Recent content by Jarhead01

nice! your whole roof design is exactly what I want to do in my shop except I will have a single 16' door on the short end. would you be willing to share what the rafters cost you? I don't mean to pry into your finances, just curious what I might be looking at for costs so I know if shouldn't...

tomroblee I understand exactly what you are saying. my brother did a similar build on his last stick built but a section of the "porch" area was actually enclosed as part of the garage so his garage was actually in an L shape. that's also a very interesting idea, not sure why I didn't think of...

will the "closet" that the compressor is in have some sort of air circulation? those compressor can heat up more than a person thinks. I know in one of the shops I work in we had to put holes in the wall that our compressors were in because they overheated. there was only 2 compressors in a room...

thanks for the input on here guys. I think the 10' door may be scratched as I still wouldn't be able to fit my camper in there anyway and I don't want or need to go that high with my walls. I will do blown in insulation in the ceiling like I did in my attached garage. it was fairly cheap and...

I should probably add to this that I will only have a contractor do the initial shell of the building. I will be doing the rest of it, shingles, siding, interior wiring and all the finishing work along with the concrete as my brother does concrete for a living. i'd like to have one 10'x16'wide...

hi guys, new here but it seems like I could learn a bit on here a lot quicker than searching everything myself. I've found out its a lot easier to ask people that have been there done that instead of finding out myself. i'm looking to build a 24x40 shop this summer. it will be 24 on the...