Above 1200 Sq/FT Finally build my, long needed, shop

[Michael B.]

Good progress was made inside this weekend. Construction on the south end of the room is 99.9% complete. I need to install one piece of insulation and one more sheet of interior metal before making the final plumbing connections.

 

[loganb]

Great progress!

 

[Michael B.]

Thanks @loganb !

 

[jbrentd]

Looking great @Michael B.!

 

[Toolfool]

NICE !

 

[Michael B.]

Thanks @jbrentd and @Toolfool !

 

[Michael B.]

Day one.

 

[Michael B.]

Both footings were dug and poured today. For some reason I can’t upload the second picture.

I have been struggling for the last few months with being able to upload pictures to GJ. I’m a member of another forum that I post to on a regular basis. I have had some trouble with pictures there as well, but not nearly as much as I have here. Does anyone else have these same issues?

 

[jbrentd]

Are you loading the pics from a PC or phone? I find it works better from my iPhone.

 

[Michael B.]

@jbrentd I’m using an iPhone 13 on Wi-Fi. It’s worse without Wi-Fi.

 

[Michael B.]

Day two.

 

[Michael B.]

Day three.

 

[Toolfool]

Day three.

That adds a timely look to your building ! Will there be a problem with water getting behind the stone ?

 

[Michael B.]

@Toolfool Thanks John! This has always been part of my original plan for the shop. I only recently found a mason interested in performing the work.

There shouldn’t be a problem since this is dry stacked stone and the cap will be caulked to the building. I think I’m going to hedge my bets though and spray a line of foam between the building and the backside of the wall. This will accomplish two things. First it will help to keep any water on top of the wall from going behind it. Second it will act as an attachment point near the top of the wall.

 

[Michael B.]

Day four.
Imagine a completed wall, minus the top cap, on the north end of the building and about 10% of the wall started on the south end of the building. (My struggles with picture uploads on GJ continue).

 

[250]

What file format are the photos being output in? My Iphone produces .HEIC photo files, a silly format that doesn't upload most places.

 

[Michael B.]

I’m not sure what format the pictures are in. I am using an iPhone 13. I uploaded the same pictures on another forum, without Wi-Fi, without a problem. On GJ with or without Wi-Fi I can’t load the pictures.

 

[Michael B.]

Day five. It was threatening rain all day so they worked on the front of the building.

 

[Michael B.]

I made good progress on installing the Rapidair plumbing for the shop air system. It’s about 50% complete.
(Sorry no pictures, they won’t upload)

 

[jbrentd]

The rock around the perimeter looks great. Nice touch!

 

[Michael B.]

Day six. (They took yesterday off) ‍♂

Imagine the front completely done and the south wall is 99%.

 

[dykstra]

Looking great!!

 

[Toolfool]

I can almost see it !

 

[Cdubu52]

Great looking shop.

 

[Michael B.]

Thanks guys! The stone is turning out nicely. Today they finished the south wall and started laying out the top cap. I received a text letting me know I need 58’ additional of the top cap. . I had suspicions this might be the case. My original plan was to split the 12” wide top cap long ways to make two 6” x 24” pieces. The walls are about 7”-8” from the face of the sheet metal. So that doesn’t work. I ordered 30 more pieces

 

[Michael B.]

Day 8. They worked Wednesday and took Thursday off. They came back yesterday and finished the job in 7 hours

I’m pleased with the end results. Sorry but only one picture will load.

 

[Jayman17]

Wow, lots of stuff going on at your place since the last time I checked your thread. Love the look of the vintage metal on your interior walls and the rock on the outside. Nice work!

Jay

 

[Michael B.]

Wow, lots of stuff going on at your place since the last time I checked your thread. Love the look of the vintage metal on your interior walls and the rock on the outside. Nice work!

Jay

Thanks Jay! I am pushing to finish the shop by the end of the year, if not sooner. This has been a fun project but I have a lot of other fun projects waiting.

 

[Michael B.]

The stone mason recommended that a sealer be applied in about a week. We talked about brands and I think I have decided on what I will use. I decided to rinse the stone off because it was all dirty and there was some dust from cutting the top cap on one portion of a wall. I could not believe the difference a fresh water rinse made. The color of the stones are really visible now. They are very vivid wet but when they dry there is still a huge difference.

 

[Michael B.]

I had a few minutes after supper this evening so I assembled the short wall. After I drill 4 more holes it will be ready to stand up. Of course my handy work has to be properly inspected

 

[Michael B.]

I had a rather productive weekend in the shop. If I had some 2”x12” material on hand I could have stood the second wall up and been finished with the wall framing. BTW I bought 1-2”x6”x20’ board for this part of the project. All of the other 2”x6” materials were either leftover from the initial build of the shop or salvaged. There are 24-2”x6” studs plus the jacks, cripples and plates. I’m also at the eyed my 25 lbs bucket of 3” screws I purchased in January.

 

[jbrentd]

Nice use of leftover materials. I may have missed it, but what's going in the room you're building?

 

[Michael B.]

Nice use of leftover materials. I may have missed it, but what's going in the room you're building?

Thanks Brent! The room will be for all of my “other” stuff, aka a man cave. At least that’s what my wife refers to it as.

 

[jbrentd]

Thanks Brent! The room will be for all of my “other” stuff, aka a man cave. At least that’s what my wife refers to it as.

Sounds awesome!

 

[Michael B.]

Today was productive. First I applied a sealer to the stone. Then I got busy installing headers and a top plate. After that I spent a couple of hours lifting and moving the wall into place.

 

[Michael B.]

I started the afternoon moving stuff around so I could start installing the beam on the wall over my framed room. When I came to the window I decided the safest place for it was installed. So I did! It’s difficult to see in the picture but X marks the spot
Then I started working on the beam. Sorry no pictures of the beam. I forgot to take one

 

[Michael B.]

I took this picture yesterday morning before leaving town. It’s not a great picture.

 

[Michael B.]

I finished building the beam on the wall today. It has been a very busy weekend. I only had about 4 hours of work time on the shop today and none yesterday.

 

[Michael B.]

After work today I built beam #2. It’s 19’ 4” long.

 

[Michael B.]

This evening I set beam number two in place.