rain and it was a little cold out. The concrete guys at the house finished up the basement wall forms on Tuesday evening. The army of concrete trucks and this pumper thing were there on Wed. They beat the rain that showed up Thursday afternoon.
The concrete pumper. They had two guys running the truck. One at the hopper end on the chassis and the other walked around with a remote strapped to him. He controlled the dangling chute and took directions from the guy directing it into the forms. Neat to watch.
All done for the day. Leveled off.
Thursday around lunch. They already removed the forms and have them packed up ready to pick up.
These crews are from the CLT area and don't fool around.
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The end of the week turned nasty. Lots of rain and it was a little cold out. The concrete guys at the house finished up the basement wall forms on Tuesday evening. The army of concrete trucks and this pumper thing were there on Wed. They beat the rain that showed up Thursday afternoon.
The concrete pumper. They had two guys running the truck. One at the hopper end on the chassis and the other walked around with a remote strapped to him. He controlled the dangling chute and took directions from the guy directing it into the forms. Neat to watch.
All done for the day. Leveled off.
Thursday around lunch. They already removed the forms and have them packed up ready to pick up.
These crews are from the CLT area and don't fool around.
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The shop is done! It took three days of construction to complete it. Day 2 was spent building up the gable wall ends, reinforcing the corners, double-bubbling and installing the roof, and hanging one of the 12' x 12' garage doors. They spent most of the day with the gable wall ends and the reinforcement diagonal bars on the walls. Like 80% of the day on that part.
Day two pics:
Hauling sheet metal up ladders to the guy on top. They had a ground guy on each side and the one dude on top.
They REALLY REALLY trusted their ladders! You can see all the cross bracing here as well.
I hung out with them on site all day and we ran out of daylight. They put on their head lamps but I drove my Xterra down the hill some and aimed my lightbar up toward them. It worked out great! I bought them an extra hour of work time.
End of day two. Roof on. One door up. All lit up by my shitbox.
Day three was lots of rain. Lots of cold. And me staying out of their way so they could work. This was my office most of the day.
Walls went up first. Then a couple of guys focused on the other two doors. Two more guys started hitting the trim. The engineers gave them some bad drawings for the roll up door openings so they had to improvise and make it work. It happens some times. I let them figure it out and they did.
Walls up.
It was WELL after dark when they finished up. I know there are sheet metal screws still on the ground. No worries, my son and I are heading out tomorrow and Sunday with magnets to walk laps. The inside got soaked with rain and mud from our boots. I have to give it a good cleaning before I move stuff in. This is the only photo that I have of it finished so far. It's an inside shot.
My 12kw Pulsar dual fuel generator got 9 hours on a 20 lb tank of propane. Good to know. We're going to run our well pump with the Pulsar until we get prime power. It'll go for a long time running that little bit. My electrician is coming out on Monday to install the meter base and 200 amp panel. Then I'll get back in touch with the Duke guy and see what their timeline is now.
I'm about 95% pleased with the building...from what I saw. There are some panels that look a little wavy at different angles. Then it disappears when you look at it from others. Nothing that I'm going to bitch about. The side wall people door is in the doubled up wall and has a 12" "step through" to get over the floor beams. I'm going to sawzall the internal square tube out next week to get rid of that. I can see twisted ankles if I don't. All of the rain also showed me that I need to get on the list for some gutters too.
That's it for now. Thanks for following along.
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Day two pics:
Hauling sheet metal up ladders to the guy on top. They had a ground guy on each side and the one dude on top.
They REALLY REALLY trusted their ladders! You can see all the cross bracing here as well.
I hung out with them on site all day and we ran out of daylight. They put on their head lamps but I drove my Xterra down the hill some and aimed my lightbar up toward them. It worked out great! I bought them an extra hour of work time.
End of day two. Roof on. One door up. All lit up by my shitbox.
Day three was lots of rain. Lots of cold. And me staying out of their way so they could work. This was my office most of the day.
Walls went up first. Then a couple of guys focused on the other two doors. Two more guys started hitting the trim. The engineers gave them some bad drawings for the roll up door openings so they had to improvise and make it work. It happens some times. I let them figure it out and they did.
Walls up.
It was WELL after dark when they finished up. I know there are sheet metal screws still on the ground. No worries, my son and I are heading out tomorrow and Sunday with magnets to walk laps. The inside got soaked with rain and mud from our boots. I have to give it a good cleaning before I move stuff in. This is the only photo that I have of it finished so far. It's an inside shot.
