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#1 ·
Purchase

I plan to retire in 2 or 3 years, so we bought a retirement wood shop. It came with a little house.

So we are moving
  • from a 4,000 square foot house to a 1,000 square foot house (excluding basements);
  • from 1.9 acres to 0.15 acres;
  • from difficult to travel to easy to travel;
  • from little or no restaurants and stores to lots of them;
  • from the UP to Southwest Michigan;
  • from the forest to the rust belt;
  • from copper country to tulip town;
  • from Houghton to Holland.

The house: We bought this house unseen, because houses in the under $150K range would only stay on the market for a few days. I figured if we just did not like it we could resell it. Its in an excellent location so we are going to see if we can make it work.
Plant Property Building Window Leaf


The wood shop: will be in this 3.5 car Garage. (It has 3 stalls if you park one car sideways.) 24 feet wide by 28 feet deep.
Plant Building Sky Wood Tree


Wood Building Hall Flooring Floor


Wood Beam Floor Hall Flooring
 

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#2 ·
Purchase

I plan to retire in 2 or 3 years, so we bought a retirement wood shop. It came with a little house.

So we are moving
  • from a 4,000 square foot house to a 1,000 square foot house (excluding basements);
  • from 1.9 acres to 0.15 acres;
  • from difficult to travel to easy to travel;
  • from little or no restaurants and stores to lots of them;
  • from the UP to Southwest Michigan;
  • from the forest to the rust belt;
  • from copper country to tulip town;
  • from Houghton to Holland.

The house: We bought this house unseen, because houses in the under $150K range would only stay on the market for a few days. I figured if we just did not like it we could resell it. Its in an excellent location so we are going to see if we can make it work.
Plant Property Building Window Leaf


The wood shop: will be in this 3.5 car Garage. (It has 3 stalls if you park one car sideways.) 24 feet wide by 28 feet deep.
Plant Building Sky Wood Tree


Wood Building Hall Flooring Floor


Wood Beam Floor Hall Flooring
That Wood Shop is about as nice as can be! A blank canvas you can paint in Pumpkin colors and outfit as you wish. Very cool, and congratulations! I look forward to following along with the Shop Developments as they come out.
 

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#3 ·
Purchase

I plan to retire in 2 or 3 years, so we bought a retirement wood shop. It came with a little house.

So we are moving
  • from a 4,000 square foot house to a 1,000 square foot house (excluding basements);
  • from 1.9 acres to 0.15 acres;
  • from difficult to travel to easy to travel;
  • from little or no restaurants and stores to lots of them;
  • from the UP to Southwest Michigan;
  • from the forest to the rust belt;
  • from copper country to tulip town;
  • from Houghton to Holland.

The house: We bought this house unseen, because houses in the under $150K range would only stay on the market for a few days. I figured if we just did not like it we could resell it. Its in an excellent location so we are going to see if we can make it work.
Plant Property Building Window Leaf


The wood shop: will be in this 3.5 car Garage. (It has 3 stalls if you park one car sideways.) 24 feet wide by 28 feet deep.
Plant Building Sky Wood Tree


Wood Building Hall Flooring Floor


Wood Beam Floor Hall Flooring
Thanks will start with shop layout plans next.
 

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#4 ·
Purchase

I plan to retire in 2 or 3 years, so we bought a retirement wood shop. It came with a little house.

So we are moving
  • from a 4,000 square foot house to a 1,000 square foot house (excluding basements);
  • from 1.9 acres to 0.15 acres;
  • from difficult to travel to easy to travel;
  • from little or no restaurants and stores to lots of them;
  • from the UP to Southwest Michigan;
  • from the forest to the rust belt;
  • from copper country to tulip town;
  • from Houghton to Holland.

The house: We bought this house unseen, because houses in the under $150K range would only stay on the market for a few days. I figured if we just did not like it we could resell it. Its in an excellent location so we are going to see if we can make it work.
Plant Property Building Window Leaf


The wood shop: will be in this 3.5 car Garage. (It has 3 stalls if you park one car sideways.) 24 feet wide by 28 feet deep.
Plant Building Sky Wood Tree


Wood Building Hall Flooring Floor


Wood Beam Floor Hall Flooring
An empty, unfinished, 24Ă—28 shop? You're in the same boat that I was (and still partially am lol) Hopefully you can get it finished up faster than me! Should be an awesome shop by the time you're done
 

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#5 ·
Purchase

I plan to retire in 2 or 3 years, so we bought a retirement wood shop. It came with a little house.

