medic583
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Heh all... just found this site a couple of weeks ago... and luv'n it.
Livin' in Northwestern Ontario (just 2 hrs north of International Falls, MN and half way (4 hours) between Winnipeg, MB and Thunder Bay, ON).
Reason for being here... find out if the city will let me sell my rental house (couple of houses on one parcel of land... need to divided) tommorow afternoon... and then planning on building my long awaited shop later this summer.
Still up in the air over the size of the shop... but plans include an area (16'x30') for building up my '75 CJ5, welding and working on my other trucks... and a completely separate area for woodworking (26'x30').
I was thinking along the lines of a 30'Dx40'W with a 16'/24' split between the two... but now am thinking along the lines of 40'Wx44'D.
The bigger option will let me have my 30'x40' shop area... with a 14'Dx40'W storage space at the back end for the snowmachines, motorbikes, lawn tractors and trailers..
Definately want in-floor heating... thinking about Room-in-Attic trusses (really hmming and hawing over this one)... but also want walls high enough for a hoist later on if need be (and thus the problem...don't want the thing too high). If I go with the RIA trusses... I think I'll stick with 10' walls... if normal energy heel trusses... might go with 12' hieght. 2"x6" walls, white metal siding, burgandy metal roofing (R20 in Walls, R40 in attic).
So... tommorow will tell... but it's been 10 years of (re)building my houses and now it's time to play.
Wahoo... kinda excited...
Livin' in Northwestern Ontario (just 2 hrs north of International Falls, MN and half way (4 hours) between Winnipeg, MB and Thunder Bay, ON).
Reason for being here... find out if the city will let me sell my rental house (couple of houses on one parcel of land... need to divided) tommorow afternoon... and then planning on building my long awaited shop later this summer.
Still up in the air over the size of the shop... but plans include an area (16'x30') for building up my '75 CJ5, welding and working on my other trucks... and a completely separate area for woodworking (26'x30').
I was thinking along the lines of a 30'Dx40'W with a 16'/24' split between the two... but now am thinking along the lines of 40'Wx44'D.
The bigger option will let me have my 30'x40' shop area... with a 14'Dx40'W storage space at the back end for the snowmachines, motorbikes, lawn tractors and trailers..
Definately want in-floor heating... thinking about Room-in-Attic trusses (really hmming and hawing over this one)... but also want walls high enough for a hoist later on if need be (and thus the problem...don't want the thing too high). If I go with the RIA trusses... I think I'll stick with 10' walls... if normal energy heel trusses... might go with 12' hieght. 2"x6" walls, white metal siding, burgandy metal roofing (R20 in Walls, R40 in attic).
So... tommorow will tell... but it's been 10 years of (re)building my houses and now it's time to play.
Wahoo... kinda excited...
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