Finally we are building a workshop

[Rgillard]

another dangerous stunt but it was the only way to do it other than hire a teleporter

 

[Rgillard]

this pic gives a good idea of the complete project.

 

[Larstan]

Looking good, how highs your ceiling? Are you going to insulate or just go with a shell? Keep up the good work....

 

[skid mark]

Looking good! I see that you have put angle braces on the front, rear and sides of your shop. I have no idea whether you guys get any snow in Ireland or not, but if so, I'd suggest you put an 'X' brace or two between the trusses (connecting the top of one truss to the bottom of the next one down the center of the bldg) to make sure that your trusses don't all tip over under a heavy load.

Keep up the good work!

Mark

 

[Rgillard]

well there is snow the odd time but 2" would be a lot for here. it is a good suggestion and i think that we will stick it in. lot easier to do that than rebuild teh whole thing.

Larry the height to the bottom of the truss is 10ft and the truss is 4 ft. I will be working on tractors and jcbs so i tried to leave it as high as possible but there is still the chance that it aint high enough. we are half thinking of putting a loft in one half of it to store stuff which is rarely used. getting the sheeting on monday. The roof will have felt on it to prevent condensation and the walls are just going to be a shell. Teh insulated sheeting is crazy money.it wil be slightly chilly but that will keep us working harder to stay warm and therefore productivity will be increased.

 

[Larstan]

I don't know about you, but I find it hard to keep my welds straight when my teeth are chattering /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif looking forward to the updates.....

 

[Rgillard]

The next part of the project was to add the doors. The hinges were made up with the following components.

 

[Rgillard]

Forgot to actually take a pic of the doors without the sheeting on them. We finally got the sheeting about two weeks ago and have been putting it up since then. The sheeting was screwed into the steel using Tex screws. (self tapping screws for steel which drill their own hole. They are really useful. Here is the start of the roof

 

[Rgillard]

one side completed.

 

[Rgillard]

roof,back and one side complete. The main doors can be seen also. They are 3 metres high and 2 wide.

 

[Rgillard]

Side door ready to be installed. We got a fire door from a factory which was just slighty wider than a sheet. this meant that only one sheet had to be cut in order to fit it in. its quite hard to cut the sheeting really straight so the less cutting the better. We made a steel frame around the door and welded it to the horizontal bars. the timber frame was then screwed to the steel frame to fix the door in position. The door really slowed production but im glad we put it in now.Saves having to open the big doors in order to get in

 

[Rgillard]

Here is the side door installed. The steel frame can be seen running around the edge of the door. All we had to do to fill the gap in the sheeting was cut one sheet across which wasnt too bad.

 

[Rgillard]

pic of main door from the inside with closing bolts installed. managed to get three bits of steel in my eye whilst screwing up the top bolts even though i was wearing glasses. The pain of it was unreal.will be wearing 2 sets of goggles from now on

 

[Rgillard]

finished shed with all sheeting on.

 

[Rgillard]

another view

 

[Rgillard]

side view

 

[Rgillard]

picture from inside the shed. The two perspex sheets in the roof give the shed good light. Still have a lot of work fitting out the shed but the majority of it is finished. Now its time to try restore the ATV seen in the picture and have some real fun. The shed turned out well and its great to have something good to show for all the time and effort. approximate cost of the complete project was about 2500 euro- $3000 which includes all steel, concrete, sheeting and hiring of diggers, wacker plates and the likes. The only tools really needed for this project were the angle grinder and the welder and a drill for the screws.

 

[skid mark]

Super job Rgillard! You guys really knocked out that project in short order. I noticed in a couple of the pictures that it looks like you painted the tubing after it was all welded up! I thought I was the only one that would do that! But I guess that maybe it is wet enough in Ireland that this is a necessity?

Here in Texas, it probably isn't necessary, and is only done by people that are a bit on the "****" side. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

What is the slope of your roof? I am scared of heights and always worry about sliding off a metal roof so I've always kept my metal roofed barns at about 3/12 or so. Looks like your might be steeper than that! /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

Again, super job. Looks like it turned out very well and by doing it yourself you obviously got a lot of building for the money!

Best,

Mark

 

[Rgillard]

Mark,

Painted the shed because it is quite damp round here and didnt want it going all rusty. Also we are quite **** also so everything has to be just right especially when neighbours call round to try find fault. The slope on the roof is about 25 degrees as far as i know but i also know its steep as i had a close call when cutting the angles on the gable ends. not good when the legs go from under you whilst using a grinder. Thanks for your comments anyway

Regards,
Ronan

 

[ruairihev]

Fair play for finally building the workshop, I've heard so much about it over the last four years that i'm delighted to see a picture of it actually finished. It looks good apart from the monkey!! I hope to put a few of my own projects up on the site for you to have a look at.
Slán
Ruairí