Recent content by five-oh

Wired up the outside outlet for the current small air compressor. I went ahead and ran the hose indoors, and added a water trap. Still have to buy some u bolts and some connectors so I can mount the 50' hose reel. Wife came home from a friends house with a gift too- a small A/C unit. I suspect...

I'm not sure what the final cost will be- are they ever done? The shop was around $8400 I think; I'm probably around $13500, $14,000 total right now, and that's without any insulation or interior paneling. Ultimate goal is insulated, paneled, and a new 220v air compressor; and two "lean-tos"...

While waiting on the shop, I'd gotten on Amazon and bought a 10 pack of 8 foot long single tube led lights. So , it was time to put them in. The instructions were to use double sided tape, but in Arkansas heat, that's a recipe for falling lights. This is a cheap build, so temporarily, they...

By 430, the building was up and all the trash picked up. I wrote a painful check and told the foreman through a translator, (one of the workman's girlfriend, who'd shown up about lunch time and stayed) that while I was still unhappy with his company's communications, I had nothing but praise...

After the burger break, the crew went back to work. As they got close to finishing, like a kid, I had to go get a special sign my wife had gotten for me at Silver Dollar City in Branson while on vacation. The foreman then smiled, and with hand gestures, offered to put it on the building...

By the time the burgers were ready, we were at this stage:

Having now somewhat grudgingly forgiven the company- well, not really, but at least understanding that the crew presently working on my property was not at fault for the delay- I fired up the Pitboss and began cooking some of the fresh ground beef I had in the freezer into that most American...

A group of four Hispanic gentlemen stepped out and proceeded to communicate with each other in a language that I , a whitebread redneck,had no hope of understanding. They spoke very little southern English, but we managed to communicate. First off, I discovered I had been mislead on the...

When 12 weeks passed without hearing anything from the company that took my deposit, I began to get antsy. Trying to be understanding and not a ****, I let it ride until week 14. At that point, I telephoned and was told they were behind due to a material shortage and they would call me in a...

Then, as it cured, after much research, off we went to order a metal shop. I'd wanted a nice stick built shop, but material prices made it clear THAT wasn't happening with my meager budget. We went to a dealer for National Metal Buildings out of Clarksville, Arkansas, just a few miles from...

Ok, since I've now found where to do a Build thread, I'll post up here now.. As I posted in the general section, I've tinkered with antique and sports cars for years. However, a decent garage has always been a dream. For a short time I had a makeshift 17x20 shop but it was so small I had to...

I went 24' deep by 30' wide, because I wanted two bay doors to be able to get both of my antique trucks in and out with ease. Oriented it with the doors facing west, primarily because that's the way it fit best on my property and looked "right" to me, facing the house. We will see next...

LOL. Sorry my friend, but if you were heir to the Rockefeller fortune, you wouldn't have enough to buy either of those trucks. They have way too many memories and good times ******* in them, and if they are ever sold, it'll be after I'm gone from this life. I wondered where to do a build...

I've wanted a shop for over twenty years. I finally was able to get the wife to agree, and the budget to agree, provided I kept it simple. I would have loved a stick built 50x80, finished out nicely, heated and cooled, with lifts and climate control, tile floors... but a check of the bank...

Been lurking like others for a while, and gathering ideas. Finally able to afford a tight budgeted small shop, so in May I had a friend pour me a smooth finished 6 inch thick 24x30 slab- boy was this poor timing to build on a budget, concrete prices were steep, but it's done right-, and figured...