Breaking ground on new project
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From: Vavenby B.C. Canada
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Here is what I got done today got all the forms mocked into place,now I have to get a transit to level them and nail them to the stakes,it was a scorcher today,thank god for cold beer and a shady yard to hide in 
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Ok up date last fall funds came up short to pour the concrete and when the frost left the walls fell in on my forms so I had to shovel the dirt out by hand arghh took me over 3 days to do that but trenches are cleaned up and I'm going to start rebuilding my forms tomorrow and I have the funds to pour the concrete ...happy dance
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From: Vavenby B.C. Canada
21.6 Meters of concrete@$169.00 =$3650.00 a Meter plus 1K for pumper truck $4750.00 plus 1K for contractor to make sure job was done right=$5650.00 Footings were $1650.00=$7300.00 for the foundation +beer
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My ceiling height is gonna be 16ft and here with walls that high if they were built with 2x6 studs I would have needed an engineered plan plus building would be 46ft wide and 40ft deep not 100% sure but I think I'd be over the sq. footage for a slab on grade build. So to get around the enginner I can have 4 ft higher walls ,which work out better for what I'm going to be doing in the shop and 12 stud walls on top of that for the 16ft
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what kind of snow load do you have in bc?
i'm 3000' here with 30#snow, used scissor trusses to gain almost 4' in the ceiling so got about 19' at hi point
the door is 14' wide 12' hi wanted 14' but had grade issues
roy
i'm 3000' here with 30#snow, used scissor trusses to gain almost 4' in the ceiling so got about 19' at hi point
the door is 14' wide 12' hi wanted 14' but had grade issues
roy
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I see what you talking about. By using a 4' concrete wall, you can avoid the BS engineer type stuff. The issue with a floating slab and max size may be entirely your building codes up by you.
The last floating slab I helped pour for a car dealership was pretty big, at least 50'X80' if I remember right. But they were using steel, not wood, to build. The slab was pretty basic, 2' deep at the edge, 1' bottom, with a slope back up to 6" that was roughly 2' long.
I did something very similar for my dads shop, 18' at edge, 9" bottom, 5" thick slab, with 2X6 framing with a 16' ceiling. His shop is 35X50 if I remember right. The inspector never gave me any grief, but let me tell you, standing up 16'X50' walls is a pain the a__. We used his loader tractor, and even then it sucked.
The last floating slab I helped pour for a car dealership was pretty big, at least 50'X80' if I remember right. But they were using steel, not wood, to build. The slab was pretty basic, 2' deep at the edge, 1' bottom, with a slope back up to 6" that was roughly 2' long.
I did something very similar for my dads shop, 18' at edge, 9" bottom, 5" thick slab, with 2X6 framing with a 16' ceiling. His shop is 35X50 if I remember right. The inspector never gave me any grief, but let me tell you, standing up 16'X50' walls is a pain the a__. We used his loader tractor, and even then it sucked.
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Ive been there, what we did for stuff like this was frame walls outside, add a catch on the inside and stand them up with a Skytrak. Not too bad that way. But 40'+ walls, ouch.
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I'm thinking about building some saw horses level with the frost walls and build the stud walls level with them and I have an arch truck with a winch on it I can use to help pull up the walls, I'll get video of course
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Put in 4 Sono Tubes for the 30x12 lean too roof off of the back side of my shop today so if we end up with any extra concrete they will get poured. Pumper truck will be here in 8 1/2 hours and counting
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Ok the wall forms are full and the wallets empty, pumper truck cost 55% more than we thought it would $1500.00 Tomorrow we can start stripping the bracing off and Wed. we can pull off the forms and I will have new pictures then!