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79stang514

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Took quite a while, but I finally got my shop. I plan on doing some restoration/performance work from here. I finally decided on a steel building, mostly because of cost and time. I still have mixed feelings about if it was the right way to go, but no turning back now.
 

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79stang514

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And here's the finished product. Check out the fancy garage door. It's shrinkwrap for boats. Hard to believe there's a whole garage in the very first picture, isn't it?
 

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Congrats and welcome to the board. As you stated, those buildings are fairly inexpensive, so if you change you mind later, you can dismantel it, sell it and stick build a new one.
 

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On the bright side, that is almost 2000sf of work/play/storage space and there is nothing wrong with that!
 
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Yeah, it's ugly, but it kind of grows on you. My uncle put one up a couple years ago, and that's how I ended up with one. I was a little skeptical about putting it in my yard beside my house, but we took a drive and there's a fair number of nice houses around here with one. Thanks for the welcome. It was really easy to put up. There are 30 arches total. The kids, wife, and I assembled the arches, and 6 people stood them up. It took about two days to assemble the arches, and a couple of Saturday mornings to stand them up and bolt together. I plan to eventually put a second story in half of it, and probably will build something in the range of 24X30X18 stick building attached to the front of it. That way I can just open the 12'X12'door between them and just heat the front stick building.
 

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The horizontal stringers on the roof ... do they come off at some point?

I like it, lots of space out of the weather.
 
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Yeah, the angle iron horizontal stringers are just for assembly. I was finishing the building in the winter, and didn't feel like slipping and sliding on the steel roof in the snow, so I haven't taken them all off yet. I don't think they're necessary in the first place, but didn't want to take the chance with that kind of money. Part of the reason for going with the steel building was the interior height. I went with 18' and I just installed some 16' steel racking in there the other day. Have to get some interior pics on here.
 
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No, it's cool. They are not the most attractive building around. I thought long and hard before deciding. It would have cost me as much or more to build a 30X40 with 12' ceilings(and that's with free labour), but that is with a steel roof. We get some pretty good winds around here on top of a little hill with farm fields all around, and none of the neighbours can keep shingles on their houses. In the end I chose function over form. My wife was actually trying to talk me into going 80 or 120' long. I'm a lucky guy to have a great woman.
 
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Alright, notwithstanding some of the "stiff" comments offered to a new member, I for one, would like to learn a little more about this type of building. How do you insulate it? Spray on I suppose would be the easiest. Can you cut windows in on the sides or would this take away from the building's strength? Let's see some interior shots, and what are your plans for all that space?
Oh, and by the way, WELCOME !!
 
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The insulation is almost as easy as the rest of it. It comes in big rolls(I think 10' high), and includes the vapor barrier built in on the outside of the insulation. It comes in R12 and R20. You thread extensions on some of the ends of the bolts that stick out, push it on, and then hand thread a nut on. It's not cheap, just under $5000 for the whole building, but that's taxes, delivered, and everything(Cdn $). There's a fair bit of square footage to cover with those high ceilings.
You have to be careful when shopping. I had one company trying to sell me a building a couple grand cheaper than anyone else. I asked if it would be approved by the building code in my area. They put me on hold for a couple minutes and came back and said it would be fine, and then they pressured the sale again. When I called my building dept., they said the guage of steel was too thin for our building code. I actually went with a thicker steel than was necessary, but I figured for an extra $800 total, it was cheap peace of mind.
I plan to run conduit for the wiring and I will run air lines along with it. It will all be under the insulation, so you will just see a plug and quick connect. I'm going to need a decent service out there, because I have to run a Linde UCC 305 tig/stick welder, milling machine, lathe(still need to get), and a big compressor.
 
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You can get skylights. You just put the building up, unbolt the section of steel where you want the skylight, and then just bolt it in. I believe if you include it in the original design, you can get windows in it. I know I've seen doors in the sides. I just plan on putting some windows in the ends, and they're not structural.
I have a '68 Camaro pro street in the works, and a '79 Mustang drag car. My 11 year old sons each have a '79 Trans Am project car, and then there's the 30' camping trailer. That still only takes up about half of it. I'm trying not to get too much stuff in it just yet, because I'd like to coat the floors with something this summer.
 

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Well of course I was kidding....OK no I wasn't.But who the HELL am I to say? It was just a little honest levity among friends.One more guy with a shop - and that's OK!!!
 

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Welcome, ignore the crappy comments. I'm in the process of assembling a 30x60 similar building. Autoclassicnut has a 30x80, and did a great job putting his together. How fast is the stang? I have a tube chassis 80 Z28 (in lots of pieces), that I'm setting up for 10.5 tires. Want to put a couple of turboes on it. Need a little more $ though lol.
 
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Hey, that's cool e-tek. I prefer honesty, even if it's brutal honesty. Sometimes I prefer it. Hey hypno. The stang's a mid 9.5s car, with a basic 514 naturally aspirated. Thought about building a manifold to hold two eaton superchargers from a cobra mustang, lightning, or bonneville, but I am also in the "need a little more $" category. Would love to see a few pics of the 80 Z28. I looked for the perfect '80 or '81 Z28 a few years ago and ended up with a '79 Silver Anniversary Trans Am instead, but was forced to sell it not long after. Good luck with your 30X60, and I will have to check on Auto's 30X80.
 
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Couple pics of the inside. Don't mind the mess.
 

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Thanks auto. I forgot to mention when people asked, but this wasn't the first one my family and I have put up. We put up a 30X40 for my uncle, and wasted many weekends getting it just right. We also did some damage to his building trying to figure it out. When we were building it, I said he was an idiot for buying it. By the time we were finished, I didn't think it was too bad. I still thought he was an idiot, but for different reasons.:lol_hitti

When it came time for mine, we used the same crew to stand it up, so it took no time at all. It did take another couple weekends to finish all the rest of the bolts and tighten them, but that was with a couple cordless impacts going all weekend long, times two weekends.

It was hard to look at the pictures of yours after the wind damage. I think I actually felt a little of your pain. I'm glad it all worked out in the end. Nice building.
 
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