Above 1200 Sq/FT Canadian 50x60x16 Hotrod Shop

kberjian · Mar 30, 2017

It has begun. Today was the first day of tangible progress on my shop. After being in permit (Development and Building) limbo for 8 months everything finally went through.

Started today with a rented bobcat to work at leveling the pad for the shop. It was about 3' difference from high side to low corner. (metal posts show corners of the shop). The view from the shop will be decent to looking out at the Rockies :thumbup:

After about 8 hours on the bobcat digging about 1' of frost and lots of roots I made about 2' of progress in the cut out of the top. Hope to get it fully leveled out by tomorrow at noon.

kberjian · Mar 30, 2017

My current garage is overstuffed and pretty much unusable as cluttered as it is. A good amount of tools/parts and a car have to live in my racing trailer.

55cadillacking · Mar 30, 2017

Cool location. Looking forward to your journey.

PhantomEB · Mar 31, 2017

Whereabouts are you. North?

Just curious!

kberjian · Mar 31, 2017

Phantom, I am in Cochrane.

Today finished the rough leveling. It is good enough to get the building up and has drainage cut to keep water off the pad area. Ended up filling about 18" of good clay in the low corner after cutting the grass/topsoil out. Also put the trees in a nice pile to have a camp fire tomorrow night with the family. 2 of the 4 quality inspectors had to come check it out too.

kberjian · Mar 31, 2017

Here is the outside layout. Lots of windows to enjoy the view. 12x14 door.

HSURDDY · Apr 1, 2017

3000 sq feet in Rockyview, congrats on getting the permit!

Looks like a cool build.

PhantomEB · Apr 1, 2017

Wow that is a killer location! Gf keeps sending me links to acreages between Calgary/Cochrane/Sundre/carstairs and beyond. I told her that quadrant is my only consideration.

Hugo L. · Apr 1, 2017

Aaahhh, western Canada and the Rockies... probably the most awesome scenery in the world. Greetings from Québec City!

kberjian · Apr 5, 2017

Have been cruising the free section in local classifieds and found a few great scores. A 12' long countertop for a work bench, and numerous cabinets/material racks. Hoping to pick up 5 sheets of plexiglass from a hockey rink (full 4x8 sheets) to use for a wall. Storing them in my connex until the shop is up. I love my little old ford ranger for this stuff.

Here is the layout of the shop along with the framing plan for the mezzanine. All made from 2x8. Triple center beam, double edge beam, posts on 12' centers.

kberjian · Apr 6, 2017

Lots of good news from yesterday, the builders want to start over a week early and will be onsite tomorrow! They are telling me about 10 days to complete. Here are the free scores from yesterday. Metal topped cabinet with casters on it from an old coffee shop. Bulk wood storage rack. And the glass was different than described on the phone, they are tempered glass and there are 5 pieces that are 6' tall and 7 pieces that are 5' tall (about 28' total width between them). I think they will work very well for a glass wall in the shop.

PhantomEB · Apr 7, 2017

Damn I Looking forward to this build. Count on me paying a visit soon!

monty007 · Apr 7, 2017

wow - awesome so far! In for the build. Wish I could have a shop that big.

kberjian · Apr 7, 2017

Great day today. The contractor leveled the pad better for me, augured and stood all the poles and cut them to height. I moved the horse shelter I had beside my connex as well to clean up the yard. Also scored some more free shelves. My two year old son watched them for about 2 hours today in a trance.

Did have a couple neighbors come in hot and yelling over the shop going up, explained that I had all permitting in place and they left mad but at the town, not me.

TomcoPDR · Apr 8, 2017

very cool. great efforts picking up and recycling stuff all around town

kberjian · Apr 10, 2017

More progress. Half a day of framing and they are almost done the walls. Trusses on this afternoon! Also getting my house shingled so the yard is bustling. Also found out I will be moving temporarily for work for 18 months in may..... But on the plus side I get from now until the end of may off at full pay!

kberjian · Apr 11, 2017

Lots of progress today. They finished all wood framing and installed all the windows (my pictures were before it got dark out so they aren't final progress for the day). They tell me they will be done everything Thursday. We also had about 2" of snow this morning which didn't help anyone out.

bigcow94 · Apr 11, 2017

Looks great! You weren't kidding that our builds are similar. Did I see you're going to run a loft down one side of the building as well?

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kberjian · Apr 12, 2017

bigcow94 said:
Looks great! You weren't kidding that our builds are similar. Did I see you're going to run a loft down one side of the building as well?

Yep. I am running a 16' wide loft down one entire side.

bigcow94 · Apr 12, 2017

kberjian said:
Yep. I am running a 16' wide loft down one entire side.

