45x65 floor plan

[fwillison]

Here's a floor plan I designed for my 45x65 ft shop. The right side of the building is a "dirty shop" measuring 25x45 ft for doing body work, welding, and other restoration. It is deep enough to have a body off of a frame and have plenty of room around both for workbenches, engine test stands and cherry pickers and welders, etc. This space will have a 12 ft OHD front and back for plenty of breeze and drive through capability.
There is a front and center finished man cave space measuring about 18 x 22 ft with a full bath and kitchenette/bar area, large screen TV, etc.
Then an L shaped space on the left/back for storage of about 6 clean cars.
There will be a 6 x 40 covered front porch to sit out and have a beer.

Let me know what you think of the design.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Looks like a good initial lay out.

Where do you plan on putting the air compressor and water heater ?

 

[fwillison]

Looks like a good initial lay out.

Where do you plan on putting the air compressor and water heater ?

water heater and compressor will go next to slop sink on dirty shop wall opposite the bathroom.

I'm toying with the idea of 14 ft walls and an 78 ft high by 6-8 ft wide mezzanine along the 45 ft side of the dirty shop vs. 12 ft walls with attic trusses for a full "upstairs". This would require at least 6/12 roof pitch to get a 12 ft wide attic room.

 

[fwillison]

Very nice! When do you plan starting on it?

permit is ready.
will start in next few weeks, but I'm nervous about forgetting some planning detail or design feature, etc.

I want it to look good, so I'm going to have a 12 in overhang/soffits on gables and eaves.

Not sure of the color scheme, but leaning toward light color or white roof with a light gray or tan wall. I like dark roofs but the heat absorption seems to make that a bad idea.

 

[southernfriedcj]

I like it.

What software did you use to draw it up?

 

[woodrail]

I'd mirror the bathroom over to the opposite corner and adjust the door openings accordingly. This allows you to get the plumbing off the exterior walls to prevent freezing issues, and also provides a better opportunity use the toilet with less tracking thru the finished area. I'd also enlarge the bathroom a couple of feet. The current size will be uncomfortable to undressed, dry, and put clothes on.

It looks like you are planning on spending some serious time in the shop. Might as well make it comfortable!

 

[J Persons]

permit is ready.
will start in next few weeks, but I'm nervous about forgetting some planning detail or design feature, etc.

I want it to look good, so I'm going to have a 12 in overhang/soffits on gables and eaves.

Not sure of the color scheme, but leaning toward light color or white roof with a light gray or tan wall. I like dark roofs but the heat absorption seems to make that a bad idea.

I did a 2' overhang all around. It's a gable roof and with 12' walls. It really keeps the weather off the siding and looks good, in my opinion. I also did a 8'X38' porch on the rear

 

[bgarrett]

you may want to Reconsider the dimensions.
A guy I knew decided to build a 15' long porch and learned that that he had to buy 16' long boards and cut off and waste one foot of each one.
He said he should have built to standard dimensions and would have had more room and less work, less waste

 

[sands35]

Sinks (with water lines) against an exterior wall is asking for problems. I'd move the sink to an interior wall. (where do you live?)

 

[NUTTSGT]

Sinks (with water lines) against an exterior wall is asking for problems. I'd move the sink to an interior wall. (where do you live?)

I knew other members would catch something. That's what makes this place so great.

 

[pmason0]

Ever think you are going to need store a trailer? I have a 30x56 and able to back my 24 trailer and f250 crew in and still have 6~7 ft in front of the door. Just finished installing the bathroom and put the 20gal water heater on top of it.

 

[fwillison]

I like it.

What software did you use to draw it up?

floorplanner.com

 

[fwillison]

I could swap the location of the bathroom sink to the inside wall, but I'm not sure it's necessary in Tulsa.
I did move the bathroom location to the front of the finished space, I had originally planned it toward the back of that space. However, after thinking about it I decided that I wanted to keep the clear span of the building as open and flexible as possible, and didn't want fixed plumbing in a central location. In fact none of the interior walls will be built initially. I'm going to have the builder just build the perimeter walls, trusses and roof. Then I'll lay out the interior walls after I get a feel for the space. It's hard to visualize it accurately just on the computer drawing. I may change the size of the finished room bigger or smaller, wider or narrower, etc. depending on what feels right.
Plus I can always easily change it around since the walls are nonbearing. If I place the bathroom centrally it makes that more complicated.

 

[Sureshot]

I ran my water lines in the exterior wall and the only time I have trouble is a couple of the coldest days of the year. Keep them inside the vapor barrier and you will be fine.

Your man cave area is actually fairly large unless you want to do lots of entertaining.

 

[Ron Fletcher]

Looks great!! Keep us updated.

 

[Krash Kadillak]

Certainly not an expert here, compared to others, but based on the information provided, I think you need to do a bit more planning. Take a look at what you are putting against the walls, and see if you will have enough walk-around room. Perhaps you have all this noted down somewhere, but with your drawing, it just looks so........empty.

 

[fwillison]

Certainly not an expert here, compared to others, but based on the information provided, I think you need to do a bit more planning. Take a look at what you are putting against the walls, and see if you will have enough walk-around room. Perhaps you have all this noted down somewhere, but with your drawing, it just looks so........empty.

Thanks KK,
Adjusting my planning is why I'm here!
Not sure what exactly you mean, though, I went from 40x60 to 45x65 precisely for a little more walk-around room.
Expound on what you mean, including the "empty" comment. Now is the time for me to recognize where I can make improvements.

Fred

 

[southernfriedcj]

As far as water lines in an exterior wall go, I build several home plans that have water lines in an exterior wall(laundry rooms and half baths).

My solution is to just double the wall(double 2x4 walls) and have all the plumbing run in the "interior" wall and have the insulation in the "exterior" wall.

I had been framing the same walls in 2x6, but the framers would always use the one stick of 2x6 blue plate or the 2x6 studs for something else.

 

[sberry]

Agreed, I might work on this a little. I like to enter the shop then the office vs having to go thru rest of the building to enter shop.