Shrimp's Shop...It's not a dream.

Shrimp92 · Feb 28, 2013

Plans:
40x50x12 stick, brick,
Garage doors
Front: 2 12x8 with a 12x10 in the middle.
Rear: 1 12x10 across from the front mid door
Roofline extended 20' on left side for parking equipment
Saferoom will be 10'x10' inside
Attic trusses the full 70', will be 70'x17' upstairs, plan on having a reloading room upstairs
Been eyeing the Bend pack xpr-10a...

Wife had three conditions:
1. Must include a safe room.
2. Must match or be similar to house.
3. Must be done right the first time.

Let's begin.

440-6 Shaker · Feb 28, 2013

Safe room as in a gun vault room or like a panic room?
Yeah... we're going to need more pictures...

rydeshed · Feb 28, 2013

I'm excited.

More pics would be even more exciting!

Shrimp92 · Feb 28, 2013

A safe room for tornadoes which will turn into a gun room eventually. Ha!

Shrimp92 · Feb 28, 2013

Bought 2.6 acres beside us and cut the trees, rough grade, then got a guy to cut that bank down so drainage will be improved. Installed zoysia on hill behind shop which is mowable. Then, the footers were dug, rebar installed for safe room as well. Footers poured, form block played a week later along with a brick form on pull through side. This is where we are at. I do seasonal work and was wanting to be finished by December 2012

Enjoy.

Shrimp92 · Feb 28, 2013

WarrenJ · Mar 1, 2013

Looking forward to the progress and a look at the finished inside.

PLOWJEEP · Mar 1, 2013

Nice garage, We built a garage at work and my boss thought he only needed one ten foot tall door. He regrets it now. The money he saved by installing an eight foot door on the other side was only a few hundred dollars. Now that is the only side we can use for large equipment. Brian

theoldwizard1 · Mar 1, 2013

I'll never get used to not having a 4' deep footing. I guess there is nor frost there !

What type of construction is used to make a hurricane proof "safe room" ? Ihave seen them blow 2x4 right through block walls !

jeffmoss26 · Mar 1, 2013

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Shrimp92 · Mar 1, 2013

The footing is deeper and wider than I wanted, but it's not going anywhere. It's probably 18" deep, 24" wide. The saferoom is an area for our family to go to when tornadoes are threatening. I live in north ms, seen several towns flattened. Makes you think twice when you walk through the rubble.

kyle@hcb · Mar 1, 2013

Cool design!

Shrimp92 · Mar 19, 2013

More pics

Shrimp92 · Mar 19, 2013

More pics.

info2x · Mar 19, 2013

Nifty looking. What are the details on that door?

Shrimp92 · Mar 19, 2013

Heavy. Its crazy heavy, I'll post pic of details. Three deadbolts, etc.

Thedoc14 · Mar 20, 2013

Do you fill the blocks with a slurry mix after laying. Blocks are not that strong empty?
Do you add ventilation to the room?

I like he overall design with the carport and brick edging..

Shrimp92 · Mar 20, 2013

Yes the blocks are filled with concrete and rebar. The ceiling and walls will be poured at once so it's all tied together. Yes I am leaving two PVC ventsin the ceiling. Running conduit down wall for electrical.

Shrimp92 · Mar 20, 2013

Pics mo

Canadian Charlie · Mar 21, 2013

Looks great

Shrimp92 · May 2, 2013

Updates.

Shrimp92 · May 2, 2013

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chevroletfreak · May 3, 2013

Really nice design.

04fivefour · May 3, 2013

I really like the safe room idea. If I was to ever build one I think I would put it underground. But I'm preparing for a zombie Apocalypse

tjmonsen5 · May 3, 2013

What are you going to store behind that door? Gold bricks?

Awesome looking garage! I wish I can have something that nice someday.

Shrimp92 · May 4, 2013

It will be safe for sure. Thanks guys, I am running electrical and max line in the wall for air currently...Putting boxes in for 5 ceiling fans and 2 more outside. Compressor will be outside on pull-through. Currently, I have the ingersol rand garage mate 110v, but went ahead and wired 220v for future compressors. Both are on dedicated circuits. 220v in ceiling for lift, one on bench and one by panel. I put receptacles up for liftmaster 3800s, well, where I think they will go...

We are expecting our first child, Thomas Scott on June 25th. I feel like there is so much to do before he gets here. But we are very excited.

Shrimp92 · Sep 21, 2013

Pics. Thought this would make it easier to look at pics.

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I will post more in an hour or two.

RbrtAWhyt · Sep 21, 2013

Very nice!

Shrimp92 · Sep 21, 2013

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clcartwr · Sep 21, 2013

Looks great and lots of good planning! I grew up in North MS myself....

dodgepolara500 · Sep 23, 2013

Great looking shop. Love the covered porch and the awesome storage area upstairs. I could never afford a mason to lay that much brick out here in California.

Question about the concrete floor though. In the closeup photo it looks a bit rough. Do you plan to cover it with race deck? Looks like it may be tough to broom.

rrudd2 · Sep 23, 2013

Absolutely beautiful!

Sunbimmer · Sep 23, 2013

rrudd2 said:
Absolutely beautiful!

^^^^ What he said.... :thumbup:

968944 · Sep 23, 2013

Wondering what the device on the wall in the last photo is?

Very nice shop you have going by the way.

ghiradelli777 · Sep 23, 2013

what are your floor covering/epoxy plans?

JbTech · Sep 23, 2013

968944 said:
Wondering what the device on the wall in the last photo is?

Gonna guess it's an air line with drain.

968944 said:
Very nice shop you have going by the way.

Agreed! Very impressive build!

TheIceMan · Sep 23, 2013

This is one of the nicest builds on here to date! WOW!

Schleprock · Sep 23, 2013

Thanks for keeping us in the loop, I love watching them go up start to finish like this!!

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