sponaugle
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Since I am starting the process of building a new house and shop, I thought I would post up a bit about my current shop. It serves as a template for some of the things I want in my new shop, and it was a fascinating project to renovate.
My current house was purchased in 2011, and at purchase there was an existing ‘shop’ composed of a steel structure with corrugated steel siding, no internal wall structure, and a concrete floor. This shop was built in the mid 50s by the homeowner at that time, and he worked in an area shipyard. I assume that connection made available the material for the shop, as everything in the shop is made of massive quantities of steel.
Here you can see the shop as it was at purchase:
The building is 26'x54', with a small additional room off to the rear side.
The shop included a large hoist attached to the side of the building. You can see the pipe sticking out of the side of the building, and that material is what the entire building is built with. Much of the core structure is 6” steel tube, some with wall thickness of 1/2” or more.
Our first task was the strip off the outside sheathing and expose the internal structure.
You can see how the building is structured, with large steel posts going into the foundation, and lots of steel members connecting the sides and roof.
We removed all of the siding, and discovered all of this siding was coated in an asbestos insulation spray. That required a dedicated ‘hazardous material’ crew to come onsite and remove the material and dispose of it.
The foundation was a combination of concrete walls as well as some ‘steel’ pipe headers. The pipe in this lower part was surprisingly thick. I drilled into those pipes and the walls were 1/2” thick.
My current house was purchased in 2011, and at purchase there was an existing ‘shop’ composed of a steel structure with corrugated steel siding, no internal wall structure, and a concrete floor. This shop was built in the mid 50s by the homeowner at that time, and he worked in an area shipyard. I assume that connection made available the material for the shop, as everything in the shop is made of massive quantities of steel.
Here you can see the shop as it was at purchase:
The building is 26'x54', with a small additional room off to the rear side.
The shop included a large hoist attached to the side of the building. You can see the pipe sticking out of the side of the building, and that material is what the entire building is built with. Much of the core structure is 6” steel tube, some with wall thickness of 1/2” or more.
Our first task was the strip off the outside sheathing and expose the internal structure.
You can see how the building is structured, with large steel posts going into the foundation, and lots of steel members connecting the sides and roof.
We removed all of the siding, and discovered all of this siding was coated in an asbestos insulation spray. That required a dedicated ‘hazardous material’ crew to come onsite and remove the material and dispose of it.
The foundation was a combination of concrete walls as well as some ‘steel’ pipe headers. The pipe in this lower part was surprisingly thick. I drilled into those pipes and the walls were 1/2” thick.
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that is one beautifully put together vehicle. And having almost full internals, light porting and twin 5757 setup is a bit higher in the Honda guys world rather than being considered "lightly modified" hahaha. I likes alooot. I have a 01 S2000, which is (even in the Honda world) lightly NA modified.