lance_
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I wanted to start showing a little progress on my FIRST shop/ garage ever.Ive been setting it up on the sticky so had to come make a post to get it rolling.
A lil history, i work as a gas turbine startup engineerso i may get a call at any time of the day or night and have to fly across the country or even to BFE. Generally summers we are a lil slowers because the turbines would rather make there peak price.
So last summer i finally had some funny money saved up to get started and we hauled a red clay/ sand mix from the back of my 40 acres to start preparing for the pad.I didnt get any picktures of this because i ha 1 person on the mini excavator, 1 in the truck and me on the tractor and it only took them 5 minutes from the time he dumped and was back with another load so i was busy the whole time spreading.
It started off as just a 30x50 building with an 8x8 roll up on the front and a 10x10 rollup on hte north end and a 38 ft steel door on the south end. Then we added a 14ft gable style carport on the south end.
Well it sat that way thru the next fall and spring outage seasons. Once i finally got a lil down time i added an 18 lean to on the front spanning the entire 64 ft and a 10 ft the same way on the back, i would of liked to go wider but the horse waterer and feeders and fenceing is to close for that now.
As of now im working on the inside. I mounted an 200 amp Eaton meter box on the outside corner with its own disconnect and 10 normal space breakers or 20 slim line breakers. This is so i dont have to pierce throught the metal and foam insulation for any add ons to the barn, rv and air compressor and dust collector that will be enclosed by the office and rest room. Im definitly not a woodworker nor welder but im doing it all on my own with the aid of my 21 yr old nefue. ill post a few pictures on how its coming along.
A lil history, i work as a gas turbine startup engineerso i may get a call at any time of the day or night and have to fly across the country or even to BFE. Generally summers we are a lil slowers because the turbines would rather make there peak price.
So last summer i finally had some funny money saved up to get started and we hauled a red clay/ sand mix from the back of my 40 acres to start preparing for the pad.I didnt get any picktures of this because i ha 1 person on the mini excavator, 1 in the truck and me on the tractor and it only took them 5 minutes from the time he dumped and was back with another load so i was busy the whole time spreading.
It started off as just a 30x50 building with an 8x8 roll up on the front and a 10x10 rollup on hte north end and a 38 ft steel door on the south end. Then we added a 14ft gable style carport on the south end.
Well it sat that way thru the next fall and spring outage seasons. Once i finally got a lil down time i added an 18 lean to on the front spanning the entire 64 ft and a 10 ft the same way on the back, i would of liked to go wider but the horse waterer and feeders and fenceing is to close for that now.
As of now im working on the inside. I mounted an 200 amp Eaton meter box on the outside corner with its own disconnect and 10 normal space breakers or 20 slim line breakers. This is so i dont have to pierce throught the metal and foam insulation for any add ons to the barn, rv and air compressor and dust collector that will be enclosed by the office and rest room. Im definitly not a woodworker nor welder but im doing it all on my own with the aid of my 21 yr old nefue. ill post a few pictures on how its coming along.
