Recent content by bcbz71

Looks great. Love the porch design as that's how I designed mine as well. It's amazing what a difference having some shade to work under can make on a hot day. I'm framing with wood in between my metal studs before I foam so that I have something to hang OSB, plywood or tongue-n-groove to...

1) The Florida certified buildings are 26 gauge steel for the outer sheet metal. I upgraded to white for the roof instead of standard galvalume. I also upgraded the framing from 14g to 12g steel which extends the framing corrosion warranty from 10 years to 20 years. For sheathing orientation...

The end of the first year's progress I picked up 2 full 8' sections of used commercial pallet racks off Facebook to put on the back wall and I got some Husky racks on a Black Friday deal this Christmas for one of the side walls. Hard to believe it took me a year to get to this point. I hope...

Framing the 12x24 enclosure Before I have closed cell foam sprayed, I needed to frame out the area where I'm going to hang OSB or some sort of wall covering. The 2.25" metal frame is about on 4' centers, so I laid out the walls at 2' centers. Each stud is ripped down and then attached to the...

Toilet and shower In the back corner, there is a rudimentary bathroom/shower/sink. HWH will go on top of bathroom and the toilet will get a door. The shower will get walls but only a shower curtain across the front for privacy. I plan to epoxy the floor in this corner.

Let there be light Getting an electrical contractor was just as hard as getting a concrete crew. First guy wanted to do it by the hour and was guess-timating about $12K. I found a retired LEO that did it for $8K. 200A service to include the outside meter box on a 6x6 and connecting to a...

The interior Some snaps of the interior.

Time for steel After the concrete was done, I could call and schedule the shop install. It was about 4 weeks later when they could get to me. Took about 3 days to build.

Let's pour Concrete day! After they were done, I backbladed around the pad with my Kubota FEL.

Next step: Dig the footers in Florida sun dried clay using a Kubota FEL, shovels and pick.

My Florida Workshop - 44x55 Carolina Carport build Hello GJ -- long time lurker, first time poster! I've Google searched over the years for "shop" ideas and decided today to share my Carolina Carport build for those that might be considering one. When researching, I got quotes on both pole...