Pwtr02ss home build

[pwtr02ss]

POWA

is the meter required to be on a post close to the road for utility company access or will it eventually be placed directly on your house?

This is temporary power all the way at the back. This is for the construction phase. Once the house is framed, they will come back and mark where they want it installed on the house. I just bought a temporary power pole all assembled. I think it was like $900. Power company provides 750' of wire, $8/ft after 750'. They estimated id need 1,035' so I paid $2200ish, plus the $200 hook up fee. This doesn't include conduit, temp pole, or installation of said conduit material

I'm having a 400 amp service for la casa.

 

[89Suburban]

Ballin!

 

[89Suburban]

Well, we have power..

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[THE YETI]

Now I can use my plug in shaver

 

[pwtr02ss]

Now I can use my plug in shaver

"shaver"

Yeah

 

[pwtr02ss]

They moved a smaller dozer out there this week. They got the driveway cut 12' wide from front to back, worked on the ditches a little bit, and cut another 2' off the site. The shop building pad is leveled now. I'm going to be short some dirt off to the side, but the pad is good. It doesn't look like much, but it is. The current setup is 37' from the far edge of the proposed driveway to the front on the shop, then 40' deep shop. I didn't believe it, but confirmed with a tape measure.

No pics of the driveway, but here's the current state of things.

Here you can see where I'll be short on dirt. Catch basin is still stacked too tall..

The shop area

Said dozer

This angle shows the catch basin height relative to the level pad. Looks better, but still high and I'll lower it more than needed, then bring it to grade with a concrete grade ring. It'll need to be a little low for drainage

Steph because she hates it

For those of you that have been keeping up, we've cut around 9' off the highest point of existing ground and balanced the site with that material.

 

[pwtr02ss]

Quick reminder of what it started out as

 

[pwtr02ss]

No real updates. Builder still waiting on budgetary pricing from the material suppliers.

Only update is that we got approval for my septic tank. That's pretty significant thing for me, but probably not as significant to some. It seems I'm the only person that's used a commercial traffic rated tank for a residential property in the state.

 

[Fless]

No real updates. Builder still waiting on budgetary pricing from the material suppliers.

Only update is that we got approval for my septic tank. That's pretty significant thing for me, but probably not as significant to some. It seems I'm the only person that's used a commercial traffic rated tank for a residential property in the state.

Sweet! You set the pattern for more people to do this.

 

[PG01]

Plenty of room to poop brutha….. lololololhahahaha

 

[PG01]

All this talk if septic and poop… excuse me for moment whilst i hit my throne

 

[SirReal63]

Good job, I know how exciting watching infrastructure go in is. You cannot overlook the importance of a septic/toilet early on, this was ours before the interior construction of the main house was started. No electricity yet so we poured water from a jug into the toilet to flush. We called it the 2800 sq ft bathroom and it made things so much easier.

 

[PG01]

Good job, I know how exciting watching infrastructure go in is. You cannot overlook the importance of a septic/toilet early on, this was ours before the interior construction of the main house was started. No electricity yet so we poured water from a jug into the toilet to flush. We called it the 2800 sq ft bathroom and it made things so much easier.


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When i was building mine i set a 5 gallon bucket in the master where the toilet was going to ‘check my view’ …. I spend lotsa time on the throne….of course…that was before all this phone bs. While building early mornings before all the subs came I would sit and ponder….. and sometimes use the bucket …. Once the tapers got there i had and endless supply of buckets…

 

[pwtr02ss]

Sweet! You set the pattern for more people to do this.

It's not typical for residential. You can drive over it with anything that's legal to drive on the interstate. Tank is about 7x more than a standard commercial, 15x more than a residential. I'm just covering myself for the future.

I sell/make them so why not

 

[pwtr02ss]

Good job, I know how exciting watching infrastructure go in is. You cannot overlook the importance of a septic/toilet early on, this was ours before the interior construction of the main house was started. No electricity yet so we poured water from a jug into the toilet to flush. We called it the 2800 sq ft bathroom and it made things so much easier.


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What type of building is that?

 

[Tonyv__]

Good job, I know how exciting watching infrastructure go in is. You cannot overlook the importance of a septic/toilet early on, this was ours before the interior construction of the main house was started. No electricity yet so we poured water from a jug into the toilet to flush. We called it the 2800 sq ft bathroom and it made things so much easier.


