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This was a good weekend, no new pictures to share but I was finally able to cut the cord(s), the shop is now on it's own power. Today was a good day too, the brick that has been back-ordered for weeks showed up, I can see the construction finish line in sight.

I put a 10' door in mine and like you, I don't see ever needing that tall of a door. Thing is, better to have it and not need it than vice versa. Truth be told, I would have put in a 14' tall door if the wife hadn't have nixed the extra plate height. 14' allows you to pull in an RV or semi. Will...

I spoke with the truss engineer and he cleared this design. My trusses are on 2' centers and the stairs are obviously wider than that, 3'6". What we did is double up two trusses. The far side is lag bolted into the exterior framing all the way up and the near side is secured into the doubled...

I have both and like the 26" much better. I can't find any good use for the bottom of the five drawer so it ends up as wasted space. Same with the lift up top area, it's unusable as a work area if needing to get tools from underneath it. It's a great unit but I think the 26" is far more...

I absolutely would not have the chimney penetrate the roof. I did all of my venting out the walls, you could do the same with a wood stove I'm sure. I did this for a couple of reasons. First and most important, I hate roof penetrations and try to avoid them whenever possible, keeps down the...

Progress has slowed considerably but is still plodding along. Pardon the mess, it is by definition, 'a work in progress'. This picture is to show what I did for the staircase. I have made the cardinal sin, started moving stuff in before completing the shop. On one hand it has made things easier...

Brick is still back ordered but this picture is to illustrate the pitch of 8/12. I really, really wish I'd have gone with 6/12. My attic space which I'll show in a second has 8'3" of headroom, 6/12 would have only shortened that a little bit, I believe it was going to be about 7'10", that would...

I went with 8/12 but regret it, 6/12 would have been perfectly fine. I was worried that the slighter pitch would cramp the attic but that wouldn't have been the case, it maybe would have provided a 3" lower ceiling height inside but that still would have put it at about 8' finished. The reason I...

You're very welcome. I'm in the trade and even I needed feedback and advice when building mine, there are so many options and choices and many of them are permanent so the more opinions the better. I'm sure it varies from region to region but regular trusses were quoted to me at $4,200 and...

Good luck on your build, this site is an immense source of knowledge and experience, the members were a ton of help when planning my shop.

This is exactly why I originally planned to go tankless too. I am adding a shower and sink and the shower will probably get used no more than once a month and only as a dog wash station. I didn't want to heat water 24/7 for such infrequent use. What I've decided to do is to put my water heater...

I've been battling this question for awhile now. I had purchased an Ecosmart Eco8 tankless months ago in preparation for my build and now that the day of reckoning is here I've started researching again. I've decided to ditch the tankless and put in a traditional water heater. I decided this...

Good news - We're dried in, pretty exciting. Bad news - Brick is back ordered, 6-8 weeks out, bummer.

Yes, it is. Not so funny thing about the appraiser, she walked into the backyard on the very first day of framing. The government doesn't miss one second when pulling money out of your pocket. Me neither. This baby better last. I've never had a yard even remotely this size and the fence price...

Thank you. Thank you. Yes, the lovely HOA requires it. Even at that, the second the framing started, we had neighborhood grumblings. It was fully expected but seeing as how I have city and HOA approval, they can be unhappy but it won't change anything. At least not for me but I have a feeling...

It has been a very long time in the works but ground was broken and framing is now well underway. I started a thread a little while back while trying to finalize details and it was a huge help thanks to the input from wonderful GJ members. I figured I might as well start a progress thread now...

I love the thread, on BF I bought three of the best 44" US General boxes, the blue ones. I did so with the intention of doing the same thing, making them the base of my workbench. I'm looking forward to seeing how everyone elses are coming together, even those that have the inferior colors. Mine...

I was thinking the same thing, not that I blame him at all. That looks like a very nice shop, with very nice toys and is well organized already.

I'm also in TX and was going to start a new thread but this one is pretty similar to the questions I have so I'll try piggybacking. I'm building a stick/brick 36x56x12 shop, framing starts next week. The upstairs will have attic trusses and while there are no current plans to use the attic for...