Shop build

[thepumpguysc]

Love the idea of spacing them hi enough to roll the boxes under/in them.. it'll surely free up floor space when needed. Good thinkin'..

 

[newbury]

Love the idea of spacing them hi enough to roll the boxes under/in them.. it'll surely free up floor space when needed. Good thinkin'..

Well in total I've got about 5,500 square feet of floor space so that wasn't my main issue. More important is to get stuff organized so I could store the "rarely" used where it would be in my field of "occasional" vision. So I've things like rolls of different insulation stored on a top shelf, I've reusable plastic containers, totes etc. that probably take up a shelf.
It would have easy for me to build wall shelves floor to ceiling (and I've done it in other shops) but they tend to become permanent. Three times in the last 4 years I've had a "mission" change and torn down a 12' high shelving unit and moved it.
Now if the pallet rack units had cost full retail price it would have been a no go. But I've paid about $300 over the years for a unit with 3 uprights and 12 8.5' beams, enough for a 17' long wall with 3 levels of shelves 42" wide and steel racks.

 

[oldtimer 66]

I had a clear span building erected in 1991. It was a Sharron Steel Building 40' X 60' and they are now defunct I think. I had in the past done various repairs in my house garage and I was always concerned about starting something on fire. Therefore I wanted a steel structure, not a poll barn type building. I am not saying that my present building cannot catch on fire but the chances are much less. I divided the bldg. into two 30' X 40' areas, one heated and one not with one center interior partition. I used steel roof decking for the interior walls of the heated section Type B Roof Deck 22 gauge and painted primer gray. I finished painted it gloss white after installation. Above the roof decking is the as built rolled fiberglass insulation. I have one block exposed inside that I attached a 2.0 X 2.0 base angle galvanized. The roof decking is attached to the base angle and at the middle girt. The panels are 8' plus the exposed block on three walls and 9' on the 4th partition wall. I hung all of my steel shelving on the roof decking. That is the shelving starts 8" above the floor so I can sweep under the shelving. All of this shelving is open and anything stored there gets the normal dust and dirt accumulation. Everything that is hung on the walls is attached with self drilling screws. I started hanging items using the HF V shaped thin wall pipe hangers that cost 1.99. I cut them in half to make 2 hangers and then screw them to the roof decking. I have also custom made hangers for my wrenches, tractor chains, etc. I also have hung up a couple of old steel kitchen upper cabinets that I wish I could find more of. They work very well for a clean storage area. I have also picked up at auctions some used steel drawer cabinets for small parts. They also come in handy. Because this is my garage and not a community garage I have a lot of my tools hung on the walls and on my tool box. This makes it very easy to Identify if I have mis placed or lost a socket after working on something. The same goes for hammers, open end wrenches etc. they are all hung up for easy access. I like to have more than one as you can see from the pictures and divided as to inch and metric. When I have a car on the lift I use my rolling work table as a work bench. As I go from corner to corner doing brakes etc. and the rolling work bench follows along with me holding parts and tools. I have a 200 AMP service and all wiring is in conduit. The only welder I have hung on the wall is my Thunderbolt stick welder. The Lincoln 256 Mig, Lincoln 225 Tig, Hypertherm 65, O&A cutting are all on carts. I move them to the work as required and to the rolling work table. The car lift also acts as a large work/ welding table. I have a Wells band saw and I have that on casters also (2) on one end only and move with a floor jack on the other end for doing large work. You will diffidently need a locker or lockers of some type. I store my weld helmets and weld jackets in that locker. My lighting is old school high pressure sodium/ 400 watts 6 fixtures. If I were to build new it would be LEDs but I am not sure of the configuration though. I will attach some pictures and maybe that will give you some ideas on how you want to set up your bldg. Now this is 27 years into this project and it is no longer shinny and bright and clean. But it works for me. Note the vice grips on the floor jacks and engine lifter. Just a little trick. No more dropping stuff. Later.

 

[oldtimer 66]

Additional pictures.

 

[thepumpguysc]

OT66>> Love the shop.. Very well done.. it looks like you've got the room & tools to do just about anything that comes your way..
& I LOVE the "Tool Rules".!!!