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[67HEAVEN]

I've already taken one trailer load of upper cupboards, 1/2 of the lower cupboards, wall tiles, flooring and plywood underlay to the landfill. Cost $45 to unload. :eyerole

Soon, the remaining lower cupboards will be in the trailer.

Who has more fun? :W otfl

 

[67HEAVEN]

Can't get to the garage until the kitchen is finished.

I think I was a Viking in another life.

 

[82ColEd]

Gotta make sure you have a place to cook up the food, allright !

For the drainage thing: We have a "French Drain" in the property, something similar to Sr.s, but a bit smaller. They dug a trench dropped a perforated pipe (smaller then the one shown in Sr's pic, much smaller) and it drains the place under the house to the back of the yard. I also had them put in a ball valve (had a reflux issue. ) at the end.. 1 way street for the water..

Hope this helps somewhat.. Keep on planning.. Better planning then having Heaven* got to Hell* (Sorry, planned on using that a long time ago)..



I can dig up the pics if you need them over the weekend.. Just shout.

 

[Rowdy1]

OK General...............

Being your own GC has it's rewards $$$$$ and headaches. What the hell is a Sikorsky? That sign would be down in 30 seconds and replaced with a baracade or a couple cones nightly until completion, then replaced. How far from the tree line after you make the left to the site, is it all field or lawn? Lastly so I can rest easy and sleep tonight, will Doug be on this job too?

 

[Dirtfarmer]

They also have concrete pump trucks that can pump uphill but the cost is not effective unless you're building a high rise.

I've never used the big boom pump trucks but have used smaller pumps that can be towed behind a pick-up. The pump guy will coordinate with the concrete truck so that they show up at the same time. They're not that expensive (not around here anyway) and we've used them to pump as little as 7 yards.

Also, before planning to go through the farmer's field roads for access, you might want to ask the concrete company what they think. I know those trucks weigh a lot and the last thing a driver wants is to be stuck.

Good Luck.

 

[67HEAVEN]

What the hell is a Sikorsky?

How far from the tree line after you make the left to the site, is it all field or lawn?

Immediately after the trees. I just walked over and checked. The winter wheat is now 6 inches tall and green. The land is sopping wet. If a cement truck went in there, we'd never see him again.

Lastly so I can rest easy and sleep tonight, will Doug be on this job too?

That depends on whether he ever gets his house finished. He's up to his armpits with his projects too.

 

[67HEAVEN]

I've never used the big boom pump trucks but have used smaller pumps that can be towed behind a pick-up. The pump guy will coordinate with the concrete truck so that they show up at the same time. They're not that expensive (not around here anyway) and we've used them to pump as little as 7 yards.

Dirtfarmer,
That's a great suggestion. I've never heard of that. Thanks.

Something like this, I'll bet.

How in Hell* did anything ever get done before the Internet?

 

[JohnZ]

When we built our new home in 2000, they used a pumper truck when they poured our basement walls (100' long, 35' wide); took 120 yards, and the pumper truck only moved once - steady stream of transit-mix trucks kept feeding the pumper until they were done.

 

[Dirtfarmer]

Dirtfarmer,
That's a great suggestion. I've never heard of that. Thanks.

Something like this, I'll bet.

How in Hell* did anything ever get done before the Internet?

That's it right there. We've used these to pump into backyards, under houses, up and down hills, etc. You'll want to find out how far you need to pump and make sure the pump guy has enough hose to reach. This will also give the pumper an idea if he needs to bring any extra labor to drag the hose.

 

[bossvette]

Bob as far as crops go winter wheat is the first to come off in midsummer. I don't know when you plan to build but you may have several months of good weather with nothing in the field. If he is a "No-till" farmer you may be in luck.
Visit your neighbor and ask his advice.

 

[67HEAVEN]

Bob as far as crops go winter wheat is the first to come off in midsummer. I don't know when you plan to build but you may have several months of good weather with nothing in the field. If he is a "No-till" farmer you may be in luck.
Visit your neighbor and ask his advice.

Will do, Craig. I had already planned to show him print-outs of my flood photos, and ask permission to build a berm along the property line, using access from his side. By the way, what better way to get rid of all the dirt I'll pull out of the driveway excavation than using it for a berm?

I'll add the materials-delivery access road idea to our conversation.

