Shop and storage barn

[groundcover]

Beautiful job ! I also need one ! Did you consider radiant heat in the slab ? I am thinking it might be worth putting in the pex even if I don't get around to the heating portion of the program for a while,someday tie it into a small wood boiler. Just have to watch any anchors in the slab .Are you giving tours ? Might sell the Mrs. on the project if see saw a shop as nice as yours !

[hayden]

Originally Posted by groundcover

Beautiful job ! I also need one ! Did you consider radiant heat in the slab ? I am thinking it might be worth putting in the pex even if I don't get around to the heating portion of the program for a while,someday tie it into a small wood boiler. Just have to watch any anchors in the slab .Are you giving tours ? Might sell the Mrs. on the project if see saw a shop as nice as yours !

Thanks. Tours are available, but they will cost you a day's labor

Yes, I considered PEX in the slab. I think it would be the prefered approach for a building that will be kept heated to more or less the same temp all the time. There's a lot of thermal mass in 30 yrds of concrete which is great when you want to hold a temperature, but bad when you want to keep the building at 50 or so except when working on the tractor or something like that and need to bring it up to 60 or 65 for a day. The latter is how I expect to use the shop, so I opted for four wall-mount radiators. I have to say, a warm floor sure would be nice while working under the tractor, but I think the radiators will work best under my situation. Your needs may be different.

[groundcover]

Yes, there is quite a lag in heating all that mass but it can be a good thing too. Might lend itself to another solar collector . I was thinking of a modine type unit heater mounted high up for quick recovery. Be glad to help out for a day, haven't played with a dozer yet.

[hayden]

Progress has continued on the shop while I've been working on the solar panels. The roofer started yesterday and made good progress through today. He's probably got 2-3 more days to complete it.

In the last picture you can see the siding going up starting on the left corner. We got the barn-board pre-stained on all sides which will help preserve the wood. A second coat will be applied later in the fall.

[hayden]

The insulators are due to start Tuesday. In preparation for them the ceilings needed to be closed in to hold the blown in cellulose. On the second floor, the flat part of the ceiling got wallboard since the 16+ inches of cellulose will be more than enough insulation. The sloped parts can only hold 11" (rafter depth), so they get 1" foam board. Here's the room from a number of different angles.