Don D. wrote:
I am kicking it around not sure to have a steel building built or a wood
building. The workshop will be around 30' X 40' or so bigger to 48'.

If you were to build it or have it built what would you have... ?

The main expense will be a floor. I may have to go plywood till I get rich,
but having horses and tools that plain is shot.


My current shop has a 3/4 plywood floor with a crawl space underneath.
My previous shop had a concrete slab on-grade. I much prefer the wood
floor because I can run electricity, air and plumbing anywhere I want
under the floor without having cords and pipes in the way everywhere.
I'm sure the wood is easier on the feet, legs and back too.

The only advantage I found to the concrete floor is that it stabilized
the temperature in my shop. We live in central Mississippi, where the
ground temperature stays above freezing all winter. My well-insulated
shop with concrete floor would never drop below 40 degrees, even when
the outside temps dropped into the 20's. My current shop, with
un-insulated wood floor gets just as cold inside as outside. Your
mileage may vary.

While you're planning, I couldn't be without my sink, and if I was
starting from scratch, I'd have a toilet too. I'd put an electric
receptacle on each stud and several in the ceiling out toward the
middle of the room. I'm also spoiled by my air blowers that hang from
the ceiling above my tablesaw and assembly area.

If I were starting from scratch again, I'd go for square footage at the
expense of other things. Everybody I know wishes for more space. You
can add other bells and whistles later, but once you're set up, it's
hard to add more space. I wouldn't hesitate to use a steel building if
I were in the country where things like matching the house weren't
important.

DonkeyHody
"Never wrestle with a pig. You'll both get muddy, but the pig likes
it."