New shop build in MA..

[BSAschields]

Thanks for the info. Please keep us posted on the results.

 

[Madhatter10-6]

Very unique toys....and of course really cool shop

 

[SaabGuy]

IMG_1938 by SaabFixer, on Flickr

Picture taken from 3rd floor of house-facing due south...
Glad to have the Saab Barn today....
No Saabs out in the snow!
Getting around 3 feet of snow!
The drifts are incredible already up to my waist- the little pit bull dog is NOT happy with this snow depth-
Going out to snow blow some paths for her in a bit...

 

[gte610v]

Hi...can you tell me where you purchased the cupola and weathervane? Also, what size is that?

 

[SaabGuy]

Hi...can you tell me where you purchased the cupola and weathervane? Also, what size is that?

My girlfriend was the one who decided we HAD to have a cupola...
It's a 48"x48" base, Newport model. All Azek-with the exception of the "roof" which is copper clad.
The weathervane and cupola all came from here: http://weathervaneandcupola.com/cupolas.html

I had questions- so I called and spoke with them, very helpful.
They offered me a significant discount on the base, cupola and weathervane over what was advertised on the site... and shipping was included.

There are 2 places on the east coast that I found that actually make the cupolas, one in ME and these guys in MD.
These guys were great to deal with, so I went with them.

Look at the site as to sizing, general rule is length of roof in feet x 1.25-1.50 to inches...

Be advised- this thing in total is well over 300 pounds- but in 3 pieces, depending on the pitch and height of your roof it may be a 3 man job to install...We used a 40' lift rented for the day.

 

[SaabGuy]

So- an update after using my space for the last 2.5 years...
I've managed to fill it with ****!
I am working out of this space full time since last September.
I am at a point now where I really need to organize the shop floor space, as I am adding another 2 post lift ASAP.
I have some crappy shelves from Craigslist that I thought I'd use for upstairs storage- but I'm thinking a built in system of shelving to utilize the unusable floor space might work out better.
I need to take a day or 2 off and decide what optimizations would work to de-clutter the shop as well.

IMG_0419https://www.flickr.com/photos/38669052@N04/

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Upstairs-

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[gte610v]

This is my fear too, I've just moved all of my old "****" into the new garage and it is already full and cluttered!