Anyone lay their own concrete?

clementine said
How much of this needs permits? inspection? If you rough in the trench work and/or plumbing without permits and fly under the radar, be sure to check the codes in case you get popped. That way if you do get popped, you arent having to redo the work, just pay the price. With that said, renting a back hoe and getting dangerous with the trenching and leveling and compacting could save you some dough, but as previously stated.....how much? Is it worth it? How quickly is it getting done? You might be better off trying to save money building the structure....framing, pulling wire and whatnot.

Depends on where you are. When I built mine, I called the city and when I told them where I lived, just outside the city limits, I was told they didn't care. i built it to code anyway, cuz I'm like that. Lots of stuff outside the city is pretty sketchy though, lol.

What I did do was paid attention to easements etc. I'm 25' away from the property line where we have a 10 foot easement. Also, county might want know if you are in a flood plane. National code also says 5 feet min from septic lines,, county says 10. Go figure.