Here is my 24x40 I started about a month ago and the progress so far. The outer bays are 12x24 with 10ft walls and I have stepped up scissor trusses so I can put a couple lifts in. The middle section is just a 8 ft ceiling 16x24 and I will be using attic trusses there so I will have a 10x16 attic with 6ft of headroom. The upper windows along the back and sides will be glass block to sorta replicate the warehouse look and to break up the tall walls. This is as big as the city would let me build with a variance and some different interpration on my part of the wording of the height restrictions.
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slyone1000
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Dam...............Nice Start............wish mine was that big
dink
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Man that thing is going to look huge compared to its surroundings....are your neighbors okay with this or are they throwing a fuss????
Of course this is the one reason I hate houses that are on an alley....the alley goes to hell and so do the garages....yours on the other hand will look awesome....hopefully no one vandalises it or whatever you put into it
Of course this is the one reason I hate houses that are on an alley....the alley goes to hell and so do the garages....yours on the other hand will look awesome....hopefully no one vandalises it or whatever you put into it
Satatic
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I was sitting there reading your descriptin while looking at the fisrt photo with the 
look.
look.The neighborhood is 50 years old so there are some old garages still standing, as time goes by they get torn down and replaced. The neighbors had a 2 week chance to complain. I had to post signs to get the variance to build a 960 sq ft instead of a 880 sq ft garage. No one appealed it, I guess they didnt know it was going to be that tall. The garage is going to be bigger then my house by a couple hundred sqft, the city seems to think that the house should be the primary building on the property for some reason. My rational is that cars are alot bigger then people 
sca037
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GM,
Welcome, and my compliments on a nice looking design
Looks like it could easily serve as a professional shop down the line if needed!
I have a friend that lives in 'Winterpeg', and based on his descriptions of the cold Months can fully appreciate the heated floors you'll be using.
Keep up the good work, and especially with the progress pictures!
Cheers
Brian
Welcome, and my compliments on a nice looking design
Looks like it could easily serve as a professional shop down the line if needed!
I have a friend that lives in 'Winterpeg', and based on his descriptions of the cold Months can fully appreciate the heated floors you'll be using.
Keep up the good work, and especially with the progress pictures!
Cheers
Brian
dink
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What do heated floors usually go for....and what temp do they usually run at???
I noticed the heated floors too. Isn't that supposed to be more efficient than forced air heating? Looks like a good design. I guess I wouldn't complain either if I was one of your neighbors. It looks like it will bring up the surrounding property values, not down. Thanks for posting and I look forward to progress pics.
The floor is split into 3 zones, the 1st bay is just for daily driver parking so I will heat it to just above freezing. The middle bay is a work area so it will be room temp. I will be parking my truck which I park for the winter in the third bay so I won't heat that area at all. The thing with heated floors is that you turn them on in the fall and turn them off in the spring, it takes a few days to heat up the mass. They are very efficient, unlike forced air systems you aren't blowing air into a room, when you put air into a room, some other air has to come out somewhere.
G M said:
That's why forced air has a cold air intake so you don't have positive pressure forcing air out. Rediant floor heat is great, but like you said it takes time to warm it up and you have no options for cooling unless a seperate system is installed.
dink
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Those are some great pictures and progress...keep up the good work