richtersrodz
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Very cool setup and very cool pictures..
My shop/barn build thread
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So they JUST finished troweling. They've probably been at it since before noon. Unreal. Its gona be damn smooth.
Anyway, here are a few pics from this am. I had the contour running too, but wont be able to retrieve the footage until tomorrow am.
Two trucks. At the same time. Oh yeah. /Office Space
Taken around 3PM
I managed to pick up the garage today and finish up the breaker box trim panel.
More good pics tomorrow afternoon.
Dan
Anyway, here are a few pics from this am. I had the contour running too, but wont be able to retrieve the footage until tomorrow am.
Two trucks. At the same time. Oh yeah. /Office Space
Taken around 3PM
I managed to pick up the garage today and finish up the breaker box trim panel.
More good pics tomorrow afternoon.
Dan
AHotRod
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Now THAT's a nice shop your building!
They finished the concrete cleanup and the gravel for the driveway today. What a difference 3 loads of gravel makes...
fullsize image here: http://clubhousecustoms.com/gallery2/d/13257-1/gravel+driveway+done.jpg
Dan
fullsize image here: http://clubhousecustoms.com/gallery2/d/13257-1/gravel+driveway+done.jpg
Dan
I used the leaf blower to blow a majority of the dust out today. Man it was everywhere. Then my daughter and I hosed it all down and squeegeed it out. Looks sooo much better. I also got the last little bit of concrete splatter off the trim.
They are coming in the am to measure for the stairs. Hopefully they dont take too long to make. Its a pain accessing the upstairs by ladder.
Dan
They are coming in the am to measure for the stairs. Hopefully they dont take too long to make. Its a pain accessing the upstairs by ladder.
Dan
Didnt get a ton done on it this weekend. I spent most of the day saturday scoring some free cabinets, drawers, a table saw and dust collection system for the shop.
Yesterday I poured a step in front of the man door on the south side. I TOTALLY forgot to get this ready before they poured the garage floor so I had to put my mason hat on and do it myself.
I also drove in two ground rods for the electric service. Luckily I was able to borrow this guy to drive them in with. Worked like a champ, even in my super bony ground.
Dan
Yesterday I poured a step in front of the man door on the south side. I TOTALLY forgot to get this ready before they poured the garage floor so I had to put my mason hat on and do it myself.
I also drove in two ground rods for the electric service. Luckily I was able to borrow this guy to drive them in with. Worked like a champ, even in my super bony ground.
Dan
ODIS
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Nice build, Dan. You will love the heated floor. Looking forward to seeing more of your progress.
Ody.
Ody.
rmckee
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Awesome building! Look forward to seeing the inside when you move your stuff in.
Ive been working on interior purlins this week. No pics to show for it yet.
Yesterday after work my daughter and I stared building a rolling bench. I figured if I built it now I could use it during construction and then have it for after as well.
It still needs some more cross bracing and the top and shelf but its coming together nicely. I tossed a scrap piece of osb on it last night and it worked out awesome. The work surface will be 3'x6' and its ~38" tall.
Dan
Yesterday after work my daughter and I stared building a rolling bench. I figured if I built it now I could use it during construction and then have it for after as well.
It still needs some more cross bracing and the top and shelf but its coming together nicely. I tossed a scrap piece of osb on it last night and it worked out awesome. The work surface will be 3'x6' and its ~38" tall.
Dan
AHotRod
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Nice bench 
Lots happened today but I didnt get time for many pics.
The gutters were installed this am. Hopefully that will keep some of the mud off the side of the building until I get the stones done.
I ran the ground wire from the panel box to the ground rods, covered them up with soil and got a decent start on the stones down the south (yard) side. I got about 2x as far as the pic here shows.
I also had a friend shear me a free piece of 3/16" diamond plate to use under the door as a kick plate. You can just make it out in the stones pic above. Ill get more tomorrow. (for the record I really dont like diamond plate, but it should hold up really well and it was $0)
After I got tired of digging up sod, setting bricks and shoveling stones I cut out the tops for the rolling workbench. They are just made from some 3/4" particle board with grey melamine (I believe) on both sides. I scored two sheets free from a friend of mine. The edging is a dark blue (looks much lighter in the pics) that I purchased from www.t-molding.com. Its pretty simple to install, just cut a 1/16" groove around the edge with the router and pound it in. Its a nice look for 50 cents or so per foot. I still need to attach the panels, but I need to collect the pocket drill jig from my dads first.
