glenn bradley
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30 x 40 x 10‘ walls. About double the space I previously had. Big advantages will be the DC is outside the primary shop area and I don’t have to share it with the water heater, washer, and dryer.What's the size of that slab? Looks like it'll be a pretty spacious shop. Might take a while to fill it up.
Mine's 28 X 32, but the DC is inside, and there's two 9 foot overhead doors that diminish the wall space. When I first moved in I wondered what I'd do with all that space. Now, it's filled, and I'd have to move something out in order to bring anything else in. Still, it's a nice 'problem' to have.30 x 40 x 10‘ walls. About double the space I previously had. Big advantages will be the DC is outside the primary shop area and I don’t have to share it with the water heater, washer, and dryer
This means I’ll have room for a spraying area and a quasi-office/hardware storage area. One good thing about it taking so long is that I’m on about revision 16 of the floor plan and I’ve got it fairly well dialed in.
To code: 12” x 12” minimum footing (deeper in places due to slope of the land). 2” base material, moisture barrier, 2” sand, mesh and rebar in a 4” slab with the surface 8” above grade. Here's the general spec:This going to be awesome, that slab certainly looks to be thick enough...is it that thick for a code compliance thing?
Pssst... Don't tell her and we won't either.There went the money for the wife's new car .
Your concrete guy steered you well.To code: 12” x 12” minimum footing (deeper in places due to slope of the land). 2” base material, moisture barrier, 2” sand, mesh and rebar in a 4” slab with the surface 8” above grade. Here's the general spec:
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The concrete guy has done concrete in this part of California for decades and so brought some long term experience to what is an actual benefit over time. This is outside my area so forgive me if I murder the terminology but we specified some additional ties between slab mesh and the footing rebar. All concrete is mixed with Buckeye Fiber reinforcement material for a little extra confidence when the ground does the Watusi as it does out here.
Thanks Tom. I have been saving, and having folks save, large cardboard pieces from TV's and other appliances. I have a collection that I will cutout to match the footprint of the larger machines. This will let me shuffle them about easily while fine tuning duct and outlet positions.That gives you lots of time to use up lots of rolls of masking tape to verify your shop layout a few dozen times
Paper dolls for grown-up men, lol.Thanks Tom. I have been saving, and having folks save, large cardboard pieces from TV's and other appliances. I have a collection that I will cutout to match the footprint of the larger machines. This will let me shuffle them about easily while fine tuning duct and outlet positions.
Oh come on… It got down to 45° last night. (read sarcasm) brrrrr.With the weather there, I'm surprised Glenn isn't just putting the tools in place and using them as they work around him, building the shop.
When it's to cold for Mango trees...It got down to 45° last night