^^^^^Bingo!!!!
I've been looking at lifts, I really have, but everything I've found necessitates cutting-up my floor so I can lift my trucks. And I'm not sure I want to do that....yet. Maybe sometime in the future...
Sounds like a pretty good idea, but I don't think it will work, as I'm already running out of usable space along the walls when I draw things out with my Crayons! Think I'll just stick to ceiling/overhead lights, with a couple pull-down "trouble" lights.
That's what I'm doing right now: planning-out the insulation and what-not. (Never heard of these "blankets, though, so Thanks!). I have a "friend of a friend" who does closed-cell foam insulation as a side business, and he quoted me something like $8k to spray the walls and ceiling (he called it a "hot roof") with 2" of foam about a year ago. Not sure what to think of the "hot roof" idea, but I like the idea of using the foam as the vapor barrier.
We have a drains (2) in the garage up at the house, and I agree that they're nice, but I would have to tear-up the existing floor to put them in the shop/shed, and I'm not too keen on doing that right now.
We had the garage floor coated (for the house), and we love it, so that's on The List! As for water, the PO of the property buried about 100 feet of 1" PVC in the ground from the house down to the shed/shop (cold water, w/a shut-off for winter), so there's a spigot about 10' from the side service door already. Not Code by any means, but it is handy. This is an intriguing idea, thanks! As for windows, Yup! I plan on installing some up high, so prying eyes can't peek inside the space (easily).
Beautiful space! I'm jealous!
Damn! Now you're making me actually plan this out!
First off, I really love your trucks. Super cool bumpsides. Secondly, once you decide on a size, double it. That's my best advice.I just responded to this thread regarding winterization, and it got me thinking:
On a beautiful fall day we were prepping the classics for winter hibernation, sigh....
Yesterday was a beautiful fall day, and my youngest son has some reorganizing of his single car garge to do this fall/winter and a winter car project as well ( another vehicle ) i told him his Duster could spend the winter at my garage. My garage isn't massive just a two car garage but like a...
I've always only had a garage, and never a Shop, per se, and this metal building was one of several reasons we bought the new place a couple years ago. Here's a picture from when we were moving-in:
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Building measures 24' x 42' with a 10' ceiling, has 100 amp service, and the wall posts are 7' on-center. I'm planning on building the walls "sideways" (7' tall w/either 18" or 24" centers, laid-down sideways) so that I can utilize readily available R-25 insulation), and I already have a furnace and A/C for it. Floor is already in, and because I don't know the thickness, and don't want to drill (plus I don't have much height to work with), a lift of any sort is out of the question, sad to say.
I have all winter to think about what I'd like to do with this space, and I do have some ideas (such as adding windows, and getting rid of that back OH door), but I'm also smart enough to know what I don't know, so I'm looking for advice from those who have "Been There & Done That". What should I be thinking about, and what mistakes should I avoid?
Thanks, all!
Jim
Size is already “carved in stone”, as it were, as the building is already in place (24’ x 42’. Think double wide and double deep.) I just need to finish the build-out next summer.
That’s a great idea! A friend of mine has his shop press on wheels, and I never made the connection.
What a great layout. Can I ask what the white panels hanging from the ceiling joist are for?
Thanks. The shop empty had lot of echo running through it , they were supposed to be deflection of that, didn’t work so much to thin and not low enough. If I went any lower it would cut into the lighting so now there just decor.
