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My Brand New Shop is Here (laying in the driveway) !

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My Brand New Shop is Here (laying in the driveway) ! My Brand New Shop is Here (laying in the driveway) ! My Brand New Shop is Here (laying in the driveway) ! Click the pictures to enlarge them

It has been a thankful day of rest in between the delivery of the shop materials which were put in front of the garage until tomorrow morning when the construction crew arrives. The General Contractor (Dave) said that the crew would move all of the wood, etc. so that I can use my garage. Just a while ago a long flatbed arrived and wanted to know where I wanted the trusses. Since Dave didn’t say anything about trusses, I had the driver call him. It turns out that the trusses were to be delivered tomorrow (Friday), so the poor guy drove away with my roof.

Well tomorrow is the big day. It’s been breezy and hazy most of the day today….I guess we are getting the blow-by from the hurricane south of Miami. Tomorrow is supposed to be nicer which is great for the builders.

I’m trying to make a list of all the transitions, etc. I will need once the shop is built and I can move in. I want to paint the floor, but can not wait the month it will take for the cement floor to cure to start moving in, so I suppose I will have to paint little by little while moving the furniture around! I have a list of most of the shop furniture I will need to build.

In the pictures you can see the cement men repairing one of the four cracks the dump trucks caused in my existing driveway. They did a fine job, using lots of rebar at the crack that is right where my shop drive takes off. You can also see just how dirty my existing driveway was. I pressure washed it where I could as there were workmen’s trucks parked here and there. When all is said and done, I will have to clean it again. The last pic is of the shop from my back patio.

Well, the excitement starts tomorrow morning and I can hardly wait.

-- Forget the health food, I need all the preservatives I can get !


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mrtrim

1548 posts in 418 days


posted 397 days ago

quite frankly im jealouse ! i bet your elated ! good luck

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MsDebbieP

12282 posts in 698 days


posted 397 days ago

what’s a little dirt on the driveway? You are getting a new shop!!!!

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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Thos. Angle

3432 posts in 500 days


posted 397 days ago

don’t worry about the dirt, it’ll wear off.

-- Thos. Angle, Owyhee Design, Oregon

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gene

2132 posts in 421 days


posted 397 days ago

It will move now! Great!
God bless

-- Gene, a Christian in Virginia

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miles125

992 posts in 543 days


posted 397 days ago

A-n-t-i-c-i-p-a-t-i-o-n!!

-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""

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Napaman

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posted 397 days ago

very cool!!!! so exciting….

-- Matt, Napa, CA...119 days to sanity...

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Karson

13776 posts in 938 days


posted 397 days ago

Don’t worry about the dirt it will get more.

Keep it coming.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

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cajunpen

5345 posts in 603 days


posted 396 days ago

I am excited for you – can’t imagine how excited you must be. Good luck with the shop project, wish it was mine.

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

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SteveFrederick

31 posts in 396 days


posted 396 days ago

I’ll bet you’re very excited!
Space is a wonderful thing..a never-ending quest for me.
I’m expanding my shop bit by bit…Used to be a garage..
I’m new, got any details?

-- Blessings, Steve. Upstate NY. http://www.campingclassics.com

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Todd A. Clippinger

2671 posts in 637 days


posted 395 days ago

The birth of another creative space. Is there anything more special?

-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://amcraftsman.com

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