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Square feet - your shop vs. your home

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#1 · (Edited by Moderator)
I figure my shop is probably 12.5% the size of my home (living + basement).

What's yours ? Rhetorical question.

So … if this guy used only the same % of square feet for HIS shop, how big would IT be ?





Yes … it's a house made from a dumpster. Berkely, California. Where else ? ;-)

Whaddya' think ? Shopsmith ??
 
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#4 ·
My house = 1440 sq.ft.
My Shop = 720 sq.ft. = 50% as big as my house. Gotta love it.

Qualifiers-aka other living space ;-)
1,000 sq.ft. of decking over looking a small lake. We are up on a ridge.
144 sq.ft. observatory
200 sq.ft. garden shed

BTW, that dumpster home brings back old memories… I do remember living out of the back of my mini truck during my park ranger days! It is kind of like Henry David Thoreau's Walden Pond experience for sure!
 
#5 · (Edited by Moderator)
A lot depends on how you run the figures.
My shop is 1/3 of my 3 car garage, or 214 sq. feet. (Okay, it spills over a bit when I'm running a project, so it is likely a little bigger than this, but only short term.)

The liveable is 2367, but 3300 total under roof, including the shop.
That makes the shop 9% of the house's liveable sf, but, only 6.5% of the total.

Hey Neil, how do you know that first pic isn't the guys shop and his house?
 
#6 ·
I like all of the National Electric Code violations. Is that coper water pipe being used as conduit? That multi outlet strip is a violation too. It should be a GFCI Outlet. The electrical inspector didn't do a very good job. LOL
 
#9 ·
The whole house has living space of 4700 sf including about 400 sf that is dedicated to my shop, currently.
However, my shop is expanding beyond its original boundaries.

My vision/plan - - The 2500 sf on the main level remains unchanged and supports all our living functions and the 2200 sf on the lower level is dedicated to shop, my den, utility and storage (and one bathroom).
 
#11 ·
And I thought our pickup bed camper was small!
Home is 3460 sq.ft. with a 20X40 covered deck. The shop is a detached 864 sq.ft plus 12X12 area for finish, nails and other hardware, and misc junk. And, an 8X16 area for lumber.
 
#13 ·
house + basement = 270 squaremeter more or less
the shop 9 squaremeter of the basement + 5 squaremeter for the shelfunits in another room
= 5.2 %
hmmmm …. that will say the wife use over 90% of the house …... I better get her to pay more of the morgage then … don´t you think

Dennis
 
#20 ·
House is 3200sq ft including the basement and the shop is 300sq ft in a 1200sq ft garage area. So about 10% of the size of the house. Feels really tiny though. My router table takes up most of it. I should set it up in the Master Bedroom. Thanks for making me think about it. =)
 
#21 · (Edited by Moderator)
OK, I keep hearing these different values as we remodel, so I just went and measured.

The living space is 3400.
The shop is about 400, the garage probably 450, and a contiguous area to the shop is 175 feet used for storage. The garage, shop, and storage sit right about 68 to 70 degrees year round, so that is good space. It is part of the house, with living area over it.

So the total space is right at 4400. So if you take the shop as a percentage of that, it is about 11%.

So I am at 11 percent, Neil. I think the freezer will get moved this weekend, just have to put some wheels on it. Sherie will help. Kermit will supervise. I have roughly a 20 by 20 space when you subtract a few things like the furnaces and hot water heater.

Dennis
You have a good point there, I think I will have to start spreading the expenses a little differently.

That sounds good, but my wife controls all the money, and I have none. So when I ask for a greater percentage she multiples it by zero and smiles. I always end up in the hole. What's with that?
 
#22 ·
Of course, I could include the Spider House in the figurings. That's the house located in La Conner. It has a very, very small shop and I am not sure of the size, but about 2400 sq ft living space without the garage. Then it would look like my shop space is really very small and I would have more leverage to negotiate with Sherie.

Hmmm. That's a good thought.

This topic may net me some real gains, Neil. Thanks buddy.
 
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