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Old 08-11-11, 06:05 AM   #1
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Slab is done!! 18 yards of poly fiber+cement, 1000ft of 1/2" pex set 1" below the surface of the 4" thick floor.

I think it turned out pretty damn good for having only 1 guy that has done cement work of this type before. I set the forms, foam, pex and rebar. But never poured concrete before. It's nice to have friends in other trades help out.





















Next up is 2 courses of block, then I get to play with sicks finally!!

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Old 08-11-11, 07:09 AM   #2
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Very nice! How much insulation you got under the slab?
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Wow, that's gonna be a real deluxe garage.

Interesting how you did the edge of the slab. I haven't seen that before.

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interesting that I don't see anything to pin the block to the slab. maybe they are only needed here for earthquakes? Up here we usually loop the rebar up and out where the foundation walls will go and then tie into that.
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There is 2" of insulation (R10) under the slab. I live in MN so no earthquakes to worry about here.

This was the first time doing this so it's a learning process...but the edge will be drilled and the blocks will be pinned to the slab that way. I guess I could have had extra rebar and sank it into the edge during the pour...but that would be too easy. lol
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Still working on it. Had a friend come over and lay the corner blocks and left his tools for me to use. I remember watching my grampa build a planter wall around the front of their house when I was a kid. I'm no mason by any means but it has been quite the project. I probably don't get the mileage out of the cement buy at less than $4 a bag on sale I'd rather use more than not enough.





This wall was the first and the worst. Seems the slab had a small hump in it and the middle of the wall will have a small hump, less than a 1/2 inch in the middle.



Never have enough bricks...



I finished three wall sections of 16 feet each. Large windows for letting light in. I also have 2 large double pane tempered glass (light tint) I'll use as skylights to let additional light in. I found them for free in a dumpster. Yes,I've been known to dumpster dive.



A poor man's cement mixer. Worked good for mixing mortar for the bricks.

I still hope to have the chipboard on and shingles before the first snow...alot ahead for one guy. Hope to get the walls raised this next weekend. I still have to pin the blocks to the slab and mortar in the J bolts,but the 2 row of block is basically done and ready for the walls.

Wondering if I should fill the cores with insulation beads. I plan on having 1" of pink foam on the outside of the block and 1/2" on the inside of the block in the garage.

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It's really great that you posted these excellent photos. I learned a lot just looking at your photos.

I think that photos are much more inspiring and informative than words.

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My garage is 24'x24' and it's pretty large.. Yours looks like a monster..

I wonder, if mine was 10 feet longer..?.. Would I be able to park 4 cars in there?

Of course, I wouldn't have any room for all the other stuff in there!


When they built mine, they poured a footing about 6 feet down
and built up a wall (cinder blocks), then poured the floor in afterwards.
Sadly, the water table is high here and one corner is sinking,
and the blocks are coming slowly apart.

I'm not going to worry about it. The next owner will likely demo the
whole place and built one of those millionaire homes here..
That seems to be the trend during this 'depression'.

If you are going to use one or more GDOs, you should check out my post
in the billiards-room section...

http://ecorenovator.org/forum/billia...-gdo-mail.html

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I built one about 10 years ago that was 22 X 38 and you could park 4 cars in it. The rafters were room in attic. But the walls were only 8 feet high. But I don't live there anymore. I wanted to go longer but I just don't have quite enough room to make that work here at this house.

LOL I had to look up GDO, I didn't know what GDO meant....But I have a used screw drive one I got with a 16 X 8 door. The door will be temporary until I can get a nice one with a good R value. The other garage had 2 overhead doors, I didn't like the post in the middle and that is why going with one door. I don't plan on driving in and out much in the winter so heat loss isn't much of a concern as far as that goes.

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More progress. Got the walls lifted up and bolted down.





I decided to add insulation to the blocks where there wasn't a pin or bolt. The outside of the block will have at least 1" pink foam, so i figured for $25 more it couldn't hurt.



I marked one 2 X 10 that's used for the bottom plate and used it as a template for all the others. Then I poured block fill and placed the anchors in, lowered the "template" and waited until the next day and did another section with the same board. The same board is used to drill the bottom plates of every wall section. When the walls were lifted into place every bolt lined up perfectly.









Checking sill for straightness...


(Part of the double 2X4 wall)









Up on the scaffolding nailed together to put up rafters...holy crap its high up there. I don't like heights.



The day before the first rafters were lifted into place.



My Dad brought by his skid steer with a long pole attached to it. (Not his creation, a borrowed home-made super heavy duty extension. lol) We used it to lift the rafters in place. Worked pretty well. One guy on each wall to toenail and we where eating pizza and drinking a beer a couple of hours later.


Now to wait for the inspector to come by...I have other plans for the back 14 feet that has to get approved by him also. So work is at a standstill now.

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