lookin good

10/8/2006 8:34:10 PM

nigga needs to post some pics, and we need some help raising some wall sections tonight around 7

10/17/2006 7:34:26 AM

it was dark, i'll get some pix later today. and come help us anybody!

10/17/2006 9:34:58 AM

UPDATE

10/18/2006 11:42:39 AM

ok, here are some pictures. we'll be throwing up 2 wall sections later today, so come give a hand!

wall section:


anchor bolts in the wall


ass end shot


another long shot

10/18/2006 1:56:27 PM

you mean 5 wall sections

10/18/2006 2:28:48 PM

so we've got 3 wall sections up. gonna try to get two more up tonight. yall are welcome to come help

10/18/2006 8:14:04 PM

so we have a first wall.....



now a corner w/ slravene, he's about 5'11, and yes those will be 11ft. ceilings


almost done for the night...


me nailin some


69 takin care of the corner


and slravene measuring studs


[Edited on October 18, 2006 at 11:36 PM. Reason : .]

10/18/2006 11:35:54 PM

I forget if it was mentioned before, but how much was this project going to be?

Also, I've never seen an extension cord like that before (all coiled up). What function does that serve?

10/18/2006 11:43:33 PM

because matt is a tard and did that thing wrong so its all knotted up , i was a bad supervisor

10/18/2006 11:49:43 PM

i still have no idea how i knotted that bitch up that bad, and the garage is costing less than the 30,000 dollar quote we were quoted before. i'll just put it that way.

10/18/2006 11:54:36 PM

haha... I think I've seen something similar on a construction site, but never knew it's purpose.

Garage looks like it's coming along well. Keep us updated. I assume you plan to use some kind of wood siding for the exterior?

10/19/2006 12:23:56 AM

prolly gonna do vinyl. oh and the cord was SUPPOSED to pull right out, but i didn't do it right

[Edited on October 19, 2006 at 12:38 AM. Reason : .]

10/19/2006 12:37:54 AM

Quote :

"Also, I've never seen an extension cord like that before (all coiled up). What function does that serve? "

it condenses the cord's length so that it is less likely to get full of knots. All it is is a loop at one end and you pull another loop through the loop, and so on until you get to the other end and then just tie it off. Once it is all done up, you should be able to take the end you finished with and untie it and pull and all the loops will pull out into a straight cord. But if you screw up and go from the wrong end or get off by a loop it makes a huge mess of knots and you have to go through it and take each one out.

It's kind of the same idea as the dog food bags where if you pull the right string, it all just pulls right out.

[Edited on October 19, 2006 at 10:53 AM. Reason : it is a lot faster than coiling it and less likely to get knots]

10/19/2006 10:25:31 AM

^ yup thanks for the clarification.

10/19/2006 10:38:07 AM

^^ah ok, thanks

wouldn't it be easier to have it on a spool of some sort?

10/19/2006 12:46:45 PM

spools cost money.

10/19/2006 1:24:36 PM

and most spools don't hold really long extension cords. I have always used that trick for the longer cords instead or wrapping them around your arm and stuff because, as mentioned, they are so much easier to get undone if you put them away right.

10/19/2006 7:17:35 PM

i got a coiple 4 doolla spools and been loving em ever since

10/19/2006 7:52:26 PM

but spools take time to wind up and unwind.

this is real fast to do up . . . just reach through the loop and pull another one out to store it and just pull on the end to unravel it.

10/19/2006 10:19:11 PM

nigga needs to post some pics

10/22/2006 4:46:20 PM

nigga's goin to the fair then i'll try to, photo galleries aren't working tho. i'll see what i can do.

10/22/2006 5:07:28 PM

problem with galleries?

http://brentroad.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=440193

10/22/2006 6:32:15 PM

the galleries are fine now. i just need to take some pictures during the day we turned the third corner this weekend and should finish up the framing tomorrow hopefully. i'll get some pix up by tomorrow evening.