My 12kw Pulsar dual fuel generator got 9 hours on a 20 lb tank of propane. Good to know. We're going to run our well pump with the Pulsar until we get prime power. It'll go for a long time running that little bit. My electrician is coming out on Monday to install the meter base and 200 amp panel. Then I'll get back in touch with the Duke guy and see what their timeline is now.
I'm about 95% pleased with the building...from what I saw. There are some panels that look a little wavy at different angles. Then it disappears when you look at it from others. Nothing that I'm going to bitch about. The side wall people door is in the doubled up wall and has a 12" "step through" to get over the floor beams. I'm going to sawzall the internal square tube out next week to get rid of that. I can see twisted ankles if I don't. All of the rain also showed me that I need to get on the list for some gutters too.
That's it for now. Thanks for following along.
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It fits! My Xterra fits. Yay! lol. I moved some stuff in to the shop. I need to mop the floor when we have running water there. It's pointless to do much floor cleaning until we get gravel down.
I took down my two tan temporary garage tents and cleaned up the outside some. One of them got damaged in the wind the other day. The uprights are toast. The tarps were already ripping so I tossed them. I may use the frames for a green house or something later one. I kept the straight poles and all of the hardware. Anyway, it's looking more and more like a farm.
There are more lumpy panels than I saw the other day. I'm at 90% pleased. The worst panel is above the left garage door. The cross brace beam was a little proud when they snugged up the sheet steel. I'm going to put a big gaudy laser cut stainless corgi or pony silhouette up there...maybe. 😆 I'm not too worried about it.
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I took down my two tan temporary garage tents and cleaned up the outside some. One of them got damaged in the wind the other day. The uprights are toast. The tarps were already ripping so I tossed them. I may use the frames for a green house or something later one. I kept the straight poles and all of the hardware. Anyway, it's looking more and more like a farm.
There are more lumpy panels than I saw the other day. I'm at 90% pleased. The worst panel is above the left garage door. The cross brace beam was a little proud when they snugged up the sheet steel. I'm going to put a big gaudy laser cut stainless corgi or pony silhouette up there...maybe. 😆 I'm not too worried about it.
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Quick update. No photos this week. Everything is red clay muddy AF! That rain yesterday really soaked into the ground there. Sheesh!
At the shop area:
My bro-in-law brought over his little tractor that has a small backhoe on it. He dug out a couple of trenches for our water supply lines. 135 feet from the well to the shop. And 105 feet from the well to the pasture where the no-freeze spigot is going. He went 24" deep...just because. We buried 1" PEX and the UF wire for the well pump power. We got the trenches covered back up before the rain hit. I still have to attach the pasture spigot and back fill it. I had to order plumbing parts on Amazon because our Lowe's is doodoo.
Duke called and said that I am in line for trenching. The subcontractor requested that I move a log that was laying across the old logging road that they are going to trench down. I took my tractor out and moved the several year old decomposing 8" pine log out of the way. lol. It was a beast! Just kidding. I kicked through it in a couple of spots and used the bucket to sling it to the side. Hard to believe that they are going to trench 1000's of feet and that powdery old log was going to stop their progress. Whatever. It's moved.
County inspector came out and did the one and only inspection that is required for my Ag exempt building. The main electrical service inspection that is required for Duke to be able to hook up to it. He went on about how I should have had a lot of other stuff inspected even if it is Ag exempt and isn't required. He's a real go getter. The electrical service got its green sticker and I let him keep talking. He saw the UF well pump wire that was buried along with the PEX pipe and asked about depth on it. I told him 24" and he moved on. I'm done with inspections on our end now. Won't fill out any other permits or have to deal with him again. He is the same guy that is inspecting the home build though. My GC gets to work with him up there. lol.
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It's muddy. The foundation walls were sealed on the outside with some black membrane and tar looking sealant. Those guys had about 10 dump truck loads of gravel brought in. I'm assuming that will be backfill around the basement walls. A plumbing crew came in and did the drains and stuff that are going under the basement floor. I saw the pressure test fitting on them. Today was the first day in a week or so that anyone even went to the build site up there. The concrete/basement guys from CLT brought in a little skid steer and it sounded like they moved some of the gravel around. Again, it was very muddy up there. I drove up but didn't get close enough to look at anything. I might head up tomorrow and get some pictures.
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Quick update. No photos this week. Everything is red clay muddy AF! That rain yesterday really soaked into the ground there. Sheesh!
At the shop area:
My bro-in-law brought over his little tractor that has a small backhoe on it. He dug out a couple of trenches for our water supply lines. 135 feet from the well to the shop. And 105 feet from the well to the pasture where the no-freeze spigot is going. He went 24" deep...just because. We buried 1" PEX and the UF wire for the well pump power. We got the trenches covered back up before the rain hit. I still have to attach the pasture spigot and back fill it. I had to order plumbing parts on Amazon because our Lowe's is doodoo.
