Hey guys, this forum has been a tremendous amount of help and assistance in this process. I've limited my random posting questions and tried to just read what has already been posted and discussed.
When we originally went with this plan back in early January we were simply going to remove an old rusted portable building and a bricked garden shed that was built for a 4'10" lady...I'm 6'5" so it had issues for me. Anyway we also had a 12x20 Carport metal building we put up about 5 years ago that we were going to tie into with a 25x25 building......Then my Father in law got involved and his brother, and pointed out correctly that there would be issues with tying in the roof line of the new building with the existing carport building, as well as the fact that the existing building would be of much less durable construction and just wouldn't hold up as well over time or look as nice......so going back to the drawing board, we settled on selling the carport building and making the shop/barn bigger.
pic of original plan and what we have now gone to attached below... Its 40 foot long on the east and the south sides of the building. The north and west sides make a bit of an L design.
They started demo work on Tuesday morning and made good progress. Got forms up, electrician and plumber came by and ran some lines this morning. So now waiting on dirt work and concrete. We were originally going to only do the concrete where the slab was, but the existing concrete was only around 3 to 4 inches thick and had no rebar and lots of cracks, so they ended up taking it all out and we'll just pour new everywhere and tie it in with the much new slab we poured for the back porch a few years back. That previous slab was also extremely thin and no rebar or wire or anything. Different practices in early 70s when it was all done I guess.
Live on a hill top, but gonna put a vapor barrier down. Will have a 12x10 garage door to pull my Gravely and F150 into on the north side. Looking forward to it! Again thank you for all of the help!
When we originally went with this plan back in early January we were simply going to remove an old rusted portable building and a bricked garden shed that was built for a 4'10" lady...I'm 6'5" so it had issues for me. Anyway we also had a 12x20 Carport metal building we put up about 5 years ago that we were going to tie into with a 25x25 building......Then my Father in law got involved and his brother, and pointed out correctly that there would be issues with tying in the roof line of the new building with the existing carport building, as well as the fact that the existing building would be of much less durable construction and just wouldn't hold up as well over time or look as nice......so going back to the drawing board, we settled on selling the carport building and making the shop/barn bigger.
pic of original plan and what we have now gone to attached below... Its 40 foot long on the east and the south sides of the building. The north and west sides make a bit of an L design.
They started demo work on Tuesday morning and made good progress. Got forms up, electrician and plumber came by and ran some lines this morning. So now waiting on dirt work and concrete. We were originally going to only do the concrete where the slab was, but the existing concrete was only around 3 to 4 inches thick and had no rebar and lots of cracks, so they ended up taking it all out and we'll just pour new everywhere and tie it in with the much new slab we poured for the back porch a few years back. That previous slab was also extremely thin and no rebar or wire or anything. Different practices in early 70s when it was all done I guess.
Live on a hill top, but gonna put a vapor barrier down. Will have a 12x10 garage door to pull my Gravely and F150 into on the north side. Looking forward to it! Again thank you for all of the help!
