Where is mopower440

[chucko]

Did he not say instpection was monday?

 

[mopower440]

Still waiting..monday it rained all day and he did not show up. I called and he was on his way down yesterday but i was at work, he called back yesterday afternoon, said he had been here, everything looked good but he wanted to come back when i was here, so he's supposed to be here again in a half hour, ill let you guys know.

 

[Junkman]

I mailed him a big <font color="red">RED</font> STOP WORK order to nail to the building. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[mopower440]

Thats what i was expecting to see when i got home yesterday..lol.., but when he called, i asked him if everything looked ok, he said yes and that i had nothing to worry about..he just wants to come again when im here to get on the same page as me as what im going to do for the rest of the build, like siding and flooring and such, he didnt show up today, maybe tomorrow, he said he never knows whats going to pop up, so i dono..

 

[mopower440]

well, the inspector came today, he is very pleased with my work, believe it or not..lol..!! Keep in mind he builds pole barns on the side and is very knowledgeable, he was really impressed with how well i had the trusses anchored to the truss supports, i was happy that he was happy, thats for sure..heres where i am at and another question..lol..I have a neighbor that used to do concrete and he said he would love to step in and supervise/help pour the floor, so i said ok, he said he wants to do it in 2 sections though, do 1 side, then the other side the next week as he is now running a mail route from here to PA..what he wants to do is divide it right down the middle of the building using a 2x4 divider, that way we could also screed off the divider board, he said when he used to do this, he would hammer stakes in the ground down the center of the building to hold the divider in place and to hold the concrete in..the problem here is that there is no way to nail stakes in this rocky as heck soil, just no way, i cut a wedge in the end of a short 2x4 today and tried 3 of them, everytime they would get destroyed because of rock. He doesnt really know of any other way. I thought of this, taking a bunch of long 2x4's and attach them to the backside of the divider and run them to the base boards of the wall not being poured at the time..kinda like arms holding the board, i ran it by the inspector and thought it would work, he also does his own concrete, hes never encountered this rock problem, but thought my idea would be fine with a 4" slab..just wondering what you all think or if you have any other ideas on this? BTW, for the last 1 1/2 weeks, we have been shoveling gravel into the pole barn, finally got it all in and leveled out and compacted today, lots of hard work..now all i need to do is get this divider run down the center and it will be ready to be poured..

 

[TC18guy]

how about driving in rebar or short lenghts of pipe instead? if you can drive them just below the screed board, you could finish the next section of concrete right over them.

 

[Bird]

Driving wooden stakes and nailing them to the divider board is probably the most common way, but in cases like yours, I think I'd just use a large quantity of steel stakes (maybe just cut a lot of rebar for stakes). They won't be attached to the divider board, but you could probably find a few places you could drive wooden stakes for that purpose.

 

[Bird]

Good idea, Mike. You typed faster than me. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[chucko]

remind me how big this barn is? Why can't the pour all be done at the same time?

But year the re-bar "should" work

 

[RobertN]

Use metal stakes. Rent a rotary hammer drill. Find the exact spot where the stake needs to be. Roto hammer a pilot hole, and then drive the stake. It is a pain, but it works; I helped my contractor buddy do that exact thing last week in our fine El Dorado County Gabbro rock...

Two pours is a good idea. Getting that much mud down takes people to move it and people to finish it. Sounded like it would be you and one or two others...

Second, you need room to work long tools; bull float, fresno, long groover ect. If you do two pours, you can afford yourself room to work.

 

[mopower440]

Chucko, its 24x30

 

[rambler]

Inspection????? I was gone 2 weeks, and I missed it all! Which thread is the inspection story in?????

--->Paul

 

[Inspector507]

This thread.......read up a little

 

[mopower440]

ok, i still have not made up my mind between wood siding or metal siding, i was dead set on metal, but after cutting the metal for the roof and seeing how much of a pain it is to keep the cut straight, im afraid that if i use metal siding, with all the cuts i am going to have to make for the windows, doors, and the gable ends where it meets the slop of the roof, that i will have a messy looking job, i can definately keeps the cuts straight with wood, if i use wood, it will either be t1-11 or smart siding, wich looks just like T1-11 on the outside, but the backside of it is OSB instead of plywood like the T1-11. wondering wich would be the better choice out of the 2 wood sidings? Wich would not soak up the paint as much, i know i heard that the T1-11 uses a lot of paint because it absorbs it like a sponge..

 

[rambler]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( This thread.......read up a little )</font>

Something must have kicked in an inspection tho, Chucko wondered about it as the very first message of this thread, and couldn't find anything about a surprise inspection in any of the other shed messages....

Me, I view wood as a 5 year solution, needs repainting. While tin is a 20 year solution. A little more work now is worth missing 4 repainting projects.... /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif I live in a humid summers area, wood rots. Strand/chip board swells & falls apart if not well coated with paint at all times. Prefer tin.

--->Paul

 

[mopower440]

no, it was not a suprise inspection..lol..i called him to tell him i was getting ready to have the floor poured and he is suposed to inspect the footings first, he said all i have left is the final inspection when everything is complete.