Duke called and said that I am in line for trenching. The subcontractor requested that I move a log that was laying across the old logging road that they are going to trench down. I took my tractor out and moved the several year old decomposing 8" pine log out of the way. lol. It was a beast! Just kidding. I kicked through it in a couple of spots and used the bucket to sling it to the side. Hard to believe that they are going to trench 1000's of feet and that powdery old log was going to stop their progress. Whatever. It's moved.
County inspector came out and did the one and only inspection that is required for my Ag exempt building. The main electrical service inspection that is required for Duke to be able to hook up to it. He went on about how I should have had a lot of other stuff inspected even if it is Ag exempt and isn't required. He's a real go getter. The electrical service got its green sticker and I let him keep talking. He saw the UF well pump wire that was buried along with the PEX pipe and asked about depth on it. I told him 24" and he moved on. I'm done with inspections on our end now. Won't fill out any other permits or have to deal with him again. He is the same guy that is inspecting the home build though. My GC gets to work with him up there. lol.
At the home site-
It's muddy. The foundation walls were sealed on the outside with some black membrane and tar looking sealant. Those guys had about 10 dump truck loads of gravel brought in. I'm assuming that will be backfill around the basement walls. A plumbing crew came in and did the drains and stuff that are going under the basement floor. I saw the pressure test fitting on them. Today was the first day in a week or so that anyone even went to the build site up there. The concrete/basement guys from CLT brought in a little skid steer and it sounded like they moved some of the gravel around. Again, it was very muddy up there. I drove up but didn't get close enough to look at anything. I might head up tomorrow and get some pictures.
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I forgot to mention that the well pump guys came out yesterday and did their install for the barn/shop area. They left me a short length of wire to connect a plug for my generator. I hooked it up last night and pumped our first bit of water out of the ground. The health department still needs to inspect it, so I won't be connecting anything to the system until they are done. That propane generator is sure coming in handy.
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It’s funny you mentioned them letting that log get in the way because you’re right. They show up with an excavator to did your trench. Out of all the work done while building our place they were the only ones that did a good job leveling out the trench they dug.
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Lots of trucks were out at the site this short week.
The grader guy brought out his dozer and a little skid steer to shape the earth around our house. He backfilled around the basement walls and started shaping the hill that our house is going to be on.. He moved a lot of dirt! A large load of wood parts for the house showed up today too.
The view driving in. Pile of wood on the left.
The pile of wood pieces.
The garage floor. You can see that it was backfilled and the contour down to the walkout.
Looking back toward the walkout basement.
The Duke guys worked a couple of days this week too. They trenched a little, ran some wire, and set one of the transformer boxes. It looks like they may have two or three more days left on it.
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Lots of trucks were out at the site this short week.
The grader guy brought out his dozer and a little skid steer to shape the earth around our house. He backfilled around the basement walls and started shaping the hill that our house is going to be on.. He moved a lot of dirt! A large load of wood parts for the house showed up today too.
The view driving in. Pile of wood on the left.
The pile of wood pieces.
The garage floor. You can see that it was backfilled and the contour down to the walkout.
Looking back toward the walkout basement.
The Duke guys worked a couple of days this week too. They trenched a little, ran some wire, and set one of the transformer boxes. It looks like they may have two or three more days left on it.
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This week has been busy. Duke Power finished up their trenching and we have power on site now. My shop is hooked up to the grid and there is a temp power pole near the build site. I quickly started working on shop lighting and getting some receptacles in. Still knocking those out slowly as I wait for wire and components to show up from my online orders. Our Lowe's is picked clean of exactly the stuff that I need. I have the well wired in and plumbed to the hydrant by the pasture and into the shop. No more generator to fill up the horse water...until some ice storms roll through. lol.
Here's my initial lighting setup. They are on temp wiring currently. I'll get the three way switches wired up tomorrow. Six 150W high bay UFO lights. They light it up pretty well.
Framers showed up Wed this week. An Army of Juan™. Here's what they did in 6 hours of framing.
My wife's prefab barn showed up today. The delivery trailer was really cool. Happy horses, happy wife.
I took a few pics today when I left the property at around 4. They have most of the main floor framed in. I'll get some more pics tomorrow if they aren't working.
The framers have done a lot of work in three days!
