Recent content by machinist5

I'm in Colorado, and the weather has been relative temperate the last two Winters so I guess that helps keep the heating bill down a bit - but I think all the attention to detail, keeping it air tight, roof ventilation, South facing windows, steel siding/roof - it all helps make it more...

Yes, the 32' depth is between the two big doors. I was originally going to build a 30x40, but 32' wastes less material when using 4x8 sheathing (really just an excuse to go 2-foot bigger). I'm glad I did - two small cars will fit lengthwise with just enough room to walk around. I know it...

So that's the short version of the build log. Last summer I added a compressor room that houses the air compressor and vacuum system for the sandblaster, and keeps the lawn tools from taking up valuable shop space. Here's a final pic of what the building looks like outside and pictures I took...

For ceiling insulation, I blew in about R60 cellulose - oh, I guess I forgot to mention the ceiling height is 12'. Being that high, and only having a 4-12 pitch roof, there wasn't much sense in trying to store anything in the attic. I should mention that the attic is vented through soffit...

After that I did the wiring (with the help of my aunt, a master electrician) - she and my uncle helped with burring the electrical cable, mounting the main panel and moving the main drop from my old garage to the new building (no pics). I also had to lay the gas line and pressure test it before...

Next I had a driveway slab poured - we used fiber reinforced mud with rebar on this one - one year later it still looks exactly the same (and they did a fantastic job finishing it). The next two weeks were spent digging the trench for the electric and gas. Electric had to be 24" below ground...

This is where I took over. I had some custom flashing bent to cover the insulation on the outside of the foundation - very happy with how that turned out. Next, installing Tyvek, man door and framing in the windows. The windows on the N & S walls were recycled and FREE! I had Raynor install...

The rough framing only took 2-1/2 days. It's fun seeing a building go up that fast. We had to crane the trusses over a power line and behind a tree - they placed all 24 trusses in exactly one hour - impressive to watch.

Well, I guess I'm a little late posting this build thread - my shop has been done for about a year now, but I felt I should share my build because without this forum I would have never been inspired to take on the project myself, nor would it have turned out as nice as it did. I live in a...