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I think I have committed to this design. Tree company came and dropped the final honking big Spruce from the yard, and I still need to clean up the last of the two old sheds. Pops comes to survey elevations where this design will sit. Also, it begins. Dropped the drawings off at the...

Way too many drawings, I know. This is my latest. No elevation views until I survey that part of the back corner at bit better. Kinda like the floor in post #33 though.....

In some of my very early designs, I had 1' tall windows starting at the 6' mark - keep them high and hard to see in/get in. They may still come into play, just for that natural light. In trying to wind down to sleep tonight, I drew up this. Parallel to right-side fence. Got this to 1065sqft...

I'm not warming to the extra doors, or losing the bench/cabinet along the right side. I have a better idea for terminating the roof. This stuff is messed up. Moving things around. Not sure I like moving the machinery like I did.

Hi Don! Fancy meeting you on here! Latest drawings: No windows yet, and may not have any. I do not want "point of entry" or "source of temptation." I'm outside city limits, and I'm allowed 16'-6" max height as measured from the middle of the back property line.

No, I think the total coverage is around 30 or 35% or something like that. BUT, based on some mystical formula, I am only allowed 100 square meters for total out buildings.

The limitation is just the rules according to zoning, lot size, and stuff dictated by the Regional District and beyond my control. "New" drawings coming soon.

I like the adding on, but it will get too big and I'll have to take area from elsewhere. My last drawing was 1075.6sqft, and I am allowed 1076 (100sqm).

Rough drawings..... On the property: Theoretical (rough) floor plan:

Nobody knows where the septic is exactly; records weren't really done in 1977. I know where the tank is, but based on the lay of the land, how things may have settled, and the suggestion of growth over the field, it likely runs the full length of the house. There is just enough access to get a...

I think on the left wall, I want under-cabinet lighting at that work bench. I don't have anything in front of the bays (top wall), because I don't want to pack in too much stuff and not be able to pull a motor with the door closed. I'll know for sure once I'm in there. Which also makes the...

Click image to biggie-size: View of the site so far, as viewed between the top left corner of the "existing house" garage (Plot Plan) and the fence. .... and down the fence line. With a rectangular 25x44 footprint, the corner of the shop would be at the middle of the three brown protrusions...

Some relocation of outlets, add shelving, move lathe, more lighting in storage, reduce/change/upgrade welder plug, lights, add hoist, etc.

Is heat in the summer really a consideration in BC? Somehow I'd envisioned your climate as pretty mild year round.... Parts of BC are very mild. I live in more of the "desert" area of BC - Okanagan Valley. Lots of orchards, vineyards, very arid. Summers are mid/high 90's. It's like California...

I'm thinking of losing the skylights alltogether. Maybe use light tubes, if anything. Question though - how would the best way to do lighting be? Three rows of fluorescents along the long length (near the walls, and along the peak)? A bunch of rows along the short length? I appreciate the...

Funflyer: The rules where I am allow 1.0m setback from the property line if there is no door or window, 1.2m if there is. alanf: Some of my metalwork and mechanics stuff is making the rounds. Collapsible Shovel project is pretty popular. I presented at a BCTEA conference MANY moons ago with my...

I buy their solvent whenever it goes on sale for my shop at work (I teach high school Mechanics). Works fine, no complaints.

Good suggestions so far - thanks! I originally envisioned the "room" being my "dirty" room, for sandblasting and solvent tank. I will ponder a "clean room" instead. Nothing set in stone as far as machine placement at the moment. If I keep it as is, I fully intend to make vinyl covers for the...

Sunshiney Okanagan, my good man.

Planning to build this spring (2015). Certainly interested in tips and suggestions. I will be doing a lot more research within this site. The plans (not entirely complete drawings - click pics to Biggie-Size them): These drawings are not the latest. [NOTE: CLICK FOR LATEST DRAWINGS (Feb...