The car was sold already. Get this, when I went to the all Pontiac show guess who rolls up? The new owner of that car. Turns out it is a running driving 6cyl SD car with a solid frame and a V-8 dropped in it. Not bad for 5000.00. As luck would have it, I found a 64 SD HT running and driving, complete with the original hub caps for a good price so I am not to pissed.
Paul, what's the bay on the left going to be for?- wash bay or body work or something else. Great looking shop looks to be about 50 x 30. Can't wait to see afinished picture.
The foot print of the building is 40'X60' but the center 30'X40' is partitioned off for shop use and the outer bays are for storage of Beaumonts, boat, and stuff. It's going to have a gambrel barn truss with a floor system that gives me 15'X40' on the second floor. The framing part of the project is the best because it goes quicker. So far I am the carpenter, electrician, roofer, insulater, plumber, and clean up boy. I have been working till 10:00PM for about a month and a half to get to this point.
Paul, what's the bay on the left going to be for?- wash bay or body work or something else. Great looking shop looks to be about 50 x 30. Can't wait to see afinished picture.
That building is called sky dome, has a good lifting beam in it for removing bodies, and will be the body work area. A good place to make a mess. It's a old metal logging skid building
Paul, is all this built on a floating concrete pad? Ontario we can only go to 24 x 24 floating pad then anything over you need to put footings in and 4 foot foundation walls.
Paul, is all this built on a floating concrete pad? Ontario we can only go to 24 x 24 floating pad then anything over you need to put footings in and 4 foot foundation walls.
The shop has footings and a small foundation wall, but over there you must have problems with frost. Is that reason for the large foundation? I also poured this as a mono pour to save time and money. The slab inside does float and is not connected to the building. It's alot of work but at least you know what you have when you do it yourself.
There is a reason I'm not a carpenter. It is friggin hard work! We assembled the main truss area today and it seems the shop is coming together. Landing the trusses was alot of fun but I couldn't do it for a living. Here's a picture.
Neibour is a roofer and he tells me the price of Plywood is down because of the economy in the states being slow they just are not buying. Its a good time to build.
There is a reason I'm not a carpenter. It is friggin hard work! We assembled the main truss area today and it seems the shop is coming together. Landing the trusses was alot of fun but I couldn't do it for a living. Here's a picture.
Things are cheaper for sure. Does anybody know how many roof vents are required and where because I will be a roofer soon. Now that's a job I'm not looking forward too. Here's the latest pic.
I have 6 10"X6" flat vents under the overhang on my garage 20X26. Don't know the rules though. Insulation is the best. Did mine last year.......what a differance
look into ridge vent that runs the lenght of the peak or some thermastat controled power vents. First thing you need to buy is an air operated roof nailer that takes the coils of roof nails. The gun will pay for its self.