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This week has been busy. Duke Power finished up their trenching and we have power on site now. My shop is hooked up to the grid and there is a temp power pole near the build site. I quickly started working on shop lighting and getting some receptacles in. Still knocking those out slowly as I wait for wire and components to show up from my online orders. Our Lowe's is picked clean of exactly the stuff that I need.
I have the well wired in and plumbed to the hydrant by the pasture and into the shop. No more generator to fill up the horse water...until some ice storms roll through. lol.Here's my initial lighting setup. They are on temp wiring currently. I'll get the three way switches wired up tomorrow. Six 150W high bay UFO lights. They light it up pretty well.
Framers showed up Wed this week. An Army of Juan™. Here's what they did in 6 hours of framing.
My wife's prefab barn showed up today. The delivery trailer was really cool. Happy horses, happy wife.
I took a few pics today when I left the property at around 4. They have most of the main floor framed in. I'll get some more pics tomorrow if they aren't working.
The framers have done a lot of work in three days!
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Those hi bay ufo lights are no joke. We have them in our barn and you could preform surgery at night in the aisle if you had to.
I’d love to build a detached garage at some point in the near future.
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Have a cooler of iced cold beer waiting for the crews on Friday evenings (one beer each).
Goes a long way in having a good job done.
Have a cooler of iced cold beer waiting for the crews on Friday evenings (one beer each).
Goes a long way in having a good job done.
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I am impressed with them. There's enough light there to do most projects.
I'll do some more above my lathe when I get it set up. Probably a couple of the single tube 4' plug in jobs.
I need to figure out a way to get some storage higher up on the walls. I've got some of the Lowe's racks that I was using but they are only about 6' tall. I'd like to get some heavy duty metal shelf brackets and mount some 2 foot deep shelving at 8', 10', and 12' high on one of the walls.
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Keep the pics coming. I'm living my dream watching this thread.
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Man. It's been very muddy at the property. But the guys have done more work. I guess we are officially in the dry now. Exterior walls are done and wrapped. Windows are installed. Interior room framing is done, except for a few minor changes that need to be made. Rough-in plumbing is done. We did a walk through and chose lighting, switch, and receptacle locations. My wife has been busy with the designer and has been working on interior finishings. The exterior stuff is already picked out. Moving right along!
Some exterior photos.
Front left.
Front right. That covered area is going to be a screened in porch. It's going to be nice!
A couple from the back.
In the workshop I've done some work and started moving stuff in. I have general power circuits in and the bathroom all done.
I put up some 24" deep shelving. It's 3/4" plywood on steel brackets. Should work fine for a little junk.
I'm also going to tackle installing my two post lift next. Today's project was to get it hauled over and unloaded from my trailer. I used a cherry picker, a floor jack, ratchet straps, some lumber, and floor dollys to get it unloaded "safetly" by myself. I beat the hell out of my right leg today. Shin. Knee. Ankle. All smashed up.
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Man. It's been very muddy at the property. But the guys have done more work. I guess we are officially in the dry now. Exterior walls are done and wrapped. Windows are installed. Interior room framing is done, except for a few minor changes that need to be made. Rough-in plumbing is done. We did a walk through and chose lighting, switch, and receptacle locations. My wife has been busy with the designer and has been working on interior finishings. The exterior stuff is already picked out. Moving right along!
Some exterior photos.
Front left.
Front right. That covered area is going to be a screened in porch. It's going to be nice!
A couple from the back.
In the workshop I've done some work and started moving stuff in. I have general power circuits in and the bathroom all done.
I put up some 24" deep shelving. It's 3/4" plywood on steel brackets. Should work fine for a little junk.
I'm also going to tackle installing my two post lift next. Today's project was to get it hauled over and unloaded from my trailer. I used a cherry picker, a floor jack, ratchet straps, some lumber, and floor dollys to get it unloaded "safetly" by myself. I beat the hell out of my right leg today. Shin. Knee. Ankle. All smashed up.
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I'm going to see what we have laying around at the laser shop. I plan on doing something with it.
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No cool new pictures at the house. HVAC guys have been working this week. They finish up with their part tomorrow. Next week we are supposed to have roof, electric, and some grading/clearing done. My wife contracted out the grading stuff. Going to clear off an area for the dog kennels and get a garden area prepped for us.
I've been busy at the shop. I have a bathroom now. And the lift installed. I also took care of supporting the underside of the 24" shelving with some scrap 2x4s that I had. @REELDOC That enabled me to fill up some bins with the various stuff that I had laying around on the ground and get them up on the wall. Nothing too heavy. I also put in a dehumidifier. The weird weather last week created a lot of moisture on the top of that sealed concrete. It was fine until I opened a door and the outside air rushed in. It was weird.
