Done and it shall be done prior to the concrete pour.
Thanks for the nudge - very much appreciated @2XSive.
Pete
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Done and it shall be done prior to the concrete pour.
Thanks for the nudge - very much appreciated @2XSive.
Pete
Where were all you guys with all these good ideas when I was building my garage?
I would have liked the idea of heating coils in the slab with foam under it! Then again I built this garage in 1984 so I guess I can let it slide this time! At least I was smart enough to run 220 from the house and put 3 1/2 inches fiberglass in walls and 6 inches in celling and insulated overhead doors.
Like they say hindsight is always 20-20 so yea I would/should have went with 2X6 walls and got the extra in the walls and another layer in ceiling. Not sure why I didn't as that is how I built the house a few years before. And at that time the additional cost of 2X6 over 2X4 walls would not been a big deal.
I would have liked the idea of heating coils in the slab with foam under it! Then again I built this garage in 1984 so I guess I can let it slide this time! At least I was smart enough to run 220 from the house and put 3 1/2 inches fiberglass in walls and 6 inches in celling and insulated overhead doors.
Like they say hindsight is always 20-20 so yea I would/should have went with 2X6 walls and got the extra in the walls and another layer in ceiling. Not sure why I didn't as that is how I built the house a few years before. And at that time the additional cost of 2X6 over 2X4 walls would not been a big deal.
If there was an internet in 1984, I certainly didn’t know anything about it.
Well a little looking came up with this:
The first domain name ever registered was Symbolics.com on March 15, 1985.
I figured that something as important as xs650. com must have been one of the next ones!
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It is just a small update, but it does answer a concern raised earlier by @2XSive about the cute little in-floor heating pipes that will emerge from the concrete floor - and what would happen if some clod bashed into them with a floor jack, or a lawn mower - or stumbled over them late some night while over-refreshed
.
Anyhow....see below.
Yesterday, the Town of Essex building inspector came and looked at the structure of the barn and approved it without reservation. He said that it is very nicely built indeed (and that is how I like 'em
).
Next steps: steel reinforcement and then the concrete floor is being poured tomorrow! With all the rain we've had yesterday and today, they will be using concrete buggies to transport the mix from the driveway to the barn (a distance of a couple of hundred feet I'd guess) rather than drive a 60,000 lb mixer across the lawn.
Pete
It is just a small update, but it does answer a concern raised earlier by @2XSive about the cute little in-floor heating pipes that will emerge from the concrete floor - and what would happen if some clod bashed into them with a floor jack, or a lawn mower - or stumbled over them late some night while over-refreshed
.Anyhow....see below.
Yesterday, the Town of Essex building inspector came and looked at the structure of the barn and approved it without reservation. He said that it is very nicely built indeed (and that is how I like 'em
).Next steps: steel reinforcement and then the concrete floor is being poured tomorrow! With all the rain we've had yesterday and today, they will be using concrete buggies to transport the mix from the driveway to the barn (a distance of a couple of hundred feet I'd guess) rather than drive a 60,000 lb mixer across the lawn.
Pete
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Found it odd that they hand dug trenches. 'round here even with short distance they would have had a powered trencher.
They did have an excavator - but they ran into some unmarked electrical cables and the fine for busting an existing utility run is $15K - so they are skittish about doing that.
Due to COVID (
) I could not get a locator out here, soooo....Pete
Well, it was a cool and misty morning north of Harrow and the concrete guys have arrived, complete with two trucks of gear and a big mixer. They checked the lawn and found that it is firm enough to drive the mixer right up to the barn for the pour. Here are some photos and if you look closely, you can see the nifty little remote control unit on the edge of the trough (that enables the driver to turn the chute on and off while steering it to the wheel barrows. Also, Mrs. MaxPete can be seen checking out the concrete mixer.
...a view of the pond and the back field this morning. Nice and cool and crisp.
That little yellow thingy that looks like a walkie-talkie is actually a remote control for the concrete mixer drum. It enables the driver to control the flow of the mix down the chute.
This is getting close to where I take over to finish the interior - very cool!
Pete
...a view of the pond and the back field this morning. Nice and cool and crisp.
