Evilcactuar
Well-known member
I'm building 2 garages, one right next to my house to park in (almost completed, haven't gotten around to doing a build thread yet), and another in the back corner of my lot for a workshop. This is the latter. It's going to be a quasi pole barn, similar to the first build. It's on permacolumns, but full framed walls between them, so I can side it with Hardi Plank (which will eventually match the house). The workshop will have radiant heating and eventually some air conditioning. It will be 50x35, with a 16' door on the short end. I'm hoping to get the floor in and everything enclosed before winter, we'll see how it turns out. Right now I've got a level lot, permacolumns delivered, and trusses delivered. I'm doing electrical, siding, finish work, etc. Contractors are doing framing, roofing, and pouring the slab. Should be starting uprights next week hopefully. I'm insulating the floor with 2.5" 40psi Rigid foam (already purchased, reclaimed) on top of a 15mil vapor barrier, and laying 1/2" pex at 12" spacing. I was planning a 2 post lift and a 4 post lift, and i'm leaning towards leaving the foam under the entire floor, and pouring 6" 4000psi concrete. The contractor wants to do wire mesh, and #4 rebar on the perimeter. I was planning to leave some 4x4 pads for the 2 post, and didn't plan to do anything different for the 4 post. I'd welcome some feedback from those more knowledgeable than I. I'm having difficulty finding if I should look at additional rebar under the pads (I feel like I should).
My real concern is the placement of the 2 post lift. I had originally planned to put it right in front of the door, and reading thread after thread makes me hesitant to do that, it seems that everyone universally hates having their lift blocking things. I saw suggestions for putting it in the back corner, but I'm expecting long term project storage in here, and moving things around to use the lift sounds like a huge pain in the ***. So now i'm thinking If i put it at an angle off to the right that might be the ticket, but i'm a little lost as far as how far to space it out from the wall and how much angle is too much. I'm planning an asymetric 2 post (looking at the bendpak XPR-10AS-168 https://www.bestbuyautoequipment.co...all-2-post-car-lift-p/bendpakxpr-10as-168.htm , not 100% decided, but thats where i'm leaning). I didn't see any other builds where anyone had done that, but i'm sure i've seen it before in service bays. Unfortunately my building is smaller than your average dealership service area =(
My real concern is the placement of the 2 post lift. I had originally planned to put it right in front of the door, and reading thread after thread makes me hesitant to do that, it seems that everyone universally hates having their lift blocking things. I saw suggestions for putting it in the back corner, but I'm expecting long term project storage in here, and moving things around to use the lift sounds like a huge pain in the ***. So now i'm thinking If i put it at an angle off to the right that might be the ticket, but i'm a little lost as far as how far to space it out from the wall and how much angle is too much. I'm planning an asymetric 2 post (looking at the bendpak XPR-10AS-168 https://www.bestbuyautoequipment.co...all-2-post-car-lift-p/bendpakxpr-10as-168.htm , not 100% decided, but thats where i'm leaning). I didn't see any other builds where anyone had done that, but i'm sure i've seen it before in service bays. Unfortunately my building is smaller than your average dealership service area =(