Today I moved my lathe, a few tool boxes, and my air compressor over from the shipping container. I needed the compressor because, as you can see in the first picture, the front tires on our tractor are pretty slack right now. Check out those sweet fork extensions!
Lathe is on the wall with the breaker panel. You can see my OSB covered bathroom there to the right. The lathe looks tiny on that 14' wall.
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No cool new pictures at the house. HVAC guys have been working this week. They finish up with their part tomorrow. Next week we are supposed to have roof, electric, and some grading/clearing done. My wife contracted out the grading stuff. Going to clear off an area for the dog kennels and get a garden area prepped for us.
I've been busy at the shop. I have a bathroom now. And the lift installed. I also took care of supporting the underside of the 24" shelving with some scrap 2x4s that I had. @REELDOC That enabled me to fill up some bins with the various stuff that I had laying around on the ground and get them up on the wall. Nothing too heavy. I also put in a dehumidifier. The weird weather last week created a lot of moisture on the top of that sealed concrete. It was fine until I opened a door and the outside air rushed in. It was weird.
Today I moved my lathe, a few tool boxes, and my air compressor over from the shipping container. I needed the compressor because, as you can see in the first picture, the front tires on our tractor are pretty slack right now. Check out those sweet fork extensions!
Lathe is on the wall with the breaker panel. You can see my OSB covered bathroom there to the right. The lathe looks tiny on that 14' wall.
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Mine does the exact same thing any time its been cold/cool and we have a random warm/hot day. Soon as the big doors open warm air rushes in and anything that retains temp will instantly form condensation. Tools, toolbox, machinery, scooters, etc. everything instantly soaked with condensation. I think it has more to do with the warm humid air outside coming in and surfaces being below dew point temp than actual humidity being trapped inside when its closed up.
Curious to hear if the dehumidifier makes a big difference.
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Sneak peak.
Roofers are almost done. HVAC guys have been in and out. The air handlers and vents are installed. I didn't peek around the corner to see if the outside units are there or not. Electrician were there installing boxes. The stairs to the basement showed up yesterday and the framers are coming back out on Thursday to install them. My security cameras showed a garage door company guy showed up for about 15 minutes.
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Roofers are almost done. HVAC guys have been in and out. The air handlers and vents are installed. I didn't peek around the corner to see if the outside units are there or not. Electrician were there installing boxes. The stairs to the basement showed up yesterday and the framers are coming back out on Thursday to install them. My security cameras showed a garage door company guy showed up for about 15 minutes.
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Condensation happens. It never happened in my detached garage in Charleston. But in Raleigh I'll happen when conditions are right.
I try to keep the kids from opening the garage on those days, but rarely happens. Enough moisture I can squeegee the floor.
I try to keep the kids from opening the garage on those days, but rarely happens. Enough moisture I can squeegee the floor.
We have the same problem maybe 1-2 times each year. I wonder if a big ass fan would help more than a dehumidifier. Maybe something like this: https://www.bigassfans.com/for-home/outdoor/
A unit heater to keep the inside (and the stuff inside) above dewpoint is the ticket.
Yea, that’s the only solution I see as well. Currently looking one for my shop.
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Slow and steady. The rain and snow are keeping the house build site a muddy mess. But the subs are still showing up and doing their part. Electric, plumbing, insulation, and door guys have all been on site.
We have exterior doors now! The front entry door is a solid wood that is going to be painted. It hasn't been installed yet.
There was an accident on the tub install for the bathroom off the garage entry. They installed a full surround unit and it was supposed to get this deep soaker one and have a tile surround. It got swapped and set.
Insulation guys were knocking out their stuff over the past couple of days. Batt stuff in the studs. Foam board along the cement wall in the basement.
Sheetrock is scheduled for Tuesday.
We haven't asked about an estimated time frame but my wife and I are figuring sometime this summer all will be done. We've got a checklist that we are starting to work on now. So we went to our local fancy furniture store, Grindstaff's Interiors. We picked out some couches and chairs for the formal living room upstairs. They have floor models or you can custom order and choose wood and leather type. We went custom. It wasn't cheap! Two couches, two chairs, and a credenza should be ready in a couple of months.
We got two of these in the same leather with mahogany wood.
Two of these with a darker olive/green leather and mahogany. You can see the green swatch at the far end of the couch.
This credenza was on the floor and we added it to our order. It's in storage until the house is ready.
We plan on going to Hendersonville this afternoon to a lighting store. We need to pick out some fixtures for the guys to hang for us. We need a couple of chandeliers and some flush mount units to cover what wasn't in the house bid. That'll be all my wife again. I don't really care about that stuff.
