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Old 03-05-2018, 02:35 AM
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That is a great space Lynn - character oozes out of that place.
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Love the new/old building!!

I assume winters are not as intensely cold as up here? May be easier to keep warm....

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We see zero F from time to time, but overall, not nearly what you are used to Ryan.
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Such a cool building and as stated, it oozes character. Put several hot rods in the shop and in front and you have awesome pics from the 1930's to the 1960's.
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Old 08-14-2018, 03:34 AM
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Finally found some time to do some work on the workshop. Besides my time constraints, I was waiting until the seller got all of his stuff out. Part of the deal was he could take up to six months to vacate. He got out a little early. Left my camera down there yesterday so can't post any new photos.

However, that big post right in the middle of my workspace is now gone. My brother cam and helped on Sat and Sun. We built temp supports, removed the post, and threaded in two 18 x 2 x 28 foot LVL beams, screwed together. It was a challenge getting beams that weigh 324 pounds a piece 16 foot into the air, keeping it up there while building the end supports and getting it all attached safely. We actually raised the middle part of that roofing over an inch from what it was while resting on the center post.

Space is 45 by 35 by 23 (actually a bit larger, but rounded it down. This pic is looking South at the small door (10 x 10). That South wall is 35'. The East boundary of my work area is 45 foot, so the shop area is 45 deep. The large door is 12 x 12 and faces North. Plan is to expand that door to 20 x 12 and install an insulated rollup. Ceiling slopes from a high of 17 foot down to about 14 foot so lots of head room. Plan to wall off the East boundary of the work space so I can HVAC just that area. Don't want to HVAC the whole 5200 feet. I mean, I like my cars, but hey they don't need air conditioning.

Sherri and I unloaded our new Aamco 7k pound two post lift Friday evening using nothing but pry bars, floor jacks and wood blocks. She said it was easier than expected. Did I tell you I am married to an angel? It is setting up at the front of the workspace right now. There is no rebar in this concrete, so I need to pour a couple of really thick reinforced pads to mount the lift. Will start busting out concrete on Wed nite.

Have a full day tomorrow, but will do my best to get some pics up by the evening.

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That space has great character. Looking forward to seeing it completed.
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Old 08-16-2018, 12:11 AM
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Hard to tell how large those LVL beams are when looking up 17 feet. Each one is 18 inches thick.

Quite the trick to get those put in there and supported on each end. They each weighed 324 pounds. Had to put temp supports up to hold the roof while we removed the old center post.
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How did you lift those into place? Awesome looking shop BtW.
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Thanks Tony

You want the short story or the long story?

Short story is we slid one onto the scissor lift. I crawled under the beam, drove it to where the old post was threading it through my temp posts (had less than 1/4 inch to spare on each side of the lift between my temp posts). Capacity is 500 pounds. I weigh 170 and each beam, after trimming to fit, weighed in at 302 and some change, so pretty close to capacity. Up it went until we got it close enough to wrap six ratchet straps around the old beam and the new beam. Cinched it up a bit, then muscled it upright and cinched it up tight. Put on temp metal straps to keep it there, ran a few screws just to keep it from sliding sideways, and did the same thing with the second one.

The whole project took about 10 hours, which included 3 trips to the hardware store.

Be glad to give you the long story, but most guys would get bored reading that much. Plus, given the nature of the work, I took zero progress pics. Just too busy getting it done to take pics.
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I have to say that place looks amazing.Angeis are nice to have on your side
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