Finally, The New Shop is Built,

[Mattpopp]

So my wife was the final push for me to build the shop. Her garage has become over ran with all of my valuables!!!! I was leery to build it with the current slow oilfield economy but we decided to go ahead anyways (my career is in the oilfield).

The Shop is a 60x60x16, Red Iron construction, R13 Insullation, 26 gauge tin, 3- 14x14 rollups (1 powered), 4500psi concrete (5.5 sack), 6" slab, 4 interior and exterior 12"x24" beams.

My good friend that owns Big Boy Concrete in south Houston did the slab. It was poured about 5 months ago and I have yet to find a single hair line crack. They did an exceptional job even for the poor weather the day of the pour.

I shopped around for builders in LA, OK, and TX. Everything from Poll barns, to Red Iron, to complete turn key. Turned out that the person that I used was from my home town in El Campo and went to High School with him. Lewing Buildings. They had the best price, beat out ever poll barn builder that I spoke to. The kit that they used is made in Houston by Whirlwind. I spoke to a handful of people that he has built shops for along with a bank that has financed alot of his customers work. Nothing but praise. Along with that he has built several builds for the city of El Campo. So needless to say I was happy to use him.

Total construction time was 5 days to erect the shop and install the doors. I did all of the electrical and plumbed in the water. I was lucky that a neighbor owned a Ditch Witch, which made light of the 180ft run to trench for the power and water.

By no means am I near being complete with it. I still need to bring in around 20 loads of dirt to build up the grade around the shop. Just need the time and weather to do that. Also, I live in a neighborhood so we are being forced to put up Stone/Brick wainscoat on the front and the first 10ft of the left side. Along with flowerbeds on the left side. Side note, it took about 60-70 loads to build up the pad to match the height of the corner of my car port on the house. This allowed us to get the grade correct for the rain run off to drain correctly.

Dont really have any good pictures of the shop, wont be home for another 3 weeks to take any new ones.

 

[Mattpopp]

 

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[Mattpopp]

one of my favorites, Emergency Shut Off used for my light switch.

 

[TraderRick]

Matt, great looking building! Looking forward to following the progress.

Rick

 

[lakeroadster]

That's an awesome space.

5 days to erect the building, door included... professionals, no doubt about it.

When they do a steel building do they pour the slab deeper at the location the steel attaches to the slab?

How do they anchor the steel to the slab?

Thanks for the thread and photo's

 

[Mattpopp]

That's an awesome space.

5 days to erect the building, door included... professionals, no doubt about it.

When they do a steel building do they pour the slab deeper at the location the steel attaches to the slab?

How do they anchor the steel to the slab?

Thanks for the thread and photo's

In my case, no. Being 6" slab and considering that the interior beams meet the exterior beams at the points that the main supports rest on the slab it is not required. It might be required in areas that have a requirement for a heavy roof load (my area the roof load is 0lbs, South Texas = No to very little Snow) or a building with a higher wind rating.

We were going to have a 20x60 Lean off the front. The 4 columns were going to have a 4ft or 6ft (dont remember) deep pier set for the footing. This was not for a load from the roof but to prevent the lean from being lifted due to high winds.

Depending on the support they used either 5/8" and 3/4" J Bolts set in the foundation during pouring. The Bolts are about 14" long with a 90* bend in the end that is about 3" long. Main (I Beam) supports have 4- 3/4" and the minor (Channel) supports have 2- 5/8"

Not to mention they used 1/2" on 12" centers. The slab is a bit over kill for what I need.

 

[dirt_dobber]

Very nice garage/shop - I would love to have something that big. What are your future plans for a garage that size?

 

[188slo50]

Very nice and man is it bright in there

 

[LXCam]

That's an awesome building.

 

[Mattpopp]

Very nice and man is it bright in there

I have 10 fixtures in there. The center and right bay have 4 fixtures each and the left bay has 2 fixtures (RV to be stored there). Eaton rates each LED fixture at 12,500lms. Since I am running them on 240v, I believe each one only draws 0.4 amps.

We had no idea if 10 was enough or if it was too many. Really I think I could have went with 9 and did 3 in each bay. But I wanted to be sure that to two bays that I was going to work in was well lite.

 

[Mattpopp]

Very nice garage/shop - I would love to have something that big. What are your future plans for a garage that size?

Last time we took the RV out we went to La Hacienda in Bee Cave.

What I want to do with it and what I will do with it is two different things. One requires me to win the lottery. Other requires permission from the wife......

It is more or less my Man Cave. There are a few projects that I hope to start next year. Some will be quick and others will be long term.

