BBC71Nova
Thats exactly what its for. When we poured it the sun was out and it was very windy the next day which sometimes dryies the top too fast. When we did work for the state they wouldn't let us strip abutments for 7 days. I figure I'm home so why not.
OLDFLM
Only problem is them I would have to explain where all the parts come from lolplus when I get the car back sitting in it making those engine noises gets embarassing when they watch through the window.

Been awhile since I scolled down to this sub forum. I see you finally got this garage off to a good start with all the issues you had up front. Glad your contractors are coming through for you. Looks like you'll have a good winter project ahead for yourself setting things up interior wise for your needs.

Great progress!!

My contractor came by today to check the walls for level and put the sill plates on. He checked it with a level and it was only 1/16" in any of the places he checked. Which was along side all the bolts.

Here are a couple of pictures of what they did.

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w...lplates001.jpg

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w...lplates002.jpg

He also pulled down the soffit and a corner board to see where the top plate is so he can measure for the wall hieght. It looks like I will have 12' + from the floor to top plate. The reason I will get that much is because the second floor has 2x10 joists with a top plate that the roof rafters sit on. which gives me the extra hieght. He said he might be able to get more but I will have to see what it will look like on the outside. I don't want it to look funky.
We are waiting for the trusses to be done. They will be dilivered next week. He is building a house in the next town over and he's roofing it. He has a man lift he will use to put up the trusses here but also needs to get the roof done. He's great to work with so he said he would like to finnish the roof so he could move the lift only once. When he finnishes the roof he will be here until the garage is done unless we have weather bad enough to prevent him working here.
Before he left he took some measurements for the door and window headers. We still need to discuss where I want the door to enter the house from the garage. Hopefully it all goes as planned. The tuffest part is explaining to my wife why its not done yet. I would hate to work for here. :willy:

What's your plan to treat the stem wall? Rock facing it or firing it out and continuing the siding or?

Looks great Wayne... she'll be a "shed" in no time! :yes:

Thanks Greg The out side will have the sheeting run past the the top of the wall 12 to 18" with the siding. Maybe a little more, we'll see when the time comes. I was wondering if I should prime and paint the back side of the sheeting that goes down past the the sill plate to protect it from dampness? Any suggestions?

It certainly wouldn't hurt to "seal" it on the back side until you get above the wall. It won't see the light of day - so UV protection etc doesn't come into play but water 'wicks' and build up of snow etc and you could certainly get moisture up behind there. It's the old an ounce of prevention rule...

That's awesome Wayne. Good to see some progress.
I'm with you. Maybe better to keep that bay window blocked so the "Misses" doesn't see any "new" parts coming and going. lol
Take care bud.:thumbsup: :cheers:

I got a call the trusses were on their way and less the half hour later they got dropped off. Here's some pictures.

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w...liverey002.jpg

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w...liverey003.jpg

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w...liverey001.jpg

It looks like we're still looking at a Thursday start. I can't wait!

Awesome Wayne. It will be dried in no time. Keep the pics coming.

Hurry up before the Cold and Snow come.

Looking great! If you are worried about it just use PT sheathing on the bottom. :thumbsup:

We use this a lot here in the NW on buildings....seems to work great!

I'm very excited for you Wayne! Planning to host Turkey dinner out there? :thumbsup:

NO WAY Tony someone might drip gravy on the new floor! ( You've never seen my wifes nephews eat before.) lol
I have the electric company engineer coming tomorrow to tell me where we need to put the temporary power. I hope she's reasonable.

I can see you going crazy over some spilled gravy...but later down the road a little Chevy Orange over spray put a smile on your face! :lol:

Mix some chevy orange with the gravy......chevy gravy!

The way they chow down they wouldn't even know it was in there.

Awesome update Wayne. Hope it continues to go smoothly for you.:thumbsup:

Got some framing lumber delivered today. They will be here tomorrow to start the framing.

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w...elivery001.jpg
Doesn't look like much does it.

We also had the engineer from the electric company come by and tell us where we could put the temp power for the house. It had to be moved because it would run right over the garage roof which is a no no. They did let me put a single temp service where I thougt we would need two poles. As long as the inspector alows it run on the ground in PVC temporarlly.
I'm going to try out the work the doctor did on my heart today. I'm going to try to dig the hole for the temp service. Ofcorse its raining. I'll have some pictures tomorrow.

Hope the weather cooporates while they frame it up for you Wayne. It's always exciting during the framing stage. You get the most wow factor when walls and rafters start going up.

