The original plan for the building was for it to measure 25'x30', have 14' eaves, and a 20' roof peak. I plan on adding a partial loft later on. It was going to have two man doors, two 3'x3' windows and a 12'x10' roll-up door. I was going to extend my fence to the building at the corners so the roll-up door and man door would be exposed to the alley behind our house. This would leave one man door in the back yard and another one to exit into the alley instead of opening the roll-up door every time I wanted to go out to the trash cans/driveway/shed/etc. There will be a two-post lift and an I-beam rolling hoist on the 30' I-beam going down the peak of the ceiling.
Very excited to have it finally happening!!
This video is of the skeleton of the building in the original design:
Design change #1: Decided on after we uncovered tree roots where we started digging the original trenches for the foundation footers. Because of this we had to move the building deeper into the yard, so this put the far left man door too far from the back door of the house and would probably never be used, resulting in a waste of money. We figured we'd move the far left door to the same end of the building as the man/roll-up doors.
This video shows the building with panels mounted after the first design change that moved the man door position:
Since the building was now sitting 10' deeper in the yard, the fence idea was scrapped placing all the doors inside the back yard, not separated by a fence line. So design change #2: Eliminate the redundant man door next to the roll-up door, of course... duh!
Design change #3: Because we saved money by eliminating the unnecessary man door we thought we should enlarge the roll-up door from 12'x10' to 16'x12' so it would be easier to park two vehicles in the building.
I have added features to the design after reading posts on here like dropping the slab at the roll-up door opening by an inch or so to give the roll-up door a pocket to sit in, thanks to the OP for that idea!!
We haven't made a new video with the second and third design changes due to the fact that we made those after work had already began.
I'll continue to post updates to this page as the building progresses.
Thanks for your interest, if anyone has any ideas, suggestions or questions don't hesitate to reply.
