Its not so much the format that worries me but the size. Ive got them in my computer as PNG / image files from the scanner (its all electronic submission), so I should be able to easily make them PDF files if necessary.

But given its starting with a 8.5x11" source, it would probably turn into a grainy mess if I stretched the file electronically to the required 24x36"

Personally, it doesn't seem logical to require that big of a format for something so simple. Its just 6 simple block pillars, 4x6s to tie them together, and a standard flat (ultra low slope) roof on top of that. If I did go through the effort to remake this on a 24x36" source material, it would be mostly blank space, lol. But given their lean towards checking every box regardless how illogical, I think they just might do it.



That's funny!!

 

As expected, it got rejected too. Luckily not for the drawing itself, but for 6 other reasons... joy

Admitedly 2 were my fault- areas I under specified as I didn't have a copy of the IRC code book in hand yet. 3 issues are things the current ramada doesn't meet code with (fun, now I get to fix that too since I'm modifying it).

The 6th was me being lazy. Instead of a full blown site plan like I did for the garage, I abbreviated it onto a single sheet overhead snapshot from the assessors office with simple location measurements relative to the property lines and size. They of course didn't like that, they wanted the full blown site plan like I had for the garage with all of the specs labeled regardless how irrelevant (distances to nearest street, distance to nearest intersection, public light pole locations, locations for power/ water/ cable coming onto property, etc). I suppose I deserve that one for trying to cut corners...


Oh well, updated plans are almost done, hope to have them submitted today.

 

That sucks, but at least you sound like you are able to over come each issue.

 

Figured I'd post an update on this:

-Finally got the permit approved for the covered patio extension (connecting the ramada to the house/ covered patio to free up my 1 "accessory building" slot to be used for my garage permit).
-Had to move the 10x12 shed across the yard as it was sitting in the way if the new construction spot. It was a massive pain. I couldn't find a local shed mover that would do it, so we had to DIY it. Tore the thing down to pieces. Kept each of the 4 walls intact, but moved everything else a piece at a time and reassembled it. Also gave me a chance to put a brand new roof on it since the original plastic ridge vent had failed and was letting water under into the roof deck.
-Chopped off the outermost foot of the existing ramada where it will butt against the new extension (so we can connect structure to structure).
-Replaced the fascia board on the existing house patio. It originally had 2x6 fascia boards, but the extension (with its lightly sloped roof) would only touch a small part. It doesn't need to be connected at all for structural reasons, but to make it all one structure to meet the city's rules. We replaced it with 2x12 so we could bolt it together all the way across the width.

Was finally ready to start building the patio extension!

-rented a wet concrete saw from HD and cut the 2x2 holes in 6 spots for the pillars
-Dug out the dirt 18" deep below thr concrete level of each.
-built the rebar structure to sit in the holes
-Passed the first inspection!
-Bought 2 pallets of concrete bags and a Harbor Freight mixer.
-Mixed and poured the holes one at a time - about 900 lbs of concrete per hole.
-Moist cured it for a week before we started laying block.
-Marked the column layout with chalk line, string, and a 3 axis laser level.
-Set the first blocks blocks of 3 of the columns and continued to build them to waist high
-Realized I'd totally screwed up the rebar lateral support while watching YouTube videos on block column construction. Although I made my own drawings, I mostly copied from other examples / the code book. Id thought the drawing said that at each course of blocks, the vertical rebar had to be wrapped with #2 rebar tie wire (I assumed to keep it centered in the block holes during later filling of the block, but thought it was strange to call out a size as tie wire is tie wire).

Figured out it was calling for hoops / ties of actual #2 rebar (1/4"), not tie WIRE (.060). So I had to buy a couple concrete saw blades off Amazon and cut the mortar joints of the first 3 columns that were waist high to disassemble them back to the starter block.
-Found a place that carries #2 (its odd stuff as its so thin) and grabbed a bunch, but had a very hard time bending it tight enough to make the hoops needed. Ive got a bender for #3+4 rebar, but the bend radius is much larger so I can't really make reasonable looking squares (and can't hook the ends as required at all).
-Ordered a 3 pin bender off Amazon and just got done bending up the hoops for all of the block joints.

Ready to get back to work laying blocks again!

 

Foundations ready to pour (six nearly identical, so I'll just show the pics of one)



Post pour:


Blocks in progress. Got one or two more courses on this before I realized my error and had to cut them back down to the base. You can see the tiny tie wire I was using on top of the blocks. Unfortunately I'd built 3 like this, so there was a lot of tearing down to do. It was more labor intensive than I'd expected as A) I wanted to save the blocks so I didn't have to go buy a bunch of replacements B) I wanted to keep the bottom two in place to avoid having to redo the layout process for locating them exactly.


#2 rebar ties all bent up and ready to start laying block again:

 

Great progress man!

 

Thanks!

I wish it were actual progress on a garage itself, but at least it's a defined path to that now. I just requested a 6 mo extension on the separate (on hold) garage permit request. It passed all checks besides the 1 accessory building limit, so once I connect the first bolts from this to the house + ramada, I should be good to go for approval on the garage permit.

Hopefully it'll start picking up pace now. The things we've been working on so far have been outside of our normal skill set so every step has been a learning process.

I'm no block layer, but given we already laid about 30 the first time (before we had to disassemble), its at least a vaguely familiar process.

The roof structure should go very quickly as we rebuilt the roof on the original ramada almost from scratch (and the layout on this extension is identical). The previous owners lost its roof at some point, so we rebuilt the entire roof structure from scratch.

 

Awesome that you finally have an approved plan. Sucks about all the added work, but I am sure it will look great and you will end up with your dream garage!

 

Making good progress now. Finished the columns and passed the final in-process inspection.

Plans call for 100% grout fill and I was hoping to find a company with a pumper truck to do it (as its under and hour job then), but I couldn't find any company willing to do it. Too small of job or places were too busy to even return a call / email. Ended up mixing it in a drum mixer and hand pouring then via bucket. Not fun in this 100+ degree heat...

Started into the wood recently. Only thing left there is the roof sheathing - Ive got a delivery coming tomorrow with all of it, so hopefully I'll get it on this weekend barring any rain.

Still need to find a local roof material supplier for single ply (epdm) roofing. Ive found a place online, but its only LTL shipping which is $1500 for residential delivery with no dock. Hoping to find a local place we can just take a U haul to. Will start diving into that once Ive got the sheathing up.

 

Looking good. Must feel great seeing progress on the final product after all the tedious things you have to do in preparation.