I'm going to rent me one of the small front-end loader (bobcat???) type thingies and prepare the driveway path myself. Should be fun playing with that thing. :W

 

[Mac]

I'm going to rent me one of the small front-end loader (bobcat???) type thingies and prepare the driveway path myself. Should be fun playing with that thing. :W

Bobcats are fun and fairly easy to use but a skilled operator will make very short work of what would take amateur operators hours to complete. It might be worth your while to poll the local excavator companies for pricing for both your construction site prep and your driveway prep... OR check with your farming neighbour. He likely knows someone in the area who would rent you equipment (yes, farmers often have bobcats) or would do the work for much less cost than bringing in an excavator & bobcat. Country folks tend to know those kind of things... and he'll appreciate your confidence in him... after he stops laughing about you city folks trying to bring citified garages into the country.

-Mac

 

[Jistari]

True about renting the bobcat (or a backhoe) vs. getting an experienced operator to do it. I used one to do a small (25 foot) circular cutout to put my pool in on a hill alongside the house. Had the machine for a day or two (also cleared up other stuff on the property, but most of the time was on the pool site). Maybe it was the fact of trying to cut a level circle on the side of a hill with the machine on an angle, but couldn't get it right.
Contractor friend came over with his machine and was done with it in ten minutes
I hear ya when you say "you like to swing a hammer", I like to try stuff too. Just passing along that guys that do it all the time can make pretty short work of what to me looks simple but at times doesnt turn out to be so simple when I try and do it ;-)

BTW, my garage is just wide enough to open the doors on a C5 to get out with an extra five or six feet infront of the car and nothing in back......so this garage your planning has me drooling

Good luck with that

 

[Jistari]

BTW, if you do decide to rent something you might be looking for a rubber tire backhoe (about the size of a pickup truck) instead of the bobcat. The one I got was like $150 a day delivered.
The bobcat is nice but if you are taking a foot off you may run into rocks and things that the backhoe will pluck right out where the bobcat really just pushes and grades. The backhoe is more maneuverable (murdered the spelling on that), and can be used for other things you may want to straighten out on your site. I pulled and moved five stumps and straightened out some big rocks along the driveway before i did the pool ;-) And yes, it was great fun to play with

 

[67HEAVEN]

Thanks for all the suggestions. I'll use many of them.

Here's the latest. I visited my land developer/builder friend in Toronto today on business, and as an aside, showed him the photo of the garage design that I like. I mentioned that I'll be farming it off to a local architect, but he said to forget that.......his guys will handle it all in-house. No, I didn't ask....he offered.

So, I'm hiring a surveyor to get an up-to-date topographic survey (including land contours and trees) done a.s.a.p.

Meanwhile, his in-house VP of Design is going to work up a set of sketches (with a few minor changes that I want) for my approval, and subsequently transform it all into plans that the town can approve as a garage, and a second set of drawings for........wait for it.......for the future conversion of the garage into a house when the time comes to sell off the property. The lot is plenty large enough to sever in two some day, and then I'll have two homes to sell.

The idea is to include much of the house infrastructure in the garage during initial build making the conversion much easier when the time comes.

I'm starting to feel a tingle in strange places. otfl

 

[Rowdy1]

Right, Wrong Or........

Indifferent, that's how I've always done things. Spending the time to get to know the right people that will help you, not rape you. I just dug a footing for a new garage last weekend, total cost to my friend, "maybe" $500, food and beer. The Cat excavator alone should have been $1,000 a day, without the trucks and labor. You keep at it there young gun, we'll get you a geerage built el dirto cheapo. I have to agree with the equipment rentals, a Bobcat will only do so much, a nice Cat 160 track machine will do anything.

 

[Dirtfarmer]

.....for the future conversion of the garage into a house when the time comes to sell off the property. The lot is plenty large enough to sever in two some day, and then I'll have two homes to sell.

Very Cool!

Can't wait to see the progress.

 

[67HEAVEN]

The surveyor is coming next week. Turns out that he knows the gentleman I bought the house from very well. In fact, his company (under an earlier owner) laid out the original lots in the area way back in 1962. It's a small world after all.

So, the first $1,500.00 is committed. Looks like the project is officially underway.

On Saturday, my neighbour and I will drop the one pine tree that's in the way of the new "grassy-paver" driveway.

Oh, and I'll be installing the new kitchen floor on Sunday, and getting ready to install the new kitchen cupboards next week. You do remember the kitchen part of this story, no? otfl

I've already fixed the plaster where the wall-tile adhesive messed it up when I removed the tiles.

Don't stop me now. I'm having way too much fun.

 

[67HEAVEN]

By the way, the surveyor mentioned that he would indicate natural drainage avenues on the survey. I told him I'll show him some photos that'll make his day.

 

[67HEAVEN]

I spent Saturday afternoon felling a 55-foot pine that was where the new drive is going. I hated to drop it, but there are at least 30 other mature trees on the property, and I promise to plant at least 10 more to atone for this one.