We have floor, and lift off!

Lots happening around here lately. The floor is all done and looks amazing. Nearly perfectly flat and oh so smooth. Sweeping will be a breeze.

The framing started today. Those 12 foot walls sure are tall! I'm guessing the framing will be finished up tomorrow and siding will go up until the roof trusses are ready.

We decided a while ago to move our electric meter so it isn't directly in front of the front door to our house. It will be moved the far side of the front of the house. I also obviously need power to the shop so today I made a huge mess of the front yard/driveway preparing to lay conduit tomorrow. Hopefully I'll get that all buried soon and get the driveway usable soon. I only have about 75 more feet to trench, but at least the rest is just across the grass. Then the water line comes in from another direction. Carlos loves all this fresh mud to play in. More updates to follow.

Foundation today, floor tomorrow!

Much progress in the one week.

The guys are going to town on this shop for me. So far we have been relatively lucky weather wise, considering the quantity of rain thats been falling.

All the footings were dug, perimeter formed, and poured last week.

This super trick material flinger truck was brought in to spread all the rock and sand for under the slab, since it is sooo muddy and the bobcat would make a giant mess.

Today they readied everything for the concrete trucks coming tomorrow morning. 22 yards of mud will be here in the morning. I'm excited if you can't tell. More to come

New Shop Coming Soon!

Finally! Yesterday our building permit was approved and completed. The wheels are in motion for my new shop which will break ground next week, weather permitting. I am SO looking forward to having a work space again. I have several repairs on my own cars I've been putting off and I can't wait to get back to doing side work.

The new shop will be a 30 X 40 with nice high ceilings for a future vehicle lift. Construction should take around a month, but is dependent on the early spring weather Humboldt County is known for.

The next few posts on this blog will most likely chronicle the building, but after that, expect to see lots more hot rod related stuff.