At the shop.
I found a fellow to come out and do my gravel driveway extension to the shop. He does equestrian riding arena installs but the weather has really messed up his schedule. He said that his job sites are pretty soaked and not workable for his installs. So he was able to spend a couple of days on getting this little road put down for me. Day one was cutting down and contouring. Day two was spreading crush and run base with some washed gravel on top.
I'll get my drone out there for better pics, but this is the final product as seen from one of my security cameras.
His skid steer. He used a bucket the first day and half of the second. Then this grader attachment was used. That thing is awesome. It has internal controls for the blade that lets you set grade requirements and it can make blade adjustments for you on the fly. You can run manual too if you want.
Here it is adding some stone to the dip that Duke Power left when they trenched under the old driveway.
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Slow and steady. The rain and snow are keeping the house build site a muddy mess. But the subs are still showing up and doing their part. Electric, plumbing, insulation, and door guys have all been on site.
We have exterior doors now! The front entry door is a solid wood that is going to be painted. It hasn't been installed yet.
There was an accident on the tub install for the bathroom off the garage entry. They installed a full surround unit and it was supposed to get this deep soaker one and have a tile surround. It got swapped and set.
Insulation guys were knocking out their stuff over the past couple of days. Batt stuff in the studs. Foam board along the cement wall in the basement.
Sheetrock is scheduled for Tuesday.
We haven't asked about an estimated time frame but my wife and I are figuring sometime this summer all will be done. We've got a checklist that we are starting to work on now. So we went to our local fancy furniture store, Grindstaff's Interiors. We picked out some couches and chairs for the formal living room upstairs. They have floor models or you can custom order and choose wood and leather type. We went custom. It wasn't cheap! Two couches, two chairs, and a credenza should be ready in a couple of months.
We got two of these in the same leather with mahogany wood.
Two of these with a darker olive/green leather and mahogany. You can see the green swatch at the far end of the couch.
This credenza was on the floor and we added it to our order. It's in storage until the house is ready.
We plan on going to Hendersonville this afternoon to a lighting store. We need to pick out some fixtures for the guys to hang for us. We need a couple of chandeliers and some flush mount units to cover what wasn't in the house bid. That'll be all my wife again. I don't really care about that stuff.
At the shop.
I found a fellow to come out and do my gravel driveway extension to the shop. He does equestrian riding arena installs but the weather has really messed up his schedule. He said that his job sites are pretty soaked and not workable for his installs. So he was able to spend a couple of days on getting this little road put down for me. Day one was cutting down and contouring. Day two was spreading crush and run base with some washed gravel on top.
I'll get my drone out there for better pics, but this is the final product as seen from one of my security cameras.
His skid steer. He used a bucket the first day and half of the second. Then this grader attachment was used. That thing is awesome. It has internal controls for the blade that lets you set grade requirements and it can make blade adjustments for you on the fly. You can run manual too if you want.
Here it is adding some stone to the dip that Duke Power left when they trenched under the old driveway.
CHRIS
I can't thank you enough for posting your build this way. Doing that was a dream of mine that I'll never get to do, but I am enjoying seeing you get it done, and done well. Thanks so much!
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I'm sure we aren't doing things the most efficient or cost effective way but they are getting done! lol. My wife and I are in our mid-40s and this is probably going to be our last home. I wanted to document it so everyone can see us bull-in-a-China-Shop our way through it. 😆
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Some more pictures.
Brick masons and the cement guys did our front porch. This will be the formal entry way. We will use the door in the garage.
This guy went solo on the siding and soffits. He did the underside of the covering for the screened in porch too. It took him about 5 days to do the entire thing by himself.
A couple of pieces of flair in the gables.
I didn't take any pictures, but the sheet rock hanging crew (dos Juans) did the entire house in a day and a half. I think they stayed on site overnight and kept working late. My security cameras didn't catch them leaving or coming in the next day. The mud guys did their stuff over about a week. And the main floor has its hardwood flooring down now too. It took those guys a day and a half as well. I didn't get to take many pictures of the process because they knocked it out so quickly. Here's an in progress shot of the flooring.
Duke/Sumter Utilities will be ditching temp power and running the line up to the house very soon. Baseboard and other trim pieces along with interior doors have been delivered. Our garage doors were delayed a looooong time so we ditched that order and went with another vendor. They had a quicker ship/install date.
Until next time....
CHRIS
Some more pictures.
Brick masons and the cement guys did our front porch. This will be the formal entry way. We will use the door in the garage.
