I recently bought a home with a large 1/3 acre lot and plenty of room for a shop. There was an existing 15 X 15’ structure in the back yard which I wanted to expand on and use as a woodworking shop. After having a few contractors look at the structure I decided to have it torn down and build a new shop structure. I created a scaled drawing of the shop and my tools to determine an efficient layout and where I will need power and how much. Placement of windows, lighting, doors, ventilation, dust collection etc. The 18’ X 26’ shop will feature a cement slab with driveway access and wood frame structure, 8’ roll up door, standard man door, 2 windows, framed hole for window AC, insulated vaulted ceiling, scissor truss design, insulated walls with wood siding, sheet rock interior walls. plenty of 110 & 220 power in wall, floor and ceiling locations.
When I begain getting quotes on the demolition and construction I was a bit shocked at the price and thought I might have to scrap the whole idea. I found it really pays to get as many quotes as you can as The highest came in at $61,000 and the lowest at $39,000. I accepted the lowest of the estimates and work begain promptly and was complete in about 5 weeks. I have photos below of the process and results, starting with demolition of the old structure. Once complete I installed norfab dust collection at a cost of about $4,000.
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