Looking for ideas for new shop

[Belair-o]

Chevynut,
Good job on dealing with the lack of execution by your SIP contractor. Good move to Plan B that (mostly) achieves your objectives.
Regards, Doug

[BamaNomad]

The name on a company doesn't mean much anymore... It's all up to the 'manager/worker' who is doing your project, and with the way people come and go these days.. Almosta anything contracted out is a crapshoot!

[chevynut]

The name on a company doesn't mean much anymore... It's all up to the 'manager/worker' who is doing your project, and with the way people come and go these days.. Almosta anything contracted out is a crapshoot!

My brother used Premier Building Systems for his 2600 square foot shop and said it was a smooth project and everything went fine. That's one reason I chose to go that route. The biggest problem in my case was an incompetent, lazy project manager.

I also used the same concrete contractor as my brother. His foundation was footing/wall/slab not a monolithic pour. I did mine monolithic shallow frost protected slab to save labor cost. I just found out from my framer last night that the slab is 6" too long on one end. The bolts completely miss the bottom plate. They can't even read a goddam tape measure! I was going to check everything before they backfilled, but got too busy with other stuff. I also wanted to check things before they poured and ended up working on other things to get ready. I shouldn't have to double check a contractor's work.

I just hope my builder is competent, and so far he seems to be.

[chevynut]

Ryan is making progress on the shop. They set trusses yesterday and are sheathing the roof. Hopefully we have metal by snowfall. You can see that I decided to install a 10x8 door between the west and center sections of the shop to push stuff from one side to the other. I got a big surprise from Premier, they decided to refund my entire $5000 deposit.

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[BamaNomad]

Outstanding CN! money back from the failed vendor, AND moving right along on your structure! We'll keep our fingers crossed for you on getting your building 'weathered in' before snowfall and winter!