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ICC
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# Posted: 20 May 2023 18:48
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Excellent! I'll keep an eye on this.
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Brettny
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# Posted: 21 May 2023 06:13
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Thank you.
We actualy made the 3hr drive, tried to auger the holes with a auger on the mini ex but failed, then dug every one, got them inspected and filled with concrete and rebar in 2 days. I also did a rough grade of the area around the tubes and dug a swale. It was dawn to dusk both days with just my nearly 70yr old father and me.
What really helped was mounting my electric mixer on the bucket of my mini ex and useing my tractor to move the concrete right to where the mixer/hole was.
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gcrank1
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# Posted: 21 May 2023 14:04
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As Im now 70 I wish I had a motivated young guy like you for our place!
Yer doin good, especially considering the skeeters. It is like that at our country home (940sf old one room school house from the late 1800s) surrounded by swamps and marshland. We can retreat 45min. north to our cabin 9ac where there are few skeeter or ticks.
And the works is never done.......
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jsahara24
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# Posted: 22 May 2023 11:14
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Looking good! That's a lot of work in 2 days, especially considering you mixed the concrete yourself....Nice job, will look forward to seeing your progress..
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Irrigation Guy
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# Posted: 22 May 2023 18:50 - Edited by: Irrigation Guy
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Quoting: Brettny It was dawn to dusk both days with just my nearly 70yr old father and me.
My father turned 70 in April of this year. His cognitive health is in decline. I will cherish the time we spent together working on my cabin as I am not sure he will make another trip.
I hope you and your dad are making good memories.
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Brettny
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# Posted: 22 May 2023 20:03
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I'm sorry to hear about your father.
We are making many memories. We where both suprised how much we got done in less than 48hrs. Next weekend is girders, floor joists and walls
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Brettny
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# Posted: 28 May 2023 19:41
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Sub floor on, 24' walls framed and stacked off to the side. It's been a very productive weekend. Tomorrow we cut more studs, clean up and head home.
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Nobadays
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# Posted: 29 May 2023 09:16
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Great progress! Lots of work!
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Brettny
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# Posted: 30 May 2023 06:48
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Sure is. That's two 12hr+ days. We had a goal to meet by the end of the weekend and got there.
We are taking a break for a weekend then on it again for 10days. I expect to have a dried in building up with the roof fully on by then.
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jsahara24
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# Posted: 30 May 2023 07:46
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Very nice.....What size cabin are you building?
Based on your progress to date I think you should be able to get it dried in, in 10 days.....
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gcrank1
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# Posted: 30 May 2023 10:01
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Great start, for me, once my deck was built it really felt like it was all happening  I put my lawn chair in the middle, christened it a deck chair and had a refreshing beverage.
If I may add a few words of caution....
Be Extra Careful now! Your plan will stop IF either of you gets hurt (it happens to somebody on a construction project Every Day).
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Brettny
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# Posted: 30 May 2023 10:14
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We are doing a 20x24 main cabin with a 8x12 porch next to a 8x8 bathroom. The main cabin will be under a gambrel roof and the porch/bath will be under a gabel roof.
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