My Dream Shop 48x100

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So last year while on vacation with the wife. We were sitting in traffic she says "I want a new car" My reply was "hell no i want my big shop before you get anything else!" To her replying "ok lets do it" Shocked as i was with her response She then proceeds to ask "how are you gonna heat it?" So then a good bit of ideas were discussed as my little Shop at the time (24x48) in the winter with the lil fareheat heaters would make our electric bill over $500. Then she says What if we sold and Built a house and shop somewhere else and started over Fresh. Immediately i was against it until she brought so much clarity to the table. New house, new appliances, Natural Gas, Fresh Start and closer to my parents. So Talked with my parents and they were ecstatic that we were gonna build and live closer to them (grandkids ). We picked out a spot on the family farm and they sold us 2.5 acres. 1st the need to be some dirt work done,but before that the Peculation test.Then Go to town removing Trees and such.The plan was Borrow the money to build the shop move everything into the shop, put the house for sale, Sell the house and use the money off the house sale to start the new house until we run out of money then get with a bank and finish. Well that was short lived after the bank said they want to be in control from stat to finish on the house.The wife talked with 14 different contractors until we found the 1 we wanted. so dirt work was done and house was put up for sale no bites will Christmas eve boom were under contract with a sale contingency of them selling their house No problem. then Covid hits And the whole deal crumbles now back on the market and within 1 week with new realtor under contract again and sold as soon i got back from work.

 

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here is some more pics

 

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and some more

 

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and more

 

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my playtime was over called in a professional

 

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more of the shop pad and driveway

 

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built the entrance ways and some progress on the shop pad

 

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more dirt work of the shop pad

 

[MacTexas]

I know how big the garage will be. How many sq ft is the house?

 

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I know how big the garage will be. How many sq ft is the house?

The house living space will be 2700 but it has 10ft wrap around porch and 30x30 car port

 

[NES]

Wow! 48x100 that's massive. I look forward to seeing more photos.

What size garage doors do you plan on having?

How tall do you plan on making the ceiling?

 

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Wow! 48x100 that's massive. I look forward to seeing more photos.

What size garage doors do you plan on having?

How tall do you plan on making the ceiling?

i will have 1- 12x12 and 1-14x16
it will be 16ft at the eves

 

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here is more of the pad

 

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some of the house pad and here is a idea of our layout

 

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some more of the house pad and some of the start of the driveway

 

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more of the driveway and new culvert

 

[NES]

i will have 1- 12x12 and 1-14x16
it will be 16ft at the eves

Those are nice sized garage doors. The 16' ceiling will be very nice to have. Do you have any plans of putting a loft in the garage?

 

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Those are nice sized garage doors. The 16' ceiling will be very nice to have. Do you have any plans of putting a loft in the garage?

yes i plan on doing a 24x48 storage above the machine shop,office and Kitchen area

Here are some pics of the fencing and the start of the house

 

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more of the house Pad

 

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here is the house floor plan layout and well gotta have a mailbox for the new place. I couldn't find one i was satisfied with so made my own and lined it with stainless to make it easier to see at night.

 

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more of the mailbox and installed Here the house progress it was originally supposed to be a Barndominum pole barn but i wanted the whole house covered in Sheathing board so he stick framed it and the power company Broke their auger 3 times because they hit Solid limestone

 

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Some more pics of the house progress. I already had 200 amp service wire for my previous shop that I never used. So i am using it for this shop and having 400 amp ran to the house to branch off 200 for each

 

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Gas company ran the gas line, builders ran the water line (hit a few rocks) The 400 amp meter base installed and the brick work got done as well as the parking pad

 

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Finally Now to start the shop got the forms up and spread gravel ended up ordering 3- 22 ton loads thinking it was enough ended up using 5 loads and digging out for plumbing and sewage drains

 

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got the gravel done put 6mil plastic down, insulation,wire and 1/2 pex less that 300ft loops

 

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the pump truck and concrete pouring

 

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here she is all poured and the pump truck guy let my son play with the controls

 

[karoc]

Well I say the grandparents are the winners here,nothing better than grand kids. Yea new shop,new house is nice Congratulations all the way around

 

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Well I say the grandparents are the winners here,nothing better than grand kids. Yea new shop,new house is nice Congratulations all the way around

most definitely they are. thank you Sir.

 

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and the finished product

 

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here is a update

 

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post away

 

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Trusses going up

 

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all trusses up

 

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And that's the last time the contractors showed up

 

[Chrisb62]

Wait ....what
As in never show up again or for the day.....???????

 

[Motoman1100]

I suddenly heard a needle being scratched across a record! What? Man I have to subscribe to get closure. I hope they come back soon, that's crazy.

 

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Wait ....what
As in never show up again or for the day.....???????

for over a month. Every time I would call to see what the hold up was i got a excuses

 

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I suddenly heard a needle being scratched across a record! What? Man I have to subscribe to get closure. I hope they come back soon, that's crazy.

Well i was the same way very irritated

 

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The contractor said "I will need some money ones i get all the trusses and lad boards on" I paid him then month goes by and no they wouldn't show up always excuses. I got home from work and the whole building is leaning and all the trusses are bowed. They only put 1 set of lad boards on and left and the whole south wall was caving in. So i fired him and cut my losses and hired another contractor to finish.
So first thing we had to do was straighten the structure then i help because its my shop anyways