Shop Build Underway

It's gonna be 30x50' with a 5' approach with 3 10'x10' doors 2 of them will be a drive thru and a 3/0 man door. Part will be shop and part Man Cave/ Loading room. Man cave will have sink & toilet, no shower in this one.
They will pour the pad next Thursday, progressing nicely.
Day 1 progress.

Your a man on a mission

Looks great, sir. In for progress pics.

Going to be a nice size, I guess Bobcat sponsored this build

Off to a good start

Yep
I spend most of the day in the shop, big part of my life gotta have room for my stuff.

Some of those trees are waiting for you

Keep us posted on the progress

Looking great and going to be an impressive property.

Thanks Tim. We're spending money like a drunk sailor but will be worth it.

They poured last Thursday, slab is done.

Looks great! I'm thinking about adding a shop. What's the approximate cost per foot? I heard concrete has gone up a bunch.

$7.75 per square ft. I'll share contact info of the guy that did mine. Very professional and knows his stuff.

Thank you, sir.

Looks good John. Might as well get rid of the tree by the pad now. It will be in the way when you add a lean to on that side.

I'm jealous...I've wanted to build a shop for a while now! Looking forward to seeing what all ya do!

Looking good!!!

Once the walls are up I'll figure out the trees. The couple in the front I kinda want to keep for looks. Oklahoma has lots of trees if they gotta go it will be fine.

Red iron started going up today.

Starting to look like a shop.

Looking good. The only thing mine doesn’t have is a sink and toilet. The wife came down with a firm no on that, she said if it had that she would never see me in the house.

Sink & toilet in back corner where white pipe is sticking up.
Yes I'm a shop rat also.

Windows and 3/0' man door tomorrow, siding in 2 weeks. Overhead door guy coming tomorrow for some money they'll be installed soon too.

That's gonna be a nice shop.

It amazes me how fast a metal building goes up.

It will be done before you know it.

You doing spray-foam in it?

Yes it will be foamed. Once siding is on we'll get it wired then foamed. The 3 10x10' doors go in next week.
Thanks,

Looks great.....!!!


In for the build.

Framing is complete. 3/0' man door, 4 windows installed, 25'x15' awing framed out also.
Third picture is 20' of uni-strut for my 1300 lb hoist. The hoist will be able to roll 20' between the 2 10' drive through doors.

I wish I had put a beam/wench in mine when I built it

Looking forward to using it, either to skin a deer or move heavy stuff. I'll be able to pick something up and drive a truck under it to load.

Looks great Glad to see you added the hoist beam, you’ll be glad you did.

I finally have siding, can't wait till it's finished.

Coming along nicely!

making some progress and it looks good

Roof and awing on, ridge cap and some trim tomorrow to finish up. Door guy is coming Friday to install the 3 10'x10' doors.
Getting closer.

Sweet!

Looks sharp!

One day…….

You’re gonna love it…and wish you would’ve made it three times bigger

Awesome sir, new place turning out nicely.

Great looking set up.

I would love to put a small apt in there for when my sister in law visits.

Now all you need to do is trim some trees and put Solar Panels on it.

Thanks, guys!

No solar panels needed, leaving a few trees around for landscape, but none will be close enough to drop leaves and stuff on the building (don't want to stain the siding) or be a fire hazard.
Part of building (side with windows) will be my mancave 30'x15' with 12' open beam ceiling with bathroom (sink & toilet). My last shop had a bedroom with full bathroom, worked out well for family and guests. We have plenty of room in the house for guests.
I wish it was bigger but thats what was in the budget.

Looks great and congrats!

Doors on today, electricians tomorrow, foam and mancave frame out next week. It's all coming together, finally!

Looks fantastic

Nice!

Doors yesterday, electricians today, I'm on a roll! The inside shop lights are called UFO's and really throw the light. Wiring for mancave section will be done after framing.

Shop was foamed today, framers for Man Cave tomorrow, almost done.

Looks fantastic!

Have the UFO lights in mine and they are great.

I wish I would have put doors like yours in my shop 5 years ago. You can insulate them and more air tight. Looks great.

