Backyard shop

[4StarCstms]

Lookin good!!

 

[Leeroy254]

Nice build!

 

[Pavement SuX]

Sorry for the delay in updates guys, I got busy at work and also had to recover (financially) from the first part of the build. So with all the grading done, I can finally start on the inside...

It starts with insulating the walls and putting up vapor barrier....

Then I painted the trim that would atach to the strapping (or firring strips as they are known locally...found that out after a 1 hour description at the local Home Depot) the colour is called Crocidile....and it looks great

Then it was time to add the "steel" and frame each opening with trim. I work with steel alot in my shops, and drywall is not forgiving when it meets the end of a piece of tubing. So sheets of roofing "tin" make the ideal wall covering.

 

[banzaitoyota]

Digging the wall finish!

 

[Motown 454]

It looks great.

 

[aqr81]

Nice use of the roofing tin sheets; very creative. I like the appearance of how you trimmed it out and the color selected. Looking good. I look forward to following your progress.

 

[SteelArt]

Man you garage is nicer than my house :lol

 

[67restoproj]

Alot has gotten done in the past few days...

Brickers finished up and it looks GREAT!!!!

Then the aluminum crew shoed up and knocked it out in less than a day....

The door still has to be changed over to a "garden style" door just to improve the looks of the "porch" look.

Door should be here either by this weekend or first thing Monday.....

I like all the attention to detail work you put in, like the perimeter molding under the soffiting . Looks like your builder does nice quality work. Very nice

 

[Pavement SuX]

Man you garage is nicer than my house :lol

Funny thing is, my wife made a comment the other day that I am payng more attention to the details in the garage, than I do when I work in the house.....priorities I guess......ha ha

 

[Krokodil]

Good progress!

 

[robertgreen79]

Man I love the roofing you used for the walls. Care if I steal your idea?

 

[m.james]

I did what I always do with these threads and scroll through the pictures. Let me tell you one thing did not disappoint. First it was the awesome roof then the brick and the the landscaping. Congrats on the shop I'm jealous. Can't wait to see the finished project.

 

[sikopal]

Great thread, love the work so far! What's the price difference between dry wall the roofing?

 

[Pavement SuX]

Great thread, love the work so far! What's the price difference between dry wall the roofing?

I think if you figured everything into the price....mud, primer, and paint....then the roofing would be only slightly more expensive (probably around 10 percent more)

But if you factor the labour, then the tin is alot cheaper....this is not the first shop I have done like this, I will post soe detailed pics of how the whole wall system works "together" to give you the clean edge you want with the steel.

For me, it was more the labor...I HATE SANDING!!!!!!! and it just seems to make such a huge mess...I still do not know what I will do with the cieling, so if anyone has an idea I am open.

 

[Pavement SuX]

Man I love the roofing you used for the walls. Care if I steal your idea?

Help yourself, I would have prefered to find some "used" roofing for the walls, but I have been looking for a while and just had to bite the bullet and go with brand new.....it does make the place really bright.

 

[robertgreen79]

I will post soe detailed pics of how the whole wall system works "together" to give you the clean edge you want with the steel.

That would be fantastic. I'm definitely going the same route on mine.

Help yourself, I would have prefered to find some "used" roofing for the walls, but I have been looking for a while and just had to bite the bullet and go with brand new.....it does make the place really bright.

I'll keep an eye out for used Thanks!

 

[BRUISER]

man I am so jealous.. that is awesome.

glad to see you got a real size yard

 

[Pavement SuX]

It has been a really long time since an update, but here is what I have been up to.....

Building is fully insulated with R13 bats in the walls, and blown into the attic. Then I finished up the walls and started onto the masonite cieling panels. (Still trying to decide what color to paint it)

Then I put that on hold because my old man came to visit for the holidays and he knows alot more about household electric than I do, so we jumped onto the wiring. It is all in conduit for a couple of reasons.

1) Cutting around the metal roofing for the outlets is not very easy (tried that in my old shop)

2) Using conduit allows for some easy expansion in the future if I choose to add plugs, or additional lights.

3) It looks damn cool..

 

[BRUISER]

so any more done?

 

[Pavement SuX]

Getting there....the electrical has been kicking me in the *ss, plus work has been crazy lately.

Passed my rough inspection the other day, and the trench is finished as of today so tomorrow morning the shop will officially have power from something other than an extension cord.

Will take some new pics and upload them in the next few days.....place is a serious mess right now though.......

 

[Pavement SuX]

So a few updates....

The electrical is finished up, and passed the first inspection only a couple plug changes needed for the welders....and finally it was time to move everything in. By everything I mean all the "stuff" I had in storage the vehicles are coming in a couple of weeks.

I still have a few things that I need to finish, but I just could not wait any longer. I will plug away at the cieling in the next few weeks as I set up equipment here and there. I am however very happy with how the electrical turned out.

I added a few cool accent pieces like these "submarine" lights along one wall.

Lights switched in "banks"

 

[Pavement SuX]

Score for the shop today!!!!!

 

[clkimmel]

Very nice shop! I like the way the walls came out, I still haven't decided how I'm going to finish the inside of my garage (once it's built!).

 

[milner351]

Nice work! You or your Dad must have some experience with a conduit bender!

I like having the lights in "banks" as well - makes sense to have areas lighted in sensible sections. I love the "explosion proof" light - nice touch.

Can you show some details of your wood "framing" around the corrugated wall panels?

I have a typical pole barn which I put corrugated (white #2 roofing panels) steel on the walls for all the same reasons you chose tin over drywall or other wall coverings - even more of a pain for us folks with pole barns instead of conventional stud walls.

 

[socapots]

love that brick work on the outside.
And your right.. it did look like tims. haha

 

[Pavement SuX]

Nice work! You or your Dad must have some experience with a conduit bender!

I like having the lights in "banks" as well - makes sense to have areas lighted in sensible sections. I love the "explosion proof" light - nice touch.

Can you show some details of your wood "framing" around the corrugated wall panels?

I have a typical pole barn which I put corrugated (white #2 roofing panels) steel on the walls for all the same reasons you chose tin over drywall or other wall coverings - even more of a pain for us folks with pole barns instead of conventional stud walls.

First time with a conduit bender....but not the first time with a bender...I have lost count of the number of roll cages/chassis I have built in the last 20 years...

I will get you some info on the "trim" around the panels...

 

[e-tek]

very nice - no beatiful actually. Who's got all the taste - or is the HOA mandated that it look like the house?

Oh - and where'd you score the NOS drink machine? I see them and the RedBull GasPump one everywhere, but stores won't sell them!

 

[Pavement SuX]

very nice - no beatiful actually. Who's got all the taste - or is the HOA mandated that it look like the house?

Oh - and where'd you score the NOS drink machine? I see them and the RedBull GasPump one everywhere, but stores won't sell them!

The design is a colaboration between my wife and I, we did have to meet some "guidlines" for arch review committee. But in the end we built what "we" wanted...not them. It would look very different if it was up to them, I think it looks better.

NOS drink machine.....lets just say "connections"....it pays to meet the right people, and treat them right. The favor will come back to you.