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Nevermind. I see you smartly added a lift later in the process.

Yep 😁 we wised up eventually!

Yep, ours was around 12” wide, and we just used 2x4s and leveled them out. So at some places it was maybe 4-6” deep (where we didn’t get the dirt leveled too well)… but the 2x4s made sure it was always at least 3.5”. I think much more than that would be overkill like you are thinking. I basically wanted something under each ‘foot’ to make sure I could anchor them down…. But not something too extensive in case I want to do a different type of shed in the future (so it would be easy to replace). Good luck!

Yep, the main issue was making sure the column bases were square with each other. The foundation is square, but we needed to locate each column in a single line, so when the girts were attached, the wall didn’t have any kinks or waves in it. The foundation wall is a bit thicker than what we need, especially where the pilasters are, under the columns. Those pilasters are 18” thick, and the column bases are 8” x 5”, so we had some wiggle room.

The only issues I’ve had so far were a couple of the buckles holding the doors closed have broken. But, they were not all buckled, and we saw some winds gusting to 50 mph. The most snow we’ve had was around 4 inches. As a precaution, we ran a propane heater inside the next day to help melt the snow. Didn’t see any buckling of the arches, but I’ll probably try to get snow off of there anytime it approaches 6” or so. 👍

@@the-plan-today thank you for the fast reply

building sucks

A specific video is not off the table. 😁 It’s our house that we are building. The main building is from Worldwide Steel Buildings in Missouri. The main reasons for the steel were cost, longevity, and the ability to move and change all the interior walls of we want to in the future. There will be no load bearing walls (even the exterior ones). We are also trying to build this in a modular way, so we can build with little to no loan. Thanks for watching!

Excellent! We’re getting close to the building going up soon. Hope yours is going well too!

@@the-plan-today Would you be so kind to make a clip with the assembly of the trusses, and am looking forward to see how you get the columns installed. And I love what you guys did so far. Got couple of notes.

@greengateacreshomestead4324 yep, I’m planning on videoing as much as I can on the building going up. 👍

We spent a couple weekends on it. 3 or 4 of us, fumbling thru it… maybe 20-30 hours?

😁 me too… but he probably still needs some work

We were going to… but then way too afraid after all the blowouts. The aggregate was pea gravel though… so it seems to have settled decently at least.

@@the-plan-today I think people ought to use pea gravel more rather than the crushed stone. Just my opinion though. Scrambling to shore up all those places cost you the time you could have vibrated it. Since you have the foam on both sides nobody will know if there's a little void.😉

Yep, for sure. Completely obvious after the fact, that those outsides were going to blowout. 🤦

We just painted lines for the excavator, the boards would have been in the way (in fact he hit & broke the one we setup ahead of time). It was tricky getting everything squared decently once there is a big hole in the ground. We also had to use a plumb bob to locate the corners of the foundation walls. Probably not the most exact, but we squared everything up again before laying out the ICF.

Using a total station you don't need batter boards

@gordonshearston7590 yeah, one of those is a bit out of my price range 😁

Glad it helped out!

Hi @frankwrogg2515, yeah, it's pretty short. The deck is only 14' plus the 2' dovetail at the end. The Bobcat barely fit. The front bucket was over the railing, and the backhoe was almost hanging off the back.