So we are moving
  • from a 4,000 square foot house to a 1,000 square foot house (excluding basements);
  • from 1.9 acres to 0.15 acres;
  • from difficult to travel to easy to travel;
  • from little or no restaurants and stores to lots of them;
  • from the UP to Southwest Michigan;
  • from the forest to the rust belt;
  • from copper country to tulip town;
  • from Houghton to Holland.

The house: We bought this house unseen, because houses in the under $150K range would only stay on the market for a few days. I figured if we just did not like it we could resell it. Its in an excellent location so we are going to see if we can make it work.
Plant Property Building Window Leaf


The wood shop: will be in this 3.5 car Garage. (It has 3 stalls if you park one car sideways.) 24 feet wide by 28 feet deep.
Plant Building Sky Wood Tree


Wood Building Hall Flooring Floor


Wood Beam Floor Hall Flooring
Looks like a great space, Don. Not sure what you'll need the house for.

Are you going to have to share with vehicles in winter or will it be all wood shop?
 

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#6 ·
Purchase

I plan to retire in 2 or 3 years, so we bought a retirement wood shop. It came with a little house.

So we are moving
  • from a 4,000 square foot house to a 1,000 square foot house (excluding basements);
  • from 1.9 acres to 0.15 acres;
  • from difficult to travel to easy to travel;
  • from little or no restaurants and stores to lots of them;
  • from the UP to Southwest Michigan;
  • from the forest to the rust belt;
  • from copper country to tulip town;
  • from Houghton to Holland.

The house: We bought this house unseen, because houses in the under $150K range would only stay on the market for a few days. I figured if we just did not like it we could resell it. Its in an excellent location so we are going to see if we can make it work.
Plant Property Building Window Leaf


The wood shop: will be in this 3.5 car Garage. (It has 3 stalls if you park one car sideways.) 24 feet wide by 28 feet deep.
Plant Building Sky Wood Tree


Wood Building Hall Flooring Floor


Wood Beam Floor Hall Flooring
Congratulations and happy moving
 

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#7 ·
Purchase

I plan to retire in 2 or 3 years, so we bought a retirement wood shop. It came with a little house.

So we are moving
  • from a 4,000 square foot house to a 1,000 square foot house (excluding basements);
  • from 1.9 acres to 0.15 acres;
  • from difficult to travel to easy to travel;
  • from little or no restaurants and stores to lots of them;
  • from the UP to Southwest Michigan;
  • from the forest to the rust belt;
  • from copper country to tulip town;
  • from Houghton to Holland.

The house: We bought this house unseen, because houses in the under $150K range would only stay on the market for a few days. I figured if we just did not like it we could resell it. Its in an excellent location so we are going to see if we can make it work.
Plant Property Building Window Leaf


The wood shop: will be in this 3.5 car Garage. (It has 3 stalls if you park one car sideways.) 24 feet wide by 28 feet deep.
Plant Building Sky Wood Tree


Wood Building Hall Flooring Floor


Wood Beam Floor Hall Flooring
Sounds like my or our retirement ideas.
Less yard to take care of
Smaller house to keep up [just the two of us]
Shop away from house so not tracking in saw dust.
Now just need to get er fixed up to suit.
 

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#8 ·
Purchase

I plan to retire in 2 or 3 years, so we bought a retirement wood shop. It came with a little house.

So we are moving
  • from a 4,000 square foot house to a 1,000 square foot house (excluding basements);
  • from 1.9 acres to 0.15 acres;
  • from difficult to travel to easy to travel;
  • from little or no restaurants and stores to lots of them;
  • from the UP to Southwest Michigan;
  • from the forest to the rust belt;
  • from copper country to tulip town;
  • from Houghton to Holland.

The house: We bought this house unseen, because houses in the under $150K range would only stay on the market for a few days. I figured if we just did not like it we could resell it. Its in an excellent location so we are going to see if we can make it work.
Plant Property Building Window Leaf


The wood shop: will be in this 3.5 car Garage. (It has 3 stalls if you park one car sideways.) 24 feet wide by 28 feet deep.
Plant Building Sky Wood Tree


Wood Building Hall Flooring Floor


Wood Beam Floor Hall Flooring
Mos I hope to get it completed by the end of next summer. But I will still be working up in the UP
until I can work out intermediate health insurance until I can get Medicare.

