I have no idea what I am doing.. but Im making progress .

[vash]

that looks like a #4 bar.

easy to bend, but what a pain. i've done it.

[fastfredracing]

Originally Posted by javadog

I don’t know why you bent all the rebar yourself. You know you can call a rebar supplier to deliver all of your rebar cut to size and pre-bent, right?

Crazy expensive that way . I think I had about 120 rectangular saddles, at 8 dollars a piece .
I was making 3 from each piece of rebar at 6$. I like the satisfaction of doing things myself . I got to be like a machine at making them . I made up a little jig , and could cut, and bend up 12 of them in about 10 minutes .
Also trying to save $ where I can.

[javadog]

Where I come from, it's all the same price, priced by the pound. It sounds like you were quoted a price by some intermediary supplier, not the company that produced it. Either that, or there's a hell of a racket going where you live.

When I was working, i bought hundreds of tons of the stuff and never had to cut or bend a single piece. All of it was a x cents per pound, irrespective of length or shape. Never bought anything at a "per piece" price. That sounds like something a box store or lumber yard would do.

[fastfredracing]

Originally Posted by javadog

Where I come from, it's all the same price, priced by the pound. It sounds like you were quoted a price by some intermediary supplier, not the company that produced it. Either that, or there's a hell of a racket going where you live.

When I was working, i bought hundreds of tons of the stuff and never had to cut or bend a single piece. All of it was a x cents per pound, irrespective of length or shape. Never bought anything at a "per piece" price. That sounds like something a box store or lumber yard would do.

You did see the title of my thread right ? Thanks for your input, next time , Ill dig deeper into that option

[Baz]

Looks fantastic, Fred! I'm impressed at how much work you put into this yourself. Especially this time of year with the heat and humidity. Thanks for keeping us posted - have fun on your vaca!

[908/930]

Looks great Fred,

I do not think anybody will bend rebar for free, I did look into it before building this place. I ended up buying a Hitachi VB16Y, great little electric cutter bender. I was getting quotes based on 30,000 lbs of rebar.

[1990C4S]

Originally Posted by fastfredracing

You did see the title of my thread right ? Thanks for your input, next time , Ill dig deeper into that option

You have to have saved money, there's no way bulk rebar is the same price and cut/bent rebar.

I think you did it right.

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by 908/930

Looks great Fred,

I do not think anybody will bend rebar for free, I did look into it before building this place. I ended up buying a Hitachi VB16Y, great little electric cutter bender. I was getting quotes based on 30,000 lbs of rebar.

30,000 lbs??!! What are you building, a freeway?

[911_Dude]

Amazing job for never having done it before. Pouring concrete foundation scares the foo out of me because there is so much room for muck up once it dries. But it looks like you overcame. And the footer looks nuke proof. Why is the footer so wide? How thick are the walls going to be?

[908/930]

Zeke,

House is built with Insulated Concrete Form in an earthquake zone, lots of 5/8 rebar.

[fastfredracing]

I had a large erection today !
Called in some help from my family , My 2 brother in laws, one of their sons, and my son. We got 4 sections up . First one went up pretty easy, scary part, was bracing it all up, and praying it held while we got the 2nd arch up . Once the 3rd arch went up, it started to feel pretty solid. I hope so, we have some windy weather coming this week.
Who needs scaffolding, or a JLG, I stood on top of the backhoe on a step stool . I hate heights .
So far, looks like I have done a good job with the smart end of the tape measure, and I should have a place to put my stuff before the first snow this year

[Captain Ahab Jr]

That looks great fun, nothing like a bit of fear to keep you sensible when building stuff

Get those sections bolted down, doesn't look like it would take much of a breeze to blow them over

[Bigtoe32067]

Sorry if I missed it but why not pour a 4” floor inside the building?

[Scott Douglas]

Wow, that's a fancy lookin' Quonset hut, not at all what I was expecting to see.
Looks like a really fun project getting it built.

[fastfredracing]

4,752 bolts and nuts . Got my last arch up today . I'm glad that part is done .
I'll get hammering on the slabs next, and then finish off the endwalls .

[rfuerst911sc]

Looks great ! My understanding is that style of construction is very strong so it should easily handle wind/rain/snow . Keep up the good work . Do you plan on insulation ? HVAC ?

[Scott Douglas]

That's cool looking.
Now you need a blimp to put inside it!

[Scott Douglas]

What will the inside dimensions be when it's all closed up?

[fastfredracing]

25x38

[A930Rocket]

Nice job, Fred!