Dreamer1975
Well-known member
Ellis Acre dream shop ( AKA Badger hole)
Hello all,
Been lurking and asking a few questions over the last year or so. After moving around the country for a number of years, me and the wife finally decided to put down roots and purchase a small piece of land in Northern IL last fall. I have been waiting for years to buy something to be able to put up a pole barn/shop up to work on the vehicles I have accumulated over the last few years. When we bought the property I thought I had the perfect place to put a 30x48 building up without having to cut down trees. Turns out the septic lines ran a lot further over than we thought so that area will not work. The unfortunate thing about my property is that the original spot is about the most level space we have. However I wasn't going to let a little slope and some trees get in the way of me building my shop. Since I had to move the building from my original space, I had a lot more room to build. With that problem to deal with whats a guy to do but to go bigger. I ended up ordering a 36x56 from Zenz buildings. The plan is to put the building up in Aug but I thought I would start my thread now since the is plenty of work to do prior to the building going up. So the adventure starts and I look forward to your comments and ideas along the way.
Hello all,
Been lurking and asking a few questions over the last year or so. After moving around the country for a number of years, me and the wife finally decided to put down roots and purchase a small piece of land in Northern IL last fall. I have been waiting for years to buy something to be able to put up a pole barn/shop up to work on the vehicles I have accumulated over the last few years. When we bought the property I thought I had the perfect place to put a 30x48 building up without having to cut down trees. Turns out the septic lines ran a lot further over than we thought so that area will not work. The unfortunate thing about my property is that the original spot is about the most level space we have. However I wasn't going to let a little slope and some trees get in the way of me building my shop. Since I had to move the building from my original space, I had a lot more room to build. With that problem to deal with whats a guy to do but to go bigger. I ended up ordering a 36x56 from Zenz buildings. The plan is to put the building up in Aug but I thought I would start my thread now since the is plenty of work to do prior to the building going up. So the adventure starts and I look forward to your comments and ideas along the way.
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we love pictures.
:eye crazy:. So next on my list is digging trenches for electric, WIFI and Coax. Hopefully Ill be starting to move gravel in next week. Before I forget I went ahead and did the gutters as well went with 6 in which I hope is enough in the end.
