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I've been only able to occassionally check in on here over the last several months........amazing work some of you have been doing. My shop build, which some of you might recall in the gallery section (don't even know how to reference it or remember how to post new pictures), is still going...

Sorry for not posting for awhile.......it's been a grind day after day and fighting to get all the necessary things done before winter weather. I'll add a couple photos now and some later as lots has been done since last post...........Keith

I didn't want to hijack Bill's thread on the lights he intends to buy, but it got me to wondering. In my last shop I went with my electrician and we bought fixtures from an electrical supply house.....don't remember what I paid each but with daylight bulbs they kicked ****...........except...

For those who have been following these threads of my shop's construction, here is the last few days and it mostly covers the brick going on, the 2nd floor rear window going in, and the radiant floor and pouring of floor. I apologize for not having more detailed photos of radiant install, but it...

The overhang area (lean-to) is requiring a little extra care so the framing didn't get too far today but as you can see fascia boards mostly done and roof sheathed all but where it ties into overhang area......... They are calling for rain tonight and occassional tomorrow so we'll see if...

Thought I'd start a new thread instead of piling on the pages......... Today we raised the eave walls, framed and raised the gable walls and sheathed the gable trusses........... Trusses were delivered as promised and although there is a threat of rain and it certainly was windy...

Some of you might have noticed for Michigan I've waited kind of late in the year to get my shop construction started........anyways, best case scenario it will be up and floor poured within two weeks from now. I've heard quite often that you MUST wait at least a month for the concrete to cure...

As I've indicated on another thread, I am building a new shop presently and within the past week bought insulation for under the slab called "The Barrier" from Northwestern Ohio Foam Products....... Kinda pricey but am expecting good results. Someone sells them on ebay often but just curious...

Just read through the post titled wiring tips and 12/2 was mentioned but no one brought up 12/3....why not? Are none of you using metal receptacle boxes? Thanks for any in depth............. Keith

Groundbreaking has just begun on my new shop, and will try and provide a pictorial as time allows through each phase. Hope you enjoy it as I have enjoyed several I have seen since joining this site. Overall specs are 36x42 with a 12x24 overhang on one eave side....sidewalls will be...

It won't be long before I'll need to get paint ordered for the floor....... I actually wish I could find the old receipts from my last shop because the sherwin williams two part epoxy I used held up great. It seems they have several options nowadays and I don't know which is the one I used...

The shop I am building will be going up real soon........am planning on radiant floor heat.....probably through radiant floor company unless one of you can sway me in the direction of a different company. One thing for sure.......my wall height will be fourteen feet approximately. Since the...

As my new shop will be started real soon.......I'd really like any in depth information from experience or just knowledge of the in floor radiant heat. I'm looking at Radiant Floors for my package but would be open still for any recommendations........also water heater with antifreeze versus...