How is the virus affecting you?
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Diggin It
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Then it doesn't belong here.
LouNY
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Only if some people try and make it so.
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Garage addition?! :thumbsup: Now that I have decided to not build a dedicated shop and live within the confines of our two car garage, I am thinking of extending it about 8 to 10ft on one end. Interested to learn about your addition if you care to share.Took day off to work on garage addition. Nursing sick cat and old people instead.
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Peter 315
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HAHA...........
riptides
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What? Where does it address or answer a question about the corona virus?
It is a missive about "the state". It is a dog whistle. It offers nothing.
Wake up..to what? Rainbows and unicorns?
It is a missive about "the state". It is a dog whistle. It offers nothing.
Wake up..to what? Rainbows and unicorns?
buckeyefarmer
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It’s been all over FB, who knows who really originated it.
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We are in year 24 or our 5 year house... so out of room. Garage is 24' wide by 20' deep x 10' walls. We are adding a 24' x 24' x 8' high addition strictly for a storage space. This will free up a storage shed I've been renting since the late 90's, and our basement. Garage package is about $5200. Concrete estimates were $6200!
So going to do the concrete myself for under $3000. However, I'm not physically able to do a 24 x 24 pad by myself. I can do 24 x 8. So I'll do it in three - 8' sections. It will have a 12" x 12" rim all the way around. Building inspector originally said it had to have footings and wall below the frost line... 48". For a garage slab? He said it was because it was over 720 square feet. I said it's 576. He said it won't be if it touches the existing garage, you have to add them together. But the original garage doesn't have footings. Doesn't matter. It'll be 1080 when done, so footings are required on the addition. I said my neighbor added a pole barn to the front of his garage and didn't need footings. Inspector said it has posts 48" deep every 8'. I asked if I could put 12" tubes down 48" every 8'? It would be no different, would it? He said that would be fine.
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So, 12 tubes around the perimeter VS 96' of 4' wall.... had I not asked, he'd have not told me.
I'm using 3/8" rebar every 24" and drilling into the side of the existing slab a foot and epoxying the rebar into that as well, so if it does move, it'll take the existing garage with it and stay level.
I spent 2 hours the other night and dug out the pad area. 6" deep at the garage end, and the land slopes up, so it was 18" deep on the side opposite the existing garage. Hauled the spoils about 50 yards to the woods. Having a little nimble machine VS a shovel and wheelbarrow is fantastic.
Set the first form box last night. Got it all level with a water level. Slopes down about an inch for drainage should something happen. Today hauled in 3 loads of #11 crushed limestone and spread that in the box to bring it up to 4" deep. Will compact next. Did that between tending to cat recovering from surgery (ate a toy, got stuck in intestines), hitting stores looking for baby food for cat, hitting greenhouse and buying 6 flats of flowers, hitting store for mother in law who is under the weather...
I'm taking pictures of the garage for a documentary post later. :laughing:
Anyhow, that's how the virus is affecting me.
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Very informative... I wonder if I will run into the same issue with adding a slab to my detached garage? So as to not drift this thread I will wait for your documentary. Good use of your corona time though! My shop is getting lots of attention these days as well. Too bad I wasn't ready to go when this hit (permits, etc.).
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