STx
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- Joined
- Oct 13, 2014
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- Location
- Bandera, Tx
- Tractor
- New Holland TC40 DA, Deere 17D, Hyster SX50 forklift, Case D450, Kubota ZD1011-54, International Dump Truck, Kubota SVL-952S, Volovo EC250DL
It'll be 4 or 5 years before we can build our forever house. In the meantime, we've been living in a 325 sq/ft Morgan Building and it's getting a little tight so we've decided to make a couple of addition. Today, we started drilling holes for the pier foundation. This will be a 2 story 20x20 addition for a bedroom, office, closet and bath. We're probably going to just rough in the bath as we've got a lot of stuff in the apartment in Houston that we need to get moved down here so we can downsize that to a 1 bedroom for our daughter. I'm going to pour 50# concrete wafers in the bottom of the holes with rebar stirrups in them and then pour 8x8 piers on top of those around the rebar to tie them together. It'll be a couple of weeks to finish the foundation with cure time and then things should start going fast. I like framing, siding, electrical, plumbing, etc., I hate the finish work. Fortunately, the finish work is what my wife excels at.
The TSC PTO post hole digger did a better job than I expected. I did water the area for 20 straight hours first though, we've had less than an inch of rain in the last 8 weeks so the ground is otherwise like concrete.
The TSC PTO post hole digger did a better job than I expected. I did water the area for 20 straight hours first though, we've had less than an inch of rain in the last 8 weeks so the ground is otherwise like concrete.