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Builder has the site all marked out ready for the excavator to dig the footings next week. Our actual floor level in the house will be about 6” below the top of the 2”x4” that’s nailed to a tree in the middle of the picture. Much higher than we expected but after you take into account the ground level, driveway slope, steps up into the house it all adds up. We’ll have a 4’ chain link fence around the back garden to keep Molly in so from the lounge windows you’ll be looking right over that for a nice clear view of the mountains once we thin out the trees a bit.
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It’ll be 33’ wide by 30’ deep internally, so 1130 sq ft of usable floor space. We’ve applied for a variance to the build scheme to increase our 10’ door to 12’ clear entry, if we get this approved the small will increase to 10’ also. That should give me a ceiling clearance of ~16’ on the high side down to 12’ on the low, plenty for a 2 post lift in the right most bay 😉
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It all depends on how winter goes, we should break ground next Monday with a planned lock up by mid December. If we get a light winter they may work through… it’s not the snow that shuts the projects down it’s the cold. Things don’t like to be manipulated at -20c and plastics (PEX pipes) have a tendency to kink. Heating an un-insulated large wooden box with propane fired construction heaters gets very expensive fast.
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Well, looks like this project is heading to the back burner for a while. Builder made a start marking out our new home today, hopefully be I’m by late spring weather permitting. Going to be a busy new few months as we pack the old house up for showing and prepare to put everything into storage. We’ll be taking the new place over at primed drywall and doing all the finishing ourselves. Exciting times ahead ! A view across from the other side of the valley, our lot is sorta below the middle peak, to the left of the developed area on the bench.
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Exactly, this is the second set for an investment of $85… so, 20 bucks a housing. Have also come up with a way to save money on an alignment bar. Found an old forum post that discussed using 1.5” DOM instead of solid ground bar stock. If I use 2” x 1/4” wall it can turn into links once the axles are built rather than gathering dust in the shop. The guy also used 3D printed pucks but as I don’t have one machined ones will have to do.