That little yellow thingy that looks like a walkie-talkie is actually a remote control for the concrete mixer drum. It enables the driver to control the flow of the mix down the chute.
This is getting close to where I take over to finish the interior - very cool!
Pete
Concrete work fascinates me, but then again I'm easily amused.
Tomorrow or Friday - I will put up some photos of the finished floor. I had some late meetings at the university and didn't get home till after dark.
...but tomorrow is another day!
Pete
...but tomorrow is another day!
Pete
desmoman900
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LOL. Truer words have never been spoken.View attachment 223550
This No-Mar tire changer will also have to be bolted to the floor. With this, you will have many friends at your shop having you replace their tires while they drink your beer. Just ask @desmoman900.
https://www.nomartirechanger.com/
Anything bolted to the floor needs to be planned before the heat goes in.
….and here ya go….
Lovely view of your gas meter! 
Looking at this build I'm glad I don't live there, I hate the cold. When it does get cold I don a beany and a polyester coat, until the small kero heater warms the workshop up enough to discard them.
I lived in the tropics for a lot of years, the opposite applies up there - heat, sweat would just run off you. In Darwin I rigged up a cold shower next to my workshop, when it got too hot I just stepped under the shower for a couple of minutes to cool off, then back to work.
I lived in the tropics for a lot of years, the opposite applies up there - heat, sweat would just run off you. In Darwin I rigged up a cold shower next to my workshop, when it got too hot I just stepped under the shower for a couple of minutes to cool off, then back to work.
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Day tight compartments
The cold really isn’t too bad, you just have to dress appropriately for it which is easy enough to do. Snow on the other hand, is what makes it a pain in the ass. Commuting in the snow, mainly due to people who operate vehicle’s like a bunch of dumbasses is what gets you in these parts of the world. The various categories such as a) NASCAR slick Nancy who’s running on treads so thin wires are starting to expose b) lifted Jeep Larry who continues to attempt 65mph because the dealership told him 4x4 made slick icy roads obsolete and c) mobility scooter speed Margaret who thinks transversing an incline at a snails pace is a sound idea regardless of the 20 cars behind her having to pause every few feet.
Indeed - I am just SO proud of that entire utilities part of my home!Lovely view of your gas meter!
Oh come now…-40C with 60 km/hr winds and freezing rain….what could be nicer?
All seriousness aside, you antipodean types really got the long end of the stick when the POMs split up the empire. All you got is snakes, spiders and crocodiles - we got foxes, squirrels and bears!
Hehehehe.
….and I have a complete map of the heating water lines and there IS sufficient space for a No-Mar if my bike club decides to purchase one. Besides, all you have to do is click on the heating system and an infrared of those el-cheapo infrared heat-loss detector thermometer guns will easily find the lines right through the concrete.
NEXT STEPS: The 8’x8’ pad out front and the little sidewalk down the side of the building to the man-door will be done on Monday or Tuesday and the overhead door will be hung on Thursday.
I will run some wiring onto the trusses for the lights and fans and a 220v conductor across to the south side of the building for the future mini-split A/C unit and then I’ll have the siding guys come and do the interior ceiling in steel (just like the outside cladding but white instead of camo beige).
Then the electricians will come back to hang the lights (SUGGESTIONS for FIXTURES and SUPPLIER SOURCES are WELCOME) and then finally, the roof insulation will be blown-in and the gas line and heating system pump and boiler hooked up for the in-floor system.
…at that point the “cash-burn” rate will drop and I will take over for insulating the walls etc.
Pete
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Three letters for ya, Pete. L E D.
I'll never go back to fluorescent.
I'll never go back to fluorescent.
I like the LED's, just converted three under cabinet fluorescents in kitchen to to LED's. Fixtures stayed the same just removed the ballasts and wire direct to the one end of the lamp holder.
What he said,
I’ve got LED lights throughout my garage ( the inside of my house too for that matter, nothing but ) and I also hung a couple of motion activated LED strip lights in the garage that I really like. Our garbage and recycle bin is in the garage and it’s nice when I walk out there, I don’t have to reach for the light switch, it just comes on. Another hangs over where I park the cars. Pull the car in the garage and the lights just come on. It’s great.
