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I agree a floor drain would be great, however the count has a ton of restrictions about floor drains, locations, septic tanks for them etc. Its a complication that I did not think was worth the hassle. I am putting a storm water drain across the front door apron outside. The entire floor...

Thanks Shopnut, I have ben struggling with the connection between the storage area and the garage. I definitely want to be able to shut it off as I don't place to heat and cool the storage and loft. However I would like to have a big enough door to drive through but something that looks better...

I did make a score today for the shop though. I was at work and they were getting ready to through and old all steel workbench in the steel recycling dumpster. I told them I would take it home to which there was no objection. It is a nice solid old bench. When I got home I notice some writing on...

The attic will have one scissor truss in the way. It will be 58 under the scissor truss at the peak. The trusses are on 9’ centers so I should have two 9’ areas that are a little over 100” tall at the peak tapering down to about 1’ at the outside walls. I have considered replacing that one...

Thammel your correct in that all 4 doors are 10’ wide by 8 tall. The shower would be nice but I would have to tear out some existing patio to get to the septic tank. So I talked with the builder on this and the plan is to run the plumbing and hide it before the building inspection “shhh” then...

For some reason my old handle was still signed in on Tapatalk. I’ve been reading on this forum for probably 8-9 years but decided to put a new user name in for this build. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Other key points on the build, 10' side walls, with a 6/12 pitch exterior and 3/12 interior vault. Fully insulated and HVAC in both garage and wood shop. Planning on running water out there as well. I will be doing the interior finishing, wiring, deck, retaining walls etc. myself so I fully...

The interior will be split up into three main areas: The garage and metal working area - This will house my SXS and likely a future project car. Welding and sheet metal forming equipment and hopefully a CNC at some point in the future. 26' x 30' deep two 8'x10' tall doors...

The shop area its self will be 30 deep by 45 wide, on the end closest to the house is a 20' "carport" which serves as a pool deck and general hangout. There will be a large garage door that opens to the patio also so that both the garage and patio can be used as hangouts during large parties...

So why the Pool Barn, its not because I can't spell. We already had a pool behind the house which I installed a few years ago. However the patio and seating area around it was less than desirable, so after a few drinks one night my wife's friend was complaining about how far away their...

Exterior Front 1 by Kevin Martz, on Flickr

Exterior Front 1 by Kevin Martz, on Flickr

This first image shows the front of the existing house along with the shop that will shortly be built next door. I am a little worried that the layout is going to make it look like it goes on for days, but there is a method to the madness. I have to draw this out for one more post.

My wife and I moved out of the city about 11 years ago with the intention of me building a larger shop for my woodworking and car hobbies. We bought a fixer upper house on a couple acres, I spent the first couple of years working on updating the house. 3 kids, two jobs, and a masters degree...

Wow that looking really clean. I really like the wall mounted compressor idea. Nice work

So I noticed you used 2x10 or 2x12 for the rafters in the loft area. Is there a central beam that they rest on in the center? I am getting ready to have a shop built with a loft. Currently there will be a truss running through the loft that will have to be ducked under at 5' but your image...

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