And so it begins: 50x140

[78SC4X4]

A portapotty is always a great sign things are about to get started!

9 min is about 3x my attention span. But I think seeing a video on the process would be cool.

 

[mkarlin]

Then you will be happy to know I have edited the video to just under or right at 4 minutes, so maybe that would work. For the final product I will edit it to make it shorter

will work on getting it posted

A portapotty is always a great sign things are about to get started!

9 min is about 3x my attention span. But I think seeing a video on the process would be cool.

 

[mkarlin]

https://vimeo.com/425845025

Here is the link

Let me know if you want me to keep making time lapses of the build

 

[matt_i]

Looks like the hardest part is done.

Do you have any more specs on the building? Like sketches, or elevations, floor plans etc?

We will eventually get to see the result but it might generate more interest to post your plans.

 

[mkarlin]

Thanks for the advice, hopefully not too late to generate some interest. I hired a member of this forum do my lighting plan which came out really great. I am excited for the build and to finally have some space to work on my camaro and other projects.

I just got my camaro from a nightmare experience from a locally well know builder. There were so many things hald done, so many. I did my homework and did a lot of reference checks and they came recommended. But something happened and I did not get the quality or attention to detail that the others had. He even built a couple cars that were revealed at Sema and in a couple hot rod magazine builds


I have attached are a couple of the PDFs of the layout and plans.

Plans: (I am sure there is a lot I am forgetting or omitting but it is not intentional)
flush mount drive on scissor lift
radiant floor heat
Future plan: inground/canister 2 post lift


What questions does everyone have?

Looks like the hardest part is done.

Do you have any more specs on the building? Like sketches, or elevations, floor plans etc?

We will eventually get to see the result but it might generate more interest to post your plans.

 

[rixtrix1]

This is a really neat build. Loved the video and would like more if you have the time( Is there a link to a larger format? ). Sorry about your Camaro. Builders may be well known, but you seldom know which employee is actually doing the job. And, you already found out how comprehensive the oversight was!

 

[mkarlin]

Was originally thinking I would do commercial white doors with no windows, but now I am thinking I will do narrow windows at the top of the doors for so extra light

 

[mkarlin]

I think I have the video figured out better, let me know if this works better.

The guys started Thursday, so only got two days of building done but its coming along nicely.
I will also post some images but thought this 51second video would be nice.

We also got a ton of rain some that was nice to get some water in the ground to help getting it all ready and packed for concrete.

Will be doing radiant floor heat, likely going with Radiantec and lay all the tubing out myself. over 2 in XPS and a 15mil vapor barrier.

I find it hard to organize my thought like some of the other builds, but will keep working on it.

 

[78SC4X4]

Was originally thinking I would do commercial white doors with no windows, but now I am thinking I will do narrow windows at the top of the doors for so extra light

I'll be watching to see how you like them. I think the added light would also be nice. I still have a little while to decide.

 

[mkarlin]

Ok here are some images of the last few days. We got a pretty big rain storm and was excited to see how well backed the site work was. It really helped pack the breezeway which we dug out after the other site work was done, to tie it into the barn.

They are moving right along and am excited to see all work that happens this week. Will likely be bring in hay this week if the weather holds out.

Along with a side project yesterday of fixing an old stone wall in the garden.

 

[Chris705]

Great start - I’ll be following along. I like the time lapse videos....

 

[mkarlin]

Thanks. Yeah I am really glad I started the time-lapse. Will also do them for the interior especially for the worship area with the lift

 

[mkarlin]

And the progress continues. They are getting the walls up, and it is amazing how much bigger a building looks when the walls go up.

Trying to decide on interior portion of the workshop and dirty room. Thinking Trusscore plastic panel for the dirty room. Maybe metal for the workshop or just plywood to start. Hard to know

 

[mkarlin]

Was away for the last couple days, amazing what two days of progress looks like. Also took in some hay today

 

[mkarlin]

All of the walls are basically up
And the steel beam is installed and ready to support some weight. Trusses coming early next week.

 

[mkarlin]

Ok here is part 2 of the build time-lapse. I tried to keep it short and cut out the less important stuff, but did leave in the moon for a spot that was really cool

This week the wall went up and the I beam for the bump out

 

[mkarlin]

Shifted the time lapse to the other side of the building to get some of the more interesting parts of the rest of the build

Will start having more interior details as it goes on.

Any questions from those of you watching the build?

 

[Jayman17]

Looking good so far...

Jay

 

[mkarlin]

Why, in a million years, would you want that style of lift? It's not full size.

And most of all, you can't work under it (unless I'm missing something), which is the whole point of a lift.

Put in a full-size 4-poster, 9,000lb capacity minimum. Anyway, that's MHO. Please tell me the 'good' points on that lift???

50 x 140 does give me serious garage envy, LOL. Good luck with it!

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I have decided to do an inground 2 post. For all the reasons people mentioned. I was watching videos of the scissor alignment lift and it was not going to work like I wanted

 

[mkarlin]

The trusses showed up for part of the building

 

[mkarlin]

Much happened today. Trusses were moved inside the building to get them strapped together for the big crane that will come next Thursday. It is pretty exciting all of process that seems to be happening. I feel like I should be writing longer updates but not sure what people want to hear about or see. So I find myself having shorter updates.

