Recent content by warner41

40'x40' with 16' ceiling. White steel on the ceiling and off white steel on the walls. I put up (12) 8' dual T12 fixtures. 110w per bulb = 2,640 watts and 206,400 total lumens. It is set up on 6 fixtures per circuit, 1 circuit in each bay. It's really bright, I also put a switched outlet on each...

I just did this on my garage build. It's a bit of a pain but my father (retired electrician) came up with a system that produced very nice results. I was planning on surface mounting but with his disdain for bending conduit and his pride in workmanship (no matter the pain incurred during the...

2" staggered in the bottom chord were okayed by the truss engineer. They didn't want me to run any lines through multiple chords on the same plane or bore holes larger than 2.5". Anything less than 1" didn't count.

I designed it. The trusses were engineered to code plus. I had to have stamped prints for the foundation so I used the ones from the self storage buildings I just added at my storage facility. Code enforcement let it slide though it's probably overkill it was the least expensive route.

I'm not sure about the lift. I just installed the posts so far. Should have it operational by the end of the week.

I've been at it every day for the better part of a month trying to get the inside finished up. Unfortunately, I have my other businesses plus this project going on and some infrastructure upgrades as well so I'm not quite finished but it's close. Thanks

That was my contractor's idea. Just a 2"x6" wrapped with coil stock. It was a nice "almost free" upgrade.

Thanks. It should be nice to work in.

Thank you sir. I'm pretty excited to get it finished up.

Siding is on and overhead doors installed. Exterior is finished minus some minor grading and the deck/stairs to the bonus room.

I'm not sure if the loft is the compressor room above the 1st floor bath or the attic truss bonus room so here's both. The bathroom is 5'6" x 7' as is the compressor "loft" above. The bonus room is 12' x 40' with 6'10" side walls and 7' 6" ceiling height. There room has a slope of...

Exterior on hold until the siding comes on Monday. Man doors and windows installed and overhead door openings finish framed and wrapped with PVC coil stock. Bathroom with mechanical/air compressor room on top is framed. Got a good start on the wiring as well. 200A main panel with a 100A sub...

Here are a few of the front exterior and the ceiling thus far. I am doing low profile white steel siding for the ceiling on top of OSB but Code Enforcement made me add a layer of 5/6" fire rock as well.

Thanks. Fortunately I have 18.4 acres here so I can keep building "out" for quite a while. This garage will actually put me over 20,000 square feet of buildings on this property and with the parking and driveways I am only occupying approximately 2 acres.

More framing and trusses getting set. I opted for a 6/12 truss with a 12'w x 7'6"h bonus room. I plumbed it for a bathroom and kitchen but will probably leave it unfinished as storage for now. As I'm sure you can imagine I am over budget so that's a project I can hold off on for now. I'll post...