Re: Jim\'s Pole Barn Project - hopefully
Thanks for the compliments and thanks for taking the time to view my thread. This has been a fun project - but a lot of work too. It has "put me in my place" a few times so to speak. I've learned a lot by doing it, been humbled a few times, but at the same time I'm really enjoying the fruits of my labor. I need to get some more pictures posted. The rest of the siding is on except for 1 little strip along the top of each side. Started doing that Sunday night until a quick storm blew in. Only last about a half hour, but by that time the tools were all put away and so was my Gung-ho. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif I spent today changing the water line around a little bit. I wasn't happy how I had brought it in and my wife wanted a water line run to her flower garden/pond. I had decided that I wasn't going to rent a trencher and go through all the trouble to put in a frost free hydrant. The flowers don't need watered in the winter. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif I figured I would just pull it with the sub-soiler and blow it out before winter with the air compressor and maybe put some RV antifreeze in it if I want to be overly cautious though probably not. I thought, why not we have had some rain, shouldn't be too bad? /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif I had a couple of places I wanted to dig by hand, right beside the garage and around the gas line. Remember what I said about being humbled, man that ground was rock hard. IF, IF you were lucky you got a couple ounces with each shovel full. Too make a long story short, ended up being lucky and only took 2 trips to Lowes /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif - one to buy a 4" elbow to fasten behind the sub-soiler because the 2" was too tight to pull the line through. The second was because I had a little leak once I had a every put together clear back at the main line coming into the garage - before the shut-off valve. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif. As I was putting this back together I snapped off one of the PVC fittings /forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif so back to Lowes to get replacements - I bought a couple extra while I was there. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif Made me /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif, I ruined my valve too. It is a threaded PVC valve but it broke flush. I didn't have the time or energy to get it apart yet. I'll post pictures when I get a chance, but it looks like some type of bad science experiment gone bad with all of the valves so close together - 4 of them. One for the main line coming in, 1 going to the garage itself (won't really be needed once the rest of the plumbing is completed but needed for now), 1 to shut the water off to the flower garden, and one to shut off where I'll blow the air and/or antifreeze in from. Now I just need to get some pipe insulation to keep it away from concrete when we pour - hopefully around the first of September.
As far as Upper Sandusky, I'm guessing maybe 2 1/2 half - 3 hours. Don't remember how long it really took us the last time we went to Cedar Point. Though, I do remember I made pretty good time on the way there. Way back was another story, they didn't post a detour sign and we ended up driving for about 2 hours and was only 15 minutes from Cedar Point. /forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif
Good luck on the barn/garage. We probably should've waited until we had saved more money. But so far we've been able to do everything w/o borrowing any money. Though we have taken advantage of Lowes 12 mo. deal. Our siding comes do in April. Perfect timing for tax return. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif Be sure to post pictures of yours. I like to look at other people's projects.