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How’d I do???

plumbbill | Posted in General Discussion on June 3, 2008 06:44am

So in my grand scheme of my property I have always planned on a shop.

Problem is that I don’t have any resemblance of level ground, so I had the idea of cutting into my hillside, putting in a huge concrete wall then the front side in split face CMU so it wouldn’t look like a shop.

Spanning in-between the two wall with some sort of bar joist, laying down pandeck & pour concrete on top of that so when I walk out of my basement I would walk onto the roof of the shop.

Sounds friigin pricey.

On my job the office trailers are stacked double high sitting on a heavy duty I beam set up.

So they had to come out & I offered to buy all the steel from the general contractor.

they accepted—- so what should have I paid for —–

22 I beams 12×6.5x 15′

6 I beams 12×6.5 x 18′

28 I beams 12×4.5 x 19.5′

44 3″ box tubes 15′ long either 1/4″ or 3/8″ thick.

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The general was going to scrap it at 150 bucks a ton & they thought they had 4 tons so I got it for 600 bucks—- did I do ok 😉

 

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    G80104 | Jun 03, 2008 06:49am | #1

    That's a Deal! Smoking Deal!

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    IMERC | Jun 03, 2008 06:52am | #2

    guess so....

     

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  3. pebble | Jun 03, 2008 06:53am | #3

    I would have to say so... now you can make a hell of a sturdy shop any which way you want on that land. Pile drive a couple corners, join up some spans, pour some concrete floors. It is a start!

    Handyman, painter, wood floor refinisher, property maintenance in Tulsa, OK

  4. ponytl | Jun 03, 2008 06:56am | #4

    i'd have asked them to deliver em for that kinda money...

    :)

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    1. plumbbill | Jun 03, 2008 07:03am | #5

      LOL I think I spent 150 bucks in diesel

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    Luka | Jun 03, 2008 07:04am | #6

    I'll buy 4 of those 3" box tubes from you, if I can get a reasonable price.

    =0)

    Email me though here...


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    1. plumbbill | Jun 03, 2008 07:11am | #7

      Sure thing, I've sold the whole first section already, but I'm sure I will have plenty of tube steel left.

       

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        Luka | Jun 03, 2008 09:20am | #8

        Well, email, already.=0)


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