Dan
The gutters were installed this am. Hopefully that will keep some of the mud off the side of the building until I get the stones done.
I ran the ground wire from the panel box to the ground rods, covered them up with soil and got a decent start on the stones down the south (yard) side. I got about 2x as far as the pic here shows.
I also had a friend shear me a free piece of 3/16" diamond plate to use under the door as a kick plate. You can just make it out in the stones pic above. Ill get more tomorrow. (for the record I really dont like diamond plate, but it should hold up really well and it was $0)
After I got tired of digging up sod, setting bricks and shoveling stones I cut out the tops for the rolling workbench. They are just made from some 3/4" particle board with grey melamine (I believe) on both sides. I scored two sheets free from a friend of mine. The edging is a dark blue (looks much lighter in the pics) that I purchased from www.t-molding.com. Its pretty simple to install, just cut a 1/16" groove around the edge with the router and pound it in. Its a nice look for 50 cents or so per foot. I still need to attach the panels, but I need to collect the pocket drill jig from my dads first.
Dan
Skandsen
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Nice! Good pics to show my wife. Thinking about the same size and type. Keep the updates coming
HiItsMeJimmy
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The finishers pull the mesh up into concrete??
CodeRedZ
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Very nice build I think I recall your z24 from my J-body days, I was geedsman on v6z24
Saturday my daughter and I finished up the stones down the south, yard, side of the barn. I still need to back fill with dirt, but I think Im going to wait until spring so its not a mess of dirt all winter.
Also, we finally got a chance and enough guys to lift the 21' long stairs into place. So nice to be able to walk up now.
Not much else is happening out there right now. Ive been busy with other things.
Dan
Also, we finally got a chance and enough guys to lift the 21' long stairs into place. So nice to be able to walk up now.
Not much else is happening out there right now. Ive been busy with other things.
Dan
So Ive more or less hated the height of the windows ever since the floor went in. Unfortunately I didnt consider just how much the floor had to come up and we were getting ready for a vacation when they framed the windows in. Anyway, instead of bitching about it for the next 30 years or more I decided to bite the bullet and move them now, before I get too far finishing the inside.
Before:
I had to order 8 new lower panels, a handful of 2x6s and a new roll of Vycor to wrap the windows with. So not a lot of expense but man what a lot of work.
Thursday after noon I started stripping the steel. This is how far I got before dark.
Friday I got started around 9 and my father in law showed up around 10:30. By 7pm we had all the windows replaced, the upper steel trimmed and back on and all but 6 of the lower panels back on. I finished up the last of the lower panels sat am. We moved the windows up ~15 inches. So much better. Now I will be able to fit workbenches all along that wall without covering up part of the windows. The bottom of the windows are now ~45" above the floor.
All in all it took about 21 man hours and prob $200, but Im VERY happy with the results.
Here we are about half way:
Finished:
Ill snap a pic of the inside next time its acutally daylight out. Stupid storm.
Dan
Before:
I had to order 8 new lower panels, a handful of 2x6s and a new roll of Vycor to wrap the windows with. So not a lot of expense but man what a lot of work.
Thursday after noon I started stripping the steel. This is how far I got before dark.
Friday I got started around 9 and my father in law showed up around 10:30. By 7pm we had all the windows replaced, the upper steel trimmed and back on and all but 6 of the lower panels back on. I finished up the last of the lower panels sat am. We moved the windows up ~15 inches. So much better. Now I will be able to fit workbenches all along that wall without covering up part of the windows. The bottom of the windows are now ~45" above the floor.
All in all it took about 21 man hours and prob $200, but Im VERY happy with the results.
Here we are about half way:
Finished:
Ill snap a pic of the inside next time its acutally daylight out. Stupid storm.
Dan
snowman1981
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Looks really nice
love to see pics once you get things inside.
love to see pics once you get things inside.Toomanytools?
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Looks good, too bad about the windows but you were smart to do it now and have that usable bench space. I'm a bit suprised at no 2" insulation under slab that would be a big savings in cash if I could omit that. I'lll have to do some more research, where I live we have about 2 weeks of below freezing winter if that, pretty mild so that may work. Keep up the pic's.
