I am Finally BUILDING!!!
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FLAG ON THE PLAY!!!Just when you thought it was safe to believe in humanity again, along comes a city government entity to remind you of their idiocy--
A bit of background. My approved building permit sat on the City's counter for 2 months (2 MONTHS!!!) while I was arranging financing. You would think that if there were any concerns or questions during that time that they would contact me. But NOOOOO! So I get my hole dug, my footings formed. The day of the Pour, My GC calls for the steel inspection.
*"do you have your GeoTech?"
"Uh. . no, you didn't require that for plan check. Remember .. .you signed off on my permit."
"well, we have to have one."
"you coulda told me this 2 months ago"
"sorry. Still Gotta have it."*
So we call a GeoTech lab. 2 weeks. $2000.
I don't know what it is about this project that is so hard to get off the ground. . .what with the Financing, the permit process. False starts and delays. I bet I could get a Nuke Plant built faster. This is a HOUSE for cryin' out loud, not a flippin' aircraft carrier.
Oh well. I've built a lot of houses, but this is the first for myself. So naturally I am a bit bummed.
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Why does Geotech cost 2000$ ??
That is a lot of cheeseburgers... -
I wish I got paid that much to play in the dirt for an hour.
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Why $2K? Dig in the dirt with big Tonka Trucks. 6 guys leaning on shovels with orange vests and hard hats goin' "Yeah, that's dirt all right."
then . . .Take the dirt back to the lab. 6 lab guys in coats with clipboards goin', "Yeah. . .that's dirt all right. "6 to 10 days.
"Okay. . .go ahead and pour footings. Sure hope your house don't fall down."
why 2K. ( Hey. . .I crack myself up sometimes.
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Hope thats the only problem there.
Or did I spoke too soon?
Oh well, giving you all my good luck anyway.I want it back though.
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I am up and going again!!! Pouring the footings!!!
Concrete Truck arrives
pouring the footings
Workin' the concrete
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Yay!! Congratulations and sorry for the 2k$ lift
Thanks for showing the way you re building houses over there..hope u ll keep us updated!
Cya!
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The Foundation is in! We start framing next week!
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Ironically, we originally planned a 4th of July BBQ to inaugurate the new house. You can see how that turned out. Looks like it will be a Halloween Party Instead. BUt Hey! We're finally movin' and I am thrilled!!!
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but I don't see the underground workshop, nuclear reactor or submarine pens. call yourself an evil genius? hand in your membership card!
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I had to move those off site. I wasn't zoned for that.
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That's nice of you to try to keep your evil activites all legal under current zoning code David.
Its looking good. I'm still trying to figure out what lump of dirt looks the comfiest for me and the kids to sleep on when we come visit in a few weeks...
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Glad you making progress.
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backfilling the foundation right now. floor slabs tomorrow. Framing next week.
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more pix. .. just cuz I like posting them and I am so excited!
A little film. I still can't figure out the embed thing
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Nice Pool
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I was thinking its a great start for a bomb shelter.
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what. . .you guys don't have full basements where you live.
Tant pis. It's cheap space.
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I'm not sure that I've ever really seen a full basement in California. I'm not sure why.
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@chris fullmer said:
I'm not sure that I've ever really seen a full basement in California. I'm not sure why.
Partly a side effect of frostline depth. In the Frozen North like Minnesota the frostline depth is, oh, about 350ft down - in California it's about 18" above ground
. Since you need to have the base of your footings below frost depth to avoid frost heave ruining your building you inevitably get a high likelihood of basements in Minnesota and a low probability in California.I'm building on a slope, so it made sense to do a walk-out basement, also known as a lower floor with a dirt back wall.
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