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New shop build.

If you do do in floor, I would still recommend a forced air heater.

I worked in a shop with in floor heat. After one winter, the owner added a forced air furnace. The thermostat was set a few degrees cooler than the in floor heat.

Martin
 
82355 said:
If you do do in floor, I would still recommend a forced air heater.

I worked in a shop with in floor heat. After one winter, the owner added a forced air furnace. The thermostat was set a few degrees cooler than the in floor heat.

Martin
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And be sure that you insulate under the slab if you're going to be heating it. No use pumping heat into the ground.
 
The electric is not totally planned out.

@82355 your not the first that has said this.

@toomany gotta heat 24/7 up here. I have had a whole lot of folks tell me it's way expensive to just turn it on when your out there. Plus -20 is not an uncommon temp here in winter.......for a high lol

@ well everyone. Concrete will be 5" thick. 3000 psi with rebar. 5" is what the lift I'm looking at says for a minimum. I'm pretty sure I know where I want my lift. At that spot I will pour 8" thick but only 12" wider than the base plates.

If put pex in the floor for heat there will be a map. 5" thick will allow me to change the location of the lift if wanted. If I can get concrete for a discount which I might be able to i will just pout 6" everywhere

@campfire

The addition in the back will basically be a lean to. It will just slope to the back. Adding to the front is easier because there aren't any poles.

It's gonna be a pain getting trucks in a long term type of position but I think it will work best overall.

With the way it's gonna be laid out it should be enough room for 3 trucks and room to work on em plus enough room for one more to pull in straight.
 
blazinzuk said:
@toomany gotta heat 24/7 up here. I have had a whole lot of folks tell me it's way expensive to just turn it on when your out there. Plus -20 is not an uncommon temp here in winter.......for a high lol
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Man...that makes for an expensive hobby. :doah: It might be expensive turning it on when you need it, but leaving it on all the time is necessarily more expensive. :deal:
 
All this talk about heat.. I just pour gas on the floor and light it.. Plenty of heet there..
 
As per lighting, I have been working on designing a new mfg area for one of our processes at work and done a lot of research on LED. From what I've found out, LED tubes are not a good way to go. They lose minimum 30% output within their lifetime, don't last as long and are not cheap. T8's are much cheaper, last longer, and only lose IIRC 5% light output in their lifetime.
 
I have read some of this.

I am gonna read more.

What is the energy consumption between the two @BlaZeus

I crave more info. Lughting is something I wanna do right this time around. Even been researching in floor lighting
 
Two suggestions:

1) Put 20A wiring and outlets in instead of the standard 15A. Not much of a cost difference between 12/2 and 14/2 wire or the outlets but it can keep you from tripping a breaker if you're running multiple higher amp tools off of one circuit. My little 110V Lincoln welder wasn't happy on the standard outlet.

2) Slat board. Makes a great wall covering and is very functional for arranging/ storing things that are too big for a peg board wall. The wood working show on PBS just did a whole show on making your own slat board w/ just a table saw and some plywood. There are a number of videos on youtube, too.
 
So bringing this back. Why, cause our house sold and now we build.

Some has changed. Not going to add any to the front of the shop but building a lean to in the back. Going to be 15ish ft with plumbing roughed in. The entire 40ft width.

Actually not entirely true I'm pricing out trusses right now but it's not looking good.

Those with wives know the saying happy wife happy life. Shop funds are being diverted to the house. Why because my wife is awesome and deserves some niceness.

Anyway floor heat is out. The goal is concrete, electrical, all enclosed with doors and the ceiling insulated.

I will try to finish one wall at a time but stuff is gonna have to be mobile for a bit.

Shelves that can be moved nothing permanent near the walls.

I'm fairly excited. So got the shop cleared out a little today.



It's temporary home on our patio


My friend who is helping me do concrete will be back in a week. Will get it leveled and bring in more gravel if needed and pour concrete in the next 3 weeks hopefully
 
bent72 said:
What do you plan to do for doors?
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Gonna do 2 12 ft wide I think 12 ft high. Thought about roll up doors just not stoked with the insulation factor.

I will likely end up with conventional garage doors with good insulation. With no openers for now
 
I would do a 10 x 20 or something like that off the front kind of like a office or something. Basically like a office entry way or something.
 
I vote two doors. I wish I would have done two 10' wide doors rather than my 1 16' door.
 
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