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The echo of that Deuce hitting the bowl
Must of been impressive

 

[SirReal63]

It is custom from a local company, they engineer, fabricate and ***** them. This one is 40x70 with 14' side walls, the peaks are much higher. There are ones built like this all over the country. They offer some advantages over the Red Iron type, mainly the ability insulate easily/cheaply, if you frame out with 2x4 walls you end up with a 6" cavity because the square tubing is 2.5" + the 3.5" stud.

edit..who knew e r.e.c.t. was a forbidden word?

I would do this type of building again, when the interior walls are in place it helps make the rest of the structure very strong. At the attachment points between wood and metal I left a 1/4" gap to prevent any thermal bridging.

 

[pwtr02ss]

It is custom from a local company, they engineer, fabricate and ***** them. This one is 40x70 with 14' side walls, the peaks are much higher. There are ones built like this all over the country. They offer some advantages over the Red Iron type, mainly the ability insulate easily/cheaply, if you frame out with 2x4 walls you end up with a 6" cavity because the square tubing is 2.5" + the 3.5" stud.

edit..who knew e r.e.c.t. was a forbidden word?

I would do this type of building again, when the interior walls are in place it helps make the rest of the structure very strong. At the attachment points between wood and metal I left a 1/4" gap to prevent any thermal bridging.

So like a tube steel building. Very cool. Share some photos if you'd like.

I'm still undecided on which direction I'm going with the shop. It seems wooden pole barn construction is going to be the best value with the ability to insulate. I'll probably end up putting metal on the inside as well.

 

[SirReal63]

It is a steel tube building, all of the tubes are 2.5" galvanized, the tall walls are double thickness tubes, the roof trusses were a thicker gauge, welded and the welds covered in a cold galvanizing to prevent rust. I don't remember the actual gauge of the tubing, but the wall tubing was a little over 1/8" thick with the tall walls being two of those, one inside the other and the roof trusses were a little over 1/4" thick. We have been hit with 50-70 mph straight line winds with zero issues, winds that destroyed many homes in our area, this building is incredibly strong. We chose 3/8" PlyBead for many of the interior walls as it adds racking strength.

When we started looking for a material to do this I naturally went to wood as my career was in mfg. and distribution of lumber and building materials. I could not frame both buildings in wood for what the metal building cost. We paid $70k for a 24x24 guest house and the 40x70 main house, both with 14' walls and that price included dirt work, 6" slabs and plumbing in the slabs. That was 2014, things are higher today of course. The main house living is 40x50' with a 40x19 garage/shop, the main house has 2 masters, the downstairs is 16x30', his/her closets and laundry. Upstairs is 30x50', with the master there being 12x30, there are two smaller bedrooms upstairs.

I have over 1,000 pics of the build, I did everything except put up the metal building, ceiling drywall and the 6 tons (8 zones) of mini splits. I did all of it with battery powered tools, we could not get elect until the houses were almost finished.

Here is little video I made for a friend on the West coast who was curious. I have a huge thread on Tractorbynet that details everything but you have to register to see it, who has time for that? lol

 

[Geotrash]

It is a steel tube building, all of the tubes are 2.5" galvanized, the tall walls are double thickness tubes, the roof trusses were a thicker gauge, welded and the welds covered in a cold galvanizing to prevent rust. I don't remember the actual gauge of the tubing, but the wall tubing was a little over 1/8" thick with the tall walls being two of those, one inside the other and the roof trusses were a little over 1/4" thick. We have been hit with 50-70 mph straight line winds with zero issues, winds that destroyed many homes in our area, this building is incredibly strong. We chose 3/8" PlyBead for many of the interior walls as it adds racking strength.

When we started looking for a material to do this I naturally went to wood as my career was in mfg. and distribution of lumber and building materials. I could not frame both buildings in wood for what the metal building cost. We paid $70k for a 24x24 guest house and the 40x70 main house, both with 14' walls and that price included dirt work, 6" slabs and plumbing in the slabs. That was 2014, things are higher today of course. The main house living is 40x50' with a 40x19 garage/shop, the main house has 2 masters, the downstairs is 16x30', his/her closets and laundry. Upstairs is 30x50', with the master there being 12x30, there are two smaller bedrooms upstairs.

I have over 1,000 pics of the build, I did everything except put up the metal building, ceiling drywall and the 6 tons (8 zones) of mini splits. I did all of it with battery powered tools, we could not get elect until the houses were almost finished.

Here is little video I made for a friend on the West coast who was curious. I have a huge thread on Tractorbynet that details everything but you have to register to see it, who has time for that? lol

That's impressive! Gives me new things to think about. Thanks for sharing.