JayT The dog and I get a bed room in the house use of a bathroom and kitchen. the rest of the house will be full of my wife's fiber art I.e. looms, spinning wheels, felting, knitting and crochet tools, dying supplies and lots of wool. So far I have turned a 6 by 11 foot room into a cedar closet. I hope to leave room in the garage for a small car and a shared sitting area.

Norm Thanks.

htl Yup thats the plan. Took us under 2 hours to clean the house top to bottom befor we left for return to Houghton.
 

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#9 ·
Purchase

I plan to retire in 2 or 3 years, so we bought a retirement wood shop. It came with a little house.

So we are moving
  • from a 4,000 square foot house to a 1,000 square foot house (excluding basements);
  • from 1.9 acres to 0.15 acres;
  • from difficult to travel to easy to travel;
  • from little or no restaurants and stores to lots of them;
  • from the UP to Southwest Michigan;
  • from the forest to the rust belt;
  • from copper country to tulip town;
  • from Houghton to Holland.

The house: We bought this house unseen, because houses in the under $150K range would only stay on the market for a few days. I figured if we just did not like it we could resell it. Its in an excellent location so we are going to see if we can make it work.
Plant Property Building Window Leaf


The wood shop: will be in this 3.5 car Garage. (It has 3 stalls if you park one car sideways.) 24 feet wide by 28 feet deep.
Plant Building Sky Wood Tree


Wood Building Hall Flooring Floor


Wood Beam Floor Hall Flooring
Don, wow, a blank slate. first thing is to get a 200 amp service and put in lots of 220 plugs, LED lighting, and when you are planning your shop,think in terms of work stations for specific tasks such as glue up and cutting. I would install heating tubes in the floor and pour a new floor over that. Radiators and sawdust don't mix well. You will need a finish room. Add a porch on the east side for sitting and finish work in the summer. Insulate, insulate, insulate. A suspended tile ceiling will make everything much more quiet.

If code will allow, finish the inside walls with plywood, not plaster. I would also install an air system with several outlets on the walls. Put all your tools on wheels or better yet, nylon glides so you can move them around until they find their home. I know you are a hand tool guy, but your first tool should be the largest SawStop you can afford. Next is a sliding miter. Then a drill press.

Instead of an off bearing table, I bought some Craftsman level saws on Craig's List, yoked them together and put different dado blades in each.

Plant Wood Flooring Floor Hardwood


This allows me to cut long wood, wide plywood, and make 1/4 and 1/2 inch dado cuts with no set up time. It also provides a large assembly area.

Have fun, building your shop can be as much fun as what you make in it.
 

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#10 ·
Purchase

I plan to retire in 2 or 3 years, so we bought a retirement wood shop. It came with a little house.

So we are moving
  • from a 4,000 square foot house to a 1,000 square foot house (excluding basements);
  • from 1.9 acres to 0.15 acres;
  • from difficult to travel to easy to travel;
  • from little or no restaurants and stores to lots of them;
  • from the UP to Southwest Michigan;
  • from the forest to the rust belt;
  • from copper country to tulip town;
  • from Houghton to Holland.

The house: We bought this house unseen, because houses in the under $150K range would only stay on the market for a few days. I figured if we just did not like it we could resell it. Its in an excellent location so we are going to see if we can make it work.
Plant Property Building Window Leaf


The wood shop: will be in this 3.5 car Garage. (It has 3 stalls if you park one car sideways.) 24 feet wide by 28 feet deep.
Plant Building Sky Wood Tree


Wood Building Hall Flooring Floor


Wood Beam Floor Hall Flooring
I'd kill for a shop that size :)

Congratulations bud.
 

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#11 ·
Purchase

I plan to retire in 2 or 3 years, so we bought a retirement wood shop. It came with a little house.

So we are moving
  • from a 4,000 square foot house to a 1,000 square foot house (excluding basements);
  • from 1.9 acres to 0.15 acres;
  • from difficult to travel to easy to travel;
  • from little or no restaurants and stores to lots of them;
  • from the UP to Southwest Michigan;
  • from the forest to the rust belt;
  • from copper country to tulip town;
  • from Houghton to Holland.

