DynoDave
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Post by DynoDave on Sept 21, 2010 11:13:01 GMT -5
Fast progress!
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Post by eckertc1 on Sept 22, 2010 12:23:12 GMT -5
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Post by DynoDave on Sept 22, 2010 14:12:26 GMT -5
Lifting the 20 foot laminated beam into place was one of the most back breaking jobs we did when we built my shop. Be glad you had that part done for you!
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Post by eckertc1 on Sept 22, 2010 14:28:37 GMT -5
as luck would have it, right after they got the back of the garage opened up, a storm blew in. the concrete guys were not able to pour the foundation walls and all work came to a stand still. They put up some plywood to close the hole and everyone went home.
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Post by eckertc1 on Sept 24, 2010 14:04:01 GMT -5
Concrete guys came back in today and waded through the mud to get the forms set and foundation walls poured. It's finally starting to look like something ;D
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Post by hotrodder on Sept 24, 2010 20:09:26 GMT -5
Pumper trucks sure do make life a lil bit easier eh? When I was working for a local construction co, we had to pour a solid wall that was 90' long, 13' high, and like 30" thick... This was to wrap three sides of a building for the most part... I want go into why we had to pour it being the nature of it's purpose and location, but we had several cement trucks full of high pressure concrete... At first the company wanted us to figure out a way to build a ramp so we could push wheel barrows up to the top of the frame and pour it in, yeah right, I don't think so. They finally decided to just bring the pumper truck in, and make quick work of it... I ant to say we used 3/4" rebar too... As for your project, lookin good so far
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Post by Brian aka "NHCharger" on Sept 28, 2010 19:48:42 GMT -5
Very nice. I built my man cave six years ago. I did it all out of pocket, plus I'm a contractor and did 95% of the work myself. It took almost two years to build. Being a contractor my advise is to keep an eye on everything they do. When you haggle a contractor down they will try to make up the difference by cutting corners. When I use to bid on jobs if there was more than 4 others bidding I wouldn't even bother bidding since I never cut corners or used the cheapest products. I spent 20 years in residential construction before becoming a job super for a commercial developer. If you have any questions shoot me a PM.
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Post by eckertc1 on Sept 29, 2010 9:49:25 GMT -5
Thanks Brian.
Unfortunately for the contractor, I also grew up around construction and have spent my fair share of time swinging a hammer and pouring concrete.
They have tried to pull a few quick ones to cut corners and were put back on track very quickly. This does slow the process down a bit but at the end of the day, they will do it right, or I will toss them off the property and get someone else in here.
Lucky for us, the economy has made for some fairly hungry contractors and most of them just want work to keep their crews employed.
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Post by eckertc1 on Oct 2, 2010 11:57:29 GMT -5
They came in and got all the back fill done on Friday. now I just have to wait for them to pour the floor and the construction crew will start the build.
looks like we are still on target for the 2nd or 3rd week in October for finishing up and getting the new charger home. ;D
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Post by eckertc1 on Oct 10, 2010 9:27:22 GMT -5
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