HudonCustoms gets new shop!

Maverick26 · Nov 11, 2010

CHOP SHOP said:
Everybody told me to plumb in a wood stove too.

But at the old shop I got tired of the stove taking up floor space, people always leave their garbage on top of the stove (cuz its always clean on there) so ya always gotta clean it off before stating a fire. Then ya always got a woody splintery mess of chips and sawdust on the floor. The stove always seemed to be the heart of the mess.

No More.

When we demoed the old trailer house I kept the old furnace. It was electric and blows down into the floor. I just built a shelf up high in the corner above the electric panel (to save on wiring length/cost) and now I just turn the heat on and point the duct where ever I want and never have wood/mess on the floor and I have no floor space lost to a stove.

I have an electric heater also right now, I think I am going to wire that in first and see how it does. I may just get another one and forget the stove. I love the wood stove "idea" but not sure if I would like the results.

FabHappy · Nov 19, 2010

Lookin good and definitely better than driving every day.

zukkev · Nov 19, 2010

Dude, on the door thing....I presume the peak is going across the length. Speaking from experience I would go 12x12 doors if you can (12Hx10W minimum)!!! On my old shop that I built new, I went 10x10's and **** was tight getting a trailer in...doable but tight!!!...
It's a 26Dx30W with 12' to the truss...My hoist was in the right side, and you can't see it, but I have poked more than a few antennas thru the door insulation lifting a rig with the roll-up open!:haha: Also, when they hang the doors, tell them you want the doors to follow the pitch up the roof, don't hang 'em horizontal....Helps with lighting, and clearance....:;

Maverick26 · Nov 22, 2010

Thanks Kev and everyone else for all the great ideas.. this is my first personal building I have built so I am learning as I go. I know I have already made mistakes like the door size and wall hight but I have to roll with it now. I will try and make the best of it as I go. We will see how it turns out.. I am just really stoked to have a rain proof shop for all my tools.

ish · Nov 22, 2010

If you have a roof over your head and walls and a concrete floor - it will be better than what alot have.

Maverick26 · Nov 22, 2010

ish said:
If you have a roof over your head and walls and a concrete floor - it will be better than what alot have.

:awesomework:

zukkev · Nov 22, 2010

Maverick26 said:
Thanks Kev and everyone else for all the great ideas.. this is my first personal building I have built so I am learning as I go. I know I have already made mistakes like the door size and wall hight but I have to roll with it now. I will try and make the best of it as I go. We will see how it turns out.. I am just really stoked to have a rain proof shop for all my tools.

Well, if you're stuck w/ the door size, at least look into having them run up the pitch of the roof, and not horizontal....the very slight added cost will be well worth it, trust me!!!

ish said:
If you have a roof over your head and walls and a concrete floor - it will be better than what alot have.

THIS I would agree with 175000%...:awesomework:

Maverick26 · Nov 22, 2010

zukkev said:
Well, if you're stuck w/ the door size, at least look into having them run up the pitch of the roof, and not horizontal....the very slight added cost will be well worth it, trust me!!!:

I will do that. Thanks.

Maverick26 · Nov 29, 2010

Backfill is being done today... I am at work while all this is going on.. Sure is nice to hire it done. Ill post pics tomorrow of the new yard. Im a little behind schedual because of the snow but it is what it is... Ill be bustin ass on the wood work soon enough. :awesomework:

tmill · Nov 30, 2010

If you need some help with the carpentry let me know. Mybe we could work out some kind of trade

Maverick26 · Nov 30, 2010

I will, thanks for the offer man.

Maverick26 · Mar 9, 2011

Progress has started happening after we got home from KOH. Here are some pics, more to come later.

I also resolved the 12' limit in wall hight. I ordered all my trusses to be valted up 2' so I will have 14' of head room for a lift some day. Also ordered roll up doors not the slide up doors. The roll up doors only take up a 2'x2' area just above the door opening.

Maverick26 · Mar 10, 2011

A pic from last night.. its starting to look like a shop!! :cheer:

Pat · Mar 10, 2011

Nice shop

Are you planning to insulate the slab?

Maverick26 · Mar 14, 2011

This was a pic of it as of Friday afternoon.. almost done framing in the big doors. Trusses are coming today so it will have a roof soon. I cant wait to move in.

We plan on having a pary in it before I move in all my tools, maybe spill some :beer: on the new slab... :awesomework:

Pat, the slab will not be insulated, just a moisture barrier.

Hip · Mar 14, 2011

Maverick26 said:
This was a pic of it as of Friday afternoon.. almost done framing in the big doors. Trusses are coming today so it will have a roof soon. I cant wait to move in.

We plan on having a pary in it before I move in all my tools, maybe spill some :beer: on the new slab... :awesomework:

Pat, the slab will not be insulated, just a moisture barrier.

since you havent poured the floor yet if i were you id really, really, rethink the heated floor issue. use the cash you were willing to spend on the walls and use it on the floor heat. you will thank yourself a hundred times a year for it if you do it now.

otherwise one day you will be kicking yourself in the ass a hundred times a year and remembering all the advice you ingnored from all the old guys who are now too old to lay on cold concrete.:awesomework::haha:

trust me on this issue if i had been able to build my own i would have made that the PRIORITY. Anchors and lift are all nice to have but heated floors is "mandatory" for my next shop.

you will love having a shop though

Pat · Mar 14, 2011

Maverick26 said:
Pat, the slab will not be insulated, just a moisture barrier.

The reason I ask is because if you have any form of heat you are required to insulate to meet energy code.

All this means is wait till after the final inspection to put the heating appliance in. :;

Everyone keeps saying do radiant in the slab because they don't know what it costs to insulate the slab with 2" rigid. With radiant you have to do the entire area, not just the perimeter. In a shop like that it can cost twice as much as the radiant system.

CHOP SHOP · Mar 14, 2011

Hip said:
old guys who are now too old to lay on cold concrete.:awesomework::haha:

I didnt even get old before I figured out working on a lift solves the cold floor problem.

johny5 · Mar 14, 2011

shops coming together nicely

wish I had some kinda insulation under the slab in my shop because the floor is a gigantic heat sink

Clark · Mar 15, 2011

Nic! Not sure if you already have someone doing the concrete, but i know some of the best guys in the business. Let me know if you want, I can have him come out and give you a solid bid.

Here's their website, they do tons of stamped, but also do normal stuff too like your shop floor, brushed, exposed, etc.

www.Absolutelyfineconcrete.com