Barn filling up...shoulda built a bigger one..Doh.

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I am in the planning stages of a new shop on the back of the house. I am trying to get it up to 4,000sf but may have trouble with the neighbors. One thing I am planning is to make it 2 stories tall. I can put a lot of parts upstairs and plan on having a car lift that will reach the upper level with a body or two.

I learned long ago that you can just never build one big enought. I built a 3,000 sf bodyshop bulding back in 1980 and it was not big enough quickly. Cars take up more room that you might think. That is if you want to be able to walk around them and not worry about opening the doors onto anothe car next to it. I did build it 2 stories tall and it was only cost me $4,000 more. I know it was a lot cooler in the summer with that tall roof.

I would love to hear what others have done that they would not do again? I know that I would not put skylights in the roof again! They sweat and drop water on the cars below. Buddy of mine suggested that I put them at the top of the wall just below the roof on each side.

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