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I have a one year and two year update posted you should check them out.

That’s awesome to hear. You’re very welcome! For the money you can’t beat it. I’ve been very happy with the way everything turned out.

Mine has held up just fine although a few people I know and a lot of people on here haven’t said the same. Maybe we’re lucky 😆

I’m not sure if it matters but the door opens to the outside. They built our house with the switches behind the doors and they open to the inside. 🤦

It must be everywhere. Contractors in my areas quality has gone to poop and their prices are the highest they’ve ever been. People around here are finally waking up and large general contractors are moving to other areas.

I was aiming for 4” which would have been fine but it ended up being closer 5.5 to 6” in most places. If you’re not pulling heavy vehicles or anything like that I’d imagine 4” would be just fine. Our driveway was poured 4” thick and it holds up to daily ups trucks and the occasional fedex truck. I will mention if you’re putting shipping containers on it you might need footers depending on the shipping container. I’ve seen some of the designs of those place a majority of the weight on the 4 outside corners but that’s just something to check into to be safe.

Its hard to say. If you have a few garage doors you might be ok because they have large openings at the top of the doors. I actually had the same thought process. I tried installing the gable vents only first but couldn’t get enough airflow so I had to install the turbine vents. Your situation might be different though. My issue was moisture from humidity but I live in the south where it’s always extremely humid. It also helps draw heat out which is good in the summer but not so much in the winter.

Thanks for the reply. I installed the whirly birds and they seemed to be doing ok. I did not mention the shop doors above where there is usually large gap, they have been sealed using a flexible material. Where the flat part of the trusses are on the bottom I installed blue Tex material so it's like an attic if you can picture that. So that being said I put a front gable vent on with a fan on a timer switch. about 2' in front of the inlet and the birds are moving strong. I climbed up and they are moving air out not in.

Every quote we received they wrote “concrete pad including grading and gravel- $14000. Quotes ranged to $20000.

Haha that would be a tough job right there. When my dad and I were building my fence we had a pallet of concrete to mix. He said don’t worry about getting the mixer out for this little amount. We mixed 2 bags in the wheel barrow and when he went to pour them I drug out the mixer. Mixing by hand is hard work!

@@reallifetested2605 Ha, yes it is. I just did an entrance way to one of the animal rescue pens yesterday, by myself...hand mixed 18 bags, poured and finished. My back hurts this morning LOL.

That’s awesome! In my area rebar is rarely used in residential slabs and driveways. It doesn’t get down to freezing for extended periods, we have good soil, and no natural disasters. That’s something that you’d have to check local to your area.

I responded to your other comment thanks again for checking out my video.

Thanks for checking out my video! I didn’t leave them in. What I did was use them for the forms on the outside pads, removed them, then used the outside pads as forms. Hope that makes sense!

Thank you! You’ve got that right. Every extra dollar is nice to have especially in this economy.

Thank you. I had the intention of painting it, but the natural wood look has grown on us. Everything is holding up great!

You’re very welcome!

I did this during covid, in my area truck was 200 - 220 depending on the day delivered with a 4-6 week lead time. 80 lb bags were 3.20 each making a cubic yard 144. Local contractors wanted a minimum of 14k to do this work ranging to 20k. I have 3800 in gravel, and concrete. I did a 1 and 2 year update if youre interested. The one year has a ton of questions that I answered as well as showing pricing. I didn't mean to be misleading, I did mention I saved the money doing it myself using bags. I also may have mumbled because I was newer to youtube videos. haha Thank you for checking out my video, and for leaving a comment.

No, they’re always open so air can continuously flow through. They’re designed at an angle so water can’t get in when it rains.

They’re somewhere in the neighborhood of 6x18 each. I did a one year update answering a ton of questions like this if you’re interested.

@@reallifetested2605 awesome thanks! I’ll take a look for that video. I am looking to do one for a project at my house so I appreciate you putting all this info out there it’s very helpful!

I made a one year update and covered this if you want to check it out.

Noted!

I made a one year update and covered this. You should check it out if you’re interested.

Sorry brother, this has so far kept all of the rain water out.

I thought I had put it in the description but I missed it, I updated it! Thank you for noticing that. Here is a link on amazon, amzn.to/3XiyLop

@@reallifetested2605 Awesome. Thank you so much. Have a great day.

Quotes that we received were between 14 and 20 thousand dollars. I have 3800 in everything including over 100 tons of gravel and concrete.

@@reallifetested2605 Woooooooow!!! Really really amazing. Thanks for the response!

You’re very welcome! Thanks for checking out my video.

I thought the same thing brother, in my area sand and Portland is so expensive that it made the price mixing with 3 2 1 only a few dollars less than truck. It’s unbelievable.

What! If I were to pay myself with the money saved vs the time I spent I would’ve made approximately 165 dollars per hour.

