My New Digs

[Vegas69]

Thanks fellas... Foundation is going to be poured next week.

[CarlC]

Originally Posted by Vegas69

Thanks fellas... Foundation is going to be poured next week.

Good call on the slope. When it's raining and the wind blows just right there is water intrusion that makes a a bit of a mess at my place.

If I get the chance to a custom garage 3' high concrete stub walls are a must. It keeps the drywall away from the power washing.

[Yelcamino]

The house looks awesome! Congrats!

[waynieZ]

On my garage we put a piece of 3"x3" angle iron at the inside of the door 1/2" above the outside concrete to act as a stop for wind blown rain. It works killer. you attach it to the opening like an L facing in, then all you see of it is the top of one edge. We just had a winter storm with 65 mph winds blowing directly at it and it stayed dry.

[jarhead]

Hi Todd,
They sloped my 24x28 garage and I don't care for it.

Too fast of a slope near the side walls and it makes it hard to "arrange" things. Tool boxes roll, sandblaster had to be shimmed on the front legs, shelves shimmed, etc.

Although they did a great job on it otherwise and in 19 years it hasn't heaved or cracked. I live in Colorado so maybe they were trying t keep the water off the sill, and I built the structure and could be they didn't trust me to keep it dry?

Fortunately I took half of the 24x40 pole barn I built for my car projects so now I have a dedicated space, and all I do in the garage is park and storage.

Thought I would mention it.

Joe

[glassman]

Congrat's. Great floor plan. Might have to copy it someday....I like the living room only plan, great room, its all we really need...

No slope if your planning on lift later. You can always do 1/8" per foot, you wont feel it, but like greg said, easy to hose off.
Also, i used the rustoleum at home depot, did it myself. 14 years ago did beige/tan then three years ago went gray (right over it). No problems with hot tire adhesion, but, Vegas, not so sure. However, it only cost $200 and my 1.5 hour of labor.

How tall are the ceilings?

[Flash68]

Since the "shop" is attached to the house really what are your plans for fireproofing, sprinklers, etc? I know we discussed this before somewhere...

[glassman]

Are sprinklers required in the entire house? here in Livermore it is, most people say its a pain in the a__, too expensive, too much leak liability etc etc. My response is, "you ever see a child in a burn unit?"

YOu having the GC do everything up to sheetrock or is he/she doing finish as well?

[Vegas69]

Originally Posted by BigBronco

Look forward to seeing the completion of this!

Me too

Originally Posted by vdrivinmike

Very cool, looks like great location. Which direction from downtown and the strip?


Mike

I'm Southeast almost to Boulder City on the South side of the 95. Mission Hills

Originally Posted by Flash68

Since the "shop" is attached to the house really what are your plans for fireproofing, sprinklers, etc? I know we discussed this before somewhere...

The entire house will have fire sprinklers. I'm also using blown in cellulose in the attic and it's supposed to be best for fire. This is all one story so no living space is above the garage.

Originally Posted by glassman

Are sprinklers required in the entire house? here in Livermore it is, most people say its a pain in the a__, too expensive, too much leak liability etc etc. My response is, "you ever see a child in a burn unit?"

YOu having the GC do everything up to sheetrock or is he/she doing finish as well?

He's there all the way through cert of occupancy. Glad I hired him. I'm out there everyday, but it's just accountability and making sure the details are getting done. I have caught a few mistakes already that have been rectified or will be. He cut me a square deal and I wouldn't save any money without him. He's saved me money on framing, plumbing, and concrete already. His subs like to make him happy and that helps me. Plus I have his eye of everything and I don't know any better in many cases. Between my young family, my real estate team, and crossfit, I probably wouldn't sleep if I was owner/builder. I'm really enjoying it! They chalked out the walls today and I got to walk through the house for the first time. Pretty cool!

[Flash68]

So... epoxy or polished floors?