I've finally gotten my shop totally enclosed, and I have started to put the second floor into the shop.
This was before I installed the sliding door on the front of the building. Currently that's the only door to my shop but plan on adding two man doors, one on either end of the building.
Picture of 2 glulams that I have set to hold up the floor system of the second floor. The glulams are about 24' long and 5.25"x23.75".
I purchased a hoist from HF to raise the glulams into position. The hoist is sitting on 2 16' 2x12s that help distribute the weight across several of the trusses. It worked pretty slick and didn't have any problems. Only wish the remote for the hoist was longer so I wouldn't have to be in the rafters when I was raising the glulams.
Photos of the floor joists that we got installed on Saturday and Sunday.
This is the final area that I have to get floored. Need to cut the post to length and then I'll be ready to raise the final glulam.
The shop is 40x48, the first floor is going to be all open except for the two 6x6 posts that I've added and will be used for parking/storage. I've kind of inherited several vehicles this year after my father died unexpectedly, so my plans for the shop have changed.
Originally I was going to have my wood shop on the bottom floor with just a 24x24 area devoted to parking. Now I'm going to have my wood shop and storage on the second floor. Which will be kind of nice because of being able to run DC and wiring under the floor and being able to have access to it.
This was before I installed the sliding door on the front of the building. Currently that's the only door to my shop but plan on adding two man doors, one on either end of the building.
Picture of 2 glulams that I have set to hold up the floor system of the second floor. The glulams are about 24' long and 5.25"x23.75".
I purchased a hoist from HF to raise the glulams into position. The hoist is sitting on 2 16' 2x12s that help distribute the weight across several of the trusses. It worked pretty slick and didn't have any problems. Only wish the remote for the hoist was longer so I wouldn't have to be in the rafters when I was raising the glulams.
Photos of the floor joists that we got installed on Saturday and Sunday.
This is the final area that I have to get floored. Need to cut the post to length and then I'll be ready to raise the final glulam.
The shop is 40x48, the first floor is going to be all open except for the two 6x6 posts that I've added and will be used for parking/storage. I've kind of inherited several vehicles this year after my father died unexpectedly, so my plans for the shop have changed.
Originally I was going to have my wood shop on the bottom floor with just a 24x24 area devoted to parking. Now I'm going to have my wood shop and storage on the second floor. Which will be kind of nice because of being able to run DC and wiring under the floor and being able to have access to it.
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