This guy went solo on the siding and soffits. He did the underside of the covering for the screened in porch too. It took him about 5 days to do the entire thing by himself.
A couple of pieces of flair in the gables.
I didn't take any pictures, but the sheet rock hanging crew (dos Juans) did the entire house in a day and a half. I think they stayed on site overnight and kept working late. My security cameras didn't catch them leaving or coming in the next day. The mud guys did their stuff over about a week. And the main floor has its hardwood flooring down now too. It took those guys a day and a half as well. I didn't get to take many pictures of the process because they knocked it out so quickly. Here's an in progress shot of the flooring.
Duke/Sumter Utilities will be ditching temp power and running the line up to the house very soon. Baseboard and other trim pieces along with interior doors have been delivered. Our garage doors were delayed a looooong time so we ditched that order and went with another vendor. They had a quicker ship/install date.
Until next time....
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Easter Weekend update.
Sorry for the lack of photos. Things are happening but it's transitioned into the tedious trim stuff. My wife and I did our best not to disturb the guys when they were on the clock.
Cabinets and countertops have all been installed. The kitchen is looking nice. My wife went with dark lowers and white uppers.
We have three bathrooms and a powder room.
The bath off the master bedroom upstairs has a walk in shower and double vanity. There is going to be a glass surround and frame-less door on the shower.
In the basement my son has this bathroom off of his room. It has a large walk in shower too and a small vanity. His room and bathroom are pretty big. There is room in the bathroom for a shelf if needed.
No pictures, but off the kitchen hallway heading to the garage is another bathroom that has a deep soaking tub and shower combo. It's got the same tile and vanity scheme as the other bathrooms. The powder room is off of the living room in the basement. It'll be basic with a toilet and pedestal sink.
The LVP that is going in the basement has arrived. It's scheduled to be installed next week. I like it. It is mostly grey with a brown tone throughout and a little bit of black. It isn't light enough that we have to worry about the red clay stains that are going to happen.
Our garage doors have arrived.
The decking material is on site. Not sure when the sub is going to get there to install these.
We opted to purchase our own light fixtures. This is what $7k in lights and ceiling fans looks like.
Other stuff. Gutter guys showed up but ran into something weird with the siding. Siding guy has to come back to repair it so gutters can go up. The grading guy came out and moved some dirt and cleaned up the lot a little. Septic tank is installed. Propane tank is installed. Power is trenched in and connected to the meter base. Our site super has started flagging damaged spots around the house for repair. We had a lady come out to measure and start designing the built in storage for our master closet. She is also going to do the shower doors, laundry room and closet shelving, and plate mirrors for the bathrooms.
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Easter Weekend update.
Sorry for the lack of photos. Things are happening but it's transitioned into the tedious trim stuff. My wife and I did our best not to disturb the guys when they were on the clock.
Cabinets and countertops have all been installed. The kitchen is looking nice. My wife went with dark lowers and white uppers.
We have three bathrooms and a powder room.
The bath off the master bedroom upstairs has a walk in shower and double vanity. There is going to be a glass surround and frame-less door on the shower.
In the basement my son has this bathroom off of his room. It has a large walk in shower too and a small vanity. His room and bathroom are pretty big. There is room in the bathroom for a shelf if needed.
No pictures, but off the kitchen hallway heading to the garage is another bathroom that has a deep soaking tub and shower combo. It's got the same tile and vanity scheme as the other bathrooms. The powder room is off of the living room in the basement. It'll be basic with a toilet and pedestal sink.
The LVP that is going in the basement has arrived. It's scheduled to be installed next week. I like it. It is mostly grey with a brown tone throughout and a little bit of black. It isn't light enough that we have to worry about the red clay stains that are going to happen.
Our garage doors have arrived.
The decking material is on site. Not sure when the sub is going to get there to install these.
We opted to purchase our own light fixtures. This is what $7k in lights and ceiling fans looks like.
Other stuff. Gutter guys showed up but ran into something weird with the siding. Siding guy has to come back to repair it so gutters can go up. The grading guy came out and moved some dirt and cleaned up the lot a little. Septic tank is installed. Propane tank is installed. Power is trenched in and connected to the meter base. Our site super has started flagging damaged spots around the house for repair. We had a lady come out to measure and start designing the built in storage for our master closet. She is also going to do the shower doors, laundry room and closet shelving, and plate mirrors for the bathrooms.
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We're a few days away from getting the CO and writing our final check to get our keys.
I'm going to try to post a bunch of photos by section. These will be over several posts here.
Starting with the exterior. All is done here. We requested minimal landscaping because we will be doing that later on and adding a pool area with concrete.
