Re: Building a shop

On 9 Mar 2006 05:45:49 -0800, "stryped" <stryped@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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Man that is nice!. That is ecaxtly what I want. The siding even matches
my house. If you dont mind me asking, how much did that set you back
and how long did it take you to build? Is there sotrage in the roof
area? Did you have to have a footer?

The total cost was in the 25k range. YMMV. I got caught having to
buy over priced Katrina OSB. From first shipment to second OSB went
from 9.90 to 14.90 here in Atlanta. And I needed 70 sheets. The
whole building is sheeted in OSB, inside and out and insulated. It can
be built for less $$$ it all just depends what you want.

It took 3 1/2 months of part time work to build. We started Sept 15.
My son worked on it full time for 3 weeks, I helped hime for 6 days of
that. IN that time we got the building raised, had the roofing
installed by pros, put up the osb outside, installed the windows and
doors, then he left. I did all the rest myself through the winter. We
had our final on Jan 5.

Oh the siding also matches my house, Im in a subdivision with rules
too. THe roof/attic has no storage except what you can lay across the
trusses. They are "W" trusses. I guess I could *** a section in
the center, it is 8 feet tall there. Maybe later. :)

Bubba

Bubba Wood wrote:
On 8 Mar 2006 05:39:10 -0800, "stryped" <stryped@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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I am needing extra garage space. I have been thinking of building a
pole barn type garage across form my attached garage. The problem is
money right now. I can only afford a gravel floor. I would like to
complete this project myself with maybe some help lifting and things
from my brother. My thinking is 24 feet wide by 32 feet long. (I can
get pre made trusses at 24 feet.)

Is it ok to have a gravel floor? Right now, the lot where the building
would go is about 10 inches different from the highest point to the
lowest point.

Also, I read somewhere of a construction method I had never heard of
before. You would gig holes just like for poles in a pole barn but you
would put posts in there that only stuck out a foot or two. You would
put purlins similar to what you put on the top of pole barn posts
around these lower posts. Then, conventional stick framing similar to a
house was used on top of this. I dont know of anyone around here that
builds that way but it seemed interesting and easier for a man to do
himself because htere were no tall poles to deal with and fiddle with
getting perfectly square and the walls could be built in sections.

I live out in farm country and codes I dont believe will be an issue.

Gravel?? How do you set shop tools on a gravel floor?

I just finished a 24x32 shop/garage. The slab floor was $4000. It is
fiberglass renforced, has re-bar per code and plastic under liner.
That also included a 6 foot x 24 foot apron in front of the doors. The
roof is truss built and we hoisted them with a stick boom fork lift.
Also used that to raise the walls. All built by an old man (me) and
my 25 year old son.

You can see the results at http://users.adelphia.net/~larrydrum/
There are a few build process photos up there right now.

Bubba
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