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Ditto on the "looks great" comments. :thumb: And another ditto for the Rustoleum epoxy garage floor paint. There are several other people in my family in addition to me who have it in the garage, shop or laundry room, and without exception, we all love the stuff and have had no problems. Less that a week after we did our laundry room, I accidentally dropped a 2" cold chisel from 8' above the floor. The epoxy didn't chip.

As Joe mentioned, the prep work is the key. Even with with new concrete, I'd go through all the recommended steps to clean and etch the surface before painting.
 
Things are starting to happen

Decided to wait on the floor decision. Maybe wood, maybe epoxy, maybe...:dunno:

Gonna start using it and worry about floor covering later. Don't have many tools to move around, so hopefully it won't be a big issue to work the floor later.

The outside of the building is finished and all the doors are installed. Now I can start building the interior and setting up tools.

Then we had 7+ inches of snow, so more delays.
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Started assembly on the Sawstop and walls for the bathroom.
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The snow demolished a tent I was using to keep my turning wood out of the weather to dry. Guess it was not rated for snow loading ;)
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The top frame seems OK, but all the leg poles now have a 90 degree elbow :doh: Another project added to the list...
 
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Great looking space Rick. Nice work!
Looks to have passed the snowload test with flying colours too.
Also, I think it's very close to the ideal shop size criterion: that is, being able to turn a bus around inside without backing up. Be advised though (from the owner of a three-storey barn) stuff expands to fill the available space. George Carlin had some thoughts on that too!:)

Enjoy
Peter
 
Wow Rick, that's not a shop, it's an aircraft hangar with a Sawstop in it. :eek: :D What a great space. :clap: Congrats on the progress so far, and looking forward to seeing it as it fills up.
 
Wowsers! Thats a great way to deliver the Saw, and an Awesome looking shop.

Color me completely green with envy....
 
Rick all the best with the new shop and the Saw Stop. as we would all say ........And so it begins..:thumb:


One thought that you seriously might want to consider is the aspect of dealing with your floors sooner than you might think. I think of all the advice that i have recieved or observed on our forum, relating to shops, the most profound aspect has been to deal with the interior before getting going for inevitably it dont happen otherwise or becomes very difficult to do after the "goodies" are inside.

Stu gave me this advice and i have regretted every day not following it. Not sure how many others would be willing to concede they made the same mistake.
 
+1 on the floors. An escrow delay fouled my plans to epoxy the floor in my new home before I moved into the shop. Five years later; no epoxy.
 
Rob Keeble said:
One thought that you seriously might want to consider is the aspect of dealing with your floors sooner than you might think. I think of all the advice that i have recieved or observed on our forum, relating to shops, the most profound aspect has been to deal with the interior before getting going for inevitably it dont happen otherwise or becomes very difficult to do after the "goodies" are inside.

Stu gave me this advice and i have regretted every day not following it. Not sure how many others would be willing to concede they made the same mistake.
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Stuart Ablett said:
Looks great Rick, but I have to say, deal with your floors sooner than later, it will be MUCH less work :D
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glenn bradley said:
+1 on the floors. An escrow delay fouled my plans to epoxy the floor in my new home before I moved into the shop. Five years later; no epoxy.
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I hear ya guys!

If we (wife and I)could settle on a final solution, I would do the floors first, but after going round and round a few times, it was apparent that it was going to take more time to figure out - than I wanted to wait to get started.

We will have epoxy in the bathroom for sure - and will put it down as soon as the walls are up.

Due to the sore feet my wife is experiencing on the concrete floor, I should be able to swing spending the money to put in a wood floor in the main work area up to the overhead door. OSB or laminate ? :dunno:

Will probably just epoxy or seal the concrete at the overhead door where the truck will pull in to load/unload. The other side of the overhead will be used for storage - not sure what to put there yet.
Also need a solution for the "noise room" and the finishing room.

2800 square feet is a lot of floor to cover, and different solutions for different areas seems to be the way to go.:huh:

Per the wife, the bathroom is the first and ONLY priority (no facilities elsewhere on the property other than bushes :eek:) Then we can talk floors again.
 
Bathroom framing nearly done

Some shots of the bathroom framing progress

Got the walls started
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Then framed the door. (Those white pieces on the left are recently painted mdf portions of my ClearVue Cyclone - needs to be re-assembled and installed)
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Then finished up the joists and end caps on top.
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Just need to put in the flooring on top and call the plumber to finish the piping (assuming the framing passes inspection).
 
Sorry to say I haven't kept up with your shop progress. Man, I've missed a bunch!! But the progress seemed pretty quick from my perspective.:rofl:
And 2800 sq ft! WOWSER!! That's almost the size of my shop and my house together! I hate to ask how big the house will be.:p I need to go back and read some of the earlier posts, I'm sure you have explained what all the shop will be used for. Obviously not all just woodworking.
Seems the reading I've done over the past few years says that the way they did the flooring is just how pole barn buildings are done. It's different than a stick built building. Hopefully you will start getting warmer weather now so that progress will pick up for you. Jim.
 
rick why did you use PT lumber on your bathroom you could use PT on the plates and then white wood for the rest.. save some cash that way. and you should have PT plates on all Concrete surfaces. like the framing along your back wall. just an observation:D
 
larry merlau said:
rick why did you use PT lumber on your bathroom you could use PT on the plates and then white wood for the rest.. save some cash that way. and you should have PT plates on all Concrete surfaces. like the framing along your back wall. just an observation:D
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PT 2x4x8s are cheaper than untreated here. This room did not need high ceiling. Since it is a wet area with shower, I went with PT 2x6 on the one wall with the sewer vent.

Since the back wall and remaining construction will be 9ft ceilings, I will use white wood - cheaper than PT 2x4x10. (and lighter too - those PT walls were HEAVY to raise by myself.)
 
Looking like something is coming together. Feels like a long time I bet! Keep the Mrs. happy, you'll be happier for it!!! PT I assume is the same as treated lumber. Will treated lumber being used for more than direct contact on the concrete pass inspection. I know on the old treated lumber it wasn't to be used in living areas, yes I know it will be covered and not bare studs, just wondering out loud. I agree in a bathroom situation it does make sense.

On a different note, is the old building still standing, or did the snow load take it down?
 
Jonathan Shively said:
Looking like something is coming together. Feels like a long time I bet! Keep the Mrs. happy, you'll be happier for it!!! PT I assume is the same as treated lumber. Will treated lumber being used for more than direct contact on the concrete pass inspection. I know on the old treated lumber it wasn't to be used in living areas, yes I know it will be covered and not bare studs, just wondering out loud. I agree in a bathroom situation it does make sense.

On a different note, is the old building still standing, or did the snow load take it down?
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Yes, PT is the same as treated lumber (for me, anyway)

I was told the new PT was OK to use. Hope the inspector agrees :eek:

The old building is still standing. It leans a little more, but still hanging in there. I have the scaffolding and jacks ready to install as soon as time permits. Hope it can hold out till then. Planning to move it to a better spot and reinforce the frame, replace the "wings" on each side, and use similarly weathered boards from another old house to replace the siding pieces that are too far gone.
 
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