Chilliwack Murray
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Been window shopping here for a while and finally got serious about planning the new shop. Moved last summer and left my shop behind. I did most of my planning stage drawings on graph paper because I found it a lot faster. Took some time but it's nice to see it in almost true life detail using Google Sketch-up that someone suggested here. The outside view is my first attempt with Sketch-up and the inside is the second.
All that said, as most everyone else who posts here, always looking for some constructive criticism.
In a nutshell, the Model A will live in a heated, finished ground floor area behind a pair of swing out 8h x 10'w (total) wooden doors. I built similar doors in my previous shop and liked the look with the old car and such. This area will also hold my heavier antique tools etc. There will be a couple 1x6 windows if I can locate any for light. Upstairs is heated and finished and will serve as my home office in one corner, man cave and an area for my other hobby - antique radios and just about anything else old and finicky.
The shop area is pretty straight forward, one 12'x12' door, a couple 2x6 fixed glass windows up high on the end for light and in the front and back, 2x6 swing out windows for cross ventilation, fronts are 5' off the ground and the backs are 6' off the ground. Refer to the "inside" pictures for more up to date window placement and dimensions. We don't have much trouble with security around here but I don't like to make it easy to look in at my stuff.
Since I'm more of a mechanic than a carpenter, plus this time around I am looking to have this done with a permit I plan to have the foundation, framing and trusses, roof done by professionals. I'm hoping to have the basic rectangle done by contractors asap and get the permit closed out on the most basic of storage shed. After that when time and money allow I will finish the inside and heated areas myself. That also buys a little more time to plan the finished area.
The biggest challenge I think I am facing is to ensure the basic building will accommodate the future finished areas without having to spend too much up front or make it too obvious from the permitting point of view.
Planning to go talk to an architect in the next couple days to see if this is possible or if I am right off base.
All that said, as most everyone else who posts here, always looking for some constructive criticism.
In a nutshell, the Model A will live in a heated, finished ground floor area behind a pair of swing out 8h x 10'w (total) wooden doors. I built similar doors in my previous shop and liked the look with the old car and such. This area will also hold my heavier antique tools etc. There will be a couple 1x6 windows if I can locate any for light. Upstairs is heated and finished and will serve as my home office in one corner, man cave and an area for my other hobby - antique radios and just about anything else old and finicky.
The shop area is pretty straight forward, one 12'x12' door, a couple 2x6 fixed glass windows up high on the end for light and in the front and back, 2x6 swing out windows for cross ventilation, fronts are 5' off the ground and the backs are 6' off the ground. Refer to the "inside" pictures for more up to date window placement and dimensions. We don't have much trouble with security around here but I don't like to make it easy to look in at my stuff.
Since I'm more of a mechanic than a carpenter, plus this time around I am looking to have this done with a permit I plan to have the foundation, framing and trusses, roof done by professionals. I'm hoping to have the basic rectangle done by contractors asap and get the permit closed out on the most basic of storage shed. After that when time and money allow I will finish the inside and heated areas myself. That also buys a little more time to plan the finished area.
The biggest challenge I think I am facing is to ensure the basic building will accommodate the future finished areas without having to spend too much up front or make it too obvious from the permitting point of view.
Planning to go talk to an architect in the next couple days to see if this is possible or if I am right off base.
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