I did come across this for storage and really like the idea.
https://www.levrack.com

 

[MileHighRover]

Hmm, I thought it'd be bigger.

 

[mkarlin]

Thanks for looking though the post.

 

[travisn1]

I don't understand. Is the roof being lifted in place all at once? You already had a crane on site, why weren't they just set in place then?

 

[Jayman17]

+1 on what Travis said. As far as your updates, to me they are fine. I appreciate and enjoy the photos. Man you have a HUUGGEE building there! Thanks for posting...

Jay

 

[mkarlin]

I don't understand. Is the roof being lifted in place all at once? You already had a crane on site, why weren't they just set in place then?

They will strap and apply all the plywood in sections. I think 8 truss sections and then lift in place once each section is tied together

I added a picture of what was done at another build

 

[mkarlin]

BAD NEWS, I moved the timelapse and for some reason it only died Sunday night before any work started. The good news is there are some videos of the lifting of the trusses and I think it would have been hard to see it anyway given that most of it happened inside the walls. I will work on fixing it today and try it out for the weekend.

 

[davo727]

This roof deal is very different.

 

[mkarlin]

The trusses are coming together and should be raised on Thursday

 

[mkarlin]

Super productive day. 4 hours to set the trusses.

 

[mkarlin]

Well it has been a busy week and many answers about the trusses are answered in this video.

Hope you enjoy!

 

[mkarlin]

Has been a slow period. Got the trusses up on the bump out and all of the truss ends have been cut. Waiting for them to finish the trim to get the roof done. We have had a lot of rain, wish the roof was finished. Atleast they used exposure grade one OSB, so hopefully not a huge deal

 

[oilslick]

Great progress, interesting methods.

 

[jblnut]

I've been following along since post #1 and I agree about the method with the trusses being odd but neat. Seems like more work to build them on the ground and lift them up but it might be easier as well. Definitely probably goes quicker with less risk of falling off !!!

I was pretty happy about my 54x72x18 that is currently going up but damn dude !! This will be a really nice space !!!

 

[mkarlin]

Great progress, interesting methods.

I've been following along since post #1 and I agree about the method with the trusses being odd but neat. Seems like more work to build them on the ground and lift them up but it might be easier as well. Definitely probably goes quicker with less risk of falling off !!!

I was pretty happy about my 54x72x18 that is currently going up but damn dude !! This will be a really nice space !!!

Thanks guys. It started strong, and is slowing down alittle but I suspect that is how it goes. This is my first real building going up. I think I had timeline in my head that was not realistic. Thought I would be laying my radiant tubing end of the month, but that is looking unlikely. I also think electrical will take a while, we will be helping the electrician to help with labor. (he is semi retired and does not want to work a ton of hours per day). SO I hope I can run wires and get things ready for him to just do the things he needs to do.

 

[Pluribus]

50' x 140' is a bit mind boggling! Then again, for some on this forum that is considered a 3-car garage, maybe 3-1/2 when you look at the build advice threads. Not surprised that the progress is frustrating. With that size, everything takes a LOT of time. Phew, and I thought remodeling a 3,000 square foot house was a lot of work!

Curious about your going stick-built. Did you consider a steel-framed building? I see people on GJ saying that larger/wider buildings like this are more economical with a steel frame. Were there other reasons you chose conventional framing?

Time lapses are always fun to see. Looking forward to seeing this continuing to come together.

 

[mkarlin]

50' x 140' is a bit mind boggling! Then again, for some on this forum that is considered a 3-car garage, maybe 3-1/2 when you look at the build advice threads. Not surprised that the progress is frustrating. With that size, everything takes a LOT of time. Phew, and I thought remodeling a 3,000 square foot house was a lot of work!

Curious about your going stick-built. Did you consider a steel-framed building? I see people on GJ saying that larger/wider buildings like this are more economical with a steel frame. Were there other reasons you chose conventional framing?

Time lapses are always fun to see. Looking forward to seeing this continuing to come together.

Thanks for following. We choose stick built to match the rest of the farm. It’s an old farm with several other building. When I got estimates I looked into Morton but to make the little bump out the 36x40 jog would
Have required 3 building to get attached to each other and it ended up only saying 10%. Which was not worth it in the end.

Wood built did limit use to 50 ft wide. 60 would have been great but it also would
Have over powered the horse barn it is attached too

 

[mkarlin]

Siding has started so they can do the roofing.

The roofing material showed up earlier this week.

 

[matt_i]

Lol you know its serious when a semi truck shows up with a full load to deliver the roofing materials! Is the crane still there to lift them up to the roof or do the roofers have to hand-carry?

I was thoroughly impressed at the protection gained by just the application of synthetic underlayment. I thouught it would be a leaky woven product but was as tight as a roof for the few weeks it took me to get all of the shingles on.

Looking forward to updates.

 

[mkarlin]

Lol you know its serious when a semi truck shows up with a full load to deliver the roofing materials! Is the crane still there to lift them up to the roof or do the roofers have to hand-carry?

I was thoroughly impressed at the protection gained by just the application of synthetic underlayment. I thouught it would be a leaky woven product but was as tight as a roof for the few weeks it took me to get all of the shingles on.

Looking forward to updates.

There is a lull and a a boom lift. I think they will be using the lull.

I agree, I thought the same thing when the supplies showed up on the semi, given not a full load but sill took up a significant amount of the truck.