Metal 30x40 in NE Florida
Hi,
This site has been a valuable resource for ideas and help in my build. My only criticism is i usually find a great idea after ive either done it the hard way or bought a different item lol.
Anyway, Here is my build over the past 3 years
Before:
After: (with about 100 trees gone and over 45 truck loads of dirt)
Had to buy some equipment of course!
We originally had plans made for a 30x40 building with 2x6 construction and a loft. I was going to build it my self, planning to do it over 2 years. I was worried about how much time that was going to take away from the family, so at almost literally the last minuted we scrapped the plan and chose a metal building. The Goal was a shop that matched the house, this company has a siding that looked like hardi and the price was great.
The recommended slab was a 4" 3000psi with only fibers. Thats apparently so common here all the concrete contractors i talked to were shocked with i chose a 6" slab, 3500psi with fibers and the thick wire mesh, I think HD only sold the 3x5 sheets of 10g stuff but i found some 8x20' 6 ga. 6mo later and no cracks.
Forms:
I dug out an extra 5x15ft area 2.5" deeper for the lift area. (total 8")
Pour:
I then put a sprinkler on it for 3 full weeks.
shortly after my shop arrived on a truck:
And we have a shell!
Kids love it, i think they think its theirs lol
I bought some insulated hurricane doors off the internet.
Install:
I plan on building a 40x10' porch of the left side, need to start with a another 6 yrds of concrete. Ive actually never done concrete before, much less stamping, but i did stay at a Holiday inn. I had a friend interesting in learning to, (his shops next):
Quite possible the most exhausted and dirty ive ever been:
Done
rinsed:
[
Dry
Need some power:
Expensive month. in addition to the power, i ordered 3000 sqft of insulation for the shop, its foil on one side and white on the other for a radiant barrier, and r11 walls r19 ceiling.
Also bought a bendpak XPR-10aLP (low profile)
Whats next:
-Lights, lots of lights, i have 8 warehouse type hanging light right now and i will be adding 12 48" double fluorescence.
-epoxy Im pretty set on a white or grey norlak system although their metalics sytem looks pretty cool
-Drive way
-install the insulation
-run airlines
-install compressor
-wood porch
-paint my house to match
-install my A/C
more to come!
Hi,
This site has been a valuable resource for ideas and help in my build. My only criticism is i usually find a great idea after ive either done it the hard way or bought a different item lol.
Anyway, Here is my build over the past 3 years
Before:
After: (with about 100 trees gone and over 45 truck loads of dirt)
Had to buy some equipment of course!
We originally had plans made for a 30x40 building with 2x6 construction and a loft. I was going to build it my self, planning to do it over 2 years. I was worried about how much time that was going to take away from the family, so at almost literally the last minuted we scrapped the plan and chose a metal building. The Goal was a shop that matched the house, this company has a siding that looked like hardi and the price was great.
The recommended slab was a 4" 3000psi with only fibers. Thats apparently so common here all the concrete contractors i talked to were shocked with i chose a 6" slab, 3500psi with fibers and the thick wire mesh, I think HD only sold the 3x5 sheets of 10g stuff but i found some 8x20' 6 ga. 6mo later and no cracks.
Forms:
I dug out an extra 5x15ft area 2.5" deeper for the lift area. (total 8")
Pour:
I then put a sprinkler on it for 3 full weeks.
shortly after my shop arrived on a truck:
And we have a shell!
Kids love it, i think they think its theirs lol
I bought some insulated hurricane doors off the internet.
Install:
I plan on building a 40x10' porch of the left side, need to start with a another 6 yrds of concrete. Ive actually never done concrete before, much less stamping, but i did stay at a Holiday inn. I had a friend interesting in learning to, (his shops next):
Quite possible the most exhausted and dirty ive ever been:
Done
rinsed:
[
Dry
Need some power:
Expensive month. in addition to the power, i ordered 3000 sqft of insulation for the shop, its foil on one side and white on the other for a radiant barrier, and r11 walls r19 ceiling.
Also bought a bendpak XPR-10aLP (low profile)
Whats next:
-Lights, lots of lights, i have 8 warehouse type hanging light right now and i will be adding 12 48" double fluorescence.
-epoxy Im pretty set on a white or grey norlak system although their metalics sytem looks pretty cool
-Drive way
-install the insulation
-run airlines
-install compressor
-wood porch
-paint my house to match
-install my A/C
more to come!
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