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well I ended up going with the 6 bulb fixtures with those skinny little bulbs... not sure what there called... I'll see if its bright enough ;) electricity gets turned on friday hopefully :D been a long road excited to show GJ

Ok I'm building a 40X100 stick built shop/apt... 20X40 on the end of the building will be living quarters. I'm doing the wiring myself, the wiring inspector (issuing the permit) told me were going to treat it like a 511 area which to me sounds like its just going to be treated like a straight...

I was thinking 4 rows equally going the length and then taking either 4 foot or 8 foot units all the way down the rows 8 feet or 4 feet apart respectively. so in an 80 foot long shop each row would have... 5 8' footers so 20 units total. I want it to be bright I HATE dim shops

I'm thinking those 4 X 4ft T8 fixtures in a 40X 80 shop with 16 foot ceilings anyone have any input?

I'm doing this exact thing actually, except 40 X 100 20 X 40 in the back a 2 story apt. my building inspector said all I need is 2 means of egress not including the garage entrance and a 2 hour fire wall

<<< NOT AN EXPERT<<<< I'm doing something very similar and also not sure about the grading to the drain... not sure if I actually need a slope as much as an absolute flat plane and I'll use a squeegee to get the water to the drain if it doesnt evaporate from the floor heat... Also mine will...

There are no covenants I own a small apt building right now in an oil boom town... I've had an offer that will pay off my remaining debt on my apt building and be enough to get awfully close to paying for this whole project :D I'm single and thinking about doing a heated concrete floor...

What do you guys think of this for a basic floor plan? any ideas? http://i462.photobucket.com/albums/qq343/jake1086/Shop.png

Subscribed I'm getting close to building my 40 by 80 plus apt. This will be a good ideas thread :D

hmm thats too bad I'm not sure there will be a word that can describe what I have in mind for the federal other than "rat" no paint I'm thinking upgraded brakes a dodge pickup box and a 351 windsor... :) if anyone doesnt like it thats just too bad I guess

<<<<< from a fencing family in ND high ground moisture and high winds on square wood: we used to have neighbors fences blow over in the wind in our neighborhood. Ours never did the reason I think is because we used pee gravel tamped around the posts (just like our barbed wire fences with...

COUNT ME IN!!! never heard of the hamb til just now as soon as my shop/house is build I will have to get a membership there for my 35 federal truck build :D

what exactly is a "geo barn" ? I'm about to build a shop/loft home and am looking at different ideas. Sorry If I'm side tracking not my intent.

Sorry I'm in ND were going through an oil boom right now and I dont know if it would be easy to find someone to put it up for me or not ... I have friends with cranes and tele handlers and endless bob cats .. I would think I could get the building put up myself if the I'm assured it will all...

Ok this will be a little specialized but I'm looking to sell my building I own now and buy a piece of land and then build a fairly large steel shop with a steel living area either attatched or as an inside addition. Are there any companies out there that might have pre drawn plans I can see...