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Dang, 8 truck loads! I'm going straight to gravel on mine, about 2-3" fill is all I need. Of course I'm matching the existing carport floor minus the 4" for a new slab, but that will still be high enough to drain away from it. Enough highjacking by me, you gonna get yours up before rainy season?
 
Most of the fill is in. Lots of fill ... way more than I expected. Almost 160 yards so far! And it will take a bunch more to tie in to the driveway. Should be starting on rebar tomorrow.

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Also, I ordered the roof trusses today. Was told they would take four to five weeks now ... would have been one or two in the spring. :(
 

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Most of the fill is in. Lots of fill ... way more than I expected. Almost 160 yards so far! And it will take a bunch more to tie in to the driveway. Should be starting on rebar tomorrow.

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Also, I ordered the roof trusses today. Was told they would take four to five weeks now ... would have been one or two in the spring. :(

They're 4 months out on trusses here...
 
sc5, one of my friends told me to take my hatchet and pound down the stakes around the sump another two inches, when I was building my shop. I did this and am eternally grateful. The sump in my big shop still takes water.
I did not lower the stakes below where the floor builder put them, on my car garage, and within a few years the centre of the cement floor rose up three inches and now I have to squeegee all of the muddy water and sludge up to the sump hole. I will pass on my friends advice and say pound your sump area stakes down a little more before they pour the cement.
 
Rebar is in and inspected by the local powers that be. Concrete has been ordered and will be pouring in 2 days ... as long as the weather forecast is close to correct. :) Just have to blow off all the leaves and we're ready.

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Working on my dream shop right now. Can't wait to have a roof.
Trusses are four weeks out.
Looks great.
 

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Working on my dream shop right now. Can't wait to have a roof.
Trusses are four weeks out.
Looks great.

Yours looks like its coming along nicely. [cl I'll be starting on the walls early in October. My trusses are due to arrive on the 16th or 17th. It will be all closed in before the end of October.
 
As promised, they poured the concrete today. An optical illusion but somehow it looks bigger than it did. :) It will likely shrink again once the walls go up but won't be starting on that until I get back from the Fallout Drags at the end of this month. That should give the concrete plenty of time to cure. Contractor is coming back tomorrow to put the sealer on it.

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It's always a relief when the slab finally gets poured [cl :cool:
It gives ya the feeling, Ah, it's really happening :)
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