Workshop progress

[Dave Halter]

The siding only covers the area with wood framing. That's roughly where the interior concrete wall is that divides the basement and the back filled foundation under the upper garage floor.

I'm not sure of the roof pitch. There are gutters planned on both the front and back.

There is perforated drain tile with gravel around the base of the foundation.

The shop was sited in that particular spot to take advantage of an area that had been cut out of the slope. That area provided fill dirt to level the front yard when the house was built 20 years ago. There was some digging required for the shop foundation and some backfill along the front, but overall the lay of the land provided a great opportunity to add the basement.

The basement was not calculated separately, but only added about $5-8000 when I changed the plan and added it in. It really didn't change the concrete $ totals much; added some wall framing and the floor, but did away with backfilling the entire foundation.

[Todd Burch]

Thanks Dave.

I'm considering a basement under my shop as well. My slope isn't as steep as yours, but I believe there is least 5' difference in grade from the front to the back (40').

People make basements out of gold here (central texas). I suppose since they don't build them so often (it's a rarity), I get to pay for their liability. I mean, it's not rocket science. You dig a hole, place footings, build the perimeter walls, waterproof them, and you're done. How complicated is that!

What's the interior looking like? Got a placement plan for tools?

Pitch looks to be about 5 or 6/12.

[Dave Halter]

Around here practically everyone has a basement. Slab houses are pretty rare. I will say that most shops are built on a slab so mine is a bit unusual in that regard. I had about an 8' drop so it made the decision to add the basement easy.

There's nothing much to look at inside at this point. The electrical and HVAC installation are supposed to start next if they can get the siding finished.

I do have an equipment layout that I came up with. I used Grizzlys online shop design tool so I would have a decent printout to give the electrician. I also built a spreadsheet with all of the tools and their electrical requirement and drew another semi-to-scale layout for lighting using the article here on SMC. My contractor said the electrician was happy, because he wasn't used to getting that much detail. When I can find my copy of the layout I'll scan and upload them.

[Dave Halter]

It's been a couple of months since I updated the progress on my shop. The electrician was in an auto accident so that put things behind, but he's got the wires pulled and I'm now waiting on the power company to install the meter. The drywall installers are supposed to be here mid-week to hang the rock, but will wait until I have power and climate control to mud and tape. The garage area will have OSB on the walls. The exterior walls have 2" of closed cell foam insulation and the ceiling will have blown insulation in it.. The contractor should also start framing up the concrete pads in front of the garage doors and putting in the block wall below the heat pump. I'm hoping things will get finished up fairly soon now.

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[Michael Dunn]

It's been a couple of months since I updated the progress on my shop. The electrician was in an auto accident so that put things behind, but he's got the wires pulled and I'm now waiting on the power company to install the meter. The drywall installers are supposed to be here mid-week to hang the rock, but will wait until I have power and climate control to mud and tape. The garage area will have OSB on the walls. The exterior walls have 2" of closed cell foam insulation and the ceiling will have blown insulation in it.. The contractor should also start framing up the concrete pads in front of the garage doors and putting in the block wall below the heat pump. I'm hoping things will get finished up fairly soon now.

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Any further updates? Making sawdust by now I suppose...

[glenn bradley]

Must . . . fight . . . envious . . . rage . The place is looking great Dave. Building out a shop is a very exciting time.

[Dave Halter]

Yes, the only issue is that this has taken much longer than planned. We did finish up installing the cabin grade oak flooring this weekend. It's down to finishing up some trim, painting, and finishing the floor.