The house: We bought this house unseen, because houses in the under $150K range would only stay on the market for a few days. I figured if we just did not like it we could resell it. Its in an excellent location so we are going to see if we can make it work.
Plant Property Building Window Leaf


The wood shop: will be in this 3.5 car Garage. (It has 3 stalls if you park one car sideways.) 24 feet wide by 28 feet deep.
Plant Building Sky Wood Tree


Wood Building Hall Flooring Floor


Wood Beam Floor Hall Flooring
Thanks Al and Fridge. I have already ordered 200 amp service. Details in next post. My wife wants to buy me a SawStop, but I am resisting.

East side is the lot line. So cannot put a porch there. I'd rather not put a porch on the west side. The yard is small enough already. Behind the garage the back side is enough room for one, but I think I will use that space to air dry lumber and store lawn mower and garden tools. There is a nice big deck off the back of the house that will have to do for sitting. The only possibility for enlargement is to add a second floor, which I want to do once our current house is sold and if the boss will let me.

Here is an arial photo. The structure behind the garage is the small garden.

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#12 ·
Purchase

I plan to retire in 2 or 3 years, so we bought a retirement wood shop. It came with a little house.

So we are moving
  • from a 4,000 square foot house to a 1,000 square foot house (excluding basements);
  • from 1.9 acres to 0.15 acres;
  • from difficult to travel to easy to travel;
  • from little or no restaurants and stores to lots of them;
  • from the UP to Southwest Michigan;
  • from the forest to the rust belt;
  • from copper country to tulip town;
  • from Houghton to Holland.

The house: We bought this house unseen, because houses in the under $150K range would only stay on the market for a few days. I figured if we just did not like it we could resell it. Its in an excellent location so we are going to see if we can make it work.
Plant Property Building Window Leaf


The wood shop: will be in this 3.5 car Garage. (It has 3 stalls if you park one car sideways.) 24 feet wide by 28 feet deep.
Plant Building Sky Wood Tree


Wood Building Hall Flooring Floor


Wood Beam Floor Hall Flooring
... until I can work out intermediate health insurance until I can get Medicare…

- Combo Prof
Let me know in a PM what you figure out for that, if you're so inclined. It's what's keeping me from considering a more early retirement.
 

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#13 ·
Purchase

I plan to retire in 2 or 3 years, so we bought a retirement wood shop. It came with a little house.

So we are moving
  • from a 4,000 square foot house to a 1,000 square foot house (excluding basements);
  • from 1.9 acres to 0.15 acres;
  • from difficult to travel to easy to travel;
  • from little or no restaurants and stores to lots of them;
  • from the UP to Southwest Michigan;
  • from the forest to the rust belt;
  • from copper country to tulip town;
  • from Houghton to Holland.

The house: We bought this house unseen, because houses in the under $150K range would only stay on the market for a few days. I figured if we just did not like it we could resell it. Its in an excellent location so we are going to see if we can make it work.
Plant Property Building Window Leaf


The wood shop: will be in this 3.5 car Garage. (It has 3 stalls if you park one car sideways.) 24 feet wide by 28 feet deep.
Plant Building Sky Wood Tree


Wood Building Hall Flooring Floor


Wood Beam Floor Hall Flooring
cool, i too plan on retiring in 2 years. I just bought 4 acres on a lake in va. I'm going back to the country from the city.

One thing I noticed based on your location, better get some good insulation in that building!

Keep the updates coming man, I'm not too far behind you.
 

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#14 ·
Purchase

I plan to retire in 2 or 3 years, so we bought a retirement wood shop. It came with a little house.

So we are moving
  • from a 4,000 square foot house to a 1,000 square foot house (excluding basements);
  • from 1.9 acres to 0.15 acres;
  • from difficult to travel to easy to travel;
  • from little or no restaurants and stores to lots of them;
  • from the UP to Southwest Michigan;
  • from the forest to the rust belt;
  • from copper country to tulip town;
  • from Houghton to Holland.

The house: We bought this house unseen, because houses in the under $150K range would only stay on the market for a few days. I figured if we just did not like it we could resell it. Its in an excellent location so we are going to see if we can make it work.
Plant Property Building Window Leaf


The wood shop: will be in this 3.5 car Garage. (It has 3 stalls if you park one car sideways.) 24 feet wide by 28 feet deep.
Plant Building Sky Wood Tree


Wood Building Hall Flooring Floor


Wood Beam Floor Hall Flooring
One thing I noticed based on your location, better get some good insulation in that building!
- bonesbr549
Really. It seems so much better then where I live now. But I guess you mean it gets too hot.

