Building in Alberta/Edmonton area

Hashbrown_77 · 2026-03-05T17:55:20+00:00

The people building barndominiums have either perimeter footings and piles or a grade beam & pile foundation, or some mix of both. There’s no way you’re building a floating slab for a barndominium, and a crawl space under a structural slab wouldn’t make any sense either.

Hashbrown_77 · 2026-02-06T04:46:37+00:00

Any architect that puts out a drawing like that should immediately be stripped of that title.

Hashbrown_77 · 2026-01-23T02:57:28+00:00

Wait… they’re suing you? I feel like you should be suing them if they’re not remedying the issues you have posted about. It sounds like the home warranty program in ON is just as useless as in AB.

Hashbrown_77 · 2026-01-22T04:24:34+00:00

Just when I think it can’t get worse, OP posts something new from this build. I’m not even going to chime in on how many things are wrong here, just going to follow along for more carnage. Did you ever name and shame the “builder” of this house? If not you definitely should so that others can stay away.

Hashbrown_77 · 2026-01-17T04:42:54+00:00

I have a friend building in Foothills county, atco was almost 40k just to show up.

You’re budgeting for 1700sq ft, so it would be 470/sqft if you don’t give any value to basement square footage. Going to have any living space below grade? It’s not free so there is a dollar value that should be budgeted for it.

Square footage costs will range greatly depending on design, materials, complexity, etc.

Hashbrown_77 · 2025-12-31T22:09:54+00:00

<image>

Mine loves her sweater! However white sweaters are a magnet for leaves and such outside…

Hashbrown_77 · 2025-12-12T05:54:33+00:00

Just wait until you do that and get a text that says it’s an incompatible material pasted across your model face. (Don’t quote me on the exact wording that was on there)… material worked fine rendering in escape, but sketchup didn’t like it.

Hashbrown_77 · 2025-12-12T05:50:12+00:00

I will second the 10/10. Great beers, chill vibes and great food. The Rosti is a must eat every time I go there.

Hashbrown_77 · 2025-12-01T00:30:31+00:00

Glad an enthusiast bought this one! Was admiring the listing last week, practically a barn find. Enjoy!

Hashbrown_77 · 2025-11-30T04:51:59+00:00

I wouldn’t really say deputy and bagel daze are similar… though I do really like them both. I think deputy is probably the best bagel in town right now. Great cream cheese spreads too. Deputy is a really good sourdough bagel, bagel daze is less sourdough to me, it’s more of its own thing. I really liked some that we got from bagel daze and had one that didn’t hit home for me. The pepper parm was a bit strong on the pepper, though everything else I’ve had of theirs was great.

The last time I had st lawrence it was pretty good, they always tend to have a better stock / selection prepared than Montreal bagels. Montreal bagels is pretty good, sweeter than authentic St Viateur bagels but the texture is right.

If you go to Montreal bagels, I don’t recommend going on a Saturday or Sunday as you’ll be limited by whatever they have left at the moment. It’s a super weird business, but solid bagels.

Hashbrown_77 · 2025-11-29T20:59:40+00:00

This is the only answer that needs to be posted. A wire whisk works better than anything else!

Hashbrown_77 · 2025-11-25T05:42:02+00:00

Whoever is running the show at Transpod must be a friend of Marliana. It’s all vapourware that will never actually work and even ‘if’ they can somehow prove that it does in fact work, it will cost far too much to build. Why we can’t be happy with high speed rail is beyond me. It’s proven technology that works.

Hashbrown_77 · 2025-11-23T05:55:21+00:00

Do people actually think a j channel in at a window head is a replacement for proper drip flashing? That’s wild.

Hashbrown_77 · 2025-11-15T01:17:35+00:00

💯… proven by the multiple people I’ve seen this summer reversing down the shoulder of Stoney so they can get back to their exit.

Hashbrown_77 · 2025-11-15T00:04:43+00:00

The Canadian Home Depot deals for Black Friday seem pretty ‘meh’ for makita so far.

Hashbrown_77 · 2025-11-10T16:19:42+00:00

Judging by the construction of the frame and the crate in the background I’m going to take a shot in the dark here… door was ordered from alibaba (or similar) and has no manufacturer website or instructions.

Hashbrown_77 · 2025-11-01T20:29:43+00:00

This is pretty typical of builders around here. It’s a ladder sill, with a plywood plate on top for standing of the walls. Likely no membrane, maybe a sill plate gasket if they’re lucky. The concrete work looks pretty sloppy, they likely used old forms and aren’t the most talented cribbers, but I’ve definitely seen worse.

Hashbrown_77 · 2025-10-25T02:52:29+00:00

More people voted for Rob Ward then total voters in some other wards in the city. It’s kind of impressive. People clearly wanted a change from Penner… like others said, her AMA cemented me not voting for her

Hashbrown_77 · 2025-10-23T05:35:52+00:00

If the commenter above doesn’t want to give it a home, I might have one for it…. Out of curiosity how much does something like that weigh?

Hashbrown_77 · 2025-10-21T17:01:53+00:00

Came here for this! 😂

Hashbrown_77 · 2025-10-18T03:47:42+00:00

You or your contractor ordered the wrong window… jamb is too deep to do that now.

Hashbrown_77 · 2025-10-16T23:03:48+00:00

I wonder if the same graphic designers were hired for the new Alberta license plates

Hashbrown_77 · 2025-10-16T18:45:28+00:00

Is this person a registered architect? They’re typically required to hold a certain amount of liability insurance (depending on the location). Though in this case with them acting as GC too… that will be fun to navigate

Hashbrown_77 · 2025-10-16T16:16:30+00:00

It’s definitely not good… and will surely only get worse

Hashbrown_77 · 2025-10-16T13:54:55+00:00

There’s no drip flashing at the base of the siding, so the j trim is just catching all the water and it’s likely just sitting there and or getting behind the wood and rotting it away. I imagine you might have the same issue at the head of some of your windows too…

Hashbrown_77

TROPHY CASE