10/22/2006 11:46:34 PM

Looking good, nigro. I just got back into town. Me and Frac hit his folks' house this weekend.

10/22/2006 11:55:59 PM

cool, well we're gonna frame some more tomorrow if u wanna come help out

10/23/2006 12:01:42 AM

What time? I gotta go to Bath tomorrow, and then to Smithfield after that. However, if you niggers are up late, maybe I shall as well. If not, there's also Tuesday. I have one doctor's appointment in the afternoon.

10/23/2006 12:05:49 AM

well tuesdays we's be gettin some roof trusses in. good stuff man, got a door and two windows this weekend. things are moving along

10/23/2006 12:16:18 AM

Igor...

10/23/2006 12:28:41 AM

nice

10/23/2006 12:09:30 PM

^^classes tues and thurs all day long

10/23/2006 12:21:44 PM

keith you stole my picture you punk

10/23/2006 12:52:16 PM

well, if you had posted it in the right thread to start with

and if anyone wants to help me out this afternoon it would be appreciated, matt isnt gettin home till late and i am heading out there now

10/23/2006 2:40:15 PM

i'm home now and we have roof trusses!

10/23/2006 2:40:48 PM

also, we're gonna throw up roof trusses next wednesday around 1:30 or so. manpower is needed so who can come help?

10/23/2006 2:54:38 PM

so we got a lotta shit done tonight, 69 was ballin while i was at work, then i came and slowed everything down to a regular pace

far wall with window hole


69 he likes nailing some studs, get it, nailing some STUDS? corny


southern4x4 and our friendly neighborhood crackhead chad helped out tonight


more crackhead and 69 and southern4x4


we got the big lvl beam up tonight also, it's large.


also got the roof trusses in today


and we turned the last corner on the major framing and finished all of the seal plates on top



[Edited on October 24, 2006 at 2:00 AM. Reason : .]

10/24/2006 1:56:43 AM

so we got the smaller lvl beams in and 4 roof trusses! i'll get pix tomorrow.

10/24/2006 11:36:56 PM

so it's a little past tomorrow but here are the pictures

shot from the house


side shot of the garage


from the inside up of the trusses


lvl beams


and lvl beams and trusses


the rest of the trusses are going up next wednesday!

10/27/2006 6:45:07 PM

looks really good, how much of this kind of thing have you guys done before? are you just figuring it out as you go or is this familiar territory?

10/27/2006 7:39:54 PM

Hey Matt tell Lee the xj would make a great addition sitting beside the garage

10/27/2006 10:52:21 PM

haha, i'm sure u'd like that.

and ^^ 69 has done a lot of this before. I haven't, but i'm learning from him. not sure if that's a good or a bad thing

10/28/2006 1:22:49 AM

im assuming you plan on getting a lift, given the 11 ft ceilings.

10/28/2006 8:11:51 AM

ok, i take it all back. its looking pretty good

10/28/2006 11:01:10 AM

aha i'd love a lift, but we'll hafta see about that. with the high ceilings we do have that option though. options are nice.

^ thanks a lot man I'm liking what i'm seein also.

10/28/2006 11:13:26 AM

y didn't you center that window . . . it looks funny offset

10/28/2006 9:22:42 PM

it will be centered once the roof is on. there is a 4 foot overhang over the apron of the garage. it will look like it should.

10/28/2006 11:18:05 PM

is this a 2 or 3 car garage?

10/30/2006 11:59:37 AM

Very few full height lifts would fit with 11' cielings. Most require around 12'1"-12'4".

10/30/2006 1:27:13 PM

even then you wont have shit for room under a fullsize truck/suv unless you are 5ft tall. and then your arms aint long enough...

10/30/2006 1:40:10 PM

Quote :

"is this a 2 or 3 car garage?"

3 normal cars, i guess two if you have a 9 foot wide and a 16 foot wide car

10/30/2006 2:54:49 PM