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My new shop
- Thread starter RedneckBuckeye
- Start date
ak diesel driver
6.5 driver
nice
NVW
Well-Known Member
Looks nice, you'll enjoy it.
WTF, no snow and leaves on the trees.:mad2:
WTF, no snow and leaves on the trees.:mad2:
WilliamBos
Serial Post Whore in the making...
Nice shop!!
btfarm
America First!
Nice! That'll get ya going on projects!
Pepperidge
Member Advocate
I only wish...
looks nice though...
looks nice though...
RedneckBuckeye
Recruit
The house we bought only had a one car garage so I really needed a shop. The trees are white pine and I had move snow to build it.
Ed HD
Formerly: Dad's 05 LLY
Very Nice!!
If you can swing it, I HIGHLY recommend heated floors. They're not cheap, but they're worth every penny. Now is the time, you can't do it after the cement is poured. We have a hot water heated floor in our basement, garage and shop and love it. You can open the big door in our shop for 5 minutes, close the door and 2 minutes later it's warmed back up, since the entire slab is warm. The other benefit is that the floor dries much quicker, and the heat is even from floor to ceiling. We have ceiling fans w/ remotes and they show the temp at the fan, and it's always within 5* of the temp down at the thermostat 10' below it.
Also, you are planning on having a drain in the floor, right?
Any other questions, be sure to throw them up. A number of us have built shops, so we can give advice and insight.
If you can swing it, I HIGHLY recommend heated floors. They're not cheap, but they're worth every penny. Now is the time, you can't do it after the cement is poured. We have a hot water heated floor in our basement, garage and shop and love it. You can open the big door in our shop for 5 minutes, close the door and 2 minutes later it's warmed back up, since the entire slab is warm. The other benefit is that the floor dries much quicker, and the heat is even from floor to ceiling. We have ceiling fans w/ remotes and they show the temp at the fan, and it's always within 5* of the temp down at the thermostat 10' below it.
Also, you are planning on having a drain in the floor, right?
Any other questions, be sure to throw them up. A number of us have built shops, so we can give advice and insight.
RedneckBuckeye
Recruit
Yeah, gonna put the a drain in the floor and pex in the floor in case I want to do that later. I lost mg job so the slab and everything is on hold.
Ed HD
Formerly: Dad's 05 LLY
Sucks to hear bud. At least you have a dry place to work and park the truck at night till you can pour the slab.
Check on CL and newspaper ads for a boiler for your floor heat. Plumber in our town happened to have a perfect one for our shop that he ripped out of a house. Cost us well under half of what a new water-heater or boiler would've cost, and it still runs perfect after 4 winters.
Check on CL and newspaper ads for a boiler for your floor heat. Plumber in our town happened to have a perfect one for our shop that he ripped out of a house. Cost us well under half of what a new water-heater or boiler would've cost, and it still runs perfect after 4 winters.
RedneckBuckeye
Recruit
Great idea, thanks for the heads up.
bison
Well-Known Member
Nice shop but i would've put some windows in it.
I got an old shop without windows and it feels like working in a cave,never enough light.
I got an old shop without windows and it feels like working in a cave,never enough light.
RedneckBuckeye
Recruit
I was gonna put windows in but don't like people looking into my shop if I am not around. Its gonna get plenty of lighting.
NVW
Well-Known Member
It's after the fact but I put most of my windows about 10' above the ground, it helps eliminate shadows.