Trench is filled with 6″ sand, caution tape, and filled with dirt. By hand.
Foundation is backfilled. Next is leveling, then the slab.
So I started putting some walls up.
I spent the day leveling and compacting and leveling and compacting.
At any rate, with any luck, slab poured next week.
Extruded C-300 foam for under the slab, cut outs make 6″ concrete under future hoist:
More walls, waiting on concrete:
We got slab! I neglected to ensure that the ground was level enough, so I ended up with a 6″ pour – that’s 8″ under the hoist posts!
Trusses arrived, so the overhead-door lintel was put in place. This actually took a lot longer than expected, so no roof trusses got done.
Got the trusses up above the machine shop area. Last doubled truss is a girder truss, which supports the end of the scissor trusses.
Trusses are up. Gotta finish the overhang and sheath the roof. Trusses were probably the least fun.
Still trying to beat Old Man Winter and get shingles on ASAP. Got a fair bit done on the back side, hope to finish sheathing the front tomorrow. Hoping….
Today I finished sheathing the entire roof, and got half the front slope shingled.
The shingles took 20 hours by my lonesome. VERY exciting to be inside, dry, while a torrential downpour put my handiwork to the test.
For the framing inspection, I need to show rough-in of doors, windows, gas, and electrical. So I called up the gas guy.
But the gas guy wouldn’t do any gas work without any doors.
And the door guy wouldn’t install without drywall.
And the drywall can’t be done if it isn’t enclosed and warm.
And I can’t do drywall until I pass the framing inspection.
It’s as if these people don’t work together or something.
The inspector gave me the go-ahead to install doors, so that is what I am finalizing at the moment. Also spoke with the Electrical guy to figure out what we need for a plan and materials.
Brought home the Man Door today.
18×9′ Roll up door installed! Anchor Door in Kelowna did a great job!! They also did a matching (but smaller) door on the house garage.
With this, my self-imposed goal of getting to lockup by the fall, was realized.
Workshop heater installed. All wire pulled. Also three network drops and a phone line. Gotta pull coax for cable still, and BX for the heater.
Heater and breaker panel
Further along that wall, moving to the left
The 12×20′ machine shop area
Heading back into the vehicular area
Back at the man door