[Spike-A-Pike]

What Is that white stuff in all the pitures? Looks like ash from some volcano. Is the site in Hawii??

[hazmail]

Do you have bush fires there!!!!!??????????? No one here in their right mind, would build in a forest like that------- but I would.pete

[Spike-A-Pike]

Originally Posted by hazmail

Do you have bush fires there!!!!!??????????? No one here in their right mind, would build in a forest like that------- but I would.pete

Wild fires, brush fires - same as bush fires. San Diego in southern Cal. had a rough time last fall and a lot of people where in danger. I don't think it is just one place in the world - there seems to be drought enough to go around.

[StoneCoal Tackle]

Hey Bruce, the vulcano erupted again last night and we had to do a little "ash" removal this morning before we could work ............



It turned out to be a sunny day with temps in the upper 20's to low 30's so it wasn't too bad.

Pete, we do have a few fires from time to time but for the most part we don't have a lot of underbrush etc. so our most vulnerable time is in the fall when the leaves have just fallen and haven't gotten rained or snowed on yet. A few times in the past we have had such dry falls that the fall hunting season had to be canceled or postponed to keep folks with their cigarettes and campfires out of the woods, sure makes for some upset hillbillys when we can't go deer hunting.


Here's a pic of how our days usually start......................


Wait'n on daylight.

Me and a helper were finishing up another project while this one was being started and here is what it looked like when we came on the scene to stay..............



I'll post some pics of our progress next time.
Thanks for looking,
Daymon

[StoneCoal Tackle]

Okay, lets see some walls going up! Snapped these pics on Jan. 5th. A little snow on the ground and a little chilly but not too bad a day.

Off to a pretty good start.........


Breaking for lunch and checking out the view out the back door.........



End of the day, quite a bit of the first floor walls are framed but we need to get a fit day for pouring concrete before we frame up the garage walls.....



Stay tuned...................

[Vodkaman]

This is a great thread.

Do you have the architects 'picture' of how the building is planned to look (artists impression). It would be interesting to see next to the completed building when your finished, which will probably next week at the rate your going!

[hazmail]

Daymon- I am finding the differences (already) in how you build, very interesting, this would make a good 'Tutorial', looking forward to seeing the rest. pete

[StoneCoal Tackle]

Dave, glad you like the thread, I'll have to see what I can come up with to show what the finished project is supposed to look like. And Pete, we'll have to explore some of the differences in our building techniques.

Here's a few more pics showing the garage floor now poured and the walls framed.



........got some wall sheathing on and a few joists set on second floor but need to set some I-Beams before we go much further.



.......this wall will be pretty much solid windows and patio doors both on first and second floors. The steel pipes (leaning in the pic) will support Steel I-Beams and will be concealed inside the framing between the windows.


........so now we're wait'n on I'beams and a load of joists for second floor.

[LaPala]

Real interesting how you guys build Daymon. Keep em coming, good reference for when I build my shop

[outdooradvantage]

Real nice, I wish our plant had a view like that, would make it hard to call off..