My new man cave

[WAS]

This was posted a while back in the pro forums, but it belongs in here too :2thumbs:





Well, it's been in the works for quite a while now, so here it is, the day-by-day of the building of my new shop. I took over 350 pictures and I had to pick and choose what I'd be posting, so obviously some tasks are missing / left out. That said, enjoy ! :clap:



Day 1

Laying out the perimeter

Insulated tarps to keep heat in for thawing out the ground

Using a Master heater to thaw the ground

Master heater was left on all night to thaw the ground as much as possible





Day 2

A load of crush brought in to pack the ground

Moving the crush in

All level

Packing the ground





Day 3

Laying down the styro

Removing the make-shift tent

Floor joists

First layer of flooring

Second layer of flooring





Day 4

First wall

Second wall

Walls

All the walls up





Day 5

First truss

More trusses

Trusses all up





Day 6

Sheeting the roof





Day 7

Insulating the ceiling

Insulating the walls

More wall insulation

Fully insulated

Shingled





Day 8

Vapour barrier put up

Strapping the walls

 

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Day 9

Wrapping the outside

Strapping the ceiling

Door installed





Electrical

Breaker panel

Wall plugs

Panel and plugs





Day 10

First sheet of drywall

Ceiling drywalled

Walls drywalled





Day 11

Leveling the ground for the ramp

Building the step

Step completed





Day 12

Starting the ramp

Ramp ready for sheeting

First layer of flooring for the ramp

Second layer of sheeting for the ramp

Ramp finished





Day 13

Sanding the drywall

All done sanding

Fully wrapped and soffits completed





Day 14

Baseboards

Door trim

Shelving





Day 15

Strapping the outside

All strapped





Garage door

Door installer arrived

First panel

Fully installed

Fully installed





Electrical

Installing the plugs

Ceiling lights installed





Finals

Final shots, still have to unpack all the supplies and equipment though !

Thanks for looking !

 

[Innovative Detailing]

Sweet!....Must be nice to be able to snap one of those up on your property!



That is gonna be a nice little shop! :up

 

[MrCLRider]

Oh man am I jelous!! Very nice place to work in, should be warm too!

 

[nickery16]

damn wish i had that. your lucky lol guess it pays to work hard an go to college i need to get on that

 

[WAS]

Sweet!....Must be nice to be able to snap one of those up on your property!



That is gonna be a nice little shop! :up

Thanks ! I should have been a bit more clear (oversight due to me normally posting in the pro forums). This shop is my detail shop for my detail business, so it's not a garage at my house

Oh man am I jelous!! Very nice place to work in, should be warm too!

Thanks ! R40 ceiling, R28 walls. The coldest it's been since the shop went up was -32F, and a small 1500W electric space heater kept it fairly warm inside (around +55F).

damn wish i had that. your lucky lol guess it pays to work hard an go to college i need to get on that

Thanks ! Again, this is my business detail shop, not at my house, but yes, college / university does pay off. I am a university business graduate.

 

[jtford95]

That is awesome!! Great blessings with the building and buiness . Are you going to do anything to the floor?:hifive::clap:

 

[WAS]

That is awesome!! Great blessings with the building and buiness . Are you going to do anything to the floor?:hifive::clap:

Thanks ! The floor is actually 2 layers. First layer is 3/4" tongue and groove, second layer is 1/4" PWF, staggered. There is no washing going on inside the shop, just run off from wheel wells and such. So far so good.

 

[cathyodom]

Nice! Can't wait to see more pics. Are you going to do side lighting?

 

[WAS]

Nice! Can't wait to see more pics. Are you going to do side lighting?

Thanks !



If you look in the second-last picture, you can see that there is electrical cabling coming out of the walls at head-height. We ran cabling for 8 side lights, 3 on each side and 2 in front of the shop. Honestly, with the amount of overhead lighting we have in there, I don't see any need for the side lights. It would be a "nice to have", but it's certainly not needed at this point. Not to mention, proper angle-directioned fluorescent ballasts are ~$100 a piece, so you're looking at around $900 by the time they're up and have bulbs in them.