Finally.............my new shop

[napa68]

Recently, my wife and I have started a new chapter (adventure). I sold my parts business and semi retired. We picked up root and are in the process of moving to our home in northern Wisconsin (love to snowmobile).

So, our old house is sold (6 days). That mean time to get going on the new shop. 40x56 steel building............radiant heat floors.............high ceilings.............a hoist....... and more room for all of our stuff. I now can keep it call in one place!

The push is on the get the site cleared and prepped, in order to pour concrete this year

Off we go! I suspect the fill is going to be a killer.

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[wheelhop]

Looks great, keep the pics coming!

[Crush]

Great job brother!!! Hopefully I’m not to far behind!!

[TDW]

Oh yeah! That building site is KILLER!. Best of luck with the process.

[Damien]

Looks like a beautiful part of the world. Keep up the updates!

[m22mike]

Nice size shop, keep us in pictures :biggthumpup:

[Postsedan]

Living The Dream!

VERY EXCITING :)

Dan

[mockingbird812]

Great looking piece of land!!! Can’t wait! :biggthumpup:

[Xplantdad]

Awesome Tim! No more laying on the ground to work under the cars! :) :worship:

[Jonesy]

I just built the exact same thing. Steel building, in-floor heat, 12 foot ceilings, got a lift. I went 60x72 and I still think I should have gone bigger!! :D

[napa68]

I just built the exact same thing. Steel building, in-floor heat, 12 foot ceilings, got a lift. I went 60x72 and I still think I should have gone bigger!! :D

I though about bigger. Like a fish bowl, this will "contain" my habits................maybe

[flyingn]

looking good!!!

[RPOLS3]

Nice Tim! Congratulations on everything!

[napa68]

This boy and girls, is what 700 yards of fill looks like!

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[napa68]

Looks like a beautiful part of the world. Keep up the updates!

It really is IMO. I've wanted to live here for 30 years. Here is a pic I took off of my deck on Tuesday afternoon. Too bad the sun was not out.

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[Crush]

Awesome, trees are turning already! Soon snow...and Packer Football!

[mockingbird812]

Gorgeous scenery!!!!:biggthumpup:

[Charley Lillard]

Looks like you could build it out of logs.:beers:

[A12pilot]

Jeezum....I don't think I'd get anything done with a view like that! Awesome! Congrats!

Cheers
Dave

[napa68]

They got back on things here this week. I believe we got about 5" of rain, so the excavator had to pull off for a week. Looks like site prep will be done this week and should be ready for concrete towards the end of next week.

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[A12pilot]

I'm right there with you rowing the same oar in the same boat:laugh: Waiting on concrete and for it to stop the heck raining so we can get foundations poured too!!

Looking forward to updates! :3gears:

Cheers

Dave

[dykstra]

Congrats! Can’t wait to see the new shop!

[72-SS-L48]

So jealous. Congrats on the build!

[Caseys69]

What part of northern Wisconsin? My grandparents are in Arbor Vitae, such an awesome area

[earntaz]

What part of northern Wisconsin? My grandparents are in Arbor Vitae, such an awesome area

Way, way up nort ... almost Youpper land ... LOL

[napa68]

What part of northern Wisconsin? My grandparents are in Arbor Vitae, such an awesome area

We are about 15 min north of that yet in Presque Isle

[kwhizz]

Spoiled Brat !!!!!

[napa68]

Spoiled Brat !!!!!

Yep.............................kinda. I got boned by the mason who went and took on a basement ahead of me, and then the winter set in. No shop til next year. Tracey already shut me down on chasing her around the house. So.................I sit and wait for the snowmobile trails to open up!

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[napa68]

After a winter slumber, the road weight limits have finally come off. Now, we can get back to work. This past week.............

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The building should get delivered the week of the 27th!

[Xplantdad]

Wow Tim. nice!!:biggthumpup:

[mockingbird812]

You’ve got to be excited! Keep the pix coming!!!

