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MattL
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Initially Posted - 08/18/2005 : 16:00:51

Ok, I started building my new shop 28 X 38 last August and am still working on it. I am getting close to being finished. Here are a few photos of it to date. The last month and a half I have been working on the wiring, and putting up the outside plywood. I have done about 95 % of the work by myself, (except for the floor, I didn't do any of that).

This shows the 6 foot porch.

Metal roof, a bear to get those panles up myself. There are 10 foot walls so I have 8 foot sections that need two more feet put up.

I could only work on the south wall early in the morning to avoid the 100+ heat.

The East wall is going to be the worst because it gets sun most of the day, then the building blocks the cooling wind.

I had to pull out some tools for a job for a friend. All I have is a couple of extension cords linked coming from the house 170 feet away.

I put the wiring up, but have an electrician to check it out and wire the boxes and pull from the house.
Hopefully I'll be setting up the rest of the tools soon.

Matt/Brigitte Loeffler
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Cat 25 86'
FK/SR _/)

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PamC
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Response Posted - 08/18/2005 : 16:26:12

Great looking shop Matt! But how are you going to work on the boat in there?

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Buzz Maring
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Response Posted - 08/18/2005 : 17:07:22

WOW Matt ... that is the mother of all shops! I think it's bigger than my house!

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Leon Sisson
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Response Posted - 08/18/2005 : 20:21:50

Great looking shop, Matt! Building it in this heat sounds somewhere between miserable and dangerous. Just think how gratified you'll be when it's finished!

-- Leon Sisson

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DanM
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Response Posted - 08/18/2005 : 20:33:48

Looks very nice, and spacious. Could you please provide some cost info? My son is working on the specs for an all metal building for his metalworking shop. I would like to help him along and your ifo would be useful to compare.

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JaimeZX
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Response Posted - 08/19/2005 : 01:20:28

Well count ME jealous too! Maybe in a few years... :)

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MattL
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Response Posted - 08/19/2005 : 03:20:09

Yes I know the door is too low to get the boat in, but I still should be able to make a substancial size boat. That is if I ever recover from this job.
With the heat I have been drinking a quite bit more than 8 glasses a day.
In regards to metal. I think metal is a little more dear, but would have gone up quicker.
I started the project a year ago with plans from 84 Lumber. I don't know how this company does business in your area, but I am thinking they are not long for here. Never returned calls, lost my plans etc. I got the framing and roof supplies from them, except the metal roof. The roof came from the dad of one of my youngest kids school buddies. He gave me a deal on it but still a bit more expensive than shingle. Should last longer than me though. I am brain fading on the cost. I kind of stopped counting as my wife was noticing how it was going up with each step. A contractor estimated about 40k, I am probably about 10 or 15 under that. Again that is unless you talk to my wife.
I still need a entry door and I want to build slidding doors for the large entrance.

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Response Posted - 08/21/2005 : 13:05:08

A great looking shop, Matt. Over a 5 yr period I helped a close friend who lives in Kerrville, TX, has a ranch west of San Antonio ( 2sections) build his new shop building. He started with a 20 X 50 building, also a metal roof. When that was finished he added 700 SF dock high for storing seed, etc and restoring an old Ford Bronco. Then he added a carport for 2 vehicles. On a recent Sunday evening his ranch neighbor called & said that morning everything looked OK. That evening he went by and the building was still smoldering, in heap, all up in smoke! His large Massey Ferg tractor, 2 pickups, the Bronco, all hunting rifles & eqpt, all tools, 2 compressors, etc. Lightning, spontaneous comb, elec short? Who knows? Not insured. Rebuild? No. Been there, done that. Ranch is for sale now. Get a lightning rod or ground out somehow. Anybody wanna buy a Texas ranch?

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