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The pond begins!
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| We used the dirt from the pond to build the pad for the slab. |
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For the next few days, our site prep contractor is finishing the pond, burying our geo-thermal-conditioned air ducts, building the slab pads, installing utility stub-ups, and building the forms for the concrete slab on our 40' x 50' Quonset. The slab will be ready to pour in three days, so I'll have more exciting details and photos then.
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| It's amazing what this little guy can do! |
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| Movin' dirt! |
During this time, I'll fill you in on more details of our overall plan.
As I mentioned before, we purchased a 40' x 70' x 18' 'S-Series' Quonset. Normally, this structure would be erected intact, as designed and specified by the manufacturer. However, my natural tendency to tweak things a bit has taken over and we are building, what I can best describe as, a compound. Our compound will basically feature:
- a 40' x 50' garage which will contain our RV, car, and pick-up; laundry, bath, office, and workshop;
- A 40' x 30' cabin with two bedrooms, two baths, living room, large pantry, and kitchen; (To get the extra ten feet of depth we ordered another five arches from Pioneer.)
- Additionally, we will have a small pond stocked with talapia, lots of garden space, and room for whatever small livestock (chickens, geese, ducks, goats, etc.) we eventually may add to the mix.
There are other features in the plan, but I'll fill you in on those as we progress.
We are starting with the garage. Once it is up and we have utilities connected, we can move onto the property and live in our RV while we work on the rest of the project.
Do you have a floor plan you could post to show how you are going to fit all those rooms into a 40x30 space?
ReplyDeleteYes. I plan to show the full floor plans for both structures as well as the site layout within the next couple of weeks. We're doing some really interesting things in the 'compound' that I believe will be of interest.
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