 DraimanLet me see those devil horns in the sky
join:2012-06-01
Kill Devil Hills, NC | reply to Draiman
Re: Garage addition I looked up the manufacturer website for the garage doors. They list it as R-value - 9.65 on the model they quoted and the quote has an upgrade for $100 per door to the next model up with an R-value - 10.29. |
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Re: Garage addition That looks like a nice garage. |
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DraimanLet me see those devil horns in the sky
join:2012-06-01
Kill Devil Hills, NC | reply to Draiman
With any luck we're still on schedule for a Friday demo. |
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DraimanLet me see those devil horns in the sky
join:2012-06-01
Kill Devil Hills, NC | reply to Draiman
Health department held us up from getting the permit yesterday so demo is getting bumped to next week sometime.  |
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 AVDRespice, Adspice, ProspicePremium
join:2003-02-06
Onion, NJ
kudos:1 | what were the issues? |
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DraimanLet me see those devil horns in the sky
join:2012-06-01
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| said by AVD:what were the issues?
They wanted a floor plan to verify the septic system was adequate to add a new room to the house. We have a 9 room septic system installed but only have 7 rooms currently so it was a non-issue. They approved the Health department part an hour ago.  |
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garys_2kPremium
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Farmington, MI | Interesting. Here in Michigan they size the septic field based on the number of bedrooms only. |
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DraimanLet me see those devil horns in the sky
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Here's the verbiage on a septic system here.
"What is the maximum number of total rooms that a structure may have based on the number of bedrooms specified on the septic permit?
The total number of rooms allowed for a given septic system without the need for a deed restriction is as follows:
3 Bedroom Permit a maximum of 7 rooms is allowed
4 Bedroom Permit a maximum of 9 rooms is allowed
5 Bedroom Permit a maximum of 11 rooms is allowed
6+ Bedroom (multiply # of permitted bedrooms by 2 and add 1)
A deed restriction may be appropriate in some instances. Contact the Board of Health if you would like more information as it relates to your specific property." |
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DraimanLet me see those devil horns in the sky
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I just ordered the doors and octagon window myself today. The contractor is going to handle the double-hung windows. His prices on the doors and octagon window were too high. Also hired the electrician today.
The last things I need to do are find someone to paint and asphalt. Not sure if I can do that until they have the garage up though. Might be hard for them to quote off a design. |
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DraimanLet me see those devil horns in the sky
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They said we have a "4 bedroom permit" which is a 9 room house max. A "3 bedroom permit" is 7 rooms max. They said when the septic was done in 2003 the health director required all houses to get a "4 bedroom permit" minimum. Our house should have had a "3 bedroom permit" originally so lucky for us that overkill was in our favor this time. |
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AVDRespice, Adspice, ProspicePremium
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Onion, NJ
kudos:1 | reply to Draiman
You are not getting the job done turnkey?
Who hired the designer? The framing contractor?
Also for new construction and qualifies roofer should be able to quote based on the drawings. |
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 Bruschi
join:2001-04-16
Cape Cod
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said by Draiman:For now it's going to be storage so all the 'junk' my wife has in the basement will move above the garage.
You know once the wifes "junk" is up there it will never leave.
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Professional student pilot! |
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DraimanLet me see those devil horns in the sky
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said by AVD:You are not getting the job done turnkey?
Who hired the designer? The framing contractor?
Also for new construction and qualifies roofer should be able to quote based on the drawings.
The contractor sold it as a one stop shop project but also had allowances on some stuff in case I wanted to do upgrades or anything special. The contractor is handling everything except the doors and electrical as far as the garage goes. They don't do painting or asphalt either so that's all on me to get done. |
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DraimanLet me see those devil horns in the sky
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After one final round of BS with the city over the permit they are issuing it today. They made us get the framing and foundation stamped for 'our own protection' they said. They forced us to get a certified plot plan also for the permit. Both things aren't required in most cities but ours just happens to be dicks! They forced us to spend $3,000 extra to get the mere $600 permit. Ridiculous! GC is making some calls and trying to line up the demo for Friday finally. |
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Remember to take lots of pictures and post them! |
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 Jack_in_VAPremium
join:2007-11-26
Mathews, VA
kudos:1 | reply to Draiman
said by Draiman:They forced us to spend $3,000 extra to get the mere $600 permit. Ridiculous! GC is making some calls and trying to line up the demo for Friday finally.
Good grief the useless government bureaucrats are really entrenched in your city. You folks should clean house on some of them.
Here is our fee schedule:
Building Permit Fee $25.00 minimum
Fee for building a new building, additions, garages, mobile homes, modular homes: $.06 per square foot with the minimum fee being $25.00
Fee for building renovation or remodeling, etc. $4.00 per thousand of estimated cost, minimum fee of $25.00
Looking forward to pictures of your project. |
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DraimanLet me see those devil horns in the sky
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The permit fee is $12.00 per $1,000 of estimated cost. In our case it's $49,800 for the cost so $598 for the permit. In order to get the permit the $%#^'s required a certified plot plan ($1,000) and all drawing stamped ($2,000). We're looking at ~7% of the cost of the project just to get the permit. Nuts!
The GC is going to give us a day to start this afternoon sometime. He said it will be Friday or Monday. I'll try to get some nice 'before' pictures and post them soon. The electrician was out over the week-end and disconnected the power to the old garage.
I accepted the GC's bid back on April 17th, 2012. I would have never guessed it would take 3 months to start the job. Let's hope his estimate of 6-8 weeks from finish is accurate. This looks to be a 6 month ordeal from start to finish. |
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DraimanLet me see those devil horns in the sky
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Re: Garage addition I'm waiting for a final draft of the drawings but the Structural Engineer turned the foundation into Fort Knox. The original footings were 36" x 12" and the new ones are 96" x 18". It was a single layer of rebar and now it's a double layer of rebar in each wall. This garage is being so over built it's nuts. After it's done the safest place in the house will be the garage. LOL |
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