Barndominium/Shop or "real" House?

[ovrszd]

The overall building height didn't change. I moved up the floor for the living space which made those celings less than 8 ft, so I put in scissor trusses to gain taller ceilings in the living area.

I noticed that. Nice touch!!!

 

[ETD66SS]

So I'm thinking, if I go with scissor trusses in the living space, is there a benefit to having them in the shop space? I plan to have steel on the inside of the shop, walls and ceiling. Probably go with 4ft of plywood up the walls from the concrte slab, then transition to steel, so work benches and other stuff are not digning up the steel and I guess the plywood can be replaced later if it gets beat up.

Scissor trusses make it harder to install steel on the ceiling?

Not sure I can think of many benefits over just normal gable trusse in the shop.

 

[ovrszd]

So I'm thinking, if I go with scissor trusses in the living space, is there a benefit to having them in the shop space? I plan to have steel on the inside of the shop, walls and ceiling. Probably go with 4ft of plywood up the walls from the concrte slab, then transition to steel, so work benches and other stuff are not digning up the steel and I guess the plywood can be replaced later if it gets beat up.

Scissor trusses make it harder to install steel on the ceiling?

Not sure I can think of many benefits over just normal gable trusse in the shop.

I can't think of a logistical reason to do them in the shop. Your eave is plenty high enough to give you tall ceiling height. Might be some asthetics if that matters to you?

I don't think it would be much harder to install the ceiling. If the center is in the middle of a panel I'd just try to curl it to fit. If that can't be done, cut and then finish with trim.

There's a mile of difference between a 14ft ceiling and a 16ft. My shop is 14, Son's is 16. I don't see any need for scissor trusses in his shop.

 

[ETD66SS]

Laying in a 5 Ton Bridge Crane:

Normally the crane columns are tied into the wall columns of the building for anti-racking support. Not sure this can be done with a wood post & beam frame building? Normally these are installed in steel buildings.

 

[garc]

When I saw you fantastic crane I got this crazy idea while thinking of the difficulty of moving your furniture upstairs ...

 

[ETD66SS]

When I saw you fantastic crane I got this crazy idea while thinking of the difficulty of moving your furniture upstairs ...

That closet arrangement does look better. I was not a fan of the way I had the door to the balcony all the way in the corner.

For the stairs I didn't have a door like you show because I wanted to pull the wall back toward the north and have a removable railing for furniture moving. However a door for the stairwell might be a good idea to further isolate the shop from the living space.

 

[garc]

For the stairs I didn't have a door like you show because I wanted to pull the wall back toward the north and have a removable railing for furniture moving. However a door for the stairwell might be a good idea to further isolate the shop from the living space.

I figured if I took the stairs out of the well and put them on the east wall of the shop you'd have more room to sort things out

 

[garc]

Still need to put in the shop bathroom.

A toilet and sink would fit nicely under a relocated stair case on the east* wall of the shop and tie in easily with your existing plumbing.

*I said north wall but I think it's east.

 

[ETD66SS]

I figured if I took the stairs out of the well and put them on the east wall of the shop you'd have more room to sort things out.

Yeah, my design started out that way but I moved them in to reduce the square footage. Taxe$$$$...

 

[ovrszd]

Laying in a 5 Ton Bridge Crane:

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Normally the crane columns are tied into the wall columns of the building for anti-racking support. Not sure this can be done with a wood post & beam frame building? Normally these are installed in steel buildings.

I want one of these soooo bad. I just can't justify it for no more use than it would get. But I still want one!!!!