Nice! I was thinking between 8-10' on mine. Have you picked out the colors yet? I like your idea of the 2nd story windows for the loft. You just have a way better view than me [emoji2]

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ADSR · Apr 12, 2017

awesome!

kberjian · Apr 12, 2017

bigcow94 said:
Nice! I was thinking between 8-10' on mine. Have you picked out the colors yet? I like your idea of the 2nd story windows for the loft. You just have a way better view than me [emoji2]

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My local bylaws say the exterior colours need to match my house so the walls are green, white trim, and a brown roof.

bigcow94 · Apr 12, 2017

Keep those pictures coming[emoji106]

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kberjian · Apr 13, 2017

So the builders did quite well yesterday and tinned out the roof and almost 3 walls. They would have finished today but we had 4" of thick wet snow and they couldn't make it. Now with the holiday weekend they won't be back until Monday. The snow/moisture also kills my plans to trench in the power cable and the drainage system this weekend as well.... I figured I could get some pre-work done on the mezzanine by putting all the joist hangers on the 2x8s and then hanging them on the posts. Not the easiest by yourself.

kberjian · Apr 19, 2017

So the builder finished yesterday and I am very happy with the quality, finish and the colour choices. I finished the inside framing to get ready for the mezzanine. I like how my truck looks so small inside! I welded some temporary 1/4" plate pads on the bottom of my column supports to hold them until the concrete gets placed. Plan for tomorrow is to trench in the drainage piping, and possible trench in the power cable.

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kberjian · Apr 19, 2017

I ordered a few lights from Amazon. For the price they had the best warranty and price per lumen. Made in China but I thought I would try them out and see how they work for a while before ordering the balance.

zmotorsports · Apr 19, 2017

Nice looking shop build. Nice size too. :thumbup:

Keep the pics coming.

Mike.

ajohno · Apr 19, 2017

Looks great. I like the colour as well.

06sierracrewcab · Apr 19, 2017

Why would the neighbors be mad???

kberjian · Apr 19, 2017

06sierracrewcab said:
Why would the neighbors be mad???

People are funny about things like this. Most of my neighbors have lived here for 20 years or so and don't like change. Reasons I have been told are that it is developing the area for industry (not true), ruining the view of the mountains (possibly true for one guy), and it is too big to get approved by the town (not true).

I had to get a development permit from the town for it and they put it in the paper, and mailed it to my immediate neighbors to see if there was any issues. No one responded so I got it approved.

kberjian · Apr 20, 2017

First thing this morning while waiting for the excavator to arrive I finished my 3 ply 2x8 (screwed on 8" from each side and glued). Once the excavator arrived I trenched around the building for the weeping tile and also the downspout collectors. I am backfilling more or less by hand so it may take a while to get it all covered up with the wash rock. I also trenched in the main power feed but couldn't backfill it because I couldn't find the correct marking tape....

PhantomEB · Apr 20, 2017

Aww I would of stuck rain barrels under the downspouts!

rixtrix1 · Apr 20, 2017

Looks like the makings of a great shop. Nice looking Buick; my Dad got a '57 Century in a similar color scheme, plus tons more chrome. Car was pretty fast, too, as he surprised a lot of mid '60's muscle cars in stoplight grand prix!

Terrick down Under · Apr 21, 2017

Very interested in this build!

kberjian · Apr 21, 2017

Finished up the undergrounds today. Filled in the electrical cable with the fancy tape, and did the other side drainage stuff.

kberjian · Apr 25, 2017

Made progress this morning despite the 4" of heavy wet snow AGAIN today. I hoisted up the main beam and started tieing in the joists. It is going really slick so far and I hope to have that section framed out today! (Don't mind the temporary post at the end)

Knyte Tyne · Apr 25, 2017

Neighbours can be such idiots... seriously... I would have brought beer and snacks and got to know you well... A neighbour with a kitted workshop is always a neighbour to have in my books hahaha. ITS MASSIVE!!!! wow...

kberjian · Apr 25, 2017

Framed out the first section, and will have power on by tomorrow at noon! Things go a lot slower working by yourself but it forces you to be creative to make it happen. Building inspector passed the main building today with no issues too. Mentioned the electrical panel needed to be mounted inside vapor barrier to prevent moisture in it so I moved it in and will plastic behind it when that time comes.

PugetDude · Apr 25, 2017

Awesome build. My jealousy meter is off the chart...

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Terrick down Under · Apr 25, 2017

I agree with PD, its looking great. You will be able to store everything up top even before the concrete goes down.

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