My shop teacher at a CC ran a cabinet shop full time out of his walk-out basement shop. His ceilings were definitely shorter than 8' but he made it work even having to use full sheets of plywood.
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The last lawn of the neighborhood was installed on Friday at our house and I spent yesterday wet and muddy getting the sprinkler system adjusted. Now I can finally get the permit for the deck, and once that's done I can finally start on the new shop.
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So, materials for the deck seem to be backordered/unavailable. Original delivery date was 7/22, then 8/17 and now 9/30. I started framing the basement for the shop, weight room, and bathroom last weekend. Finished that and wiring starts tonight.
capncarl The "crops" are part of Bailey Nursery but due to covid, they aren't allowing anyone but employees on the site. They look like lilacs but my binoculars aren't good enough for me to see the leaves. The pool gets drained for the winter and the liner is taken out. We had a neighbor when I was a kid that left their ingound pool filled over the winter and the subsequent ice cracked the sides. For the rest of my childhood if you wanted to use the pool in the summer, in the spring you had to help scrape out the old caulk and clean the cracks with a wire brush so Mr. Fritz could re-caulk the pool for another season.Chr's
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I've made some progress but not a lot to see. All the outside walls are framed and insulation added where it wasn't in place already. Wiring is done except for the panel and the exhaust fans for the bathroom and the weight room. Plumbing is mostly done but the shower stall came in with the seat on the wrong side so it will be corrected and installed Monday. HVAC contractor is coming tomorrow to let me know if I can afford a mini split system for the shop and exercise room. Everything else for the new house has been over budget to the tune of $15K which was my entire shop budget.
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The exercise room that SWMBO insisted I put in the basement. Once I convinced her that 14x17 was plenty of space vs 20x17 that she wanted, I picked up an additional 100+ square feet for the shop so I'm at 773 square feet on the shop.
Here is the actual shop space. It looks like it went backwards from previous pics, but all the wiring and exterior wall framing is done so it is invisible progress.
This is what happens when the builder buries the shower drain under concrete. The plumber found it ... eventually.
Finally the most exciting part for me since for the first time in my life, I won't need to go to another building to use the restroom. The bathroom plumbing
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How many circuits of what voltage are you running/planning to run in those walls?
Will the walls be finished? Most places attached garages need finished walls (sheetrocked at least). Insulated I suppose, too.Loring in Katy, TX USA
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The walls will be finished with sheetrock and everything trimmed the same as the rest of the house. I'm putting in exterior doors between the shop space and the other spaces to help keep dust out of the house and I am going to be able to put in a mini split system as well so heating and cooling will be separate from the house as well. I expect to be ready for the first round of inspections in a couple of weeks. (electrical rough in, framing, plumbing, and HVAC and here they all require separate permits)
Insulation in Minnesota is cheap compared to dumping heat to the outside. Insulation requirements for basements are not codified in the state and for our city are "at the discretion of the inspector" who will evaluate the basement and give me the requirements at the first inspection. I'm also adding rock wool insulation to the ceiling to keep sound out of the house as well as mounting the ceiling sheetrock on resilient channels. Insulation and vapor barriers is yet another inspection point.Chr's
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I've had two lighting circuits in my shop ever since, and always will. The last two were split evenly with half the lights on one and the other half on another. This will just ensure I'm not left fumbling in complete darkness.Chr's
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You just brought back a memory. When I was a kid my older mad scientist brother whose domain was the basement discovered glow in the dark paint. He painted very strategically placed indicators all over the basement and garage for when the power went out. To this day they still glow at night. Been 50 or so years.Harumpf!
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