[Zedder]

Holy crap that is going to be awesome!

[firstgenaddict]

6" or 8 " over and above the top of the PEX?

[napa68]

6" or 8 " over and above the top of the PEX?

6 with the PEX included

[Postsedan]

I am very happy for any good car guy that gets to Build his very own Dream Garage.

Love it! Keep the pics coming.

Dan

[A12pilot]

Excellent! To quote a famous man..."Let the wurd go fouth from this day fourwahd...progress pics are needed!!" You gotta be so psyched!

Cheers
Dave

[napa68]

Ain't I the DB for dropping the mic on this one. Here are a bunch of progress pics from back in 2019. I'll update later on what is looks like today.......

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[Too Many Projects]

Isn't it amazing how fast those buildings go up ? We moved in Sept of '19 and had a 30X48 contracted for October. We had a month of rain then too and it got delayed until November. When the material got here, it took 2 guys 3 DAYS and it was done, except for the overhead door. CRAZY what they did in 3 days.

[COPO]

Thanks for posting the pictures of your shop build. Did you go with a 6" slab throughout or only where you planned to have lifts? What side wall height did you go with? Also, do you plan to treat the concrete floors with epoxy or some other coating?

Any lessons learned from the shop build that you would do differently today if starting over?

[napa68]

Isn't it amazing how fast those buildings go up ? We moved in Sept of '19 and had a 30X48 contracted for October. We had a month of rain then too and it got delayed until November. When the material got here, it took 2 guys 3 DAYS and it was done, except for the overhead door. CRAZY what they did in 3 days.

It took about 4 months quite honestly. As luck would have it, my contractor was not the best by far......

Happy with the building for the most part, but the process left an awful lot to be desired.

[napa68]

Thanks for posting the pictures of your shop build. Did you go with a 6" slab throughout or only where you planned to have lifts? What side wall height did you go with? Also, do you plan to treat the concrete floors with epoxy or some other coating?

Any lessons learned from the shop build that you would do differently today if starting over?

6 inch slab throughout. If I put a lift in this building, it would be just a 4 post that I would not anchor (I have my other shop for wrenching). 14' walls and I don't know that I would necessarily go that high again. Given what my intended purpose is here, I am doing nothing but heating thin air and adding to the acoustics. I like a lower ceiling as a rule just because it feel cozy.

I left the floors alone (aside from sealing the concrete) due to the carbides on the snowmobile skis. Tracey and I ride a fair amount so we are in and out of the shop in the winter time and the sleds would raise hell with any sort of premium flooring.

I keep my personal cars in this building, wash our personal trucks, and a place to hang and have a couple of :beers:

[Too Many Projects]

6 inch slab throughout. If I put a lift in this building, it would be just a 4 post that I would not anchor (I have my other shop for wrenching). 14' walls and I don't know that I would necessarily go that high again. Given what my intended purpose is here, I am doing nothing but heating thin air and adding to the acoustics. I like a lower ceiling as a rule just because it feel cozy.

I left the floors alone (aside from sealing the concrete) due to the carbides on the snowmobile skis. Tracey and I ride a fair amount so we are in and out of the shop in the winter time and the sleds would raise hell with any sort of premium flooring.

I keep my personal cars in this building, wash our personal trucks, and a place to hang and have a couple of :beers:
You should get/make some skates for under the skis and track that you slip on right inside the door. I used them when I had sleds and it's so nice to be able to push the sled sideways into a spot against a wall. Now they hold the plow and I can push that into a corner, when not in use.

My building is just a shell, no windows or inside finish work, so very basic. The guys loved it, as it was the last one for the season and didn't take a lot of time. Concrete was poured the next year.

Yours sitting over a winter from the mason delay was, probably, a positive as you had a LOT of fill and it helps settle and compact it even more than the vibrator did.

[TimG]

Northern Wisconsin is about the prettiest place on earth. Mary and I get up there on occasion to spend time with a college friend. Thank you for posting pictures, Tim.

