Recent content by Svrdram

Some people think I should have painted the walls but I think that the natural wood color is light enough yet dark enough to hide marks and digs since this is going to be used as a shop not a garage.

Thank you! And let me point out one suggestion. As a rule of thumb we have always placed our plugs over 4ft high in our garages and shops, main reason being us that since my father is a wood worker and I am a welder/fabricator we always have large sheets of material. Most common is a 4x8 sheet...

Unfortunately the Mustang build has stalled and got talked into rebuild my truck. So the Mustang has been at my buddies shop for the last 9 months getting the firewall shaved and a few other things done to it in the meantime. My father and I did all the wiring. I'm running 4 circuits GFI...

Finished panel Setting up my welding and fabrication bench and just noticed the abundance of plugs that I have in this corner lol.

Don't have since I broke my phone a few days ago and lost most of the pics. But I did start moving in over the weekend :-D

Thank you! Spent a lot of time on this thing trying to do it all ourselves, had to break down and pay some friends to Drywall it and a friend of the family to help me side it this past week. My father's a avid woodworker and a electrician by trade so that helped a lot.

Wiring, insulation, Osb and paint all done! Still need to install the high bays and make some doors to close off the loft. This is how much light the skylights let in

As of 3pm this afternoon she's pretty much finished up. Just got done with the trim and siding! Wiring a few months ago Panel pic is upside down Drywall finished up

Wow, sorry guys. I just realized that I haven't posted any updates on the shop. Well I'll throw up some pics tomorrow but I'll let you know where it stands. All electrical has been ran as well as cable, ether net and speaker wires. Insulation is done with 1/2 Osb on the walls and 5/8 drywall on...

No bracing needed under code, just needed the special upper and lower post mounts with approved screws.

Maybe some progress over the weekend. Got all the windows and doors in as well as floored the loft. And my neighbor got me a nice set of cabinets from a kitchen remodel he just did.

Updates;

No, my truss designer sent me an extra attic truss to use as the back gable. It had a 2x10 bottom chord and is designed to be self supporting, just needed the two end posts.

Yes, 7/16 on the walls 1/2 for the roof. Not much progress since the weathers been crappy. But its looking like I should have the roof shingled and the windows/doors put in by mid week.

After I get everything finished off I will be adding a steel plate to the back of the lvl on the inside of the building attached with to lag bolts to prevent the beams from getting pulled through.