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

[Crush]

Originally Posted by napa68

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

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]

Originally Posted by Crush

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.