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    Guidance to new shop!

    As time goes on, I find myself needing more and more space in my shop... I started out with 3000 sq ft. Recently went up to 6,000 sq ft and now finding that I need a little more... I have been looking at 7,000 and 8,000 sq ft shops for lease in my area but at the price of $3500-$6500 a month, I...
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    Exhaust Fan Questions

    I am looking to put a new exhaust fan in my 3000 sq ft shop but have a few questions before going out and buying one this week. I do not want to spend much more than $300-$350 on one if at all possible. Right now I have the biggest fan that Lowes sells on wheels that is blowing towards the...
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    Window A/C Question

    I have a 3000 Sq Ft shop with roughly a 350 sq ft office. The shop used to have an A/C unit but was ripped out by previous owner and all the insulation was just ripped out today by me because it was old and crumbling down. Later I plan to run an A/C unit throughout the entire shop but this year...
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    Painting Brick

    I am now to the point that I need to paint the interior and exterior brick of my 3000 Sq Ft shop. The interior walls are bare grey brick. The exterior is already painted and flaking off but I will be power washing all/most of it off since it's very old and comes off easy. What kind of primer and...
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    Swamp Coolers

    I have read a few threads here about cooling shops, etc with all sort of alternatives including swamp coolers. I am in need of A/C in my 3000 sq ft shop but not sure what to do since I do not have thousands to install a new unit. Currently there is a huge outside box unit which I assume houses...
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    My Shop Build!

    I am starting this thread to show my progress on my shop I recently got about 3.5 months ago. The first 2 months it was used to store my cars, parts and tools while I waited on getting zoning permits, sign permits, etc. I am still awaiting these permits but they should be reviewed and finalized...
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    OSHA Shop Laws

    I am in the process of opening a high end auto detailing shop and have a few questions for some of you here with auto shops... Before calling and having OSHA send out someone to tell me what is needed to meet OSHA standards, I was hoping some of you guys here can help me out with some of the...
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    Offices!

    I looked through pages and pages in the search section for offices but had no luck finding anything. I could have sworn there were a few of these threads already but here it goes again... I recently started renting a 3000 sq ft building to do auto detailing out of. In the building is a nice...
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    Barn Shops

    Does anyone have pictures of old barns they turned into a car or motorcycle shop including loft upstairs? I am looking at a house with a big horse barn (dirt floors) and 3 car detached garage. I thought it would be cool to make a bike or car shop out of the barn with decent living quarters...
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