Good luck with that!

Thanks Ed The weather is suposed to be mostly sunny until next Wednesday.
I dug the hole for the power with no problems!
Diging this was the most fun I've had for a long time. My wife and kids are like mother hens when I do something ever sense I had to quit working. First my wife comes home and wants to help. So I gave her the 5' bar to break up the wash out from the concrete truck. She was doing pretty good but I told her to go in the house it was raining lightly. So she goes in the house and sits in the bay window to keep an eye on me to make sure I'm ok. So my two bosses of the house watched me dig.

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w...rypower001.jpg

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w...rypower002.jpg

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w...rypower003.jpg

Then my daughter shows up and wants to help so I used the bar and she used the post hole digger. Trying to teach her to use them was like the Keystone cops out there. She was getting mad every time she only brought up a stone which only made me laugh more. Which she didn't think was funny. lol I told her it took 2 hours to dig 3' 1/2 hour for me to do the first 2-1/2 feet then 1-1/2 hours for the last 6" with her help. I had such a good time out there with them.

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w...rypower006.jpg

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w...rypower005.jpg

Awesome update Wayne. Good to see that your wife and daughter getting in on the garage build! :thumbsup: :cheers:

Good deal! :thumbsup: :cheers:

lol, that's great. At least they were involved. Great story. :D

Thats very cool, your a lucky man, you've got great family watching out for you. :thumbsup:
looking forward to seeing the framing go up.

Rich

Great story! Too funny, and so true in most all of our homes as well....

Well excited as hell WE HAVE LIFT OFF !! They got the first sectoin of wall up. This is so sweet!
Here are a few pictures.
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w...goingup001.jpg

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w...goingup003.jpg

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w...goingup005.jpg

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w...goingup006.jpg

And the off loaded the temp power set up. Sorry for all the pictures.

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w...goingup002.jpg

You've got to be excited!!! It's gonna be so cool to see it go up and see how it changes the look of your home! :thumbsup:

I can already tell that it'll help soften the hardness of your neighbor's big white house next door!

:cool: pimp

:woot: This is awesome! Keep the pics coming! :woot:

Well we had a good day today got three of the four walls up. The only one not up is one that ties into the house its only eight feet long. Here are some more pictures of the progress.

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w...goingup009.jpg

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w...goingup010.jpg

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w...goingup018.jpg

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w...goingup015.jpg

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w...goingup016.jpg

And here's the guy who had the worst job of the day.

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w...goingup008.jpg

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w...goingup007.jpg

I drilled a hole in a 2x4 to help him by holding t he ground rod from bouncing all over the place. But still glad I didn't have to do it.
Tomorrow they will finnish the last wall and sheet it . We need an inspection from the electrical dept. Then he sends the ticket to the power company to inspect it . Then they put in for a demo permit from elec. co. Then they come to move the power wire to the temp service. I don't even want to think how long this deal is going to take. The top of the front wall is already touching the telephone wires and the power is only 3-4 feet higher.

Cool Garage build
 

Looking better all the time!

Good thing OSHA didn't drive by! Not that I haven't done worse! lol :_paranoid.

Looking real good! Looks like the weather is decent?

Tony SHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!:_paranoid The guy on the other side was just as high but on a shorter ladder.
When they started this morning it was raining but it cleared up by 9:30 and 75 degrees. Sunny tomorrow but the 70's went ba by.

looking good!!! Keep the pics coming :thumbsup:
Rich

They got all the siding up today. Here are some pictures of the progress.

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w...goingup007.jpg

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w...goingup009.jpg

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w...goingup010.jpg

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w...goingup014.jpg
The opening in the wall is for my through wall A/C unit..

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w...goingup013.jpg

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w.../siding002.jpg
Finnished sheating

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w.../siding001.jpg

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w.../siding003.jpg
Looking out the garage door from the front of the house.

These pictures are of the temp power we're hoping the elec. inspector passes so we can get a demo permit from the power co. Then they put you on the list to get it done. Any body in Ma have any pull with National Grid??? If this doesn't happen soon we will be dead in the water. The power is only 3-4' above the top of the front wall.

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w...goingup001.jpg

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w...goingup002.jpg

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w...goingup005.jpg

Looks great. It is coming along nice.

WOW!!! :wow: :wow: Thats what I call progress. looking good wayne.

Very nice Wayne. Making some serious haedway!:thumbsup: :cheers: