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- Thread starter kmakar
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Chevelle_Nut
Shop Foreman
Great news!!!
Nice! A little belated Christmas gift.
This will be super-interesting to watch ! 
kmakar
Janitor
Guys aren't messing around. They were here at 6:30 (not even light yet) and they are laying it all out.
They offered to install the windows and doors for $200 each and I told them no thanks, I'll do that myself and save the money.
Would have cost $1,400 for them to install windows and doors.
They offered to install the windows and doors for $200 each and I told them no thanks, I'll do that myself and save the money.
Would have cost $1,400 for them to install windows and doors.
kmakar
Janitor
The lead guy Eddie said this is a big building (I didn't think so when I designed it), but he said the bigger ones they usually install are 30' x 50'. Ours is 30' wide x 100' long.
Ours is also a Risk II category building designed for occupancy, so the framing is thicker and beefier.
Ours is also a Risk II category building designed for occupancy, so the framing is thicker and beefier.
They're Percolating right along, No breaks or what?
I'm wondering where my guest bedroom will be? 
kmakar
Janitor
They're Percolating right along, No breaks or what?
They are hispanic and took about a 15 minute lunch. Worked from before sun up to after sundown. They said they will do the same thing tomorrow.
kmakar
Janitor
I'm wondering where my guest bedroom will be?
I reckon they'll be plenty of room in the shop. I have a bench seat from and old Ford I'll be welding legs onto, so I suppose that can be yours. There is a half bath in the shop, but you'll have to come in to take showers.
They probably get paid a flat fee for erecting the building.They're Percolating right along, No breaks or what?
So they will bust their arses to get it done.
kmakar
Janitor
They probably get paid a flat fee for erecting the building.
So they will bust their arses to get it done.
The lead guy wants money bad. He was trying to negotiate installing the windows and doors and I told him $100 per window and door and that's the best I'd do, and he said $150 and I said nope. He said he'll do a good job, and I told him, "Yep, I can too. I was doing construction 20 years before you were born." He said, "But your getting older and it'll be tough on you" and I said, "There's snow on the roof, but a big fire still blazing inside, so don't count the old guy out just yet."
Damn, looks like you re getting ready to store the Goodyear blimp!
kmakar
Janitor
Like the saying goes: Go big or go home, but truthfully, this is actually scaled down from the first iteration.
The first version was 5,000 sq ft, but Lisa asked me do you really need all that space? She was right, so it's down to 3,000 sq ft total now (1,065 living space, 300 lanai/back porch, and the shop is 1,635).
That's a great size, just big enough to spread out and not too big to condition the air. That old adage of "you can never build too big" of a shop, only applies if you've got money to burn. The wiser move is to add another building specific to your needs.....and if you ever downsize, it works that way too. Looking forward to the slideshow, great progress!!
kmakar
Janitor
Exactly. I plan on making bay 1 (far left first bay) for painting, and if things pick up and I do more painting (I've had 6 people ask me to paint their cars already), then I'll build a separate building on the other side of the driveway just for bodywork and painting.