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http://www.lithonia.com/resources.html I believe I originally used the on-line photometric viewer but just tried it and was getting an error message (may be temporary). There are some downloadable tools as well.

I still need to frame the mezzanine which will also be the ceiling for the office/clean room and workshop. The office/clean room will have four 75 watt can lights and some fluorescents on a separate switch depending on office use or assembly use. The workshop and garage area will use 4 bulb T8...

Seiho is the brand. I purchased them from their ebay store: http://stores.ebay.com/seiho-2009 Cost is $30. The crappy plastic dryer vents at the local box store were ~$20 each so I thought these Seiho's were a pretty great deal. I originally wanted the 6" version but weren't available in the...

Jan 10, 2012 - Insulated and a few exterior details 1/4 Turn Frost Free Hose Bibs. BTW - color matched caulk is fantastic. 4" Anodized aluminum exhaust vents with spring loaded stainless steel flapper doors (also available in 3" and 6"). I installed 3 of these: 2 for vehicle exhaust, 1...

Windows are 8' X 2'. Made by Plygem. Yes, Vinyl.

^No, 8" concrete stem walls, 2X6 studs.

Heat system install complete as of yesterday. November 27, 2011 - Installed water plumbing (Two 1/4 turn hose bibs, toilet, sink, tankless water heater, and heat pump water tank). Used 3/4" PEX (BLUE) to the hose bibs and 1/2" PEX for everything else. Also installed airlines with drops above...

From a pure cost standpoint, your builder is probably correct. My goals were to minimize the visual size of the shop, so keeping the wall heights within reason was a priority while still having sufficient ceiling height. This is purely an aesthetic issue to more closely match the existing...

Want to trade? Your house and garage are absolutely stunning. The interior of my shop will be will be highly influenced by the pictures you've posted. It won't be quite as clean/minimal as yours as it will be heavily used for metal working, composites, and general fabrication.

Nice Lathe. Is that a Corian type counter top? How does it hold up? I'm currently looking for long continuous bench top materials - steel, butcher block, etc

^The main reason I used scissor trusses was to gain ceiling height for the second story mezzanine without using taller walls. If insulating the building, I would recommend looking at a raised heal scissor truss. I wish I had used raised heals as my scissor trusses leave very little room for...

Progress... slow but still moving forward. November 16, 2011 - Passed electrical inspection today. Not challenging, but represented a lot of work. I ran roughly 4000 ft of power wire. 2000+ wire staples, ~60 outlets, 5 50 Amp welder plugs, 240v service for lifts in ceiling, RG6 and Cat6 from...

Sept 28, 2011 - Preparing for the driveway pour. Tying in reinforcement to existing driveway. Driveway drain. Sept 30, 2011 - First of three driveway pours. Exposed aggregate to match existing driveway. Oct 2, 2011 - Working on interior mostly at night. Custom mobile wire spool -...

Page 2 of this thread has some discussion on pros and cons of pole vs steel vs stick framed buildings. For this build, stick frame was about 10% more than metal. I have no affiliation with Track.One - just used the pictures as a reference for cars parked in a 40 x 60 building. Driveway drains...

Great build. Thanks for the link - wish I had seen that before I started my build. The sliding mezzanine railing is excellent. I'll have to think about how to incorporate that with my pitched ceiling. Nice stainless 3 basin sink as well.

Not sure. I'm building some interior walls now to section off an office/clean assembly area and a workshop/messy fabrication area. This will leave about 42' x 40' open. One "bay" (against the wall) will have two lifts in tandem and the other area could probably fit 4 cars pretty comfortably...

^All the snags/surprises have revolved around the re-landscaping we're doing while building the shop. The shop itself has been pretty smooth so far. A few things have caused delays: prepainted Hardie siding was ordered late and has a 3 week lead time, we ordered 11 prepainted Hardie soffit...

August 17, 2011 - Roof Sheeting installed August 31, 2011 - Electrical Panel Installed (320 Amp) Sept 5, 2011 - Roof, windows, and entry door installed Sept 9, 2011 Sept 19, 2011

^ There are actually three zones. One bay will be walled off to create a "dirty" fabrication room (zone 1) and a "clean" assembly room/office (zone 2). The rest of the open shop is the third zone. Each zone will be controlled with a thermostat. The large shop area has a pretty coarse loop...

^Pre-built wall sections and trusses really expedite the process. The truss builder has a 1-2 day turn around for wall sections - pretty amazing. To answer your questions: 1. There is a perf pipe perimeter drain at the footing that is tightlined about 100 ft away to a low area in the field...