So 69 and I are building a garage for my house. It's going to be a 28x36. So, around 192 less sq. ft. than my house pretty sweet.

Anyways, I'll be updating it slowly as we actually get work done. Yesterday we got the foundation dug, about half leveled off. It was a good start, and I'm learning a lot.

a few pix:

mexican matt

7/3/2006 10:16:12 AM

nice man, remember just call me if you need an extra hand. Hyman's seafood doesnt control me anymore and my other job is flexible with work hours. And you better believe that Lee and I are going to help when we get back in the fall. It's nice to see it finally started and between you, keith and eventually lee and me, we can knock this shit out quick. Looks good and keep the pictures coming.

7/3/2006 10:34:53 AM

you going high enough to put a lift in it?

7/3/2006 11:11:37 AM

it's going to have 8 ft. doors, i can't recall inside height off the top of my head but, no, not really planning on a lift. i might, however get a scissor lift this christmas. that'd fit no matter the height

7/3/2006 11:54:10 AM

they both got all hot and sweaty yesterday building it, i woulda helped but am lazy and my girlfriend is in town. It shall be one bad ass garage though when it is done

7/3/2006 12:10:46 PM

not to mention the random concrete blocks, pipes, styrofoam, bricks, sheetmetal, and wie we managed to dig up

7/3/2006 12:47:41 PM

If you need another able and knowledgable body, just let me know.

7/3/2006 9:36:20 PM

Yeah if you need a hand on the weekends drop me a PM

7/3/2006 9:44:31 PM

ass and titties niggas< I TS BOTOTY CALL TIME, BUT WE GONNA HAVE A DANK ASS PARTY ONCE WE GET THSRT SHIT BUILT

7/4/2006 2:04:39 AM

do you guys know how to properly pour concrete? its not that simple...

7/4/2006 8:18:12 AM

looks cool. make it a tdub meet? hehe

7/4/2006 10:57:06 AM

^^ do dogs piss on brick walls? it aint that complicated either, definately not rocket science, the slab is just gonna be a bitch because of needing more manpower, 14 yards going down, so someone is gonna have to start floating before we even finish pouring and tamping

7/4/2006 11:10:42 AM

danny, we got this shit under control. if you'd like to come help when we do pour i'd def. appreciate it.

7/4/2006 11:22:38 AM

i dont know either, but i do know that my family in NY owns a general contracting business and my grandfather and my 5 uncles in the biz have all built their own houses. they do almost all of it themselves (the family), but they contract out the foundation because its THAT important, and the roofing cuz that just sucks.

but i guess a house is more important than a garage

7/4/2006 11:30:53 AM

if you'd like to come take a look at the plans and what we've done so far man, feel free. it's gonna be solid and i'm not worried about it at all. the foundation will get poured after we finish leveling, then we'll do concrete blocks for the wall and to get it level.

then we backfill with dirt/gravel until it's level, then the concrete gets poured for the wall. it's not too bad, just a pain bc u have to level everything, then double check it. but then again, you don't want cars rolling out of your garage now do you?

7/4/2006 11:51:34 AM

you might want a slope towards the door so that you can spray it out and the water will go somewhere

i have never seen a completely level garage ever

but level is probably the way to go if you plan on welding big pieces together on the floor

7/4/2006 12:01:12 PM

i didn't mean the actual garage floor will be level. it's going to slope ~4 inches back to front. that's just for drainage purposes. good call though

7/4/2006 12:14:06 PM

I actually have a laser level for doing construction and layout work if need be.

Dad has it today, but let me know in advance a day or so, and I'll make sure I have it. We actually have two of them, and they are accurate to something like less than an inch over 1000 feet.

7/4/2006 1:09:10 PM

I hope you have a building permit

7/4/2006 4:19:07 PM

^nope. do you really need one of those silly things?

of course we have a building permit. it's not half-assed or nigger rigged, no offense to anyone that would take offense to that statement

so everything is leveled and we're going to pour concrete tomorrow. yayyyyy!

and dan i might take you up on that level.

7/4/2006 8:12:07 PM

god damn i love how random people that dont know a damn thing about building a birdhouse, much less a garage are trying to call us out on shit.


ok, more specifics as we are reaching those points 8" deep by 20" wide poured concrete footer 12" below ground level at the highest, 22" at the lowest, (one hell of a grade there), with 1/2" rebar at 8" in on both sides 2" from the bottom, going on top of that will be four rows of 8x8x16" cinder block, two high at the door openings, 1/2" J bolts every 48", the slab will be poured 4" deep on top of compacted fill and 4" compacted #67 gravel, 10" below the top of the blocks at the rear wall, sloping down to 12" below the top of the blocks at the doors, steps down 3/4" then 1" slope in 4' on the apron away from the doors

Quote :

" but they contract out the foundation because its THAT important, and the roofing cuz that just sucks. "

i'm guessing they contract out the foundation because it requires a lot of skill, a lot of time, and heavy equipment, three things that stick frame contractors despise, and the three things they love; build it quick, barely squeak by code, and profit

trust me, i have built plenty of houses, garages and shelters before, and done plenty of remodeling, and have dealt with plenty of sub-contractors, and dealt with some shitty general contractors, and i know how shit goes, everyone is out to make a buck, and the few that care about their work are few and far between


[Edited on July 4, 2006 at 10:39 PM. Reason : blah]

7/4/2006 10:30:55 PM

just saying, I used to work as a county planner and our code enforcement officer routinely issued notices of violation and cease and desist orders for illegal construction

I figured if you were professional enough to get machinery to do your site prep, you probably had pulled your permits first. But then again, construction is the dirtiest industry out there and there are always things being built and wetlands being filled without approval.

