Yes, the floor is quite nice, they did and excellent job, imo.
Didnt get a ton done on it this weekend. I spent most of the day saturday scoring some free cabinets, drawers, a table saw and dust collection system for the shop.
Yesterday I poured a step in front of the man door on the south side. I TOTALLY forgot to get this ready before they poured the garage floor so I had to put my mason hat on and do it myself.
I also drove in two ground rods for the electric service. Luckily I was able to borrow this guy to drive them in with. Worked like a champ, even in my super bony ground.
Ive been working on interior purlins this week. No pics to show for it yet.
Yesterday after work my daughter and I stared building a rolling bench. I figured if I built it now I could use it during construction and then have it for after as well.
It still needs some more cross bracing and the top and shelf but its coming together nicely. I tossed a scrap piece of osb on it last night and it worked out awesome. The work surface will be 3’x6’ and its ~38" tall.
As usual price varies with numerous factors. I think the going rate is around $ 4.50 / sf. Size of job and location are biggest factors. Fall is here so hot water prices will start taking effect.
Lots happened today but I didnt get time for many pics.
The gutters were installed this am. Hopefully that will keep some of the mud off the side of the building until I get the stones done.
I ran the ground wire from the panel box to the ground rods, covered them up with soil and got a decent start on the stones down the south (yard) side. I got about 2x as far as the pic here shows.
I also had a friend shear me a free piece of 3/16" diamond plate to use under the door as a kick plate. You can just make it out in the stones pic above. Ill get more tomorrow. (for the record I really dont like diamond plate, but it should hold up really well and it was $0)
After I got tired of digging up sod, setting bricks and shoveling stones I cut out the tops for the rolling workbench. They are just made from some 3/4" particle board with grey melamine (I believe) on both sides. I scored two sheets free from a friend of mine. The edging is a dark blue (looks much lighter in the pics) that I purchased from www.t-molding.com. Its pretty simple to install, just cut a 1/16" groove around the edge with the router and pound it in. Its a nice look for 50 cents or so per foot. I still need to attach the panels, but I need to collect the pocket drill jig from my dads first.
Nah. The key here it was basically free, so I wont really care. Also its more of a rolling table than workbench. Ill have a couple others to do fab work on etc.
Did they do saw cut control joints in the concrete or tooled? I know when we built tables for our shop we had to go with 5" rubber casters because of all the joints and floor cracks. Now all you need is the lift !
Saturday my daughter and I finished up the stones down the south, yard, side of the barn. I still need to back fill with dirt, but I think Im going to wait until spring so its not a mess of dirt all winter.
So Ive more or less hated the height of the windows ever since the floor went in. Unfortunately I didnt consider just how much the floor had to come up and we were getting ready for a vacation when they framed the windows in. Anyway, instead of bitching about it for the next 30 years or more I decided to bite the bullet and move them now, before I get too far finishing the inside.
I had to order 8 new lower panels, a handful of 2x6s and a new roll of Vycor to wrap the windows with. So not a lot of expense but man what a lot of work.
Thursday after noon I started stripping the steel. This is how far I got before dark.
Friday I got started around 9 and my father in law showed up around 10:30. By 7pm we had all the windows replaced, the upper steel trimmed and back on and all but 6 of the lower panels back on. I finished up the last of the lower panels sat am. We moved the windows up ~15 inches. So much better. Now I will be able to fit workbenches all along that wall without covering up part of the windows. The bottom of the windows are now ~45" above the floor.
All in all it took about 21 man hours and prob $200, but Im VERY happy with the results.
Yes, the floor is quite nice, they did and excellent job, imo.
