twood1954 Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 After much delays the building of my new shop is scheduled to start march 13. We had to clear the snow of pad today. Over 24 inches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Dinan Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 Isn’t winter weather fun! Good luck with the shop build! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twood1954 Posted March 5 Author Share Posted March 5 Yes winter is fun. Hopefully we don't get too much snow this week or I get to do it over. At least they have place to un-load the material this week. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardtail Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 How big is the shop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twood1954 Posted March 5 Author Share Posted March 5 Not big enough. 40 by 42. With the property size and not being a farmer, this is as big as I could go without a lot of cost to meet zoning laws. It will be nice to work on the tractor in a shop and not in my enclosed trailer. Thanks for asking. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twood1954 Posted March 14 Author Share Posted March 14 Construction started this morning. They should have it enclosed by tomorrow night. About 4 inches of frost and the dirt under the frost was bone dry. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanstractors Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Nothing better than a nice warm shop!Congrats and enjoy 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twood1954 Posted March 14 Author Share Posted March 14 Day 2 update. When I stopped by at noon, they were just starting to put trim on soffits. I can't wait till tomorrow morning to see what it looks like with skin on it. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Looks good Tom! It’s a good winter to put up a shed besides the snow factor. Looks like it will get to test out snow load on Thursday already. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Fan Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Going up fast! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twood1954 Posted March 15 Author Share Posted March 15 Day 3 update 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nepoweshiekfarmalls Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 I like the color combination! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twood1954 Posted March 15 Author Share Posted March 15 Thank you. I was nervous about how it would look, and wife said trust me. The last time she said that I got a son. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmall1066 Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Did you get it closed in fully before the crap rolled through again today?? Looking good so far!! 👍🏻 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twood1954 Posted March 17 Author Share Posted March 17 All but the overhead door. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaredT Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 On 3/15/2023 at 4:16 PM, twood1954 said: Thank you. I was nervous about how it would look, and wife said trust me. The last time she said that I got a son. She says trust me and you get a son, next time she says it you get a shop. Makes you wonder what will happen when she says it next time? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twood1954 Posted March 19 Author Share Posted March 19 Last update for a while. Now to wait for the ground to thaw. 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermechanic Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 How do you get soffits, you have no tails on the trusses? Got any close-up photos? I have similar trusses, and want to build a shop also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Dinan Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 It looks great!! That’s about the same thing that I’m going with on mine. It’s still a ways down the road yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twood1954 Posted March 19 Author Share Posted March 19 Sorry I didn't think to take pictures of soffits. I see if I can see how they did it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
560Dennis Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 2 hours ago, twood1954 said: Sorry I didn't think to take pictures of soffits. I see if I can see how they did it. Where’s the water from the roof going ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IH FARMS Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Nice shop , can't wait to see it all done. You'll enjoy it for years. I'm in my shop all day every day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardtail Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 5 hours ago, twood1954 said: Sorry I didn't think to take pictures of soffits. I see if I can see how they did it. I'm thinking they must have nailed boards along the top edge of your trusses to extend that line, I'd be interested to see if they did anything extra between the trusses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillman Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 11 hours ago, supermechanic said: How do you get soffits, you have no tails on the trusses? Got any close-up photos? I have similar trusses, and want to build a shop also. I was wondering the same thing, maybe trusses are cheaper adding like that but theres more work to it Just noticing differences TWOOD..its a really nice building and every area seems to construct them differently. Up here you are required to put cement under the posts or bottom. so they dig trenches and pour like a footing. a PITA Are your post 3"x6" or 4"x6"? once again up here 6x6" posts. just seeing differences so don't think we are piling on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twood1954 Posted March 19 Author Share Posted March 19 I try to answer the questions. As far as drainage. The building about 2 feet higher that surrounding area. When we graded the pad last fall, we put 12 inches of gravel under building and then tapered the gravel down to 6 inch 10 feet out. I am on sandy clay with is very good drainage. I work for construction company that builds roads, so we used 25-ton pneumatic roller to compact the soil and gravel. I tested the compaction to make sure we had no soft spots. I one advantage of working there. The posts are seat on concrete pads with the pad tops being 5 foot deep. The posts are laminated post 6x6 they are 6 feet on center. They are made with same method of making laminated beam with bottom 8 feet plus being pressure treated. The design exceeds the local zoning requirements. I hope this helps. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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