Jeff
Jeff
So a while back I stumbled on a deal for some cheap laminate flooring for 29 cents / sqft. I bought just under 1k sqft to do the attic shop area of the barn and the other part of our basement someday. Since the upstairs of the barn will mostly be a wood shop, I wanted something that would be easy to clean up sawdust. This fit the bill.
I did most of the install over the week of Thanksgiving as I was off, and just finished it up last sat (I need to get some finished pics yet).
The wall is to create a storage area at the far end, its ~!6x16, leaving me with 32x16 for the shop area.
A few in progress pics:
Ill try to snap some complete ones next time Im home and its light out.
Dan
I did most of the install over the week of Thanksgiving as I was off, and just finished it up last sat (I need to get some finished pics yet).
The wall is to create a storage area at the far end, its ~!6x16, leaving me with 32x16 for the shop area.
A few in progress pics:
Ill try to snap some complete ones next time Im home and its light out.
Dan
Macgyver_ga
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Be careful with sawdust on that laminate floor. It can get pretty slippery.
When I was installing the laminate floor in my house, it was quite slippery from all the sawdust everywhere from trimming door jambs and floor planks.
When I was installing the laminate floor in my house, it was quite slippery from all the sawdust everywhere from trimming door jambs and floor planks.
goneflyin2002
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Great shop Dan,
Love the upstairs space. Wish the city didn't stick me with such a low maximum height for my new barn (same size as yours)- couldn't do an upstairs.
Oh well,
Good job!
Don
Love the upstairs space. Wish the city didn't stick me with such a low maximum height for my new barn (same size as yours)- couldn't do an upstairs.
Oh well,
Good job!
Don
Juicedz4, we spend a lot of the summer about 40 minutes south of Rochester in Warsaw. Love the pics and vids, I subscribed to your youtube, but don't see any vids?
Lee
PERFORMANCE-RED
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The window's look so much better above the lower coloring. They do seem kinda high to open and close though from where the fella is standing out side. I am guess it isn't so bad on the inside.
Still leaning over a bench to try to open and close them could be tough.
Still leaning over a bench to try to open and close them could be tough.
dipper
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nice build....a friend of mine built one the same size and color...oh wait...lol
HOTFR8
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What plans do you have for the upstairs area ?
carhunter
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They finished the concrete cleanup and the gravel for the driveway today. What a difference 3 loads of gravel makes...
fullsize image here: http://clubhousecustoms.com/gallery2/d/13257-1/gravel+driveway+done.jpg
Dan
About how deep is your gravel?
The top gravel is just a few inches. I think if you look back you can see they brought in almost a foot of bank run up by the overhead doors tapering out a ways. They tamped it all down when they did the area under the concrete. The cement trucks hardly made a mark, even in the rain. I was pretty impressed.
Dan
Dan
Two weekends ago I finally got real power ran. It was much easier than expected (I had thoughts of it getting stuck while pulling etc), but with help from a friend and my wife and daughter it went super smooth.
Last week I managed to start wiring some outlets and switches etc. Currently I just have two outlets working, but its coming along. (yes I need to sleeve the ground wire green, I just keep forgetting)
This weekend I framed up the little "rooms" in the rear of the barn, which the ceiling of will serve as a storage area. The first section in the corner will be for the floor heat system as well as the compressor. The second is for the parts washer, sink and fridge, the third is still "for rent" and the last little section under the stairs will be for the engine hoist, stand, jackstands, etc. Also started on some framing to partially close in the stairwell between the two posts shown in the second pic.
Dan
Last week I managed to start wiring some outlets and switches etc. Currently I just have two outlets working, but its coming along. (yes I need to sleeve the ground wire green, I just keep forgetting)
This weekend I framed up the little "rooms" in the rear of the barn, which the ceiling of will serve as a storage area. The first section in the corner will be for the floor heat system as well as the compressor. The second is for the parts washer, sink and fridge, the third is still "for rent" and the last little section under the stairs will be for the engine hoist, stand, jackstands, etc. Also started on some framing to partially close in the stairwell between the two posts shown in the second pic.
Dan
LShee778
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This is an awesome build I'm looking forward to the end product and how it will be used.