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Well, the work has begun today on my new garage/shop. It's 34' wide, 24' deep, 10' high. It has a single insulated 16' x 8' door, a 36" insulated pedestrian door and 3 windows.

Here's the site plan:


Here's the layout, still working out details for the shop area:


Saturday the site was staked out:


Today they came, opened up the fence, put up the silt fence and sprayed the outline for the driveway and walls:


Excavator to come on Wednesday, formed & filled by Friday, concrete Monday? I hope?

Dave

looks like a plan! those are the same dimensions I used but the overhead door and walk thru are in on the 24' end. you can never have enough cabinet and bench area. no doubt you're heating it? I picked up a used 220V air handler for free that works great. be sure and have adequate air flow to keep the compressor from over heating during extended operation.


enjoy the man cave

Thanks! Someone else mentioned about the air flow as well, I didn't think of that when I designed it.

Dave

Being able to open doors and windows to create air flow can be critical to ventilating a garage or shop like when you want to run an engine during a tuneup or ? You can always put a hose on the tail pipe if you actually have a hose or tail pipe. Natural 'air conditioning' is far more efficient that any other method.

I think I have that covered with the window/door position Chipper, I should come up with something for the Compressor room, maybe a vent or something?

Dave

Well we had some more work completed today . Excavation, driveway & fill, plus ditch for hydro & gas! I know how much you all like pictures, so I asked my better half take some while I was at work !!

Dave

This morning they came and put the forms in place.

Dave

what kind of hoops do you have to jump thru to obtain building permits and such from the local government?

I don't see any footings or frostwalls, won't the concrete heave and crack in the winter?

It wasn't as bad as I thought. I have to secure a permit from the local Conservation authority as it's a waterfront lot. Once I had that, I took it with my plans to the City Building department and applied for a building permit. They walked me through it and when I satisfied all of the concerns, I was granted a building permit. I thought the process would take up to six months so I started in February, the first was granted in 4 weeks, and the second one about 3 weeks later. I keet everything inside of the setback limits and restrictions so I didn't have to apply for a variance, which could have caused delays.

Dave

I had 2 options; footings and frostwalls or an engineered slab. I went with the second, being on a budget, it was half the cost! It will have wire mesh and fibre re-enforced concrete, so that should help.

Dave

Not too much to update today. Guys were back to lay in the mesh and backfill the form. If the weather hangs in, concrete gets poured Monday! Gas guys ran a new pipe from the valve around the back of the house and tied into the poly pipe. The electrician mounted the conduit and ran the tech cable from the slab form, in the trench, and into the house. That's pretty much it until Monday!

Dave

Well they came early, poured yesterday morning and now it's setting up!!

Dave

The concrete crew came back this afternoon, stripped off the forms and cut the floors. The shingles and windows were aslo dropped off. Framing to start tomorrow or Thursday!

Dave

Has the concrete cracked yet? ha ha! Been there and done that with the cracking thing. Anyway, your new garage is looking great!! Makes me want to build another garage!

Looks like a beautiful spot for a workshop keep us updated

Thanks Junkyard Dog! I haven't seen any yet, though I didn't get a good look. I guess it's like waiting to get that first scratch on your new car!

Dave

Thanks Ken, I will!

Dave

Lumber arrived this morning, crew came after lunch and framed 2 walls, rest tomorrow!

Dave












Supervisor is doing a great job!!

Today the walls were raised. Trusses and roof sheathing next!

Dave

Boy,
I remember how cold the Ohio winters could be ...remember the footers needing to be placed 48" down. I cannot understand how a floating type slab will survive .... without a footer, in Canadian climates.

Bob

Well..I suppose that's why I was required to have an engineered drawing for it..I guess time will tell, just couldn't afford the other style, it would have double the cost.

Dave

Trusses & sheathing were delivered, trusses were put into place. That's it until Tuesday as it's our Thanksgiving this Monday!

Dave

I wouldnn't worry about the slab causing any problems as long as you have the wire mesh and reinforced cement. Here in Minnesota it gets below -30 degrees at times and when I laid the slab for my feedlot I just went with the slab and mesh wire. Drove on it with the tractor to clean it in the winter and didn't have any problems. You will have a building over yours. There will always be a little up and dowm movement with the frost along the walls where the door might get a little snug if you have a tight fit. Sure looks like a nice building. Have fun.

Thanks Jerry!

Dave