I need a structural engineer to approve our garage foundation. If anyone has any recommendations or is one and wants to help me out lemme know.

1/19/2007 10:39:30 PM

no one knows a structural engineer?

1/20/2007 3:56:35 PM

i am

1/20/2007 4:00:49 PM

let me tell you how much i love it when people build things & ask questions later.

tell me about your foundation

[Edited on January 20, 2007 at 4:28 PM. Reason : *]

1/20/2007 4:27:51 PM

^ structural EI
... close enough

1/20/2007 4:29:05 PM

ok slut let me tell you about our foundation. it's fucking fine so shut the fuck up. the inspector told us that we didn't need a footing inspection. he thought we had a free standing storage building. why we would build a 1000+ sq. ft. building on concrete blocks makes no sense.

so, we need a SE to come look at our foundation, go yup, that looks good, and sign off on it so we can have our framing inspection. that's why we need a Structural Engineer. We built it right, not half-assed. We just need someone with a degree to check it out and say, yup, looks good. sign X

now. since you were so helpful before, do you know any structural engineers that would come check out our foundation so we can get a roof on the garage? that would be awesome

1/20/2007 5:38:14 PM

A structural engineer is going to inspect it to cover his ass.

1/20/2007 7:41:40 PM

That's fine if he inspects it. They just need a signature to continue. If they have to fix it or whatever, then that's what they'll have to do.

It's not like it's built to ghetto standards (quite the contrary; it's been done well) and they are trying to slip in under the wire. They're trying to stay legit here.

1/20/2007 7:50:24 PM

it's pretty much a pain in the ass is what it is. if the inspector would have actually used his brain and asked if it had a poured footing this wouldn't be a problem at all.

1/20/2007 8:18:12 PM

that sucks man.

1/20/2007 9:00:35 PM

^tell me about it. the best quote we've gotten so far is 300 bux.

1/20/2007 9:09:42 PM

damn... i'd stamp ya if i could

but i can't

1/20/2007 9:35:56 PM

try Tuite. dunno if he has his stamp yet or not, he was saying something about it a while back. i don't think so though, seems a remember him saying something about you have to be in the industry for 5 years??

[Edited on January 20, 2007 at 10:47 PM. Reason : .]

1/20/2007 10:46:56 PM

I shall be out tomorrow

1/20/2007 10:51:10 PM

lol

1/20/2007 11:07:04 PM

oh noessssssss

1/20/2007 11:07:46 PM

I will approve my new living space as a A+

1/20/2007 11:28:10 PM

Ivan...it's four years of documented work experience. And then you gotta pass the PE exam in your field.

Nick graduated in Fall '03, so he's got a little more to go, I think.

1/21/2007 12:16:42 AM

im a pro

1/21/2007 12:22:42 AM

Quote :

"ok slut let me tell you about our foundation. it's fucking fine so shut the fuck up."

ok jackass. so be it.

perhaps if you had someone come take a look at it before you poured it, you wouldn't need this now. perhaps if you bothered to tell me how you built it instead of mouthing off i would have gotten my ass out there tomorrow & had a document for you on monday. perhaps you think someone is just going to say its fine without coming out to inspect something that is already built. perhaps you're a fucking dumbass.

cheers.

1/21/2007 1:00:38 AM

Quote :

"perhaps if you had someone come take a look at it before you poured it, you wouldn't need this now"

perhaps if we had known we needed a footing inspection we could/would have had it inspected. the inspector failed to tell us we needed one.

Quote :

"perhaps if you bothered to tell me how you built it instead of mouthing off i would have gotten my ass out there tomorrow & had a document for you on monday."

if you would like to know how we built it and would like to help us out pm me. i would really appreaciate it.

