I online ordered some 8ft 2x4s to frame up a foundation for a new garden shed i am putting up. Pick em up, poured it a few weeks ago. The shed was delivered and i go to start building it. Weird, the foundation isnt big enough so i start measuring. Home depot gave me the 92.5" 2x4s they carry and not the 8ft ones. Super pissed at myself for not checking but more so at them for not giving me the right length. Now i need to extend the foundation, looked good too.
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I would just use cinderblock on the front of the pad... but if you're gonna pour an extra foot on make sure you drill and epoxy some rebar in it to hold the 2 together. Also a good excuse to pour more than a foot and have a ramp extending off the extension you pour
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Dont need the ramp for this one but otherwise i would. Will def do the rebar. I was going to type when i do something i do it properly but i guess i cant really say that here since i already messed up, lol
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grantgallagher I mean use it as an excuse to pre-plumb a PVC pipe in the extension pad in case you wanna add solar lights or even hard wire electric in the future.
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Isn’t it amazing that a 2x4 isn’t, an 8 foot board isn’t, etc, etc., and we all are ok with that? But you’re not alone Grant. Similar things have happened to me. Infuriating for sure.
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So on a deployment to a sandy 3rd world country we had issues because the plans for buildings we were making were using US assumptions, but when we got the wood, the 2x4's WERE 2x4. Caused a lot of "fun" when it wasn't discovered until the first building had been fully framed out and we didn't have enough plywood for the roof.
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This exact thing happened to me when I built my shed back in 2006. With one exception. I'm the one that picked out the wrong sized 2x4s.
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Ah geez, I cut it twice and it’s still too short.
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