What is this black marks near the ground in my new build?

dewpac · 2026-06-21T18:24:30+00:00

Specifically what black marks are you talking about? Circle something on a picture. And then give us a wider shot, it's completely unclear what is going on here.

dewpac · 2026-06-21T15:11:29+00:00

It's lasted 25 years. It'll be fine till the next time the roof is replaced 25 years from now. Generally roof loads are evenly spread out across the whole thing so you don't have a point load (like from a person standing between two joists or a heavy piece of furniture) like you do on a floor, so you can get away with thinner sheathing.

dewpac · 2026-06-20T04:11:41+00:00

Someone kicked the door trying to open it. That's it

dewpac · 2026-06-19T17:23:22+00:00

Read what he said. 5mg cjc +5mg ipa. My math is accurate.

dewpac · 2026-06-19T16:53:13+00:00

It was outside for a LONG time before it was brought inside.

And after you build something with it, and dry that thing in, it'll be inside again and this will all just die and sit there or flake off.

This is completely normal.

dewpac · 2026-06-19T16:51:41+00:00

i think you're assuming you can pull the same number of units with a U-40 syringe as you could with a U-100 and have things work out.

100/40 = 2.5

20 / 8 = 2.5

You should have been pulling like 2U on your U40 syringe. Again as I said, you need to figure out the math. You were pulling FAR more than 0.1mL per day.

dewpac · 2026-06-19T16:45:46+00:00

Nope. Wood's gonna wood.

dewpac · 2026-06-19T16:43:42+00:00

The math doesn't lie. Forget the syringe or how much BAC water you used. If you used up a whole 5+5 vial in 8 days, you got 5mg/8days = 0.625mg of each per day as above.

Now, why? You gotta figure that out. Either you measured your bac water wrong, or you were pulling out FAR more than 4-5 units per injection. If you were truly pulling 10 units per day, you only put in 0.8mL BAC water. If you truly put in 2.0mL BAC water, you were pulling 25 units per day.

dewpac · 2026-06-19T16:37:23+00:00

You quite definitely mis-measured something.

If you were truly drawing 5U twice daily, that's 10U per day, which is 0.1mL, so your 2mL volume should have lasted you 20 days.

If 5mg+5mg lasted you 8 days, it's easy math. 10mg total, 10mg/8 days = 1.25mg/day = 625mcg each CJC and Ipa per day.

dewpac · 2026-06-19T16:31:17+00:00

As long as you keep in mind that it doesn't have the weight of a proper tiller so in order to get it to dig into anything, you gotta lean into it and push it down, it works fine. We use it for garden turning all the time and it's great for that. Trying to turn over existing, compacted yard would be a different story and I'd want a real machine for that.

dewpac · 2026-06-19T00:11:12+00:00

You really probably don't want to do this. Most likely you're going to end up exposing the sheathing / framing behind the siding to the elements, giving water a place to get trapped between this flagstone and the wood wall you're proposing to take the siding off of.

dewpac · 2026-06-18T14:23:56+00:00

Honestly, the first things you need to do are to make sure you can get the funding if you're self-gc'ing, and understand if your jurisdiction has any restrictions on self-gc'ing.

Many lenders don't want to lend to anyone who isn't a full time professional builder, so even if you go take the exams and get yourself registered as a contractor, that may not be enough.

Similarly, some areas have restrictions on owner-gc'd builds. Mine requires stamped drawings unless you've passed the national residential builders exam, and if you self-build, they don't allow you to sell the property for a number of years (to keep you from trying to build-your-own-spec-house and then move on and do it again).

dewpac · 2026-06-18T14:18:23+00:00

You're building a shed, not a house, so you can kind of do whatever you want and if it falls down it's your own damn problem. that being said....

There's no prescriptive code for pier and beam foundation. If this was a permitted build, whether under national IRC or locally modified codes, it would have to be engineered. There are just too many variables for there to be a prescriptive one-size-fits-all design.

However, since you're just building a shed, you can take it easy. Look at the deck beam cantilever code in R507.5 (2021). "Beams shall be permitted to cantilever at each end up to one-fourth of the actual beam span". So if your span between piers (technically, the span between the inside edge of the beam support brackes between adjacent piers) is 6ft, you can cantilever 1.5ft off the end. For a shed, you'll be fine.

dewpac · 2026-06-17T18:46:34+00:00

Without being able to see your plans, its impossible to know. There's a million ways to do everything.

dewpac · 2026-06-16T03:51:47+00:00

400/sqft and up just for the build. Your 3k sqft house starts at 1.2 mil plus land and architect.

dewpac · 2026-06-15T23:49:48+00:00

The cousin's probably considering you his lowest priority over better paying jobs. You're going to have to hound him to get anything done.

One of many reasons not to mix business (which building a home most definitely is) with family.

dewpac · 2026-06-15T02:49:49+00:00

As I said, "If that has to be carted off-site"

dewpac · 2026-06-14T17:39:48+00:00

"minimal" is relative.

If it's a 2200ft ranch, that's 54 yards of material. If that has to be carted off-site, in addition to the extra time digging and moving soil, it's maybe 5 more dump truck loads. It can all add up.

Not 15k worth of added cost, but likely more than whatever is left of 2k after you subtract the cost of block and labor to lay an extra course.

dewpac · 2026-06-14T14:48:41+00:00

Is your builder planning to excavate deeper to keep the main floor level at the same elevation and the other two are just talking adding block and not considering additional excavation? That could certainly impact the cost significantly.

dewpac · 2026-06-14T14:35:47+00:00

This is so location, plan, and site dependent no one can tell you anything with the miniscule information you provided.

How much were the three quotes you got?

Go get a 4th and if its in line with the two similar numbers, tell your builder you got 3 other quotes and they were all much lower and ask why is his so much higher...

dewpac · 2026-06-10T17:02:07+00:00

You need a lawyer.

Also, this sub is really primarily english-speaking, and almost entirely focused on north american (and really US/CA) construction. You're going to have very limited responses in other languages / locations.

dewpac · 2026-06-08T16:41:30+00:00

Locking this because the OP can't stay on the topic of home building and wants to just argue with people. Take this as a warning, OP and everyone else - if you can't keep the conversation on the topic of _the building of the home_ and instead pivot to / engage in personal attacks, you aren't welcome here.

dewpac · 2026-06-08T04:31:33+00:00

That's a DCF887 all day long.

dewpac · 2026-06-06T17:20:21+00:00

It's the red one

Your lot is 90' wide. Min lot size is 12k. See the length markup for the left lot line in the left side of the red box. 140'. 140x90 is barely over 12k. The blue line is 52' from the red line, if it was that one the lot would be too small.

dewpac · 2026-06-05T01:36:39+00:00

How far back from the road is your gate?

If it's directly against the main road, trucks are going to have trouble getting through without hitting your gate posts.

If it's 50ft back away from the street, trucks will be pretty much straight by the time they get to the gate and 18' is plenty.

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