My 50x72 shop, ( Rock shop)

[sean Buick 76]

Thanks I looked back and found the diagram you drew I see now... Well done, I really like the idea!!!

 

[country boy]

After a hard search got me some 6 '' blocks .

slowly blocking it up. and one inside door up.

 

[country boy]

Breaker box is mounted .
Man cave to shop window in.
One garage door framed up.
Going up 3 courses of block on all out side walls.

 

[hoho98925]

Building is looking good, nice job on the storm cellar.

 

[rixtrix1]

Building is looking good, nice job on the storm cellar.

Ditto. Good job all around. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Adittmer]

Re: My 50x72 + 20x60 shop, ( Rock shop)

Nice build! Love the bunker idea!


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[country boy]

All the blocks for the out side walls are done. Time to start framing up.

Small shop door for the wife is up.

 

[country boy]

Got all of the windows in ( home depo sale $125 for all 5 )
Steel doors are in. (came out of a old office building down town was free )

Ordering my metal for the sides on Monday.

Also picked up the wife a stainless steel sink.

 

[Just A Beginner1]

I have seen a few Bunkers from the old A-Bomb Days.
The vent/air supply for the Bunker is the reason why I am posting.

I have seen large hand cranked air pumps that are supposed to change out the air in the Bunker fairly quickly to keep the Carbon Monoxide down to a safe level in the Bunker.
Depending on how many people you have safely inside the Bunker in Tornado weather .

Have you looked into that subject at all?

I am assuming that if you had to sleep down there it might be a few hours of time in the Bunker. You seem like a person who can 'find good deals on equipment'.

I grew up in Missouri, where we had sometimes a few and sometimes a bunch of Tornados. We had a Root Cellar that was designed with a hand cranked air pump.

Came out of the Root Cellar one time and my Aunt's house was still there but the 60x40 oak barn was gone.

Would like to hear your thoughts on this.

JAB

 

[country boy]

Jab that is a good thought. What i have now is a 3 '' pvc pipe going out of the tank and up the end wall of the shop i have planned on putting a solar fan at the end of the pipe or inside the tank just to move air around. The door also has a 4 '' gap at the top covered with wire mesh.

A hand crank is something to look into.

 

[country boy]

So i am just about done with the siding on the man cave side of the shop.

I put the bubble wrap with the reflective behind the metal.

 

[country boy]

Re: My 50x72 + 20x60 shop, ( Rock shop)

Been moving kinda slow but have got work done.

I polished the hole man cave floor 20x 50 took a bit of time . But it turned out good for more info on that here is a link filled with pics. http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=322081

I started on the interior walls for bathroom and walls between man cave and shop.

The shower is a block wall and will prob go on up 5 or 6 feet high with that wall. Has any one ever built a block shower ? How do I need to seal it off ? I will do a motor bed and prob do at least a tile floor . Maybe later do the walls.

We have showers here at the fire station that are block or tile and seams to work.

Also painted my bunker walls with Ames blue max water sealer . Got some water coming in when it rains hard .



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[country boy]

Re: My 50x72 + 20x60 shop, ( Rock shop)

Got shower almost done , decided to go up higher with the shower block wall .



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[country boy]

Re: My 50x72 + 20x60 shop, ( Rock shop)

Got some more work done.




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[C_F]

Looks like you're still making good progress!

 

[country boy]

Re: My 50x72 + 20x60 shop, ( Rock shop)

Above the stair case ceiling will be storage from bathroom and kitchen .


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[country boy]

Got the wall done with osb the hole in the middle above the bath room is for tank less water heater and storage.

Moving more rock in to get ready to pour the big part of the concrete !

Still working on The big 8 ' tall glass door in Th 3 Rd pic . It's a double swing door so mounting to the header is kinda a pain . I took them out of a office building.




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[Terrick down Under]

This build is coming along nicely.

 

[combat infidel]

Re: My 50x72 + 20x60 shop, ( Rock shop)

Looks amazing


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[country boy]

Got rock moved in , floor drain and one more sink drain in.
Painted the wall on the shop side.

Waiting on a good day to get the concrete poured .



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[country boy]

Re: My 50x72 + 20x60 shop, ( Rock shop)

We got the floor done today took 54 yards had prob 2 left to fix my spill way on my dam.

Now to keep it wet and wait 30 days to polish .


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[86turbodsl]

That is looking great. Nice work.

 

[madoc1]

just found this. amazing follow up on all your work, especialy the tornado shelter. you and your wife have a plan and are just trudging along to fulfill it. i think that it really admiral. best of luck on the rest and i hope you do not need to test out the shelter. have you built any benches, whatever in the shelter? i love the cement pour you did in there.

jim

 

[country boy]

Haven't got a Lota work done to the shop but I did get my shop to man cave door up swings both ways.

Also picked up 3 file cabinets up for $60 going to build a base and use them for tool storage.

O and got my shop lights in. This is going to be bright stay tuned .


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[country boy]

Re: My 50x72 + 20x60 shop, ( Rock shop)

Got the sky lights up going down the side of the shop. Slowly moving along .



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[m5hor]

awesome place!

 

[GoldCar]

Nice building ! Nice place...

I am always impressed by strom shelter, we don't know such rooms in France, very fortunately maybe.

Why did you have a fan in it ? Mould or smell problems ?

 

[mcclaar]

Very cool project! The bunker will be nice piece of mind if the weather gets bad. My old house didn't have a basement or a shelter...hated it.

Keep up the good work.

 

[MacTexas]

Nice looking place.

 

[country boy]

Re: My 50x72 + 20x60 shop, ( Rock shop)

Been slowly polishing the big part of the shop it's a slow process.

But I want to move on to the next step the right side of the shop getting a 24x60 lean to . for Hight and dirt purposes I am going down 4 feet up next to the building pouring a concrete wall .

Started moving some of the dirt. Doing this job I'm going to need a few days of no rain lol.



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[country boy]

Re: My 50x72 + 20x60 shop, ( Rock shop)

Just a update .

Shop floor is polished and sealed.
Bathroom is almost done, just got to mud and paint.
Got my trusses ordered for the next lean to.
Porch post and frame put up.
Waiting on a good day to put some concrete around 2 sides of the shop and under porch part.
Also brought my charger from my dads shop.

Here is some pics cuz I know yaw like pics .


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[country boy]

Re: My 50x72 + 20x60 shop, ( Rock shop)

Got 20 yards on concrete poured around the shop and the porch pad .


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[rburke65]

Are you going to have the tank above ground, or in ground?

See post #40.

 

[country boy]

Re: My 50x72 + 20x60 shop, ( Rock shop)

Well between work and life it’s been slow but here are some pics


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[Bighead38]

Nice building ! Nice place...

I am always impressed by strom shelter, we don't know such rooms in France, very fortunately maybe.

Why did you have a fan in it ? Mould or smell problems ?

We don’t have storm shelters here in the northeast. We just have basements. Different parts of the country build different.

Very cool project! The bunker will be nice piece of mind if the weather gets bad. My old house didn't have a basement or a shelter...hated it.

Keep up the good work.

Because basements are awesome when done right.

 

[toyoguy81]

Hey, shop looks bad ***. In post #101, what is the concrete drive to the water for? Is that a lake or a pond? Is it a boat ramp?

 

[C_F]

Your shop and the surrounding yard are looking really nice!