The back deck and screened porch. We went with Trex for the flooring and aluminum for the handrails and framing of the screened area. Access is from the dining room area and off of the kitchen,
The Corgi kennel area. There are three different running areas and a 16 foot wide driveway of sorts down the center. We're waiting on gravel to be delivered and then we'll get a building from one of our local dealers to go in the driveway. The runs will have our current 10x10 kennels with roofs moved into them for some shade and protection from quick storms. The dogs can go into the building in their little kennels at night if needed.
I'm going to try to post a bunch of photos by section. These will be over several posts here.
Starting with the exterior. All is done here. We requested minimal landscaping because we will be doing that later on and adding a pool area with concrete.
The back deck and screened porch. We went with Trex for the flooring and aluminum for the handrails and framing of the screened area. Access is from the dining room area and off of the kitchen,
The Corgi kennel area. There are three different running areas and a 16 foot wide driveway of sorts down the center. We're waiting on gravel to be delivered and then we'll get a building from one of our local dealers to go in the driveway. The runs will have our current 10x10 kennels with roofs moved into them for some shade and protection from quick storms. The dogs can go into the building in their little kennels at night if needed.
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Main floor.
This is the little hallway coming from the garage. There's a full bathroom and a linen closet on the left. On the right is the laundry room/pantry. I'm standing in the kitchen taking this pic.
This is going to pretty much be my wife's soaking bathroom and a guest bathroom for upstairs. It's the only tub in the house.
Laundry/pantry. I'm going to hang some shelves up on the wall above the counters for storage. This will hold laundry stuff, dry food stores, and some kitchen equipment that seldom gets used.
Kitchen.
Open floor plan, so this is me standing about where the dining room table goes. Kitchen to the right. Looking into the formal living room and front door.
Stairwell.
We went a little weird for our master suite. We have a walk through closet that has openings to the bedroom and the master bathroom. We have a closet system ordered that should be installed on Monday.
Looking in to the walk through closet. That door you can see is the bathroom door.
In the closet. Left door is bathroom. Right door is bedroom.
Looking out of the closet toward the kitchen.
The bedroom. It's relatively small. All we're going to have in there is the king bed, two night stands, and a TV hanging from the wall. Maybe a small corner chair later on. No "chester drawers" or anything like that is needed because we are going to have that large closet.
"My" bathroom. Toilet position was supposed to be on the long wall facing the shower wall but I didn't like it there. I made the decision to have the back of it on that window. Blinds will be going there for sure! lol.
We had a furniture delivery today before I left so there are a few pieces in the house now.
The giant king bed and night stands in the master.
The temp furniture for the living room. Our custom ordered stuff won't be ready for several more months, so we picked some stuff off the floor. The leather is a very dark green. Nice stuff. The couch, love seat, and recliner will go in the TV room downstairs when the other stuff gets here.
I'll get the basement loaded up after I get back from the gym tonight.
This is the little hallway coming from the garage. There's a full bathroom and a linen closet on the left. On the right is the laundry room/pantry. I'm standing in the kitchen taking this pic.
This is going to pretty much be my wife's soaking bathroom and a guest bathroom for upstairs. It's the only tub in the house.
Laundry/pantry. I'm going to hang some shelves up on the wall above the counters for storage. This will hold laundry stuff, dry food stores, and some kitchen equipment that seldom gets used.
Kitchen.
Open floor plan, so this is me standing about where the dining room table goes. Kitchen to the right. Looking into the formal living room and front door.
Stairwell.
We went a little weird for our master suite. We have a walk through closet that has openings to the bedroom and the master bathroom. We have a closet system ordered that should be installed on Monday.
Looking in to the walk through closet. That door you can see is the bathroom door.
In the closet. Left door is bathroom. Right door is bedroom.
Looking out of the closet toward the kitchen.
The bedroom. It's relatively small. All we're going to have in there is the king bed, two night stands, and a TV hanging from the wall. Maybe a small corner chair later on. No "chester drawers" or anything like that is needed because we are going to have that large closet.
"My" bathroom. Toilet position was supposed to be on the long wall facing the shower wall but I didn't like it there. I made the decision to have the back of it on that window. Blinds will be going there for sure! lol.
We had a furniture delivery today before I left so there are a few pieces in the house now.
The giant king bed and night stands in the master.
The temp furniture for the living room. Our custom ordered stuff won't be ready for several more months, so we picked some stuff off the floor. The leather is a very dark green. Nice stuff. The couch, love seat, and recliner will go in the TV room downstairs when the other stuff gets here.
I'll get the basement loaded up after I get back from the gym tonight.
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