gmgrunt
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Well, after many hours scouring the GJ and reading many opinions I have finally made up my mind and the contractor pulled a building permit this morning. I had my excavator guy Aaron busy the past few months pushing dirt around an making my shop pad, driveway, septic , drain field, he has done a great job. This will be a long distance build, me being in Michigan and the shop in North Carolina, so providing my builder sends me many photos I can share with you all. The shop is kinda like two buildings with the gables running perpendicular to each other, the right side is 24x34 and has 12' eaves with scissors trusses in the front 22' and attic trusses in the back 12'. With a 12/12 outside pitch and a inside 6/12 pitch for plenty of height for a car lift.
The left side is 32 deep x 28 long and has all attic trusses being 10/12 outside pitch. I will have a 16x28 upstairs tied to the 12x12 room created in the right side. I have a little office up front with a bathroom, behind it will be a welding/grinding/fabrication room. On the far left room will be a room for priming/ sanding/ painting.
My current pole barn is totally open and when grinding/ priming/ bodywork type work is being done the mess is on everything.....so I'm trying to divide this building up to contain messes.
attached are some pics of the pad, layout, and general lay of the land. with the last pics showing the steep terrain and a hand dig for the drain field.
the pad down below and the driveway to it on the left.
laying lines to connect the garage to the septic tank
Jen checking out the view!
58 degree slope requiring hand dig not to booger up the soil or tip over machinery.
the wife standing where the garage will be
The left side is 32 deep x 28 long and has all attic trusses being 10/12 outside pitch. I will have a 16x28 upstairs tied to the 12x12 room created in the right side. I have a little office up front with a bathroom, behind it will be a welding/grinding/fabrication room. On the far left room will be a room for priming/ sanding/ painting.
My current pole barn is totally open and when grinding/ priming/ bodywork type work is being done the mess is on everything.....so I'm trying to divide this building up to contain messes.
attached are some pics of the pad, layout, and general lay of the land. with the last pics showing the steep terrain and a hand dig for the drain field.
the pad down below and the driveway to it on the left.
laying lines to connect the garage to the septic tank
Jen checking out the view!
58 degree slope requiring hand dig not to booger up the soil or tip over machinery.
the wife standing where the garage will be
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, I'm following.