7/4/2006 10:55:52 PM

well... you only need a building permit for certain sizes depending on where you live at. I know in cary you need one for anything larger than 10'x10'. I remember when my friend went in with his eagle project to build a shed for a non-profit company in Cary. His plan called for a 9' 7/8th x 9' 7/8th shed so he wouldn't have to deal with getting a building permit. heh

7/4/2006 11:01:16 PM

that was one of the main holdups, getting up with the surveyor, and getting everything straight for the permit

7/4/2006 11:20:22 PM

Im suprised you had to get a surveyor, I have seen plently of permits approved with just hand drawn site sketches

7/4/2006 11:24:41 PM

we had the lot surveyed when my dad bought the house. so we just had to get copies of the survey. it was simple enough, then just had to draw where the garage would be to spec. now things are rolling though.

7/4/2006 11:45:40 PM

^ pm me the inspectors number by the way you lazy nig

7/4/2006 11:59:24 PM

wait a fuckin second...you buildin this sombitch over where you've been living near frat court?

or this back at home?

when the fuck did this all start?!

7/5/2006 12:11:17 AM

^^ done and done

^yea, the one near frat court. and my dad and i had been talking about building the garage for awhile, just had to find someone who knew what they're doing i.e. 69 and get the building permits, prices, etc.

7/5/2006 12:17:35 AM

nothin' I like better 'n a nigger what follows through with what everybody thought was bullshit fallin' outta his mouth.

7/5/2006 12:20:37 AM

got the footing poured today, no turning back now

7/5/2006 4:46:41 PM

so, got the foundation poured today. took about an hour and a half bc we worked hard as shit. here are some pix:

started with this:


add a dump truck:


first stage of getting it level/working the air out:


me doing some final leveling:


69 doing some final leveling also:


overall it was hard work, but a satisfying end result. we should be getting blocks either friday or monday depending on when lowe's fixes their brokeass delivery truck.

[Edited on July 5, 2006 at 4:47 PM. Reason : btw, just wanted to say a big thank you to pimpmaster69 for helping out!]

7/5/2006 4:46:42 PM

If you guys need a big trailer to haul materials let me know, I'll donate a few hours to the cause

7/5/2006 6:09:04 PM

^ cool, we need 20 tons of #67 gravel and 25 tons of fill dirt, i expect it there by 5 am

7/5/2006 6:50:00 PM

sweet. looks like you'll have the daddy of my little 24x24. you getting one of those kit deals from BDC or somewhere?

7/5/2006 7:18:44 PM

err I was thinking more like lumber!

7/5/2006 7:52:46 PM

^^ nah, afro-engineering as we go

7/5/2006 8:22:38 PM

hmm, talk to matt about that, we may need to pick up some blocks this week because of lowe's broke ass truck, and i don't want to make 5 trips, we also gotta get about 100 10' 2x4's and 1 16' and 8' lvl beams, roof trusses will be delivered to the site

7/5/2006 8:25:39 PM

damn matt i gots to stop by look at this afro engineering deal before its all over

7/5/2006 9:30:32 PM

I can help if you need a fullsize truck. Also do you have to order LVLs in specific lengths? I was told I need to add one to the center of my garage so I can eliminate the support poles. And yes I dont know shit about building a garage

7/5/2006 10:24:19 PM

you can get then in any length from 8 to 80 feet, 1.5 to 3.5" thick, 5.5 to 14 inches tall

7/5/2006 10:44:08 PM

uh, you can get them a hell of a lot more varied than that.

7/5/2006 10:48:46 PM

^ easily availible standard sizes, i'm not talking about shit you have to order a month ahead of time

7/5/2006 11:02:28 PM

So how do I figure out how thick-tall of one I will need?

[Edited on July 6, 2006 at 7:11 AM. Reason : .]

7/6/2006 7:10:36 AM

you need to know the span and the load

7/6/2006 10:49:09 AM

anyone wanna come figure that out for me?

7/6/2006 8:13:52 PM

sorry, i'm contracted to matt right now, for god's sake, i havent even patched the hole in my hallway where Incognegro 's head went through it yet





[Edited on July 6, 2006 at 8:41 PM. Reason : ]

7/6/2006 8:39:17 PM

Payment will be in cold beverages

7/7/2006 7:00:52 AM

wherabouts is it? close or far from campus?

7/7/2006 10:45:52 AM

Behind Cookout off of Capital

7/7/2006 12:16:50 PM