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[wheelie king]

Got my fill dirt delivered today for what is going to be the foundation for my 26 X 31 metal building. Of course, my daughter had to play on it, and I HAD to conquer it with the beater quad (Beer Tractor). I am truly a kid at heart:lol: :lol: :lol:

[longbedGTs]

:crazy:
:beer

[theonlyjosh]

lmao nice face you made there, that sand looks really nice, the stuff we get up here ishorrible and all rooty, and has *Edited**Edited**Edited**Edited* in it... wierd.

[twgranger]

Must be nice to wear shorts at the end of october.

[Billy Golightly]

Hahaha Greg you weren't kidding when you said you'd have a few beers in you by 4:00 this evening were you?

[wheelie king]

Actually, Billy, I had not had the first drop when that pic was taken. I wish I could blame my behavior on alcohol, but I think I am just nuts.

Yes, It sure is nice to enjoy 79 degree, sunny, clear weather at on Haloween. Gotta love Florida!!!!

You'd be suprised what you get when you pay for high dollar dirt. :D

[wheelie king]

what was just a mound of dirt now is my 24 by 31 foot slab for the huge garage I am building!!! I love it when a plan comes together. I am ordering the metal building on Monday 12-4-06.

[ATC-Eric]

Awesome man!

[Dirtcrasher]

Looks nice, it's a great feeling to finally have a place for storage and to work on things in.

How thick is your pad??

I poured a pad with 3/8 stone mix about 5 years ago. Only 4 inches thick with wire mesh in it. I dug out all the earthy materials and bought a truck of reprocessed concrete and when I wet it down, it got hard as iron. 5 years later and no cracks. I also used a masonry blade the very next morning to groove it up before it got too hard.

Must be nice to not worry about frost!!

[wheelie king]

It is 4 inches thick in the center, with 12 inch footers around the perimeter. It has rebar in the footers, mesh in the center, and the concrete is fibercrete for additional strength. For florida code, I could build a 2 story building on there- that's how strong it is. They are finishing it now and the expansion lines are going to be cut in it on monday.:w00t:

[Dave223]

hey wheelie king,
Did you set the bolts for your building? My bro-in-law and I built one, he had them send out the template and layout for the bolts on th emain beams before we poured the concrete.
Just curious, Dave

[wheelie king]

Actually, I did check into that. I did not set the bolts for the building, and the company installing it said NOT to. THey anchor it with concrete anchors from the top, and this allows for more custom appications, etc. And just as strong.

[Billy Golightly]

Looking good Greg! You'll have room to build a flat tracker now :naughty:

[ATC crazy]

You can never have a garage big enough. We have a 30x34, and it takes close to 30 minutes to re-arrange it so I can fit my truck inside.

[wheelie king]

Here is is so far, I am in the process of making the dividing wall on the inside for the 11 X 24 room in the back. I will have 20 X 24 in the front, and the room in the back-- air conditioned, storage loft above, etc. I love it!

The back room, you ask???? IT'S not like a card table, couches, a mini fridge, and TV are going to go in there or anything!!!! :beer :beer :naughty: :naughty:

Whaddya think????????

[longbedGTs]

I would have to kiss the wife goodbye and move the heck out there! Nice work bro! :beer

[wheelie king]

Thanks for the compliment, and did I mention one of the couches would be a pull out sleeper??????:) :) :) :)

[maggiesboy]

nice, very nice. Do you think my landlord would get upset if I did that in the lawn of the townhose? :D

[johnny's X]

nice garage, iam looking into putting one up. what is the rough number on how much it cost

[Lomax]

Damn greg, I didnt realize when we were talking on the phone thats what you had going on. I was a bit out of it. Looks great man, no wonder your tired.

[r00sty]

mine went up that quickly, tough to do by yourself, and my walls are 16' high, and the building is 24'x40', not to mention the roof pitch is 7-12, so from the point down it's a little over 17', I'll get some pics. Looks good Greg.

[wheelie king]

Everything going as planed, I will have just over 10k in it. Breakdown is like this:
Fill- $300 in fill dirt- I leveled it myself and watered it for 3 weeks so it was packed nice.

Slab- $2900- including permits and finishing- Never lifted a finger and had it done for me.

Building- $6,600 installed- I helped some.:D

Division from garage and rear room- about $750 in lumber, paneling, and hardware. I am doing all the labor for that and running the electric myself.

Overall, well worth the price. It is strong as heck, easy to maintain, and pretty nice looking. I am sure glad that I went with the 10 foot walls, and I would have gone higher but the county code would not allow it in my neighborhood. It is nice to have 15 feet in the center with it all being 100% useable space- no trusses. Concrete block construction would have doubled the price at least. Looks better, but I do not have 30 grand to dump right now.

[Billy Golightly]

Man thats looking great! Now you'll have room to build a flat tracker :D