vonhef
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Been awhile since my last project: http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=111827
But to make this story short, the Wife & I have moved from Western Oklahoma to Southern Oklahoma.... and after living 19 years in an area that had very few trees, we couldn't imagine not buying a place that wasn't in the middle of a heavily wooded area! The place we purchased is on 10 acres of oaks with the only clearing being what was performed during construction of the property.
The 30'x50' shop was constructed but never finished. We moved in the week of Thanksgiving holiday so the photos below are with all the stuff still unorganized.
One of the first things needed in this building is electricity. But the construction of this building had the C-Purlin open side welded toward the inside of the shop. So the first thing I did was to weld another C-purlin on the inside to allow mounting the breaker box and future inside wall.
My inside wall will only go 8 feet high, so I will need to repeat this all the way around the shop at the 0', 4', and 8' level. But with the electricians on their way... this was done first on one section to allow the mounting of the breaker box. I decided to hire an electrician to bring the electricity form the meter 300 feet away to the shop, then I will wire the inside myself.
Ditching through the trees:
Digging under the phone line to the house:
Service through the wall:
125 amp service box mounted:
Outside photo:
But to make this story short, the Wife & I have moved from Western Oklahoma to Southern Oklahoma.... and after living 19 years in an area that had very few trees, we couldn't imagine not buying a place that wasn't in the middle of a heavily wooded area! The place we purchased is on 10 acres of oaks with the only clearing being what was performed during construction of the property.
The 30'x50' shop was constructed but never finished. We moved in the week of Thanksgiving holiday so the photos below are with all the stuff still unorganized.
One of the first things needed in this building is electricity. But the construction of this building had the C-Purlin open side welded toward the inside of the shop. So the first thing I did was to weld another C-purlin on the inside to allow mounting the breaker box and future inside wall.
My inside wall will only go 8 feet high, so I will need to repeat this all the way around the shop at the 0', 4', and 8' level. But with the electricians on their way... this was done first on one section to allow the mounting of the breaker box. I decided to hire an electrician to bring the electricity form the meter 300 feet away to the shop, then I will wire the inside myself.
Ditching through the trees:
Digging under the phone line to the house:
Service through the wall:
125 amp service box mounted:
Outside photo:
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We had one about a half mile from the house this spring. That gets your attention.
