Above 1200 Sq/FT Eastern Washington Workshop

[C_F]

This method leaves all holes open for pegs and spaces off the wall plenty far enough for hooks. It works great!

I should have done that with mine! Mine is currently screwed to the 2x4 studs. I didn't think it would be much of a problem, but I swear that about every third peg hook I try to put up, I hit a stinkin' stud!
At some point, I will have to take it all down & use your method.

Nice progress on the shop, keep at it!

 

[nine4gmc]

Yeah, the shop is looking great!

 

[slodat]

Continuing to prep to paint bays 5 & 6. There's a garage door between bays 4 & 5. It's in good working order, but filthy. I'm sanding it with 80 grit to prep for paint. I'll remove the "filter" media from the middle row panels and replace with wood to hopefully match the other rows. This will be a cool transformation.

This photo shows before and after sanding at the bottom.




Lots of work. But this will all be beautiful in a few weeks.

 

[slodat]

The outside of the door is ready for paint. It was a lot of work. Should look good painted.



Before, during and after.

 

[slodat]

Did about 8 roof patches, 40' of gutter and a temporary downspout with flex to the street this afternoon! In a t-shirt. In December! Headed to town to get material to finish the downspout correctly. Here's hoping it's a lot dryer in the shop!







This wall needs a lot of attention. I suspect I will have to replace the wall this coming year.

Can't wait to have the stucco off and new steel up!!

 

[dittle fart around]

This wall needs a lot of attention. I suspect I will have to replace the wall this coming year.

Can't wait to have the stucco off and new steel up!!

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Looks like retaining wall might be in your future. Even after the wall work you need to keep the dirt off the foundation.

 

[nine4gmc]

Main thing, make sure you get the water to run away from the building. Gutters can cause more problems than without if they aren't run properly. They cause rot between them and the soffits too so you gotta be careful with that as well.

Have you seen that $10k Consew single/double needle that does zigzag and baseball stitches along with several others?


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[slodat]

This building was built in 1953. It is 2x4 walls on 24" centers with 3/4" tongue and groove sheathing on the inside and the outside with stucco on top. It has been neglected for quite a long time. The runoff from the roof was pooling next to the wall and running between the wall and foundation, into the shop. The gutter and corrugated drain setup is a stop gap to get through the winter.



The roof is 2x6 on 24" center supported by beams with 10' spans, with the same tongue and groove 3/4 for decking and roll on roofing over that. The roll on roofing VERY old and in desperate need of replacement.



This spring I will start with removing the roof, fixing any rot and then rolling on Grace Ice and Water Shield HT. Then, steel roofing over that. The wall will get stripped on the outside of the building, all dry rot repaired, including a new pressure treated bottom plate, sheathed in whatever is appropriate (possibly) OSB and then steel siding. All new soffits will be constructed during the roof project with flashing, into the gutters. Yes, these gutters will have to come down. :/



The dirt adjacent to the wall... Well. I'm pretty sure I will dig over and construct a retaining wall to prevent the dirt from migrating back toward the building. Thinking of paying a contractor to do this part.



The downspout and the mini-split indoor and outdoor units condensate drains will also go into the corrugated drain pipe. I want to build a catch pan for the outdoor unit that will drain to the pipe.



This should have me weathered in and the dirt away from the building for the long haul.



I haven't seen that machine.. Model number??

 

[nine4gmc]

Sounds like a plan!

Consew 2040-dsm with 7 cams for up to 14 different decorative stitches!!


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[slodat]

Before


Temporary paint "boot"


Primed!


I think this is going to look so much better!!

 

[slodat]

I figured out I had the fan choked all the way down on my SATA 3000 gun.. After I sprayed a quart.. In 3 f'n hours!!

I had to stop and regroup yesterday. What I did spray dried up really nice. Now that I *think* I have my gun setup right this next coat should go a lot faster.

Part way there!


Using Van Sickle gloss black tractor paint with their hardener.

 

[theoldwizard1]

The dirt adjacent to the wall... Well. I'm pretty sure I will dig over and construct a retaining wall to prevent the dirt from migrating back toward the building. Thinking of paying a contractor to do this part.

Oh yeah ! Read My French Drain and Dry Well Project

When you are putting up your retaining wall, the most important thing is burying some drainage pipe behind the wall on top of a bed of gravel. The pipe should be about on grade with the low side of the wall. Put a sock on it or cover it with heavy duty landscape cloth and the back fill with gravel. You still should have some weep holes in that wall. Depending on how high the hill is behind the retaining wall is, you may need some hold backs.

If you can take the grade on the low side down to about 3-4" below the building's floor level you might be able to just plant grass.

 

[theoldwizard1]

Using Van Sickle gloss black tractor paint with their hardener.

There are a couple of different "tractor and implement" paints out there (Valspar makes one) and when you add hardener they are almost as good as epoxy paint, but less expensive and easier to apply/clean up.

 

[slodat]

oldwizard- thanks for the link! I'm a ways out yet on that project. I'm going to do some research.

I like this paint. It works well.


After. So much better. My goal is no raw building materials in the shop and to finish/re-finish things so the place looks sharp. It makes for a less distracting, more creative shop to work in. One down.. Lots to go!

 

[slodat]

I'm off for the next two weeks. Plan to spend my days in my shop. New roll up door for bay 5/6 is coming tomorrow morning. It matches the other two doors and is insulated. The old wood and Masonite door is not looking too good.

I've been busting hump to get this room painted prior to the door install. Painting the pallet rack was prep, as was the work bench & shelf above, patching in the interior roll up door panels and so much more. It's finally closing in. I'm going to try to stay here tonight and get two or three coats sprayed. One or two Kilz original and a latex semi-gloss white top coat. I can't wait to have it painted.

