JJ
I do thank you for all the info on your shop and also everyone else for
their input. I am chomping at the bit for the check to arrive so I can spend
it. I think I will lean towards the 30 x 50 x 10.5 high. the concrete will
kill me or the lump some back check.
I may do a foundation to put the building up and pour the floor after when
we sell our house. At least I have some place to put everything during the
move from one place to another..

My head is spinning with all the what ifs. I will do the steel building for
the reason of welding and grinding and being 15 miles from a fire dept.

I would like to see some pic's of shops of the same size for layout. That
has been floating in my head also, what would be the best layout for space
to open the floor.

Don D


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Don D. wrote:
We are selling our house in town and moving in the country so my wife can
have her horses closer to her and the deal is that I get my workshop so
I can build what she will need.

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.

Don D.

I had my workshop built about 6 years ago. Concrete slab, wood frame. It's
24 x 28 and the floor holds 1 large and 1 medium workbench, 8" jointer, 2
10" table saws (1 with extended fence rails), 20" planer, SCM saw/stand, 5
grinders on pedestals, 12" x 36" lathe, 18" bandsaw, horizontal 4"
metalworking bandsaw, MIG welder, cutting torch, rolling toolchest,
minifridge, PC, shaper, belt/disc sander on pedestal, 15" floor model
drill press, 30 gal air compressor, 2HP DC and cyclone separator/can,
scroll saw, 3 4' and 2 3' wide shelf units, a 4 drawer file cabinet, and a
3' x 3' x 10' stack of stickered hard maple that will eventually become a
bench.

I wish it was a tad bigger, so your 30 x 40 sounds nice. Would give you a
nice storage area for wood.

Suggestions:

By all means go with 10' ceilings. I'm glad I did. You can swing a long
board easier. Also, if you have a garage door make it 8' high instead of
the standard 7'.

Use minimum 12 gauge wire for 110 and 10 gauge for 220 electrical. Place
receptacles both high and low. Mine has pretty much a high receptacle (4')
or a low receptacle every 4' around the perimeter. Most duplex but some
double duplex where I have benches. Put at least one 220 outlet on each
wall. Put in some floor receptacles as well. I have 2 halfway back and
each 1/3 away from the side, each with a combo 220/110 duplex outlet. My
planer, tablesaws and shaper are clusterd around them and o cords to trip
over. Put in at least one 70A outlet for a welder. Instead of ceiling
fixtures for lights, I put in 5 duplex outlets in the ceiling that are
controlled with a wall switch. I can plug any kind of light in I want and
also they can be moved if necessary within the length of the cord. I have
5 4' double tube hanging shop lights. I've been thinking of adding some
spot lights stategically above some of the equipment as well.

At least 1 window per wall.

Insulate it. I have R30 in the ceiling and R13 in the walls.

Instead of all sheetrock or panelling, mount a 4 x 8 sheet of pegboard
lengthwise in each wall you can put one on. I put a layer of heavy black
plastic sheeting behind it as a barrier for the fiberglass insulation.

I wanted mine to look like a freestanding garage and it matches the house.
It has a double garage door, but on the inside I have 2 4' wide by 7' tall
shelf units facing in and blocking off half the entry. Still gives me an
8' opening when the garage door is up. I put theses shelf units on rollers
so they can be moved if necessary without unloading them. The garage door
side of each has a 4 x 8 sheet of pegboard screwed to the back. Keeps
stuff from falling out the back of the shelves and I also hang stuff on
it, like rope, long extension cords, outdoor tools, etc. If I had it to do
over, I'd put in a rollup garage door.

As you're building, take digital photos, especially of the wiring. I can
look at pictures and tell where every wire is inside the wall.

Let me know if you need more info.

-jj


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