@@reallifetested2605 If the 'crew' you hired was just one person, thats a decent wage. But, to counter your statement, what if a typical crew for a contracted job like this was 4 people? Using your numbers, that's about $40 per hour for each person. Again, a pretty typical rate (actually kind of cheap). My point being - there wasn't really any money 'saved'. Just time spent. Which could have also been spent earlier in life with (arguably) better life decision) to financially position yourself to contract out the work and save (potential) wear and tear on your body that will come back to haunt you when you're 60.

Pallet jack wouldn’t roll on the ground, it needs a smooth concrete surface. The mixer is tall and awkward, difficult to roll full without flipping over plus the frame couldn’t handle much of that.

You've got that right, we were more than willing to pay someone for the work. When we received quotes from 14k and up I was like no way i'm paying that for just a slab. That's awesome you guys are building your own home. Especially milling your own lumber. It will be better quality than you could ever pay someone to do. I don't understand codes and regulations or how its checked. As you stated I see professional construction companies all of the time doing things that would never pass but somehow the project continues and gets signed off on. My home is a perfect example. I found wires pulled through my main that had over an inch of insulation missing darn near touching the metal panel and somehow that passed, as well as a lot of other questionable things. Everyday I see homes thrown up with nails not even hitting the studs that are holding the walls together, siding falling off of new homes that aren't even old enough to have someone living in them, brickwork falling off, gutters sagging and somehow all of that passes. I think most of that is a scam in itself. No mortgage is another awesome thing, you'll be able to live almost care free because its yours and if you live within your means life will be a little less stressful. Like you said if something happens you know where every nail, wire, and pipe is so nothing will be a surprise. Hey I appreciate the kind comment, and you're right the mixer is on sale! I can say for certain what its done for me I definitely recommend it!

@@reallifetested2605 Bought the mixer yesterday! We live in town at the moment, but when like I said we're building a house. Need to do some repairs to the driveway and sidewalk. Will be the perfect place to try it out and will help get the house in town ready to sell. Thanks again!

Thank you! Good luck with your project.

Thank you, I’m glad you got inspiration from my video.

Thank you!

My oldest is 13 and it fits her perfect. She's right at 5' tall. My youngest is 8 and 4'4". She's just able to comfortably reach the pedals with the seat adjusted all the way forward. I'm 5'10" and can drive / ride with them just a bit cramped but it is do able. Hope this helps!

@@reallifetested2605 thank u brother

That’s definitely the correct way to test a battery. But for the money, I think it’s a fine deal. It also gives you at least a general idea of your battery condition. Think, if your battery fails with 100 amp load it’s definitely going to with half cca load. Thank you for the good information.

I go through periods of time when I don’t go, then all of a sudden I’ll have to go there multiple times for different things haha it’s definitely a good place to have nearby when you need it.

If me making a video of wiring up my metal building is a danger to society, then the world has gotten drastically better since I fell asleep last night.

Haha it wasn’t as bad as it looked. More mental than anything because of the repetitiveness.

I cut control joints and I think somewhere in the update I showed that but don’t remember what part in the video it was.

I’m actually doing a 2 year update today. No separation or cracks anywhere. I did a review on the mixer as well. I’ve had to make a few mods to keep it going. Thanks for checking out my video!

You’re very welcome!

You can definitely take that on alone no problem. Good luck with your project and thank you for the comment.

Thank you for the kind words. We were willing to help local businesses until quotes started coming in. They ranged from 14k to 20k so I started calculating what I could do it myself for. I ended up spending 3800 for the concrete and over 100 ton of gravel. I can’t justify paying a company 10 to 16 thousand dollars for a days work for them. I guess they’re getting it somewhere though.

Thank you, I appreciate it!

Definitely. Thank you!

I agree with that. We were willing to support local businesses but when quotes came in from 14k to around 20k I looked into materials and did it myself for 3800 with over 100 ton of gravel and 830 bags of concrete. I couldn’t justify paying a company over 10,000 in labor. Someone is making a killing and I’m sure they’re not paying the laborers that much.

You’ve got that right brother.

You can probably get an airtight container, drop your filament in, and pour the silica beads all around it. That’s what I did with my ammo in cases and it worked great. I even ended up putting a large canister in my safe to keep everything dry and it works great.

I also have a 30x30. What size of wire you're going to be using for service? Of course it'll depend on what you're going to power inside. Just curious.

I used the ge all purpose silicone from Lowe’s. So far it’s holding up great. My local Lowe’s didn’t ever have enough boxes with the tabs like I use so I had to order online and do a store pickup. They carry them in their stock just never actually had them for some reason.

There are calculators online. It really depends on how far you’re running it and the amount of current you’re pulling. Also if you’re using aluminum or copper. I found a website called Nassau national cable and at the time they were almost 1/2 price of what Lowe’s and Home Depot had.

You might can spray a little penetrating oil and let it soak to free it up. My bearing is running on borrowed time, it’s getting louder and louder haha I’ve definitely got my moneys worth out of it though so it’s worth a little tlc I suppose when the time comes.