Creating a Workshop & Home

[dholly]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( </font><font color="blueclass=small">( ...an inspector show up today. )</font>

Eddie, did you pass... uh.. I mean did the building pass? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif )</font>

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( She also brought fried chicken, mashed potatoes, biscuts, peach cobler, sweet tea and chocolate chip cookies!! )</font>

Me thinks we already knew the answer to that question! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[EddieWalker]

I'm using OSB for the ceiling of my porch along the public bathrooms. It's got a nice tecture and works well outdoors. Around the doors I'm triming them with PT 2x4's and galvanized nails. Simple, primative, but effective.

I need to get these rooms weather tite before I move my stuff into them next week. They will be used for storage while I finish off the interior and then organize the workshop. Some of my stuff is still in boxes from my move to Texas three years ago. I might wait until Christmas to open them since I have no idea what's in there anymore !!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[EddieWalker]

The main thing I really require to live in the house after it's weather tite is a bathroom. Everything else is just a bonus!

This is the kids upstairs bathroom. I did it first because I used vinyl for the flooring, wich is very fast and easy to put in. The downstairs bathroom will get tile, which is easy enough to do, but still takes a few days for everything to dry.

Except for a door, it's about ready to use. Still no TP in there or curtain for the shower, but that's easy enough to fix.

 

[EddieWalker]

Not much changing on the exterior. I was on the roof this morning trying to finish of screwing it all down. There's sections that we skimed over while installing it to keep moving along. Now we need to go back and tighten everything down.

I also have to finish off the trim. For some reason I really hate doing this. Not sure why since it's real easy to do and the results are incredible. But I have to force myself to finish this part of it. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

Down the road I'll be building a porch, but that's sort of a low priority right now.

 

[Tim_in_IA]

man you are flying with this project! I know what you mean about the trimwork. It is harder to finish once you've moved in so get it wrapped up beforehand. I lived in my house as I was finishing it and you're always walking over stuff or having to move things from one place to another. Really slows down the progress. Your home is looking great!

 

[Holzster]

Eddie

You have a soft copy of your plan to post here? Just courious

thanks

TWH

 

[EddieWalker]

Here is the plan I used to build the building. The demensions on the plan are rough numbers that I adjusted to fit as I was framing. I use Broaderband's Home Design software for the plans.

We spent about two months going over the design while waiting for the land to close that I'd sold. I knew I needed a space to live in, a workshop and the public bathrooms for the RV Park. Originally I was going to only build a single room cabin. Then Steph got involved and offered some suggestions to the plan, and it evolved from adding a loft, then a loft with a half bath for when Steph and the kids visit to finally pushing out the living room into the lean-to area and adding an upstairs with a full bath and seperate bedrooms.

By the time the land deal closed, this is the plan we'd come up with.

Eddie

 

[DannyD]

Dont you hate it when they come in and mess up perfectly good plans..................

I know you dont Eddie. Now if I can just get my better half to agree to the Ford Mustang I want........

 

[EddieWalker]

With the heat we're having along with lots of humidity, I only have a small window to do any work on the roof. After a few hours it's just too hot and I get the shakes and start to feel lightheaded. That's my signal to get back down to the ground.

This morning I finished off the trim pieces.

 

[EddieWalker]

While I was on the roof, my AC guy showed up to install the system.