30' x 50' Hot Rod Shop

[chevellegreg]

Hi, I've been looking around on here and people have some amazing garages. So I figured that I would post my project up as I am would love any ideas/advise.

Anyway, we were limited by a number of factors by the county so I came up with a 1500 sqft 30' x 50' shop. The county will only allow a detached building to be half the size of the residence (3000 sqft house = 1500 sqft garage), and a max height of 16' at the ridge (otherwise I would have pushed for bigger/taller). It will have a full bathroom, 2 man doors and 3 overhead doors (1 16' x 9', and 2 10' x 9'), 3 windows and maybe a skylight. 2/3rd's of the building will have trusses, while one end will have a rafter/vaulted ceiling for a lift. It will be built with 10ft walls.

So at this point we already have the slab poured and are waiting on getting some bids for the framing. But I will keep you posted as things move forward.

 

[chevellegreg]

Here are some more photos of the slab finished.

 

[Redraptor]

Looks like a good start. I see you can have some privacy while you work

 

[chevellegreg]

Ya, it is all the way in the back of our yard. Wife says we need a pool too, so we gotta save room (and money) for that.

 

[chevellegreg]

On the first pic of the slab being poured, we pumped the footings for the 2 post. Those are the two mounds of concrete closest to the camera. We dug them out to 10" and about 3 ft around. I hope that supports the lift ok.

 

[chevellegreg]

So originally I had the plans drawn up with full trusses for 35', and then a glu-lam beam / rafter setup for the last 15' where the lift goes. I am kind of contemplating on scissor trusses of the 35' section to give a little extra room. The walls are 10' so I thought that might be enough but 10' walls with scissor trusses would give about 12' in the center. Will scissor trusses support a tile roof? What do you all think?

 

[chevellegreg]

Walls are up just waiting for trusses. The trusses should be up on Monday along with the Rafter/Vaulted portion. It really looks huge with the walls up!

 

[53PontiacSD]

Ok, it's been nearly a month...... how about an update?

 

[Richard Cranium]

it was 2 months between this 2nd and 3rd posts.

 

[TacomaJD]

Updated pics? Don't leave us hangin'!

 

[JC23]

^^^ YES! Should be done by now, eh?

 

[chevellegreg]

Hi, sorry for the delay. A lot has happened since last post. Framed, Roof, Stucco, and plumbing is now being tied in to the house. I will try to keep more updated on here. Here is what I got.

 

[chevellegreg]

some more pictures.

 

[rbrock]

Thanks for the update, looks good. Are you going to to the finish work inside or do you have to put the pool in first?

 

[1/2 Cup]

chevellegreg thanks for the update, looking great

 

[chevellegreg]

I'm working on the wiring now. We would like to focus on getting the rest of the yard done so I might put off doing the wall finishing. I like to leave it open until I really decide where I like everything to go as well. It's a slow build but at least now it serves the purpose of keeping the cars/boat out of he weather.

 

[coldh2o]

In the first photos, there is grass in the formwork and under the plumbing. Did you pour the slab on topsoil?

 

[chevellegreg]

Gravel was used to back fill over the undisturbed ground then the slab was poured over the gravel (with a moisture barrier in between).