New shop under construction

[AlbertC]

After many years of wanting a shop and going back and forth about getting a steel building or stick built, I finally started on my shop in December, 2022. It is 40 by 60 by 12 ft high, 2 by 6 construction. Here’s some picks as of today. Still a lot to do but getting there.

 

[crashz]

Wow - looks great! When you're done, please come up to NH and build the exact same thing for me!

 

[ovrszd]

Awesome!!! Thanks for starting this thread. We love to watch people build stuff. Great pics!!!!

 

[Avenger]

Cannot wait to see it finished!

 

[Boss 302]

Very nice, very nice

 

[civilian]

So what is the planned work for your shop? Wood, metal or tractors? I was like you wanting a shop at the home site, so when we bought property, a shop was also built after the house, and garage. Jon

 

[ovrszd]

Shops are good for a man's Soul.

 

[AlbertC]

So what is the planned work for your shop? Wood, metal or tractors? I was like you wanting a shop at the home site, so when we bought property, a shop was also built after the house, and garage. Jon

I mostly just do a little woodworking and general tinkering. It will also house my truck and lawn equipment etc. The left side (13 by 40 ft.)of the shop is broken into three rooms. The largest area will house a small kitchen area because my wife likes to can vegetables, etc. The middle area will just be a room for my wife to do some of the crafts that she enjoys and the third room will be storage area so that we can clean out our attic and some of our closets that contain things like Christmas decorations, etc.

We built our house on this property 10 years ago and had planned on starting the shop earlier but just didn’t get around to it. But last year I decided that I had waited long enough.

 

[ovrszd]

I mostly just do a little woodworking and general tinkering. It will also house my truck and lawn equipment etc. The left side (13 by 40 ft.)of the shop is broken into three rooms. The largest area will house a small kitchen area because my wife likes to can vegetables, etc. The middle area will just be a room for my wife to do some of the crafts that she enjoys and the third room will be storage area so that we can clean out our attic and some of our closets that contain things like Christmas decorations, etc.

We built our house on this property 10 years ago and had planned on starting the shop earlier but just didn’t get around to it. But last year I decided that I had waited long enough.

Your only regret will be waiting so long.

 

[dstig1]

Nice! I see 2 full rows of blocking in the walls - why so much for 12' walls?

 

[AlbertC]

Nice! I see 2 full rows of blocking in the walls - why so much for 12' walls?

Contractor said they are required to do that by code to strengthen the walls.

 

[EddieWalker]

Nice looking building. I'm looking forward to following your progress.

 

[repete]

Will you be doing any work yourself?

 

[dodge man]

It looks nice! Wish mine was that big.

 

[AlbertC]

Will you be doing any work yourself?

I’ll definitely paint it myself and will probably do some other things. Will probably help the guy put in a metal ceiling.

 

[Avenger]

It's nice that you are considerate of your wife and her hobbies. I told my wife that my shop is my escape from the house. She is welcome in there, but it is my space, which means she does not get to dictate to me where things go, how messy it is, store her stuff in there, etc.

So, she got her own space in the house. Same deal as my shop, only difference is, I'm not physically allowed into her 'craft' room unless something is broken and she needs help. I'm perfectly fine with that arraignment.

However, a small closed off kitchen in the shop would be very nice an convenient, especially for the long nights of working on stuff or being exiled to the shop when the wife is mad.

 

[ovrszd]

I’ll definitely paint it myself and will probably do some other things. Will probably help the guy put in a metal ceiling.

I hired my shop constructed. Then I finished it including insulation and inner wall sheathing. I used metal panel on the ceiling. Friend was going to help me.

My construction crew finished up at noon. I asked if they were going to another job to finish the day? They said no. I asked if they wanted to put up the ceiling metal? They said sure.

Friend and I handed up the metal panels. The crew of four installed them. Took an hour. I was paying the crew $100 per hour. Was a no brainer. My friend and I would have worked on that for a couple days.

Sometimes you gotta sort out what's most cost effective.

 

[fatjay]

Nice shop. How thick is the slab? What is going on the outside walls?

 

[AlbertC]

Nice shop. How thick is the slab? What is going on the outside walls?

It’s just a 5 inch slab. Outside will be board and batten hardie board and I might brick the lower part of the porch.

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

Same size we built this past year, but we went with post construction. Very nice building there!