Where I live now:
Houghton weather averages

Annual high temperature: 48.9°F
Annual low temperature: 31.7°F
Average temperature: 40.3°F
Average annual precipitation - rainfall: 27.87 inch
Days per year with precipitation - rainfall: -
Annual hours of sunshine: -
Av. annual snowfall: 208 inch

Also we have 8 months with some snowfall.

Where I will live:
Holland weather averages

Annual high temperature: 59.2°F
Annual low temperature: 39.8°F
Average temperature: 49.5°F
Average annual precipitation - rainfall: 36.75 inch
Days per year with precipitation - rainfall: -
Annual hours of sunshine: -
Av. annual snowfall: 70 inch

Only 5 months with snowfall.

But anyway I will indeed insulate.
 

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#15 ·
Purchase

I plan to retire in 2 or 3 years, so we bought a retirement wood shop. It came with a little house.

So we are moving
  • from a 4,000 square foot house to a 1,000 square foot house (excluding basements);
  • from 1.9 acres to 0.15 acres;
  • from difficult to travel to easy to travel;
  • from little or no restaurants and stores to lots of them;
  • from the UP to Southwest Michigan;
  • from the forest to the rust belt;
  • from copper country to tulip town;
  • from Houghton to Holland.

The house: We bought this house unseen, because houses in the under $150K range would only stay on the market for a few days. I figured if we just did not like it we could resell it. Its in an excellent location so we are going to see if we can make it work.
Plant Property Building Window Leaf


The wood shop: will be in this 3.5 car Garage. (It has 3 stalls if you park one car sideways.) 24 feet wide by 28 feet deep.
Plant Building Sky Wood Tree


Wood Building Hall Flooring Floor


Wood Beam Floor Hall Flooring
What a wonderful chance, the house looks lovely and like just the right place to grow old.
The workshop… Well… Hmmmm… ok, I screaming of envy! Laughs. What a wonderful chance, to get to build a workshop there, from a blank canvas and colours made of your dreams.
Congratulations.
Best thoughts,
Mads
 

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#16 ·
Shop layout

So far I have contacted an electrician to update electrical service.

Currently there is a 100 amp panel in the house but only a 60 amp service meter. There is a 110 line and a 220 line running underground to the shop.

The plan is to put a 200 amp service meter on the garage and place a 200 amp panel in the garage with a 100 sub panel in the house. (Maybe that means a 300 amp meter?) All power lines to be buried under ground.

I have drawn up this shop layout plan. Please advise me with better options.

Plan 1

Rectangle Product Font Schematic Slope


Every thing on wheels except the workbench.

The two yellow cabinets next to the miter saw are to act a both support for the miter saw and as out feed tables for the table saw. One may house the planar and the other the scroll saw.

The red line indicates a separating wall.
 

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#17 ·
Shop layout

So far I have contacted an electrician to update electrical service.

Currently there is a 100 amp panel in the house but only a 60 amp service meter. There is a 110 line and a 220 line running underground to the shop.

The plan is to put a 200 amp service meter on the garage and place a 200 amp panel in the garage with a 100 sub panel in the house. (Maybe that means a 300 amp meter?) All power lines to be buried under ground.

I have drawn up this shop layout plan. Please advise me with better options.

Plan 1

Rectangle Product Font Schematic Slope


Every thing on wheels except the workbench.

The two yellow cabinets next to the miter saw are to act a both support for the miter saw and as out feed tables for the table saw. One may house the planar and the other the scroll saw.

The red line indicates a separating wall.
It's entirely possible that my understanding is incorrect, but wouldn't the 100A sub panel for the house just be a breaker on the garage panel? So your 200A garage panel would have a single 100A circuit that feeds the house. You would only have 200A service then. At least that's how my 100A sub panel is hooked up (though mine is the other way, main panel at the house, 100A sub-panel in the garage)

100A is all I've got in my shop, and I feel like for a non-production like shop it's probably plenty, depending on what you do for heat. Gas, Electric, or none?
 

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#27 ·
Update

Not much to report. The wife gets priority so we moved down a lot of her fiber supplies, and some furniture. Thus the to be wood shop looks like this:

Road surface Wood Flooring Asphalt Floor


Mostly empty boxes and boxes to be emptied. Drove to my nieces wedding in Virginia, saw a couple of my wife's cousins and shopped antique malls for tools. Drove back and unpacked more boxes.

