Howdy On My shop I went 40' X 60' X 16', which is really 39' X 59' X 16'. If you are going to put in shelves make sure you plan for that, also I went 16' for motor home parking, lifts and a second floor possible train/office setup. As for the shop construction 3 things Builder carries a Bond (my buddy had to fight in court to get the Contractor to finish), additive to concrete to stop water wicking, and depending where your doors are gutters. I hope that this helps.
Dream shop....your opinions
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I appreciate the input, this building will be solely for working on stuff ( I say stuff as being a mechanic of both automotive and diesel, I dabble in everything from AG tractors to trucks to trailers to cars and in between).
I recently lost my brother to cancer at the age of 46 and it has sparked a desire in me to no longer wait for what I want, because there's no sense in waiting only to never get to see it come to fruition or get to enjoy it.
I ballparked 30x50x12 originally as that was a steel prefab building I found at a severely discounted price, that being said my ideal would be 40x60x16.
As for concrete my best friends brother in law does concrete work locally, and there's a concrete plant 10 minutes from the house, Andreas gets cash deals with them all the time on leftovers and seconds.
My wife's cousin is a licensed plumber, and her uncle is a master engineer, my dad's a very skilled Carpenter and over the years I've done a lot of electrical work that's been checked and signed off good by the ESA, so overall we have the abilities.
A mezzanine and a bathroom/clean up room were already in my mind, I'm only going to install one hoist in the shop and want a clear span asymmetrical 12k unit.
The grand plan is a covered area off the one side to park my plow jeep and trailers.
Eventually I'll put up a secondary building just for the use of storing what we have. But we gotta walk before we run.
These are ideas I've had for nearly 2 decades and have been actively planning for the last decade, I just had to get the rest of life to work.
I recently lost my brother to cancer at the age of 46 and it has sparked a desire in me to no longer wait for what I want, because there's no sense in waiting only to never get to see it come to fruition or get to enjoy it.
I ballparked 30x50x12 originally as that was a steel prefab building I found at a severely discounted price, that being said my ideal would be 40x60x16.
As for concrete my best friends brother in law does concrete work locally, and there's a concrete plant 10 minutes from the house, Andreas gets cash deals with them all the time on leftovers and seconds.
My wife's cousin is a licensed plumber, and her uncle is a master engineer, my dad's a very skilled Carpenter and over the years I've done a lot of electrical work that's been checked and signed off good by the ESA, so overall we have the abilities.
A mezzanine and a bathroom/clean up room were already in my mind, I'm only going to install one hoist in the shop and want a clear span asymmetrical 12k unit.
The grand plan is a covered area off the one side to park my plow jeep and trailers.
Eventually I'll put up a secondary building just for the use of storing what we have. But we gotta walk before we run.
These are ideas I've had for nearly 2 decades and have been actively planning for the last decade, I just had to get the rest of life to work.
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Put in the largest/tallest roll up door you can on the long end and another roll up door on one of the sides.
I have that in my shop and love it.
the guy who built the shop here (2 owner before me) did it so he could put his combine in it. I now use that door for the RV.
My condolences on the loss of your brother. My oldest brother was 48 when he passed, also from cancer.
My suggestion is to add a garage door to the rear of the building, opposite one on the front of the building. That would let you pull a trailer straight into a stall and if it's all long enough, be able to leave the trailer (like with a car on it) right in the stall. Or even just be able to drag something into the garage with a truck. I've seen this in several garages for just that use. It also let's you push something outside while another car comes in.
The other thing I've seen with shelving is to install a shelf at about 6 1/2- 7 feet that wraps around the garage. It's up and out of the way, but you can still store a ton of stuff that you may not use everyday, but still want in reach. I've tried to do that in my own garage and it's one of the better storage solutions I've done.
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