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I finally grabbed a few photos to give folks some idea of the progress & methods of the construction of the new shop here at Giggle Ranch.
The first photo shows the foam blocks & how they all interlock together. Three quarters of an inch thick reinforcing bars go vertically & horizontally at 16 inch centers. The void is filled with concrete to form a wall 8" thick. The foam stays in place afterwards and gives an R40 value. (A typical modern house is R20.) Drywall, plywood or whatever screw to plastic strips which are imbedded into the foam at 8" centers vertically both inside and out.
This next shot is of the interior shop space... note the steel I beam for lifting heavy stuff. The themed welded steel doors will hang on the 6" X 6" posts inside the walls and the outside posts will be themed and hold up the porch roof over the big 12' X 12' door.
This shot shows the front of the building... pretty plain still, but no worries, I have plenty of ideas.
This last shot is the interior of the studio. My camera isn't wide angle enough to get a good shot but the view is from the lower level (client meeting area) up to my design studio. The windows are just starting to be framed. The ceiling will be vaulted with a curved wall up and over the windows forming a very dramatic room. The steel work sticking out of the concrete next to the stairs is the beginning of the structure for the tree which will be over this area. My desk will curve around the window giving me a 20 foot working area (with a fabulous view!)
Overall I am very pleased with the progress. It is going to be the space of my dreams!
Stay tuned for more updates as we make continued progress!
-dan
[ August 09, 2003, 01:05 AM: Message edited by: Dan Sawatzky ]
-------------------- Dan Sawatzky Imagination Corporation Yarrow, British Columbia dan@imaginationcorporation.com http://www.imaginationcorporation.com
Being a grampa is one of the the most wonderful things in the world!!! Posts: 8738 | From: Yarrow, B.C. Canada | Registered: Nov 1998
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Not constructing at this time, but all info on this method of construction is being greedily soaked up by this sponge I call a brain... I'm sure I'll put it, (the info, if not the brain), to use sometime..
-------------------- Mike O'Neill
It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value. - Arthur C. Clarke
I think the builders are tryin to pull a fast one on ya. That interior view of the studio sure LOOKS like an exterior view by the pic.
One other thing that you may not have thought of....with that great view from your working space, aren't ya a little concerned that you may find yourself dreaming while you're working?
[ August 10, 2003, 12:03 PM: Message edited by: Don Coplen ]
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Everything looks great, can't wait to see the finished product. The walls are just the opposite of ours. We have concrete blocks filled with insulation.
-------------------- Bill Riedel Riedel Sign Co., Inc. 15 Warren Street Little Ferry, N.J. 07643 billsr@riedelsignco.com Posts: 2953 | From: Little Ferry, New Jersey, USA | Registered: Feb 1999
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The 'interior view is still very much exterior until we get the roof on. in two weeks we hope! As for dreaming while I work, inspired by the fabulous view out the windows... that's what I get paid the big bucks for doing!!!
We are the general contractor, framing contractor, welding contractor, concrete contractor and just about everything else save the excavator, electrician and the little bit of drywall. With the unusual aspects of the building it would have been prohibitive to hire 'experts' to do the work which we are more than capable of doing.
I am working with my dad (now 73) and my son-in-law Phoenix as well as a couple of helpers. Between my dad & I we have about 90 years of construction experience, him in regular square type construction and I mostly in themed construction.
We are having fun daily and learning lots together as we explore the new technology in the building industry.
I did the very first project 'IN' the shop today. The level & smooth floor was irristable as I constructed the structural steel framework for the train station/electrical building. I am happy to say that the big space proved very satisfactory!
Using the excavator I dragged it to the front of the property and stood it up on the previously poured foundation. I took things dead slow (didn't want to bend anything) as it was my first time operating such a machine. All went well and we now have a 17 foot tall tower in the front yard. The prefabbed cone-shaped roof will go up another 9 feet or so above that. I then welded a subframe in place to make the beginnings of the round tower over which I will weld the pencil rod framework and then attach the lath in preparation for our decorative plaster work.
I'm sure the neighbors will have a whole bunch to say tomorrow as they ponder the latest developments which happened over the weekend!
-dan
-------------------- Dan Sawatzky Imagination Corporation Yarrow, British Columbia dan@imaginationcorporation.com http://www.imaginationcorporation.com
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