Ever since Photobucket held us for ransom I have not posted shop renovations. Except for some front cladding we are 90% complete on the outside and 98% on the inside.
Lloyd and I have actually done some car restoration work in the past few months to take a break from "two soft office types attempt building overhaul"

I will go back to last January and give a overview what we accomplished
Finishing wet room and bathroom with shower,

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This was our first tile floor, we hired a guy who knew a guy. Bad move!

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We borrowed a jack hammer and tore up first floor.


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We bought new tiles.

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We went back to one of the pros,who had given us a higher quote(head down,cap in hand,walk of shame)
Good guy Danny, felt our pain, had us promise it would never happen again,and put down our new floor.

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I had to check to see if base was level, it was, Danny was insulted, he confiscated my level.


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Green tape is Danny's reminder to not walk on his perfectly laid floor, and call him first for future tile jobs.

Once wetroom/bathroom was completed, we installed our fridge, lockers and sink.

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Plumbing updates tomorrow.

Paul, now that is going to be some operation and first rate at that. Nice. Keep the photos and updates coming!!

OK,
I know what's up, you guys are just going to live there, awesome..:biggthumpup:

Waiting at the airport for a further delayed flight. Soooooo post some more.

Borrowing an idea from Sam, I built a heat dispenser before air entered the shop.

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We had to move the air 40 feet to the front of the shop, and 20 feet +- to either side, total copper pipe for air was over 200 feet.

Regulators were placed at every imaginable location with spares for future consideration, dedicated ones were put in for parts washer agitator and potential air jacks for hoists.


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We had air hoses to reels custom made locallly.

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And we used proper standoffs for secure and vibration fee pipes.
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Shop
 

"Hey,what about them Bears"

There is room in the backlot for my Airstream trailer, I might have to live there.

Ha, and I borrowed that idea from my hydraulic/pneumatic shop! Good for you!!

----Paul,,, Love the sink! Can you tell us about the specifics?......Bill S

Looks great, Paul!:cool2:

Wow, very impressive!
Buddy

Make sure to post pictures when the “Weaver Wing” is completed :-)

Ryan

Naming Rights
 

Follow the Trend of "Scotia Center" or "Rogers Arena". , naming rights are always up for Grabs.
Weaver Wing, does have a nice note to it.

Sink
 

Bill
It's a dual 20x20 with 18 inch left drain board. It available through a restaurant supply house available in 16 and 18 ga stainless. We went with 16.It's known as a clean up sink. Total width is 62 inches and we had 62.5 inches of wall to work with? Also went with the sprayer.
Canadian price about $850.00. That might work out to $300 US. It's off shore made so they may be banned in the US. Made in USA version will run $3000 to $8000. (Attempt at some trans border humor).

On behalf of all us Yanks, we resemble your remarks! ;>))

Thanks Sam,
Couldn't help myself in light of recent trade diccussions I posted I had a "sinking " feeling it may not go over.
Trust me CANADA does not want to "steel" any business from the US.
That's it I am "tapped " out now.

Paul

We later added a stainless shelf that works well for supplies.

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Paul...dare we talk about this?...


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Not unless you want to get into hot water.

...hot water...not much chance of that.

Sooooo,on the subject of the water heater, we ordered and installed a Siebel tankless water heater, that by all accounts would serve our needs. After four months of testing and rechecking everything we did and finally calling Seibel they told us their tankless heather would not work in Canada because our water was too cold.
I asked them if they were sold in Michigan and Colorado and he said yes. Decision made, return unit to Home Depot and install a conventional unit.

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Other amenities in the bathroom were an access panel for the water pressure valve and clean outs.


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And a stainless steel sink.

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And for privacy Lloyd built a door.

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Notice, the brace pattern is a "Z". No coincidence there will be three Z28's in the shop.

I built the door from red cedar sourced locally in keeping with other millwork we've added to the reno. As cedar is dimensionally unstable it was necessary to glue and biscuit join the frame then I added architectural bolts for strength. The field boards were first overlap routed and float inside the frame as they expand and contract significantly with weather and humidity. On the inside I routed the frame rail for a closure pull and latch. There will be an automotive themed outside handle added when Paul gets to it.

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Beautiful workmanship and attention to detail. Given the "instability" of cedar, a sliding door is a pretty ideal application. You guys do GREAT work. Keep those cards and letters coming!!

Thanks for the kind words Sam!

All in, inclining Lloyd's valuable time, that is a $5000.00 door

Paul

$160 (Canadian) in materials, $4,840 in labor.

By late April we were substantially completed our renovations and upgrades. This include replacing the electrical mast into the building, which was a big hurdle onto itself. We needed this to apply for our necessary permanent occupancy permits and business license.
Although not running a business here all commercial buildings require one. Once the application was made we waited for a building inspector. On the day of his inspection he came into the shop, looked around with a 270 degree sweeping glance and said
" so what are you guys doing ?"
"Private car storage and lite restoration of our own cars, mostly mechanical" I say.
"looks good to me"says the inspector,I will file the paperwork for your license,and then you can call the fire marshal" ,
"Thanks" I say. Total inspection time 60 seconds.
10 days later we get the Fire Marshall in
conversation goes like this:
" so what are you guys doing ?"
"Private car storage and lite restoration of our own cars, mostly mechanical" I say.
"looks good to me, you guys did nice work,you got the right extinguishers" says Fire Marshal Bob.
With all permits now stamped we were now ready to complete the shop with hoists.
First to arrive was a Hoffman 6000lb twin screw hoist that I have owned for 20 years,and had been moved from my old shop. Install was done in 4 hours.

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About a week later the two new Bendpak hoist arrived. A 9000 LB twin post and a 9000 Lb stacker with a dolly kit for moving it if necessary.

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The stacker

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The stacker is placed in front of the rear dood. Cars can be loaded from either direction but have more maneuverability coming from the back yard.
We had to move it in December when we had a Sea Can delivered (another story).

So as of August we were fully functional!

Lloyd will add more photos and commentary.

Very nice! What are your ceiling heights?

12 feet to bottom of beams and 14 feet to ceiling, The right side area is 9 feet.

I am Code 57!!!

Ryan

I am 1969 Glade Green Code 57 with envy :-)

Ryan

Smashing bit of work you two lads have there. Just love it!!!!!

Very cool! Beautiful shop.

What arrived in the ocean box??

Dan

When we purchased the building lighting consisted of dead and dying florescent tube fixtures so one of our early decisions was to upgrade all the warehouse lighting to commercial grade 5000K dimmable LED. No replacing tubes, low power consumption and the light is bright white.

Here is the shop during demo. Where you see the pile of material (including insulation) is where Paul's lift is now located.

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Arrival of the new lifts. As the saying goes, like a boat its best to have a neighbor who owns a forklift rather than own one yourself (and is happy to help). At the helm is our very helpful shop neighbor Greg S.

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Unloading
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"Before and After - SW Corner" - during demo / framing and following 4 post lift installation. New framing, cedar finishing, overhead door, steel man-door, LED overhead lighting, LED period lighting, epoxy floor, concrete block repair & paint, electrical, plumbing, window security, air system and decommissioning of ancient H/W heating system. "Hey Lloyd, is the power off to the boiler?" "Yes..."

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Ocean Box???

Sea Container spelled in American :-)

Ryan

Nice lift!