Quote :

"erhaps you think someone is just going to say its fine without coming out to inspect something that is already built. perhaps you're a fucking dumbass."

maybe i am a dumbass, but you can come take a look at the foundation and i guarantee you'll approve of it and know that it is solid. maybe i'm a dumbass.

by the way, sorry if i came off as a jackass, you personally insulted the work that me and 69 have done. it's quality work, not half-assed. if you wanna bash it, come take a look at it first.

so, anyone know a SE that wants to check our junk out?

[Edited on January 21, 2007 at 1:24 AM. Reason : .]

1/21/2007 1:08:10 AM

^^whatever. you can't say you don't act like a fucking douche on here yourself. any retaliation you get is deserved.

besides, how hard is to miss the pages long thread of their build that has a description and pictures of the thing?

have you tried fighting the inspections department about this? go over his head if you have to. that's the only way we get results for alot of our inspections.

1/21/2007 1:20:13 AM

actually he already imed me asking for directions to jeepmans house....
he seriously was gonna do it.

yes slut can be an ass but he was actually going to try to help

ohh well..

1/21/2007 8:10:22 AM

look here nigger

1/24/2007 10:20:23 PM

Okay look. Jeepman is obviously frustrated, pissed, and at his wits end. slut's original comment would have set me off too if I was in that state.

So how bout Jeepman you apologize for getting pissy at someone trying to help you right here in this thread and I bet slut might be willing to help ya. No sense in getting angry at people here.

[Edited on January 25, 2007 at 7:38 AM. Reason : !]

1/25/2007 7:37:54 AM

he already did apologize...

1/25/2007 9:31:51 AM

Slut 1 Jeep 0

1/25/2007 9:47:29 AM

i'm gettin kinda pissed too at all the armchair quarterbacks in this thread that know nothing about construction talking shit, after a while everyones comments get to be offensive

the footing is 28'x36' 8" deep by 20" wide concrete with two 1/2" rebar in the center set 12" deep at the highest spot, 22" deep at the lowest, since the garage is on a grade, 24" cinderblock foundation backfilled with 12" compacted fill dirt on the low side tapering off to 0", with 4" compacted gravel on top of that with 4" fiber reinforced concrete slab poured inside with reinforcing wire, 1/2"x8" j bolts set into the blocks every 48" with concrete

[Edited on January 25, 2007 at 10:12 AM. Reason : pics are in the thread during every point of it]

1/25/2007 10:12:11 AM

fwiw, you probably need a licensed professional engineer to seal & sign it...

structural EI won't cut it.

i know a guy, but you will have to pay.. dunno how much, but pm me if you want his contact information.

Quote :

"it's four years of documented work experience. And then you gotta pass the PE exam in your field."

correct.. four years of work under the direct supervision of a licensed engineer

[Edited on January 25, 2007 at 10:34 AM. Reason : ...]

1/25/2007 10:32:43 AM

Quote :

"Okay look. Jeepman is obviously frustrated, pissed, and at his wits end. slut's original comment would have set me off too if I was in that state. So how bout Jeepman you apologize for getting pissy at someone trying to help you right here in this thread and I bet slut might be willing to help ya. No sense in getting angry at people here. "

already did awhile ago. slut said he might make it out next sunday. we'll see. beethead i'm gonna shoot you a pm.

1/25/2007 11:30:36 AM

After y'all get that roof up you'll probably be on a roll and wishing you could just keep laying shingles forever. When you get to that point come on over and I'll put you to work replacing the shingles over my sunroom.

1/25/2007 1:59:36 PM

ahahaha. we have siding to do after shingles

1/25/2007 2:01:28 PM

Siding shouldn't be bad. I've got to replace a couple of sheets of T-111 on my house sometime soon.

What kind of siding are you doing?

1/25/2007 5:04:24 PM

better get that thing shingled before it starts getting warm again. nothing worse than laying shingles when it's hot. well, maybe asphalt work.

1/25/2007 5:27:14 PM

vinyl

^ i know this. we laid all of the concrete blocks when it was hot as balls

1/25/2007 5:45:29 PM