I have two goosenecks that I will be rebuilding. One will be a trade for work to own half of the trailer, It needs the need rebuilt, axles moved, rewired, new deck, and some TLC. Other is a good friend that also lives in the hood.

Our family grew up farming and my dad has since retired but kept some of his equipment. He still has his 1978 John Deere 4630, I plan to restore it as that tractor has alot of family history to me.

Then a cousin and I have plans for a BBQ trailer in the near future. We have two 500 gallon propane tanks and a ratty ole 16ft trailer.

In the mix of all of that I want to build a 4x8 Plasma Table and also build a 20x18 Wood Shop in there.

Oh, in the back corner I hope to build a bar and to finally own a 21ft shuffle board table, God willing!!!


But wish list items, Plasma Table, 8x16 Powder Coat Oven, Down Draft Spray Room for Powder and Paint, the 20x18 Wood Shop with a proper man Cave lounge above it.

 

[188slo50]

I have 10 fixtures in there. The center and right bay have 4 fixtures each and the left bay has 2 fixtures (RV to be stored there). Eaton rates each LED fixture at 12,500lms. Since I am running them on 240v, I believe each one only draws 0.4 amps.

We had no idea if 10 was enough or if it was too many. Really I think I could have went with 9 and did 3 in each bay. But I wanted to be sure that to two bays that I was going to work in was well lite.

You can never have to much light to see.

 

[madoc1]

great space. you should have no problem filling it up i bet. la hacienda is not too far from me.

jim

 

[drivesitfar]

Matt: looks like you are filling it up with BIG BOY TOYS so when you get a chance when you are back at home how about some pictures of some of your STUFF too.

also just a little reminder no matter how big a shop or garage is it always fills up so make a good plan to start and adjust as needed when your STUFF CHANGES or your plans on how to use it change.

thanks for sharing and good for you to build it when you had the time and were maybe not perfect with funds.

good luck

 

[Mattpopp]

Matt: looks like you are filling it up with BIG BOY TOYS so when you get a chance when you are back at home how about some pictures of some of your STUFF too.

also just a little reminder no matter how big a shop or garage is it always fills up so make a good plan to start and adjust as needed when your STUFF CHANGES or your plans on how to use it change.

thanks for sharing and good for you to build it when you had the time and were maybe not perfect with funds.

good luck

Only Toy I have in there. The Ditch Witch is a neighbors. My lawn mower is a Kubota BX 2660 with front end loader.

Polaris Rzr 1kxp, 6" lift, 40" Tractor Tires, and a ton of other items.

 

[drivesitfar]

Matt: NOW THAT'S A BIG BOY'S TOY. looks like good SAFE FUN TOO.

one suggestion when you get a chance is to put your location in your GJ profile so some members will know roughly where you are located. you can say Texas or i'm guessing Houston since you mentioned your friend who did the great job on your cement has his company or some other name. that way if you have questions about anything that might be different in your area than say Canada or Australia the member's helping you will have a heads up. or you don't have to put an area in that is up to you.

funny you say you are building this in your NEIGHBORHOOD and have to dress up your shop's exterior cause in my neighborhood you might have taken up 2 or 3 city lots with your building. I can only hope to have a shop that size some day to house all my STUFF.

when you say you are in the OIL BUSINESS and out of town are you working on a platform out in the GULF or maybe in Saudia Arabia or ??

WELL DONE!! with your build and i love metal framed buildings. they are a little more challenging with some electrical and maybe insulating and so on, but definitely something i'll be looking into when that time comes.

 

[dirt_dobber]

What I want to do with it and what I will do with it is two different things. One requires me to win the lottery. Other requires permission from the wife......

ahh - the eternal struggle most of us face.

 

[Mattpopp]

Found some pictures on the PC.

The 60x60x6" Shop Slab and the 60x10x4" Driveway extension consumed 125yrds of concrete

Neighbors Ditch Witch 2004 model with 225hrs basically brand new, he has been thinking about selling it and I really want this sucker, wife told me no

 

[zmotorsports]

Looking very nice. Great size to boot.

Mike.

 

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[AFBud78]

I need an update! This is too nice to leave us hanging.

 

[readhead]

Great looking building. Next time you see the electrician slap him for not knowing the proper way to hang fixtures from Z purlins. Anything other than conduit should be attached to the side of the purlins. You are fine and they are lightweight fixtures but he should know better. Somewhere in the stack of paper you should have received with the building it outlines proper attachment of items to the building.

About ten years ago we had a building collapse here after a snow storm and it was because items attached to the bottom flange of a Z purlin deflected the bottom flange.