Building a duplex...efficiently. | Contractor Talk - Professional ...
WEBJan 30, 2012 · Just build the $30/month or so into the rental price. Also has the benefit of lowering your insurance, and protecting your investment. They pay for it, you get to write it off...
how to build a firewall - Contractor Talk
WEBSep 23, 2008 · How to build a firewall: Step 1. Build a wall Step 2. Light a match Step 3. Get paid .
Has anyone here ever built a simple side by side duplex?
WEBJan 3, 2022 · Today I started to draw a preliminary floor plan for a duplex I am considering to build and was looking to see if anyone has any insight on my plan before I go to a professional to have it drawn. What I am considering is a overall footprint being 32x56 with each side being just under 900 sq ft.
Slab on grade vs crawl space or full basement
WEBDec 31, 2023 · Even with the deep frost walls, slab on grade is going to be the cheapest way to build. I always like to pour a slab in crawl spaces, so you still have the expense of slab plus floor framing / decking in a crawl space …
New enclosed trailer on order, show me how you set up...
WEBMay 1, 2008 · The cheapest way used to be to buy those metal assemble yourself 24'' deep x 48'' wide x 60'' tall shelves, put them together and install them upside down so you had a lip to hold everything on the shelves.
DUPLEX BUILD - FALL 2001 - Frankfort, IN ~ LOOKING BACK...
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ICF guys. Need some tips! - Contractor Talk
WEBApr 16, 2013 · By the time I figured footings, footing forms, ICF forms, concrete, rebar, window bulkheads and wells, and waterproofing, I am about $2300 under the cheapest and best pan forming company that I got a bid from.
Features of a California slab foundation. What are they?
WEBJun 20, 2010 · I am going to build a small extension on our house (about 11ftx14ft) on the end of an existing extension done in the 70's. Because we might be on medium shrinkable clay and there 4 Lalandi and a Hawthorn tree within about 4 ft of the foundations the Building Inspector is talking about me using a raft foundation, which I would guess is similar ...
low cost retaining wall?? | Contractor Talk - Professional …
WEBJun 15, 2008 · Not storing anything. Buy a truck load of sand a load of gravel and a pallet of portland. Mix a few bags and stack them let them set thats the idea. Last time i figured it up it would be a lot cheaper than store bought sackrete here (only thing i didnt now about was the bags).Not to mention not having to build and pay for forms for a retaining ...
Anyone frame an elevator shaft? - Contractor Talk
WEBApr 6, 2010 · I've worked on quite a few of them, as many as 5 stops on a stacked duplex. Complying to codes is a bit tricky. There is a maximum distance allowed from the car to the door. I'm pretty sure that's to prevent a child from standind between the car door and the entry door. There are also maximums between the car floor and the door sill.
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