TMGT's shop build

[TMGT]

Thanks guys, I try to stick with the "if you're gonna do something, do it right".

Spitter, I know what you mean about hindsight, the problem here was a last second change on the concrete which made the stub wall 1.5ft higher then originally planned which is why it ended up where it did.
Because of code, I was limited on the max height of the breakers, and with the large size of the box, I was limited on options. I had a few different ways I could have gotten around drilling the concrete, but I wouldn't have been happy with them so I chose the hard way, but at least it came out the way I wanted.

 

[TMGT]

Looks great!!!

I think if you enjoy running conduit it turns out looking good. If not, it doesn't. You obviously enjoy doing it.

I wouldn't say I "enjoy" it lol, but i do get a lot of satisfaction from making the bends/conduit looking clean. I think if I ever go into a building trade it will be plumbing or electrical, I've re-plumbed 3 houses and actually enjoyed it. Amazing to see what other "professionals" have done sometimes.........

 

[EddieWalker]

I chose to go the EMT route for running the wires (except the romex I used in the ceiling).

I really like how nice and neat your lines are, but I'm curious as to your reasoning for running conduit instead of going through the studs?

Are you going to insulate your walls?

Are you going to cover your walls with something like sheetrock or plywood?

 

[Big Barn]

TMGT your conduit bending is a work of art! Nice finding a deal on the 3 phase twist locks. Looking good.

 

[TMGT]

I really like how nice and neat your lines are, but I'm curious as to your reasoning for running conduit instead of going through the studs?

Are you going to insulate your walls?

Are you going to cover your walls with something like sheetrock or plywood?

I plan on insulating and covering with painted OSB. With the surface mounted panel and being a shop where I will most likely be adding/moving electrical as needs change, it just makes it easier to run conduit. Since I'm running a lot of 3phase wiring it also ends up being cheaper and easier to run THHN which allows me to use a smaller gauge on the higher voltage runs.

Probably not as much of a savings for the 120v runs, but I think it just looks cleaner, plus thing of all the stuff I can hang from the conduit............

 

[TMGT]

TMGT your conduit bending is a work of art! Nice finding a deal on the 3 phase twist locks. Looking good.

Thanks BB, this was the first time I've run conduit so I was happy with the way it turned out, finding those twist locks probably saved me close to a grand!

 

[TMGT]

With the minimum wiring done, I was able to get my permits signed off on (after a few minor changes......) which means.......power!

For lighting I decided to go with 8-150w LED "UFO" style high ceilings lights, I placed them in a even spaced grid in the first 40ft of the shop, the back 10ft will be taken care of later. (The 9th light in the front-middle was omitted due to the garage door blocking it when open)

I have the lights divided left and right on separate switches, so far I like the way it's set up. Very little shadowing, although I will probably put some 8ft LED single bulb tube fixtures going along the wall lower down to help fill in.

 

[dragoneggs]

Subscribed... looking good! When I ever get to my dedicated shop build I hope to post as well. I have a limited footprint on a steep slope. Probably the biggest reason I haven't tackled it yet.

 

[spitter]

TMGT are you going to seal or paint floor . That's my biggest regret in my shop that I should have done it before I pilled everything in.:duh::drink:

 

[TMGT]

Gets me a little out of order as I slacked off on doing the floors, but the concrete company gave me some filler and 10gal of Super Diamond Clear because of some of the issues with the floor.
I wouldn't recommend this for a shop as I found out the hard way it doesn't have a great chemical resistance to things like brake clean, acetone, gasoline etc.

It does hold up well to diesel and oils which is nice.

Floor all cleaned with the low spots filled.

The sealer going down, I used a cheap HF backpack sprayer to spray it, didn't work great because of how thick it was, ended up using a roller to even it out anyways. If I was to do it again I would pour and spread.

All cured, of course I did it in the winter and had to have 2 torpedo heaters going to keep the temp up long enough to cure, hard to do with no ceiling or insulation.