Some Room To Breathe

[hefnerconstructionlc]

So a little background, I purchased my first house a little over two years ago. The house was a wreck but in a great location, just ran down. The main reason for purchase was a spacious back yard and this great shed the previous owner had built.

So the first order of business was to clean the shop and make useful, then tackle all the renovations needed inside the home to make livable. Having done all those items, I have been working my way through the shop and outbuildings.

It has been a lot of fun seeing the shop evolve and providing me with a better and better space to work in. A well thought out shop can serve a multitude of functions from cabinetry and wood finishing, metal fabrication, and truck and equipment repair.

Just having the shop makes me happy and more productive. Looking out to the back yard and shop, really is like a little oasis.

 

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Here is the wiring clean-up, air line install and insulating of the shed. We completed the install with nice Ag-panel for the interior.

 

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Here is the tin work completed in the shop.

 

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Here is a welding rack I built to free up some floor space.

 

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Lastly the currently layout and function of the shop as it works.

 

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Here is the construction/reconstruction of my soon to be office. The building was built on skid/logs and fast sinking into the dirt. We dug under the building, poured piers, and reset. Then weather wrapped the building and installed proper siding and windows. The interior work will come later.

 

[Bib Overalls]

Must say your "office" looks a lot better in the after picture. Do you have another garage beside the shop?

 

[pmason0]

Nice shop. Like the idea of the scaffolding bench, I have a could of those short sections I might copy the idea.

 

[hefnerconstructionlc]

Thanks, yeah the small shed was just wrapped in tar paper and sinking in the mud when I purchased the home. No I just have the little shed which will become my office and the two car garage which functions as my shop.

Here is the construction of the porch for the office.

 

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And Finally the railing fabrication for the porch handrails.

 

[hefnerconstructionlc]

Yeah I had an odd size of scaffold that didn't quite work as smooth as it should with my others. So I thought why not chop up the scaffold. It is rated for a thousand pounds and already has locking casters. But mostly, I was not in the mood to spend a long weekend or more to fab up a bench in a hurry. And looking online for pre-fab tables I found those to be pretty expensive for what a person gets. With the scaffold I thought it would be fast and simple and can be taken to the jobsite if needed.

 

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Lastly my corral to hide all my junk I don't want in the shop.