Shop and storage barn

[3RRL]

Great progress Hayden,
I'm staying tuned and waiting for the next show...

 

[davo727]

Great build! I like the pic of the concrete truck with the long front mounted chute- It looks like its close to 20 feet long and able to get way into the middle of the foor. Was there any concern about the weight of the truck right next to the footers causing any damage?

Im in planning stage on a shop building and would love to avoid having to pay for a pumper truck to come out for doing the footers and then again for the floor. The soil here is real sandy and I wonder if it will tolerate the 60 or 80K pound cement truck right next to the footers and forms. Nice work on your building, Dave

 

[hayden]

Well, there has been lots of progress over the past several weeks. These are from about 3 weeks ago and show the roof framing going up. It's pretty complex with the peak, shed, and large dormer.

 

[hayden]

And here we are today. The roof is all ready for the standing seam which should go up late this week or next. The windows are also just about all in, and the siding will start to go up this week.

I've been a wiring mad-mad for the past week, and just finished up all the rough-in today including alarm and smoke detectors, network, etc. The crew has some more strapping and some foam board to put up and we'll be ready for insulation next week.

 

[em14]

That is nice .... very nice!
Leo

 

[zionview]

That looks great! Are you keeping the stone fence? It really looks nice in front of the building.

 

[ultrarunner]

Wow! Look at all those bays!!!

I want one... now all I need to do is move outside the city limits...

 

[mjncad]

Very impressive Hayden. I have a question for you. Between this outbuilding and your solar upgrade project; do you ever sleep?

 

[hayden]

That looks great! Are you keeping the stone fence? It really looks nice in front of the building.

Yes, absolutely! Damaging one of those old walls is a capital offense in my book. These walls (they are on three sides of the area where the building sits) presented one of the biggest challenges in the original siting of the building. I'm very please with how it came out. It's deceptive in the pictures, but the wall you see is between 20' and about 40' away from the building. There will be a drive between the building and wall to access the single large door to the shop. All in all the building tucks into the space really well and helps temper the overall mass of the structure. You'd think I knew what I was doing, but it's more the result of luck.

 

[hayden]

Very impressive Hayden. I have a question for you. Between this outbuilding and your solar upgrade project; do you ever sleep?

Having just gotten up, the answer is yes, but not well. I had this darn project running through my head all night, and my back is killing me.

Keep in mind that there's a crew of 4-5 pros doing 90% of the shop and all the progess you see happened while I was away for three weeks goofing off. That said, it's crunch time again since the insulators are scheduled for Monday and if the wires aren't burried by then, they never will be.....

The push is on again on the solar system since the old system wasn't holding up to the load of all the saws and compressors. I switched to the new system for one day as an experiment and all the problems went away, so I temporarily rigged up the generator to recharge the batteries and haven't gone back. However it's all manual, so I really need the solar panels before I can leave again.