My New Digs

[Vegas69]

Originally Posted by DFRESH

Very cool Brother!! A dream realized! Would love to come see it when it's done and catch up with you and the family!

Doug

Thank you my friend! We'd be excited to have you and the family. I'll definitely give you a heads up when it's done. You know how these custom projects go. HA

I decided on a level slab with a pitch the last 4' to keep the rain out. Looking like concrete within 7-10 days and framing starting on the 29th.

[waynieZ]

Your going to have a sweet set up Todd. Very Nice.

[Stuart Adams]

Congrats Todd. Looks amazing.

[Lenie]

Great looking future Todd

[Flash68]

Originally Posted by Vegas69

I decided on a level slab with a pitch the last 4' to keep the rain out.

So what is the pitch on that last 4 feet?

[Vegas69]

Thanks fellas!

They poured my foundation today and stripped the garage footing forms. They pour my garage tomorrow. It will be flat until the last 3' of the daily driver side and last 5.5' of my shop. The shop side is deeper and the slope will line up. He told me the slope and I think it's 1/8" per foot. I'm just hoping to keep the rain out. You know, best of both worlds. I'm a pain in the ass! I was talking to the concrete super that works for my GC and told him I'm a bit of an anal bastard. He said, That's what I heard. I do it with grace so that makes it ok, right? I always tell my GC, I know what I want.

For instance, they had my water supply lines to my island laying in the dirt before the type 2 and sand. I said, let's sleeve those babies so I don't have to jack hammer up my kitchen in 15 years! Done It's a custom house and I'm putting my best foot forward. I love the details.

You should see a deeper area in my shop where the concrete will be 6" deep for my TWO POST lift. That's what real mechanics and MEN use. Ha Ha Ha Couldn't help myself.

[SSLance]

Looking good... There are several stages of this process that are more exciting than others, Slab poured, framing finished, and finish details after drywall are my favorites.

Doing a custom build is fun...adding details like you have done is cool. I remember adding PVC sleeves under the front sidewalk so my gutter downspouts wouldn't just lay on the sidewalk. Back in 1993 our house was the only one around to have such a thing, now they all do it back in the Midwest.

There are times when I'd really like to do that on our new one...like right now when I'm trying to figure out a way to get more power to the RV garage. It would be so simple to run a bigger line to the sub panel now but that is not in the cards with this builder. I'm trying to bribe the pool contractor to run more power than he needs for the pool equipment at the back of the shop but he says that will require re-permitting and I can't let that cause any delays either.

I'll probably end up cobbling it in after the fact down the road, conduit through the house garage and buried to a second panel in the shop. What a PITA but it is what it is...

[Vegas69]

I love a project and custom build, but it does come with a cost as you know. You CAN save money on a tract house if you don't go bananas on upgrades. Up here, the builders mark everything up tremendously. Some things are close to double the actual cost. They make a bunch of their profit in mark ups. I have my fingers on every number and cost, it comes down to will power. Do I really need it? HA

[GregWeld]

I remember building our first house (first to actually build rather than buy existing)..... We're doing a lot of things to it that we WANT..... The agent says to me one day ---- "you know,...... you're house is not going to appreciate the same as your neighbors."

My response - I'm not building an investment, I'm building "MY HOME".... and "I" will APPRECIATE it every day.

[Flash68]

^ I see what you did there...