Low budget 30x48 build

[48flatbed]

Looking good. Where in AR are you, if you dont mind saying?
Jon

 

[captain14]

Hope you get something going before it gets too cold to work outside.

 

[PWC Repair]

I.m near Mountain Home.

Plan is to finish walls then haul in base, french drain, backfill, etc through the winter while giving base plenty of time to settle in. Then when it starts warming up this spring we'll pour the floor and start building.

 

[nsnrider]

Like your build so far. Take more pics, we all love to look at pictures.

 

[PWC Repair]

Like your build so far. Take more pics, we all love to look at pictures.

Thank you. It's long overdue and has also turned into a long process. I'm trying to do the whole thing without borrowing any money.

 

[PWC Repair]

Trying to catch this round of nice weather. Been working late this week and will be ready to pour the other 2 walls Friday morning.

Keyway in the rear wall. Went ahead and drilled for 1/2" steel to provide extra shear strength anyway.




Squared everything off on this side first.



Then set the other side and re-checked everything. Should all be within 1/8-1/4".

 

[Press_Corpse]

Looks awesome! Keep up the work. You're keeping cost down by choosing to do some of the work yourself. love the detailed descriptions.

 

[PWC Repair]

Fridays pour went well. Peeled off one of the insides to have a look. Then covered everything with plastic as we're expexting some freezing rain and ice tonight. Maybe I'll be able to get all the forms taken down later this week.

 

[mauris69]

nice progress

 

[PWC Repair]

No more progress but the plans for the framing have changed. This weekend I bought a steel truss building frame.


It was an equipment shed set at 12ft spacing and 12ft sidewalls. I will be setting at my planned 8ft spacing and 12ft sidewalls. These appear to be pretty heavy built compared to most others I've seen.


As a bonus, they came with a set of 12ft overhangs for a lean-to. Here's a layout of the overall shape.

 

[PWC Repair]

These are Floyd's trusses from here in Arkansas. Talked to them yesterday and they will support a 25# snow load spaced 10ft oc. I still plan on spacing them 8ft oc and building one gable end truss.

 

[ggielen]

Liking the go with the flow attitude, change the plan to take advantage of an opportunity. The forms are inspiring, it's the only thing i didn't do myself (concrete) but i would like to do it next time.

 

[PWC Repair]

Thank-you. I've been watching Craigslist for trusses hoping to find a deal on some that were ordered wrong, not used, etc. Bought these for less than the wood trusses alone were going to cost.

 

[JAckal]

PWC,

I like the metal frame you are using. Keep us posted on this. This is the type of frame I'm wanting to use on my build. There are a lot of chicken house frames and pieces for sale on Craigslist in Fayetteville.

Looks good,
Jack

 

[Catadj78]

Looking good!!

 

[1/2 Cup]

You will not know yourself with the extra space, looking great..

 

[PWC Repair]

PWC,

I like the metal frame you are using. Keep us posted on this. This is the type of frame I'm wanting to use on my build. There are a lot of chicken house frames and pieces for sale on Craigslist in Fayetteville.

Looks good,
Jack

These are heavier built than the chicken house trusses but I looked into those also. If you use those, plan on spacing them at 8ft oc.

 

[PWC Repair]

Well, it was a very busy year working on watercraft and our family vehicle had over 200,000 miles on it so the spare cash went into another vehicle instead of the shop. Recently got some base rock for the pad and washed rock for my french drain. Here's a new pic of the sealed wall and drain going in. I really need to rename this "The Longest Shop Build Ever!"

On a side note if anybody reading this is independendently wealthy, just won the lottery, etc, I would accept a late Christmas present lol!:

 

[J_French06]

Bump

 

[PWC Repair]

The weather finally cooperated long enough for me to get some more done. I fixed a MULE in exchange for use of a tractor and finally took advantage of it.

4 loads of base in place finally.


Left side where the 12ft eave will hang leaving covered storage for lawn equipment etc. Between shop and garden.


View from high side.


And the right side.


And rear looking down into right side. Went ahead and dug out a few inches for extra thickness of concrete for future 2 post lift installment.

 

[PWC Repair]

And once again, I was burried up too deep in watercraft to even think about touching the shop this summer. BUT..........I just ordered my tubing, manifolds, etc, for the radiant floor heat and I'm trying to get floor poured in a couple weeks. Yay!

Are there any longest shop build contests yet?