Go to HD or Lowes and get the 1/2" or 3/4" 4x8' sheets foam board and cut to size to squeeze into the panels it will make a big difference. I once had a south facing garage and did this. It lowered the garage temperature 20 degrees. Well worth it.

Finished framing in Mancave and bathroom today. Water plumbed in yesterday for sink & toilet.

How thick is that foam and what R value does it have?

Here you go. It was sprayed with 1" closed cell. That's what modern shops are sprayed with.

The R value of closed-cell is R-6.5-7 per inch, increasing structural integrity, noise barriers, moisture resistance, and creating an overall tighter building envelope. This makes closed-cell foam insulation a superior choice for insulating exterior walls and roofs—an option not suited for open-cell. There is a growing trend for closed-cell spray foam for new construction because it provides the highest R value and additional protection from extreme weather conditions. Due to the higher cost when using closed-cell, it is sometimes more efficient to insulate interior walls with open-cell foam and use closed-cell insulation for situations where moisture and the potential of heat and chill transference is more of an issue.

Looking good can't wait to see what you do to it, Thanks!

Doesn't look like much but had the ceiling and side walls painted today down to the top purling. OSB will cover up the walls 4' above the highest purling.
It took 14 gallons of paint. That foam sure sucked up the paint. The foamers said you'll only get 130 sq. Ft. Per gallon, they were right.

That looks great...!!!

I like it

I still have not painted my ceiling and upper walls

Does the closed cell actually deteriorate with time, or just discolor?

Doesn't look like much, but 5 loads (60 yards) of roadbase for the shop approach and redid the driveway from the road to the garage.
Thank goodness for a tractor with a loader and rear scraper blade.

Looks awesome, sir.

I could live in that.

Nice!

You keep saying "doesn't look like much", sir, that shop would look great anywhere and looks like "a lot" to me, well done....!

Very nice!

All electrical is completed. Electricians came back yesterday to wire man cave, hang fans in shop & man cave, and run 220 for tablesaw, sander, and dust collectors.
The rest is up to me. Shop isn't completed, but darn close.

Time to put the "in my best colt45"

lt's shaping up. Good work!

Very nice, you are going to really enjoy that.

Looking sweet!

That looks awesome, your about to get it finished up!!

It looks a lot different from when you were here last. I've been working my a#s off.
I'll need your land clearing machine later this year. Thanks,

Sounds good, Im glad to see your on the downhill slide at this point.

All OSB wall covering is up in shop. It took 30 sheets to cover everything. I'm ready to move all stationary tools in and start working.
As you can see I screwed up one wall because the OSB has the lines on it, not the look I was after but hanging cabinets will cover most of it.
I still have to finish out the mancave section 14'x30' but that is down the road.

Working on the bathroom, set the toilet yesterday. Building vanity and setting sink next week.

Didn't want to rush it cutting the hole in the Man Cave part of the shop. Don't need an "ah shoot" in this process.
Anyway finished installing the PTAC A/C- Heat unit today. Runs quite and cold. Another project off the list.

Very nice, sir.

Looking great.

A buddy went to a used restaurant fixture place and got a free standing, heavy duty SS double sink for <$100. It is just outside the toilet closet. He loves it in his shop because you cannot hurt it. Fill it with water and dump hot parts in it, Soak stuff in it. Test tires for leaks. One side has a Y with valves going to the septic and a stub-out to the outside. That way, if he wants to put something in the sink that he cannot want to go to the septic, he flips the valves and drains it to a 5 gallon bucket outside.

Mr Angus,what brand of windows and what was your total cost not including your wood installation sir?

Windows were purchased at Lowe's,. Concrete work, building, plumbing, electrical service, 3 10'x10' insulated overhead doors, foam insulation, OSB wall siding, dirt & rock work I have $70K in the building.

Nice shop! I may have missed it somewhere, but what are the specifics on your slab? I.e. strength, thickness, footings, piers? Also, what is your wall height? Looks really nice.

Slab is 30'x50' with a 5'x50' sidewalk/approach 'area in front of the mandoor and 10' overhead doors. Slab thickness is 6" with footings, rebar and moisture barrier. Side wall height is 12'. Building is I Beam Construction. Slab cost was $7.75 sq. Ft. One year ago.

That looks real good John.