Good news is finally I got a contract out of the electrician and a promise that he will start work around the 18-th.
Down payment paid and contract signed. He will put a 200 amp panel in the garage and a 100 amp sub-panel in the house bury the power lines and fix a couple of circuits. Should take at most one or two days and cost $1600.

We will return to Holland again on 20 August with another trailer to unload and on our way to another wedding this time in Ohio. I hope to also start on the shop floor installation.

Then its back to work at the University. My wife will however start living in Holland in October. I will visit when I can bringing tools. I should be there for Thanksgiving.
 

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#28 ·
Update

Not much to report. The wife gets priority so we moved down a lot of her fiber supplies, and some furniture. Thus the to be wood shop looks like this:

Road surface Wood Flooring Asphalt Floor


Mostly empty boxes and boxes to be emptied. Drove to my nieces wedding in Virginia, saw a couple of my wife's cousins and shopped antique malls for tools. Drove back and unpacked more boxes.

Good news is finally I got a contract out of the electrician and a promise that he will start work around the 18-th.
Down payment paid and contract signed. He will put a 200 amp panel in the garage and a 100 amp sub-panel in the house bury the power lines and fix a couple of circuits. Should take at most one or two days and cost $1600.

We will return to Holland again on 20 August with another trailer to unload and on our way to another wedding this time in Ohio. I hope to also start on the shop floor installation.

Then its back to work at the University. My wife will however start living in Holland in October. I will visit when I can bringing tools. I should be there for Thanksgiving.
Don, looks like you are starting to get to the good part. Very wise to install the panel and 200 amp service. I know it is money, but it will be well spent. How many 220 outlets are you putting in? Hot water heat under the floor is a great way to heat a wood shop. Putting in an air line with pex tubing would help the shop and is easy to do at this stage. There are kits available on line.
 

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#32 ·
Floor is in.

Manage to get the shop floor in:

Property Wood Flooring Floor Wood stain


Floor consists of 4 layers

  • CDX 3/8 plywood oriented orthogonal to layer below.
  • CDX 3/8 plywood oriented orthogonal to layer below.
  • 1.5 inch thick Foam Insulation corralled with 2 by 6 P.T. lumber.
  • 4 mill plastic

Wood Rectangle Flooring Floor Wood stain


Here I have the pleasure of drilling pocket holes to receive concrete anchor screws with MF 721 and No. 12 Ford pattern auger bit.

Wood Gas Flooring Metal Hardwood


I really dislike installing concrete anchor screws by the way. I nearly burnt out my Dewalt hammer drill.

Below is the progress made by the Electrician.

Wood Automotive tire Tire Hardwood Flooring


The new 200 amp electrical panel was supposed to be in by mid August.

Next trip down will be around Thanksgiving, when I think I may install soundproofing insulation, paint the floor and run some electrical lines.
 

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#33 ·
Floor is in.

Manage to get the shop floor in:

Property Wood Flooring Floor Wood stain


Floor consists of 4 layers

  • CDX 3/8 plywood oriented orthogonal to layer below.
  • CDX 3/8 plywood oriented orthogonal to layer below.
  • 1.5 inch thick Foam Insulation corralled with 2 by 6 P.T. lumber.
  • 4 mill plastic

Wood Rectangle Flooring Floor Wood stain


Here I have the pleasure of drilling pocket holes to receive concrete anchor screws with MF 721 and No. 12 Ford pattern auger bit.

Wood Gas Flooring Metal Hardwood


I really dislike installing concrete anchor screws by the way. I nearly burnt out my Dewalt hammer drill.

Below is the progress made by the Electrician.

Wood Automotive tire Tire Hardwood Flooring


The new 200 amp electrical panel was supposed to be in by mid August.

Next trip down will be around Thanksgiving, when I think I may install soundproofing insulation, paint the floor and run some electrical lines.
Looks good so far. Curious as to why you're applying a wood floor over the top of concrete?
 

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#41 ·
Holiday work in the shop

Then break between semesters came at December 24, we drove down to the retirement shop and I had hoped to get a lot done in the new shop. But is was so friggen cold the best I could do was to add insulation and shovel snow.

I bought UltraTouch™ R-13 Denim Insulation Batt's, because of its sound proofing and ease of installation.
Banknote Compact cassette Dollar Currency Money

No mask or gloves needed, each strip fits perfectly between 16 inches on center studs with an 8 foot sealing.

