The new shop !

[WAS]

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

 

[WAS]

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 !

 

[rcrobbins]

Looks like a great start. What do you have planned for flooring? I'm assuming this will be your wash bay as well. The thought of wood and water makes me cringe lol. Also, I didn't see a drain being installed, so I'm curious.

 

[JohnKleven]

It looks great, but you gotta get some halides in there. Otherwise even with flourescents, you won't be able to see swirls.

 

[WAS]

rc: I should have done more explaining. This shop is built literally in the backyard of a wand wash. There will be no washing at all being done in this shop, therefore, no drainage system. The second layer of flooring is PWF, so it won't warp or get wrecked from a little bit of water that drips off vehicles.



John: Yep, working on extra lighting if need be. So far, the flourescents are doing an awesome job for the interiors. They're the new T8 high efficiency bulbs, twice as bright as standard T12 tubes and use about half the electricity to run.

 

[Envious Eric]

looks awesome! Seems like its all going pretty smooth as well! is it completed as of today? have you detailed anything inside yet?

 

[WAS]

looks awesome! Seems like its all going pretty smooth as well! is it completed as of today? have you detailed anything inside yet?

Thanks ! It was completed about a week and a half ago, I've just been moving stuff in, setting up my shelves, waiting for my new carpet extractor to arrive, etc. The first detail was done in it yesterday :clap:



Lemme tell ya, it sure beats detailing out of a garage tent !

 

[mini1]

You need lights on the walls to light up the floor of the vehicles when you are working on the interiors. It would also help you with exteriors. I would have put in skylight tunnels to funnel free exterior light inside and possibly some windows. You have blocked out all the exterior light.

 

[WAS]

You need lights on the walls to light up the floor of the vehicles when you are working on the interiors. It would also help you with exteriors. I would have put in skylight tunnels to funnel free exterior light inside and possibly some windows. You have blocked out all the exterior light.

Wall lighting is wired, I just haven't installed any at this point. So far so good on interiors, I can see just fine. Exteriors always have the option of the tri-pod mounted halogens, so I'm not too worried about that either, and if I really had to, I could add the wall lights.



Skylight tunnels and windows change the R-factor of the building. My ceiling is R40, my walls are R28, my garage door is R16. Basic double-pane windows are roughly R5, not really something I want to go with. When it's -49 degrees F outside, I really don't feel like paying $2500 a month for the heating bill. If it wasn't required by code, I would have seriously considered not even installing a swinging door. Not to mention, in the winter, our shortest day of the year gives us 3.5 hours of daylight.... Plus windows are breakable and leave you more vulnurable to thieves....

 

[imported_advs1]

Wall lighting is wired, I just haven't installed any at this point. So far so good on interiors, I can see just fine. Exteriors always have the option of the tri-pod mounted halogens, so I'm not too worried about that either, and if I really had to, I could add the wall lights.



Skylight tunnels and windows change the R-factor of the building. My ceiling is R40, my walls are R28, my garage door is R16. Basic double-pane windows are roughly R5, not really something I want to go with. When it's -49 degrees F outside, I really don't feel like paying $2500 a month for the heating bill. If it wasn't required by code, I would have seriously considered not even installing a swinging door. Not to mention, in the winter, our shortest day of the year gives us 3.5 hours of daylight.... Plus windows are breakable and leave you more vulnurable to thieves....

thats cold :nervous2:

 

[David Fermani]

Very nice. How many cars will be able to be worked on at one time?

 

[WAS]

thats cold :nervous2:

lol, yes. That's of course the absolute coldest it gets here, usually it's around -25 to -30 F during the winter. Put it this way, between November and March, it's very very rare that we get above -15 F. For this reason, R-factor was a HUGE part of the building design. Windows = barely any R-factor, it's like a big exhaust fan for heat to escape through, hence no windows or skylights for me.

Very nice. How many cars will be able to be worked on at one time?

Thanks ! It's a one car shop, a large F350 full cab pickup is a super tight squeeze. It's only a temp detail shop though, there's going to be a 3-bay shop being built within the next year. This shop will then be turned into a "clean bay", strictly for window tinting and PDR (thus is the plan right now).

 

[autoconcierge]

It looks great, but you gotta get some halides in there. Otherwise even with flourescents, you won't be able to see swirls.

John is right, I have the T8 high output lights presently but I supplement with halogen and LED, plus Infratech as well. New shop I am moving to next Feb 2011 has the Metal Hallides in the ceiling!!! and epoxy floor=tightness.

 

[WAS]

John is right, I have the T8 high output lights presently but I supplement with halogen and LED, plus Infratech as well. New shop I am moving to next Feb 2011 has the Metal Hallides in the ceiling!!! and epoxy floor=tightness.

Epoxy floor, sweet ! I have the T8s for the ceiling as well, I LOVE those bulbs vs the standard T12s. Cuts the electricity consumption and they give off so much more light than traditional T12s.

 

[imported_DiamondD]

looking good man an fast you guys are pumping that place out in like a week you be done lol.

 

[WAS]

looking good man an fast you guys are pumping that place out in like a week you be done lol.

lol, yes, it was a quick build. Thanks !

 

[LS1-MEX]

kinda small but still looks good

 

[WAS]

kinda small but still looks good

Thanks. Yes, it's only a 1 bay shop, and can be a bit of a tighter squeeze with a very large truck, but we had space limitations and wanted to keep it as small as comfortably possible, for energy reasons.