I replaced the upper garage door header. The old one had a twist from the spring. This one has bracing to prevent it from happening again. I also ran 1/2 EMT for the openers sensor bell wire. Cleans it up a lot.

 

[slodat]

Down to the wire. Got to the shop at 4:30. Ready to paint!! Hoping its dry by the time the garage door tech arrives!!

Before:

 

[wasfast]

You may have some bleed through challenges on the old drywall. Kilz does indeed work well but that yellowed paper can be troublesome. You certainly get the option of spraying the section where the garage door is and not the entire room so you don't hold him up.

 

[slodat]

Got one coat on everything just in time for the door technician. Used almost 20 gallons for the first coat. Coverage looks pretty good. I'll see how it dries. Thinking another coat of Kilz Originial then the latex semi gloss.

 

[wasfast]

Agree on the second coat of primer. Good job getting all that done!

 

[slodat]

Agree on the second coat of primer. Good job getting all that done!

Thanks! It has been a ton of work. Door guy just left. New door is sweet!! The R10.4 insulation will be a nice addition.

Headed to Home Depot. Going to buy 20 gallons more primer.

The new door.

 

[slodat]

Another 12+ hour day in the shop. Masked off the new door. Took a while. My body is pretty sore from all of the ladder time. Feels good mostly.

Took about 15 gallons for the second coat of Kilz. It is fully covered now. Looks great. I can't believe how noxious that stuff is. IDLH environment for real!! Used three sets of respirator cartridges spraying 35 gallons of primer.

Doesn't look like much in the photos. Snapped these as I walked out the door.





Topcoat in the morning.

 

[slodat]

Sprayed the latex semi-gloss this morning. Apparently I sprayed a LOT more paint than I thought. It is running, dropping and sagging EVERYWHERE.

I have two heaters in there running full bore trying to aid in drying. I'm living with it however it turns out..

Primer didn't have so much as single drip or drop. Too high of pressure on the sprayer I guess. Live and learn.

 

[slodat]

Ran 13kW of electric heat over night with two fans pushing air around. Room temp when I walked in this morning.



Paint dried nicely. There was a bit of the topcoat left so I sprayed over a few areas where the runs were bad. I suspect that big of paint wasn't mixed as well as it should be and the wall was cold, both making the issue worse. Looks great now.

Going to start painting some trim and putting this room together!

 

[slodat]

Corner of bay 6 before and after. This is looking good. A TON of work and oh so worth it!!

 

[slodat]

You may have some bleed through challenges on the old drywall. Kilz does indeed work well but that yellowed paper can be troublesome. You certainly get the option of spraying the section where the garage door is and not the entire room so you don't hold him up.

The primer worked for all but a couple small spots where I should have bankrolled the Kilz to work it in. They are small and you have to look to find them in the overhead beams. Getting the shop >80F for 18 hours got it all nice and dry.

 

[nine4gmc]

You're making good progress, keep at it!

 

[slodat]

Thank you!

Painted trim around these two doorways. The black on white is going to look great!

 

[slodat]

workbench



before. after.

 

[slodat]

Next up, Bay 4. Emptying of contents, removing some of the existing lighting, quick prep and painting walls and ceiling like bays 5/6. Then turning this bay into three rooms- finish/paint room all the way back, dirty fab (grinders, sand blaster, MIG, etc) room and clean fab and machine tool room inside the roll up door.

Already moved quite a bit. This is where a lot of bay 5/6 contents were for painting.

Before ish:

 

[wasfast]

Are you attempting to do customer work there while in the midst of all this?

 

[slodat]

Are you attempting to do customer work there while in the midst of all this?

No way! Getting the shop dialed in before any new outside work comes in.

 

[dfiler2]

It's all looking really good!

 

[slodat]

It's all looking really good!

Thank you! Since I painted the upholstery bay I keep catching myself looking around and smiling. I'm enjoying the results.

Had to run to town for supplies. Windshield time is great for mulling over ideas. For Bay 4, I have decided the middle room will be a storeroom for all of the gray parts shelves I have and my upholstery materials and supplies. I don't want the cluttered appearance of this stuff anywhere. So, I'll put it all in a room. The outer room will be for fabrication. Should work well. Picked up two 36" interior doors and 15 gallons of paint. I have 7 more days off. Going to see how much u can get done.

 

[slodat]

Room is empty except for the flam locker..



Took down the old exhaust hood.

 

[slodat]

Lots of cleaning, removed some lighting and 15 gallons of paint:

 

[slodat]

First wall is up and attached. Still have to get cripple studs above door and bracing between studs sorted out. About to stand up the second wall.

 

[drivesitfar]

SD: i saw you posted over on the PNW thread and since i hadn't posted over here in a while i thought i'd check it out and see what you've been up to. looks great from my chair.

do you have a goal for stuff to finish by the end of 2016 or a TO DO list you want to share if you haven't already?

keep up the posts and even though you don't have a lot of members checking in you will eventually. I bet there are a lot of guys and gals gaining information from your work though so keep taking lots of pictures and making your posts.

take care

 

[slodat]

I have a few goals for 2016.. New roof, address the drainage stuff, and continue/finish the build out and interior paint.

The second wall is vertical. Lots left to do. Left the shop earlier than I have been to relax.

From the finish room looking toward bay 5:


Looking into the bay:

 

[slodat]

Got the blocking between the studs and lower portion of the second door rough in completed this afternoon. I'm playing with ideas on a full span shelf from the wall to at least part way over the door. Would be useful for storing upholstery foam rolls.

Borrowed a 360 self-leveling laser from a friend. Made quick work of laying out the blocking.

Storeroom is starting to take shape.

 

[nonhog]

Love the sled!