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Apron and sidewalk are poured. Tuesday of this past week the guys came back and poured the apron (12 x 26) and sidewalk. They lagged it to the shop floor and put in wire mesh. It has a brush finish and came out very nice. Next on the list is to run a trench from the house to the shop so gas...

Floor is poured. After waiting about 3 months because everyone is busy, the floor got poured a couple of weeks ago. They picked one of the hottest and most humid day's to do this but the guys did a nice job. There's only one low spot and it's not much to speak of. I had to keep it wet for a few...

Part of the planning for the shop included a water line. One of our neighbours has a business that involves cleaning sewer lines for towns and cities as well as private companies. His trucks are also capable of hydro-excavating which they also do on a regular basis. The nice thing about...

Well it's been a while since I last posted. Things have been progressing slowly but surely. As I said in my previous post I installed the lighting. I also ran the conduit and wiring to the lights and down to the switches. I have an extension cord running to the shop so I can plug in the...

Well the insulation was blown into the attic this week. It's 13 inches thick which translates to around an R-40. I also attached all 18 fluorescent fixtures to the ceiling (haven't got a photo yet). Now I have to pick up the conduit and wire to connect them all together. They'll be on 3 separate...

Thanks. It was a pretty big job and I wasn't sure how it would turn out, I must say it looks good but who's going to see it after it's covered up. I hope it helps keep the heating costs to a minimum.

Thanks for the compliment. Can't wait to get the Chevelle in the new shop.

We were able to get some more done in the shop since my last post. By "we" I mean my oldest son, who spent his days off driving here (about 45 mins.), helping me with screwing the steel to the ceiling as well as some of the vapour barrier on the walls. All the wiring is in place except for a...

Happy New Year everyone. Things have progressing a little slowly around here since the shell was finished. I had my 2 sons help me with the ceiling vapour barrier during the Christmas, New Year break. We installed 3 separate lengths of vapour barrier then strapped the ceiling for the steel. I...

Have a look at my thread. I'm not saying it's the way to go but it may help with some of your questions or give you ideas. Here's the link I hope it works. https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=375560

I'd have to mount a satellite dish and run line into the shop for it as we don't have cable out here. As for speaker wire, that's a good idea since it's pretty simple to run with nothing on the walls or ceiling. I just talked to our neighbour today about running a gas line so that's in the...

Thanks. I agree even though I do say so myself. :lol:

Yes it has roll up doors and they are insulated. They are a commercial door so they're insulated to an R-14. Your right no point in having an insulated floor or walls with out insulated doors. Speaking of which they've been installed. The shell of the building is done. I've been working on...

The ends of the shop were clad in steel but the sides couldn't be done until the capping of the doors and windows were done. The capping couldn't be done because the lumber yard couldn't locate the windows that were ordered, so that was about a week wait. Finally the windows arrived on Monday of...

A lot has happened in the last 2 weeks. The framing was finished and passed inspection. The building was wrapped and the steel was put on the roof. My builder did something he's never done before and that was to work on a Sunday. The forecast was such that it was supposed to be very windy for...

Thanks Bears Fan. I really like the way this looks as well. He takes his time making sure the quality is there. My builder was telling me the other day he's built 21 of these in various sizes since he started in 1999. He's trying to teach his 22 yr.old son the trade so maybe he'll carry on...

The trusses have been installed as well as all the bracing and framing required by code. The building has also been wrapped. I was going to go with only 2 windows in the shop but opted for 2 more on the opposite side. Since we took all the trees down on the west side of the property, which would...

Inner framing has been started. The framing consists of 2 x 6's nailed in on their side (bookshelf) . Most of the upper bracing is started as well.

I missed the opportunity to photograph the holes that were bored for the posts. They were 24 inches in diameter and 53 inches deep. They had to be inspected after they were bored which was done the same day. The guys came back the following day and poured concrete in the bottom of the holes...

As some of you may have noticed there were some stumps from the trees we cut down. We had a father and son come in to grind the stumps and remove the big pile of brush that was left behind. They came in on a Saturday and ground all of the stumps then came back the following Monday and Tuesday...