 

[JeepinMike]

Are there any longest shop build contests yet?

Contest? You already won!

 

[PWC Repair]

Got some goodies today from Pexuniverse. Going to pick up 1" styrofoam Saturday morning and get this ball rolling.

 

[PWC Repair]

Spent most of today laying down plastic
and styrofoam, all seams taped.

 

[PWC Repair]

And then of course rebar tied and sitting on chairs. Then with my wife and son's help we rolled out 1200ft of pex and zip tied it to the rebar.
And 26 yards of 4000psi mix later, I finally have a nice smooth floor.

 

[redline61]

Awesome. That floor is going to be so amazing when your done.

 

[PWC Repair]

Forgot to mention the deadmen. They are about fifteen feet apart, 3ft tall by 2ft deep and 10 inches thick. My plan is for 2ft deep shelving in that section to seperate out my spare jet ski parts in labeled totes. I figured nothing wrong with some extra insurance to keep the rear wall in place.
Just waiting now for the required 28day curing period to seal the floor and start drilling holes to bolt down some webbed truss legs!

 

[wrenchmaster]

Forgot to mention the deadmen. They are about fifteen feet apart, 3ft tall by 2ft deep and 10 inches thick. My plan is for 2ft deep shelving in that section to seperate out my spare jet ski parts in labeled totes. I figured nothing wrong with some extra insurance to keep the rear wall in place.
Just waiting now for the required 28day curing period to seal the floor and start drilling holes to bolt down some webbed truss legs!

I am going to enjoy this thread. You inspire me to get my garage going.

I unfortunately live in New England with the frost issues so my foundation has to go
below the frost line.
My plan is for a 32x32, but before I can commit, I need to get a estimated build cost for something that size. I'm having trouble getting any to get back to me with a number. What would a foundation cost in your area?

 

[sublime68charger]

Will be following along hoping you can have something up within a year or so!

 

[PWC Repair]

Thanks for the kind words guys. If I would have hired everything out I'd have about $15-18k in this right now. I'll tally up a figure and post it up, after all this is a low budget build.

 

[sublime68charger]

I understand low budget,

I'm on year 5 of my build and only have $1,000 to $1,500 invested yearly in the build for a total of $5,000 for my garage build "24x26".
I don't have any cement yet though that is my last big ticket item.

 

[PWC Repair]

Gathered up all paperwork tonight and have solid figures. The most noteable would be the 51 yards of concrete for $4728.93 and hired work so far at $3230including dirt work. Then there's $706.50 in base rock and of course the steel webbed truss frame I bought for $1200.

All together right now including every rebar tie, form screw, and zip tie I'm sitting at $12314. It could very easily be thousands more if I hadn't made deals and put in the effort myself.

 

[SPDMETL]

Keep going! Looks great, and, yes, the Pro's are pretty pricy

 

[Reit38]

How did the foamboard hold up to walking on and the concrete? I'm thinking about doing vapor barrier and 1in foamboard

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[AZ Pete]

You are going to have a nice garage/shop when done!


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[PWC Repair]

How did the foamboard hold up to walking on and the concrete? I'm thinking about doing vapor barrier and 1in foamboard

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No problems. You'd think it would just fall apart but we walked all over it while laying out rebar and tubing and didn't even leave any foot imprints.

Again, thanks for the positive comments guys. I've waited a long time for this and can almost taste the spray foam fumes already!

Also I got the Silax-seal from Legacy and MIGHT have a window in the next couple days to seal that concrete.

 

[Reit38]

Good to know. Which brand did you use and was it tongue and groove

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[PWC Repair]

Not tongue and groove and has foil on the backside. Don't remember seeing any brand on it at all. I felt like if I put the foil on the bottom side it might reflect any heat back up that might soak through the styrofoam.

 

[PWC Repair]

Got that window I wanted and sealed the floor today. It went very smoothly. I used a pump up sprayer that put out a nice pattern and the floor just sucked it right up. Probably hit it again after the building is up.

 

[PWC Repair]

Well, I put in another hard summer of 40hr a week day job plus another 35-40hr week running my watercraft repair business and finally going to the next step. Just ordered all my sheet metal through Menards and a local contractor had me repair a couple skis for him and shot me a great price to stand up and skin the building.

Also this past weekend I picked up 2 nice insulated 9x8 overhead doors with all hardware for $200! Yep, $100 a piece!

Will update with more pics after the metal comes in.