Starting prep for 12x20 Amish garage....again.
Last fall I ordered a 12x20 Amish garage with a garage door on each end just in case I need to get my truck in the back yard. Without those doors I will never be able to get back there.
Perhaps I should start at the beginning.
I had ordered double 3' doors on each end after first discussing 9x7 garage doors. That info did not make it down to the builders even though I talked directly to the top man. When it was brought to the attention of the sales lady that they used garage doors instead she encouraged me to consider the one built with 2 garage doors since they come pre-insulated and after she spoke with the company they offered to sell it to me with $200 off since it was their mistake. I said OK and put down $2500 to hold it till spring. I ran our of time getting a contracter to prep the area. I decided then I wanted a slab after some discussion here on the Creek. Ran out of warm weather last fall so had no choice.
So, about a week ago I talked to the building inspector to find out what was code for the slab. He told me a minimum of 4" sloping from 2' in down to 12" deep from 1' in from every side.
When I had him on the phone I had forgotten to tell him I had been to the tax accessor's office and waa told they would access it as a shed if when they came to look at it they could clearly see it was a workshop. Normally with a door big enough for a car to drive in they tax it as a garage but said in this case they would make an acception.
So I called the inspector again twice and he has not returned my calls. I need his approval of a less that 12" footer around the edges to get the permit and to get estimates so I can give the city a fairly accurate cost for the permit.
I'm stuck. The building accessor is ignoring my calls and I don't know what to do.
I'm looking for suggestions. Please help me out. I went through so much turmoil last fall trying to get a contractor out here to do the job. One by one they cancelled out on me until finally it was just too late to do anything.
Anyone know the aproximate costhe difference going from a 7" perimeter to a 12" perimeter?
I need all the advice I can get at this time.
Ih, and the Amish builders sold the one built for me even though I had paid half down. Then they tried to get out of the $200 off for installing the wrong doors. That was smoothed over by the sales lady who has buildings at her place of business and sells them for the Amish. Their facility is over 100 miles away and she is local.
What would you do? Go ahead with the 12" footer or continue trying to get a response from the inspector? I think he got fed up with my struggles last year and just wants to be left alone and me go 12" as required for a garage.
Sorry for the ramble. Got a lot of things on my mind distracting my focus from this project. Thanks for reading this even if you have no suggestions.