One step closer (building a garage)

[bmwstudent]

Basically it's just finished with a very "tight" or non porous top. It might be what your referring to as polished. Imagine the finish you see when you walk into a lowes or home depot. I can get pics tomorrow and post them up. I finished the floor with a product called aqua-pel. It's a moisture barrier/sealant. It prevents concrete dusting and makes the surface impervious to water.

[z31maniac]

How does the "burned" finish on the concrete compare to epoxy, or even polished concrete?

[bmwstudent]

Yes, I thought it was strange too that the poles are in the ground. They are treated and they are set in concrete. Spoke to the builder today, they are in contact with the inspector and are going over what needs to be corrected. My wife called them too and really chewed them out. We are playing good cop bad cop. On another note, I got my crank wiper today from I.E., installed that along with new oil pump on my rebuild.

[structured]

Thats how Pole buildings are built. Poles are sunk 3-4ft in the ground and cemented. Then usually after the building is dried in the concrete gets poured for the slab.

I see. I couldn't tell from the picture that they were in concrete below the frost line. Still seems strange to me, though. In my profession it is generally thought that it is bad to embed wood in concrete due to rotting, moisture, shrinkage and other issues.

Garage looks sick regardless! Very jealous.

[plain325]

I had my 20'x30' pole barn built by CB structures. There was an issue with the inspector, and CB handled it pretty well, especially considering the inspector was wrong in the matter.
Basically the inspector told them the building was over sized and they would need to move a wall, once CB applied for the variance, the inspector backed down.
Oh, and the concrete sub-contractor didn't call before pouring, so they had to drill a core to prove there was 4", but that wasn't a huge deal.

My buddy just built a 20'x20' garage, did the labor himself, and spent about the same money i did.

Overall i was pretty pleased with everything.

[brent5631]

Out of curiosity, is there a reason why you built the frame before pouring the slab? Are the poles on their own footings or sonotubes separate from the slab?

Thats how Pole buildings are built. Poles are sunk 3-4ft in the ground and cemented. Then usually after the building is dried in the concrete gets poured for the slab.

[structured]

Building is underway. All but two of the poles are in(they left them out so the lift can get in to set the roof trusses). So far so good. That's 2000sq feet of man cave. More to come....

Out of curiosity, is there a reason why you built the frame before pouring the slab? Are the poles on their own footings or sonotubes separate from the slab?

[bmwstudent]

The inspector told me the stone work has to come off anyway due to the supports behind the OSB being missing. It will all be on their tab, gotta love a contract. I still owe them about ten grand. Don't worry, I won't be paying them until I have a C.O. and even then I will probably make them wait for it. After all I've been waiting for them to finish this for almost six months. This entire project should have been completed in three weeks.

[ck_taft325is]

FAILED, for a couple things the builder missed. They have to come back and add more nails to the vertical truss supports that tie the trusses to the header. Also since thet didn't call for an inspection before they put up the stone wainscoting, the inspector wants proof that they used both tarpaper and tyveck house wrap on the OSB behind the stone. Plus they don't have enough supports behind the OSB that it's all hung on. I called the builder after the inspector left and gave them his number, tomorrow I will be calling them first thing to find out what is scheduled and when. I have to go now, I'm going to pour some salt in my eyes to get my mind off my unusable garage.

There's some very particular ways to nail/staple/fold Tyvek by the way. It's not a hang it and side it type of deal.

[M-technik-3]

Wow, I would be having some serious words with my builder with issues like that. Trying to cut corners and save a buck is not the way things should go.

[bmwstudent]

FAILED, for a couple things the builder missed. They have to come back and add more nails to the vertical truss supports that tie the trusses to the header. Also since thet didn't call for an inspection before they put up the stone wainscoting, the inspector wants proof that they used both tarpaper and tyveck house wrap on the OSB behind the stone. Plus they don't have enough supports behind the OSB that it's all hung on. I called the builder after the inspector left and gave them his number, tomorrow I will be calling them first thing to find out what is scheduled and when. I have to go now, I'm going to pour some salt in my eyes to get my mind off my unusable garage.

[M-technik-3]

Here's mine. Be jealous!

http://www.thomaslumberco.com/blog/?p=661

That is over the top.

OP progress is coming along nicely.

[Nsquared97]

Dang, I had kinda forgot about this and assumed it was done by now. Hopefully everything goes well from here on out, post pics when it's done!

[bmwstudent]

So with winter just about over I can get back on track with my garage. Due to some big problems with my builder and them not having renewed their contractors license in my state for 2013, the C.O was delayed for two months. I should finally be getting it on monday. Once I have it I can finally occupy the garage.

[bmwstudent]

So I've finally made some tangible progress on my garage. I've been really busy doing the grade work inside and outside the building. Inside the building I've had to put down three tri-axle dump truck loads of crushed stone for the base. Outside the building has has been graded about 90%. The concrete crew showed up yesterday at eight am and didn't leave until about 11:30 pm. I'm glad I bit the bullet and paid a pro to come in here and do the concrete work. There were six guys here working for over fifteen hours. The surface has been power troweled or(burned) to a beautiful tight surface. They also poured the man door pads on the outside. The building crew is coming back today to change some incorrect trim and install the shutters on the windows. Once the trim goes on the stone crew will be here to do the front facia(wainscoting). And the gutters go up next week too. This has been a lot of work, but it will be worth it when it's finished. If I can get the wife to take some pics, I'll try to post something tonight.