Art & Inspiration Time to re think my work space

I'm pretty interested in your garage. Where I could build a garage on my property is a bit below street level, so the garage with ba*****t idea would really suit it.

You have a hoist on the "second" floor, right? Does either level have support columns, or are they completely clear and open? I'd love to see some pictures.

 

I had two put up at my old place. One was 18 x 32 with a 14 or 16 feet at the peak, I had it over my small garage. I had the fully side it, filled the gap over the garage and did as you mentioned, used some 3 x 3 ornamental tubing and made a surround for a roll up door.
They’ll make them in about any size within reason.
One thing to be concerned about is they don’t have a snow load rating, and they do sweat in the colder weather.
I already had the pads poured and the lagged them in. A guy could get creative if just putting it on soil if he planned ahead.

 

Sir I applaud you for deciding what you wanted and making up your mind to do it. I also know the same feeling of satisfaction I'm sure you have each time you enter it. A job well done.............

Like you, mine took me a couple of years of working alone, tho I did pay someone to pour me a nice floor and hired a crane to set my trusses atop it. I stood the trusses up and put 6' 2x6 purlins between them so they stood up like a saw horse. Then when the crane sat them on the walls they just sat there and I filled the purlins in between each pair of "sawhorses". The point is that if someone will undertake a project, even alone.........they can find ways to do it. My recommendation is to do stud walls because they are easy to ***emble and stand up. They allow you to insulate well and finish the inner walls with drywall. I also found that by using heavier 2x6 (44') trusses I could space them further apart (6') than the normal 2x4 trusses every 2 ft. This was much cheaper . That however meant I could not finish the ceiling with drywall because of the large space between trusses. I used metal siding for the ceiling which I am very happy with. Made a bracket like an "arm" that hooked on a truss and supported the "other" end of each piece of the sheetmetal ceiling. Made a rolling scaffold from a section of pallet rack and went to work


My 16 year old son in the pic stood on a ladder at the back and guided the pair of trusses to pre-marked spots.



Guys, standing up framed walls is easy, even I could do it. Just pour a footer to stand it on, or pour the whole floor and don't use a footer. Then buy "pre-made trusses and set them on top. Then its just a matter of screwing metal on the roof . You will enjoy it for many years to come.............

 

Where there is a will there is a way. I also congratulate you too Sir. I looked into renting scaffolding to lay the 12" block and it was too expensive so. I bought a bunch of 2X6X8' and built my own scaffolding. Two levels at 4' and 8' in height. When I was done laying the block I re-purposed them into the second-floor wall studs. Setting my main beam which was a 14"X6" 56 LB. I beam at 31.5' long. I got it up onto the wall on one end with a 6 Ton come along. Then I re-rigged it to a Maple tree and a Locust tree triangulated for a central pull. I worked it across until it fell directly onto the two central 6" pipe columns. Then continued pulling it into its final position. From there I set each bar joist one end at a time. A lot of work but like I said. Where there is a will there is a way.

 

See you guys are trying to build me the Taj Mahal when I'm going for ice shanty budget
I keep finding these "amish built" sheds online for $2k.

 

OK for storage but reinforce the floor before you take a car in it. No room for work and do not trust the floor with a jack or stands.

 

Have you decided what route to take with this? If a permanent structure is not an option, I’ll suggest you get the shed and put the tent in front of it. Even if you have to cut the tent in half and use the leftover pipe to reinforce it.

A buddy of mine has been working out of a tent just like that for many years. He just re-skins it when the fabric gets worn out and he paved the floor with free paving stones from FB marketplace.

 

What are the Amish dimensions 10'x 20' ?

 

I didn't start out with the Taj Mahal, I built my house and had it bricked on 3 sides and open on the end where an attached garage would be .......when I saved some more money. In the mean time I built a barn style shed to keep my tools in. I still use it today, though it got moved to a different location so I could build my shop some years later.

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I'm not suggesting a barn style building for your needs as they take more effort. A simple roof like the one on the building next to the "barn" is really easy to do.

If you look at the pictures in my earlier posting (#63) you can see the barn style shed in the left side before it got covered in metal.

 

You can get kits to build these yourself for even less than $2K if that's your budget, or maybe you can ***emble one a bit bigger for the same price. I've seen a few used ones of these on Marketplace pretty cheap too (or in estate auctions, if you follow your local auctioneers) if you have the ability to move one in one piece. You won't be able to park a car in there, but at least you can have your toolboxes and a workbench to work on small stuff inside.

I know when I was building my big garage a few years ago, I had a constant stream of people offering their ideas of what I should do differently/better, how it definitely should have this and that and the other thing. And I thought, "Easy to say when you're not the one paying for it".

 

My dad had a neighbor up the block, I got to know the guy. He was a mechanic for an exotic car dealership. Quite capable too.

He put up a big framed tent on his driveway and did all sorts of crazy work. He put a Ford Ranchero (newer type) on a Ford F250 4WD ch***is. He borrowed my Lincoln welder.

In all sorts of weather too. He would have 2 kerosene heaters going at once.

 

Built from pallet racking.

 

Pallet racking, whatta concept!

 

I like the pallet racking ideas. i had drawn out a garage for a friend using 36" deep Pallet racking as the sides, prebuilt trusses for the roof and metal siding/roofing. all you need is 48" W concrete pads to anchor the racking to. pour the rest of the floor when you can