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Sorry for the lack of updates. I have been working like crazy to get things done in the shop and around the house.

My recent project has been to build cabinets for the laundry room and my wife's...

Ecobee is awesome. I would highly recommend.

12' wide!

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My electrical rough-in inspection has been passed. I am hoping to get the final electrical inspection Friday.

My final grading will be done tomorrow and they are going to bury conduit for my...

I was able to get quite a bit more work done over the weekend.

I trenched in all of my downspouts and drained them into the pond. I think trenched in 2" conduit for the feeder from my house to...

Here are a few pictures of the concrete that was put in a couple weeks ago.

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I order lights today. I ended up order 6 of these.


https://www.primelights.com/shop/items/led-6-lamp-t8-stingray-6-highbay-fixture-108-watts-pl-6srhbld108


I think I will need more, but I...

According to our builder, the county I am in has the deepest requirement for post depths. 6' is a long ways down.

The center posts were like 28' long.

Nothing bad happened on this install, they just had to come out and reset the lock heights.

Yes, this is typical for post frame construction. The posts are set 6' deep with a concrete "cookie" to prevent wind uplift.

The slab is 6" thick and the overhang is 4" thick.

I am a little behind on pictures so I thought I would start getting conduit. Below are the pictures of my conduit installation. I was able to get conduit in before the slab was poured.

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They started forming for concrete on Friday. The current plan is to pour the garage slab on Tuesday and form the porch and then come back on Wednesday to pour the porch.


I spent all of Saturday...

Garage doors were installed yesterday. They really look great. I am glad I went back and added the windows in the front doors. They add some more natural light and allow me to see if anyone is...

I talked to the builder today. They are going to have the garage doors installed on Wed or Thurs or this week and will have the concrete complete by the end of next week.


WOOOT WOOOT!

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Well the building is complete up. The gutters will be on today and I am hoping concrete and garage doors will be along shortly. I will get updated pictures up soon.

Well, here the the progress that they made on Thursday and Friday. They have been on site for about 18 hours now. Pretty impressive to say the least.


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Oh happy day! Construction started yesterday.


All the poles are up and they are starting the framing. I will try and post some pictures tonight.

Thanks.

I am getting anxious this morning waiting for the builder!

Ok, so finally an update. The excavator came out and put another drain in and we also put a culvert under my driveway to deal with some standing water.

He started at the front of the pad where...

52 miles round trip

So here are a few updated pictures.

Building pad and house from pond dam.
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Building pad from driveway. The line of gravel is where the french drain is....

So we have a new plan, that I am hoping will happen this week. The builder is going to send out a 2 man crew to drill ALL of the holes for the building posts. The purpose of this is to determine how...

I thought about doing this, but I think I would rather have a well insulated building. I will add plenty of lights inside.

Thanks for the idea.

I am told that the inspector will not approve the holes if there is standing water in them. I am going to call the inspector and ask for myself.