Recent content by Tim J

Oh, btw, what did you final ceiling height end up being?

Looks great! Thats my next major step...the electrical permit. I alreay have most the wiring in the shop run becasue my electrician buddy was available...so hopefully the inspector wont have a prob with anything. Keep up the great work!

Thanks, The drains are just your typical 4" perforated PVC, with lots of 3/4 gravel, filtercloth and backfilled. My municipality requires an independant system for the roof water, which goes into a 3" PVC pipe. There are 3 cleanouts for the 4" pipe, and one for each the 3" and 4" where the...

These three holes are for a tubing bender stand, which slides into the holes. There is a steel "receiver", made of 3 1" id pieces of pipe, tied into the mesh in the concrete..not going anywhere :thumbup:

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I've posted a few things. I've been to the last 8 volksfests at least, and my Gf's beetle was in a few shows. It even won her class once :thumbup: . I've has 2 vans, a Ghia, type 3, and wrenched on the GF 2 beetles (1st one RIP) :willy_nil

Yup :D

The ceiling height is 9 and a bit inches, and the attic is 7 ish feet in the centre, and will be used for light storage. I would have gone heigher but I was restricted bu the local regulations. Becasue of the hillside, I ended up being able to make it a bit taller than if it was a level lot.

the back wall acts as a retaining wall, so I needed to get an engineer to design it. It had to be 8+" thick, and LOADED with re-inforcement. It ended up adding a fair bit to the over-all cost.

Apparently the attachments end up in alphabetical order, but I guess you guys can figure out the order ;) I'll be using the shop to work on my 4x4's, and restiring my GF's VW bettle. I've had many other VW's, so I wouldnt be surpriese if several other pass through the shop. I have alot more...

I've been working on this project for around 6 months now, but I thought I'd share some pictures from the beginning to now. The shop is 27' x 31'. It's a bit unique as it's built into the hillside. The entire yard was re-sculpted...all the dirt where the shop is was moved to make a flat area...