woodlandfarms
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- Los Angeles / SW Washington
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- PowerTrac 1850, Kubota RTV x900
So this is a journye of me trying to build a shop. Warts and all. As of this page I am just breaking ground and have not formally decided on my building. I am close, but not 100% there as over this weekend I was surprised by a couple of issue.
So where to begin.... I guess.... the beginning.
We bought 40 acres with a manufactured home and 30x30 carport. A carport put up next to the manufactured home in such a way that if you covered any of the walls you would block half the view. It is a mystery, well it isn't, the previous owner was high on meth, but the property does not have a work space. The carport is just a rock floor..
Our grand plan is that in two years we will break ground on the new house. It is a modern affair, lots of glass. Our intent was to put the shop up after, but recently I inherited two semi pro wood shops that need more protection than my carport can provide.
So we have been busy trying to put together a plan for a shop that met some practical use but also had a modern flair. The bonus is that the cart is in front of the horse financially. I had dreams of a nice 60 X 100 workspace, but that will not happen. As with most things, I need to compromise.
We wanted something modern. so we came up with a ton of different, and in my eyes, reasonably attainable ideas. In sending them out, we were met with utter contempt. Quonset huts, which I have been told are the cheapest buildings to put up became an absolute nightmare to make anything but round hoops. Try and change the pitch of a roof and the whole world came crashing down. It is bizarre that when you stop making a boring square box the people involved in the building trades either shut down completely or start demanding outrageous sums of money...
anyway... After a year of trying everything I could to come up with more than a square box, I ended with a quasi modern structure. Its a square box, but a single slope roof. You have no idea how hard it was to get people to come around to this in my area. The excuses where incredibly diverse. In the end I found one company that was willing to work within the scope of the concept as well as budget. Oddly, once I had one company onboard I suddenly had all of them onboard.
OH, so here is a side story. I have 40 acres, 10 buildable. I picked a spot I loved, it had a view, it was cool, the building would be impressive but not overbearing. Got ready to break ground and my dirt guys said hey 鉄can before you dig SO I called the county out?
Water, no issue, Electic, no issue, Gas, No issue. Phone. WELL Guess what, there is a major trunkline powering the phone system for the entire hill and it runs smack through my build site.
So not to show you tons of things,, this was the drawings I sent out for quotes.
View attachment CARLS SHOP MAR 30 18cc.pdf
One design note is the loft. Bay one is entirely closed in. The bottom floor being my wood working shop, the top floor being divided into two, sewing room for the wife and office space for me.
So where to begin.... I guess.... the beginning.
We bought 40 acres with a manufactured home and 30x30 carport. A carport put up next to the manufactured home in such a way that if you covered any of the walls you would block half the view. It is a mystery, well it isn't, the previous owner was high on meth, but the property does not have a work space. The carport is just a rock floor..
Our grand plan is that in two years we will break ground on the new house. It is a modern affair, lots of glass. Our intent was to put the shop up after, but recently I inherited two semi pro wood shops that need more protection than my carport can provide.
So we have been busy trying to put together a plan for a shop that met some practical use but also had a modern flair. The bonus is that the cart is in front of the horse financially. I had dreams of a nice 60 X 100 workspace, but that will not happen. As with most things, I need to compromise.
We wanted something modern. so we came up with a ton of different, and in my eyes, reasonably attainable ideas. In sending them out, we were met with utter contempt. Quonset huts, which I have been told are the cheapest buildings to put up became an absolute nightmare to make anything but round hoops. Try and change the pitch of a roof and the whole world came crashing down. It is bizarre that when you stop making a boring square box the people involved in the building trades either shut down completely or start demanding outrageous sums of money...
anyway... After a year of trying everything I could to come up with more than a square box, I ended with a quasi modern structure. Its a square box, but a single slope roof. You have no idea how hard it was to get people to come around to this in my area. The excuses where incredibly diverse. In the end I found one company that was willing to work within the scope of the concept as well as budget. Oddly, once I had one company onboard I suddenly had all of them onboard.
OH, so here is a side story. I have 40 acres, 10 buildable. I picked a spot I loved, it had a view, it was cool, the building would be impressive but not overbearing. Got ready to break ground and my dirt guys said hey 鉄can before you dig SO I called the county out?
Water, no issue, Electic, no issue, Gas, No issue. Phone. WELL Guess what, there is a major trunkline powering the phone system for the entire hill and it runs smack through my build site.
So not to show you tons of things,, this was the drawings I sent out for quotes.
View attachment CARLS SHOP MAR 30 18cc.pdf
One design note is the loft. Bay one is entirely closed in. The bottom floor being my wood working shop, the top floor being divided into two, sewing room for the wife and office space for me.