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April 20, 2022 We had epoxy floors scheduled for today. However, the installer said our floors were so bad they would not spend the time to repair them and we should find another alternative. Granted, a 2 story building burned up and fell on them but I thought they could do something. Most of...

We are now in April. The sheet rock has been covered with plaster and painted. We are finally starting some of the finish work like interior doors and tongue and groove ceilings, lights and switches.

We are in March 2022 and we have sheet rock! It is really starting to take shape now and have some personality.

Ok, a major decision was made and I hope it was the right way to go. The architect came by and suggested to paint the spray foam black to seal it and show off the trusses. You judge for yourself.

While the outside was getting skinned the crew was busy on the inside. We decided to use spray foam to insulate the roof and part way down the walls. I would have liked to use spray foam on the entire shop but it is really expensive. They put down a little over 6" of spray foam on the upper...

We are now in February 2022. A lot has been accomplished. We are siding the building with Hardy board. It is supposed to be fire resistant, but that did not stop the last shop from burning down. One of splurges on the building is this door. One side is a regular man door but the two other...

We are now into January 2022, why do these things take soooo long? Anyway, I thought I would show the storage space above the rooms below. I plan to put an angle iron edge along the open side of the storage area and add a railing. It seems like this space would be a great spot for a huge...

The day the windows arrive is probably more exciting than it should be. However, it means some of the green wrap can be cut out and allow light in. We decided to go with the black frame window, I am not sure if they are trendy or what but I think they look good. December 2021 brought a little...

So by about November of 2021, the shop really started to take shape. It was more than a year after the fire (Sept 8, 2020). We were still knee deep in dealing with insurance and both of my wife's parents passed away with in a few months of each other. Yes, when it rains it pours especially in...

The new addition (20' w by 18'd) was and interesting add on to the old 60'Lx35'W foundation. I had had visited a neat coffee, beer, wine, food truck, motorcycle restoration shop (yes all together in one) in Bend, Oregon called SpokenMoto. That was my inspiration to go with more of an...

The benefit of owning a timber farm (even if a lot of it burned down) is that you have easy access to wood. The fire burned quite a few Douglas Fir, Western Cedar and Big Leaf Maple. As many of you know Douglas Fir grows straight and tall and is great for building. Cedar is resistant to bugs...

OK, now for the new shop. I didn't feel right building the same shop a second time. There were some lessons learned and changes I wanted to make, additionally we wanted to save a little money on the re-build to put towards remodeling our home. We went with a 1 story "Northwest Industrial"...

To those of you who followed this thread, I am sorry I have not updated it for almost 2 years. Here is the story: My last post to this thread was August 23, 2020. September 8, 2020 (Labor Day) the Holiday Farm forest fire 25 miles to the east of us began when unusually high winds caused a tree...

In the last post I mentioned that the sheetrock guys on 7/8 said another week, well they finally finished 8/1. That was 2 1/2 months to sheetrock, mud and finish. I originally asked for a "level 5" finish, bullnose corners and that I plan to use a satin sheen to the paint. Angle corners...

Enough of snowstorms and floods! We decided on an exterior color, Red Barn by Sherwin Williams and Creamy for the detail. Since we used a pre-primed cement board siding the thought was we did not need to prime before final coats. Wrong! The pre-primed siding sucked up a lot of the exterior...

Well remember the big snow storm that broke off lots of trees and had us trapped at the ranch for a few days? We had some really nice sunny weather and then about 7" of rain in a weekend. The rain melted the snow and caused near flooding conditions. In the meantime, the propane gas guy was...

Sorry about the last post being in March and now it is July. A lot of life came at me over the last few months but I am back on track. The progress on the shop has not stopped although things have taken longer to complete than anticipated. This post will take us through March 2019 - April...

That looks amazing and a beautiful area! This is a long shot but your name seems really familiar, were you involved with Subaru's back in the day? Maybe PDX Tuning or something like that? I used to have a WRX that I took to tack events in California and seem to remember a name like yours in...

First section took a little longer as they were making templates for the next section.

A sloution has been found, approved and stamped by the truss engineer. The fix is to cut off the lower 20" of the truss, replace 2x4's and sheet both sides with 3/4" plywood and add several supports to the existing load bearing support on the first floor. the fix should take the guys a week to...