Lil Toe
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If any of you are on Pirate, you've probably seen this before:
So I started building my place in 1999 and moved in Aug. 2000. After a little over 11 years, I’m still very happy with it and would do it over again, but with a few changes (not many though).
Pics are here and labeled as to angle/where, there are others spread throughout my photobucket account:
http://s192.photobucket.com/albums/z20/LilToe01/Shop/?start=all
To start with, it’s a MiracleTruss 42’ x 84’: 42’ x 60’ of shop and 42’ x 24’ of living area with a loft bedroom. I went with it because except for the trusses, it has a wooden frame and was easier to finish. The trusses are set on 12’ centers, the walls are 14’ tall and the peak is 21’. The garage doors are (2) 10’ x10’s and a 10’x 12’. I did almost all the build myself (with friends of course) except HVAC, plumbing and flatwork.
I live in a rural area (sits on ten acres) though I have city water/sewer. As for zoning, it’s considered a warehouse with living quarters. I have electric heat in the living area and use a propane salamander in the shop. Insulation is R-13 batt in the walls and R-19 batt in the ceiling. The living area floor sits 4” higher than the shop (code) and the separating wall is 2”x 6” with fire blocking every 4’ and 5/8” Firerock on both sides (also code).
As for what I’d change, it’s obviously not big enough (I have pictures after I moved in, the place is practically empty).
Realistically, I wish I would have done radiant floor heat in the living area. I had it bid but it was outrageously high and this was before the average person could easily get the materials for it. I also would have made another offshoot loft (to the right) for an office from my staircase. I also wish the window under the loft window was a door and I could build a small patio there (though I’ve been kicking this idea around the last year or so). As for the shop area, I’m pretty happy with it. I just added the lift a couple of years ago (home improvement project). There’s little things out there, but they get changed/modified as needed.
Few pics for the lazy:
Everything stuffed in there last year when I rebuilt my new to me gooseneck:
Jeep where it usually ends up after a weekend of wheeling:
Loaded up for Moab earlier this year:
So I started building my place in 1999 and moved in Aug. 2000. After a little over 11 years, I’m still very happy with it and would do it over again, but with a few changes (not many though).
Pics are here and labeled as to angle/where, there are others spread throughout my photobucket account:
http://s192.photobucket.com/albums/z20/LilToe01/Shop/?start=all
To start with, it’s a MiracleTruss 42’ x 84’: 42’ x 60’ of shop and 42’ x 24’ of living area with a loft bedroom. I went with it because except for the trusses, it has a wooden frame and was easier to finish. The trusses are set on 12’ centers, the walls are 14’ tall and the peak is 21’. The garage doors are (2) 10’ x10’s and a 10’x 12’. I did almost all the build myself (with friends of course) except HVAC, plumbing and flatwork.
I live in a rural area (sits on ten acres) though I have city water/sewer. As for zoning, it’s considered a warehouse with living quarters. I have electric heat in the living area and use a propane salamander in the shop. Insulation is R-13 batt in the walls and R-19 batt in the ceiling. The living area floor sits 4” higher than the shop (code) and the separating wall is 2”x 6” with fire blocking every 4’ and 5/8” Firerock on both sides (also code).
As for what I’d change, it’s obviously not big enough (I have pictures after I moved in, the place is practically empty).
Realistically, I wish I would have done radiant floor heat in the living area. I had it bid but it was outrageously high and this was before the average person could easily get the materials for it. I also would have made another offshoot loft (to the right) for an office from my staircase. I also wish the window under the loft window was a door and I could build a small patio there (though I’ve been kicking this idea around the last year or so). As for the shop area, I’m pretty happy with it. I just added the lift a couple of years ago (home improvement project). There’s little things out there, but they get changed/modified as needed.
Few pics for the lazy:
Everything stuffed in there last year when I rebuilt my new to me gooseneck:
Jeep where it usually ends up after a weekend of wheeling:
Loaded up for Moab earlier this year:
