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Ordered my new shop building today
Decided to just suck it up and order it. Prices are skyrocketing. Since I can’t go back in time and order one cheaper, might as well get it done before they get any worse. In 18 days since I got my first quote until today, the price had already gone up just about $1,500.
It’s not going to be a huge shop. But I think it’ll work. The building itself is 30x36x10’ tall pitching up to a 15’ peak, insulated, 8x16 foot roll up door, 3x7 walk through door and a 20x16 lean-to extending out over the roll up door. The computer simulation pics below show the incorrect slope on the lean-to. It dropped to 7 1/2 feet at the end, which defeats the purpose of having an 8’ tall roll up door. So that was changed to give 8 1/2’ of clearance.
It’s not going to be a huge shop. But I think it’ll work. The building itself is 30x36x10’ tall pitching up to a 15’ peak, insulated, 8x16 foot roll up door, 3x7 walk through door and a 20x16 lean-to extending out over the roll up door. The computer simulation pics below show the incorrect slope on the lean-to. It dropped to 7 1/2 feet at the end, which defeats the purpose of having an 8’ tall roll up door. So that was changed to give 8 1/2’ of clearance.
Now I’ve gotta look forward to paying for the concrete work and construction of the building. Which will probably cost nearly as much as the building itself.. 😣 Then electricity… it’ll have its own dedicated 200 amp service. This is going to get pricey. But it will improve my property value, so not a huge loss in the long run. And I’ll finally have a nice place to work and not be rolling around in dirt working on vehicles. At the same time, I’m working on trying to have my new house by the end of the year. 🤞🏻 Going to be a busy year.
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Paul
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As far as off grid power, maybe in the future as an add-on. Right now it's not going to fit in the budget and I already have a power pole with a transformer and drop ready to go directly to the new building. So it's really just a matter of having an electrician put in the meter box and panel, then have the elec company come hook up the drop. There is an old house on the site right now that I'm working on getting demolished and removed. I had the elec drop from it temporarily removed and the elec company said just give them a call when I'm ready to have it run to the new building. So that's a quick and easy way to get power to the building as soon as it's built. I'm already looking at probably $45-50K for the building and concrete work. I've gotta watch my budget pretty close.
I was thinking about putting a 20A, 2 gang outlet box on the side of the service panel to start with. That way I can have outlets to plug in lights and tools, which will help me work on the rest of it at different times. I also have a portable AC that I can use to help cool it while I'm working, so the mini split can wait for a little bit. Lights and an air compressor will come after that, so I can work at night without having to plug in lights and use compressed air for tools and such. Then I can run the rest of the outlets around the shop. Once elec is done, I'll work on building benches and running air lines around the shop and go from there. The idea is to get the main cost of the building out of the way and get it functional, then nickel and dime the rest as I can afford it.
It’s a °IIIII° thing 😎
I should have power to my building right after it's put up. Since the old house already had a drop to it, there's already a pole and transformer there. As long as my building is within 75 feet of the pole, they'll drop the power straight to the weather head on the building. Upgrading from the previous 100 amp service to 200 amp at the shop. I think I'll have more than enough power in there.
Last year I bought a 40 foot shipping container. That is intended to become my new man cave at some point. I'm planning to section off about 10 feet of it in the back where the big doors are to keep my side-by-side parked in there. Then I'll frame in and insulate the forward 30 feet and install a walk through door just in front of the shed. That'll give me approximately 240 sq ft of man cave space that will also be air conditioned and heated. And more work benches to build. But right now, that is being used to store all my stuff while I'm getting the house going.
Then, since I spent a little money on a nice John Deere zero turn mower last year, I needed somewhere to keep it out of the weather. So I ordered a 10x16 Tuff Shed.. Most of my tools and stuff are in there right now, which will be moved to the new shop when it's done. But, between these two buildings, I won't have to store ATVs and lawn equipment in the main shop. Which will save some room.
John 3: 1-21
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Paul