Back working on the shop now, but unfortunately I had to move my shop in before the walls and electric is installed.
Its chock-a-block full of boxes. So it will clear an 8 foot section of wall put up plywood sheeting
Hang some cabinets and empty some boxes, , rinse and repeat.

Then I will add surface mounted electrical boxes.
 

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#42 ·
Holiday work in the shop

Then break between semesters came at December 24, we drove down to the retirement shop and I had hoped to get a lot done in the new shop. But is was so friggen cold the best I could do was to add insulation and shovel snow.

I bought UltraTouch™ R-13 Denim Insulation Batt's, because of its sound proofing and ease of installation.
Banknote Compact cassette Dollar Currency Money

No mask or gloves needed, each strip fits perfectly between 16 inches on center studs with an 8 foot sealing.

Back working on the shop now, but unfortunately I had to move my shop in before the walls and electric is installed.
Its chock-a-block full of boxes. So it will clear an 8 foot section of wall put up plywood sheeting
Hang some cabinets and empty some boxes, , rinse and repeat.

Then I will add surface mounted electrical boxes.
Don, how exciting. I remember looking forward to retiring and having more time in the shop. Do lots of stuff now, because your body will slow you down sooner than you would like. I still spend time in the shop, but I need a nap in the afternoon.

You will appreciate the insulation, but you will also need good dust control. So how about some pictures of the project?
 

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Putting up "exterior walls" and unpacking.

This week was spent covering 90% of the walls of the shop that share an exterior wall of the garage. Internal walls to be built later. I just had to get some walls up so that I could unpack and hang tools and put up some shelving so that I could either unpack boxes or put them up on a shelf for later unpacking. The procedure was clear boxes and stuff from 8 feet of wall, put a wall section up, add french cleats and/or shelving, rinse and repeat. To start I had 10 CDX 4' x 8' x 5/8" panels delivered. I only have a bicycle until Friday when my wife arrives with the truck.

What a mess.

Wood Gas Shipping box Hardwood Beam


First 8 feet.

Wood Interior design Floor Building Window


Boxes in the way. Why did I think it was a good idea to put these boxes in the corner?

Wood Shipping box Gas Shelving Office supplies


Moving them to the middle.

Shipping box Bottle Machine Engineering Carton


Under the window.

Property Wood Interior design Window Shade


Makeshift panel cutter.

Plant Table Road surface Outdoor table Outdoor furniture


Empty Boxes ready for recycling.

Bicycle Wheel Tire Window Bicycle wheel


This is how it looks now. So many more boxes to go. I was short one panel.

Wood Table Workbench Hardwood Flooring


Cabinetry Building Wood Floor Window


My Wife arrives Friday with my truck and I can pick up another panel and also the studs to make the interior walls.
 

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#48 ·
Putting up "exterior walls" and unpacking.

This week was spent covering 90% of the walls of the shop that share an exterior wall of the garage. Internal walls to be built later. I just had to get some walls up so that I could unpack and hang tools and put up some shelving so that I could either unpack boxes or put them up on a shelf for later unpacking. The procedure was clear boxes and stuff from 8 feet of wall, put a wall section up, add french cleats and/or shelving, rinse and repeat. To start I had 10 CDX 4' x 8' x 5/8" panels delivered. I only have a bicycle until Friday when my wife arrives with the truck.

What a mess.

Wood Gas Shipping box Hardwood Beam


First 8 feet.

Wood Interior design Floor Building Window


Boxes in the way. Why did I think it was a good idea to put these boxes in the corner?

Wood Shipping box Gas Shelving Office supplies


Moving them to the middle.

Shipping box Bottle Machine Engineering Carton


Under the window.

Property Wood Interior design Window Shade


Makeshift panel cutter.

Plant Table Road surface Outdoor table Outdoor furniture


Empty Boxes ready for recycling.

Bicycle Wheel Tire Window Bicycle wheel


This is how it looks now. So many more boxes to go. I was short one panel.

Wood Table Workbench Hardwood Flooring


Cabinetry Building Wood Floor Window


My Wife arrives Friday with my truck and I can pick up another panel and also the studs to make the interior walls.
Don, better progress than I. It'll be worth all the effort in the long run. Good luck and keep posting.

BTW, we put an ad in Craigs List for the empty moving boxes, got rid of all of them!
 

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