Recent content by fordsteel

Thank you for your comments. Working on getting the shop organized hopefully sum update posts soon

sorry been away from the forums not much update on the garage. Been working on the house mostly and finishing up the koi pond. really hoping to get back in my shop and use it for other than storage. need a nice relaxing view from the shop. sorry shot is before the water cleared.

still side tracked on the koi pond build a little off topic but it is part of the landscaping around the barn and is only about 12 feet away. the full build can be seen here if there is any interest...

just planned for storage upstairs its full with rows of metal shelving units. some old lyons ones from the families old hardware store. and part of it will have some of my wood working tools set up in it. all the metal working and machine tools are down stairs. still need to cut down an 14' tall...

sorry about that the rafters on the front side are **** jointed at the knee wall. here are some pictures.

the footer for the pond is poured and ready to start laying block. i have 1,080' of 1/2" rebar to reinforce this bunker of a build.

got sidetracked on the interior work. but i have been busy landscaping by the barn and decided the barn needed a nice pond by it for a landscape focal point. so my new obsession spawned me to start a ~4000 gal concrete koi pond off the back porch just in front of the barn. now i will be able to...

heating system and compressed air system installation work on the way>>>

yes.. so many shelves. and the ceilings upstairs are 10'

working on grading the yard up to the new driveway. I will get an update on the interior of the shop soon. current projects: - all copper compressed air distribution system - hooking up the radiant floor heat - putting up shelving on the second floor - walling in a room for the compressor -...

***update**** Paved drive way from road to barn today. ~26 ton of black top. I think they did a good job...we will see how it holds up. I will try to get an update on the interior soon.

more to come very soon. i have been grading the yard and working on the house. the garage work will be updated very soon.......

I can fit 6 pre 1936 fords in one side would be my guess and leave me with 18 x 50 for a machine shop and lift. i can fit 2 model A's side by side and 3 deep in one side

bump let me know if you want any specific pictures. I am going to try and clean and organize the place a bit. I also bought a 3500cfm whole house air king window fan to deal with ventilation and humidity.

***Update 6-19-11*** progress on the garage has been slow lately due to putting an addition on the house (kitchen and back porch) I did add a drywell off the front corner of the garage to deal with all the water run off from the roof. It is a 5 foot deep 4 foot diameter concrete drywell. I dug...