[Lynn]

Congrats. Way to make me feel like a slacker. Still not done with mine.

[mockingbird812]

Looking REAL good! Keep dem pix acomin’!!!!:headbang:

[Crush]

6 inch slab throughout. If I put a lift in this building, it would be just a 4 post that I would not anchor (I have my other shop for wrenching). 14' walls and I don't know that I would necessarily go that high again. Given what my intended purpose is here, I am doing nothing but heating thin air and adding to the acoustics. I like a lower ceiling as a rule just because it feel cozy.

I left the floors alone (aside from sealing the concrete) due to the carbides on the snowmobile skis. Tracey and I ride a fair amount so we are in and out of the shop in the winter time and the sleds would raise hell with any sort of premium flooring.

I keep my personal cars in this building, wash our personal trucks, and a place to hang and have a couple of :beers:


Looks good Tim! Couple questions, how far is it to walk from the house to the barn? And did you do a full plumbing in the barn bathroom etc.?

[napa68]

Looks good Tim! Couple questions, how far is it to walk from the house to the barn? And did you do a full plumbing in the barn bathroom etc.?

It's about 50 ft Bary. There is water out there plumbed from the house (wanted soft water for washing cars) but no bathroom. Where it is located on the lot, a holding tank (which is the only way I'd do a shop bathroom around here) just had no place to go. There is a PVC pipe that drains outside for washing cars and a slop sink for washing hands in the mechanical room (that also drains into the PVC). While we are on 6 acres, the topography dictates an awful lot to say nothing for the proximity of the lake.

[Crush]

Yep that’s my predicament . If I would of run sewage my septic/well is 100’+ so I didn’t do it. Probably should of but just rent porta John’s when I have a party!!

[x77-69z28]

Great work Tim. I am waiting for Morton bldg co to break ground on my 42X48 building. I downsized from two homes to one, and part of my collection is sitting outside! I’m also gonna do a 6” slab with radiant tubes in it. No bathroom either. That’s why God made trees!
Buddy

[napa68]

While watching the NASCAR race this afternoon, I snapped some pics of the shop as it is right now. I still have things to hang and new signs on the way in. I guess they are never done. This is how things look today.......

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[69M22Z]

Very nice shop, and beautiful location.

[mockingbird812]

Looks great Tim! You gotta be stoked! :biggthumpup:

[TimG]

Your shop looks great, Tim. Your Laguna Blue 66 fits perfectly in there. There was also the IndyCar race at Road America today, I watched it and it was a good one.

[Crush]

Man I need to hire your landscaper!!

[ruralrte66]

Man Cave For The Best!! Very Nice! Thanks for sharing.

Gregg

[COPO]

Can you reshare the shop dimensions? length, width, sidewall height, roof pitch, overhang, roll up door width and height plus concrete slab thickness and flatwork thickness. Electric service 200 amp? Sorry if it's a repeat.

[MosportGreen66]

Love it Tim. Very nice and congrats.

Dan

[RPOLS3]

Looks great!

[DW31S]

The truck outside looks like the Chevy version of what’s sitting on the showroom floor outside my office.
Killer building and some nice iron taking a snooze.

[napa68]

Can you reshare the shop dimensions? length, width, sidewall height, roof pitch, overhang, roll up door width and height plus concrete slab thickness and flatwork thickness. Electric service 200 amp? Sorry if it's a repeat.

The building is 40'x56'. 14' walls with a 4/12 pitch. The garage door is 14' wide by 12' high......2' overhangs. The floor is 6" 7 bag mix as is the flat work in the porch area. I cannot remember the service coming in but I believe it is 200 amp. I added a Generac generator just incase we lose power for multiple days from an ice storm.

[olredalert]

----Unless you already know, Generac Gen's are fantastic!.....Bill S

[dykstra]

Looks fantastic Tim!! Among all the cool stuff in your shop, I love the distributor curve machine!
Your property is awesome!