Where to start...
Well my father has a 40x40 shop that we have FILLED. its super hard to move around with all the crap in there. then we added some outbuildings for extra storage.
my house had a 1.5 car garage attached and a detached 1.5 car that i had a hoist in.
well everytime i was at my house, the shop had the tools i would need and visa versa.
its been rather annoying for 4 years this way, and we have always had a dream of living on some land and having 1 shop.
Well 2020 started off by my wife finding out we are expecting 2 twin boys, and we already have a 2 yr old little guy, which meant our house wasnt big enough.
so amidst this COVID crap, we decided we had better strike while the iron was hot in the housing market ( not knowing what the future holds ) and we sold our house April 3 2020.
Luckily for us we found a place with 50 acres and a 4000sq ft house with a 2 car garage. so we jumped and moved in shortly after.
now we are living out of boxes and life is crazy but working from home during this time has some perks.
so we started to break ground on the shop area.
once we had the field area stripped 25 ft extra on each side ( so we can drive around the building as needed it was time to try and bring the land up. ( its 4 ft lower than the house garage floor )
i was able to secure 200 loads of brown clay to bring up the land 24 inches.
as you can see the pad once cut down to clay it was lower than the field. we dug a hole in the back corner and were pumping everyday to try and keep the slab as dry / firm as possible.
( THIS SUPER SUCKED )
but once we got the clay covering the pad we decided that driving between the trees to the door was not ideal ( always ) so we scored 12 truck loads of cement blocks and bricks, so 500 bucks later we were able to make a dedicated shop driveway.
the stuff here in the pics is about 2ft thick so it should make a good base for a driveway later in life.
while the dozer was here we thought it was a good idea to drop the 0-2 inch stone down that will be the base on the ground ( to be topped with 0-7/8 ) prior to the cement floor going down.
but the clay under it hasnt had enough time to settle yet and some clay started to "pump" up.
so we are on hold for a little bit before i want to forge ahead with the foundation wall, and floor to go in.
we have it rough graded right now with 0-2" stone which is where we will let it sit for 4 weeks when we will finish grade the 0-2 and dig the foundation wall trench to continue.
here is the shop itself. it is 50x100 16ft tall. as you can see it has 2 16widex14 tall doors and i had them add frame work for a third door just incase i want to add one later.
i plan to cut the shop in half so it will have a working side and a cold storage side.
now like i said we are on a 4 week hold to allow the clay and stone to air out before we dump the 0-7/8 stone and get ready for the floor and foundation.
the building itself is on hold right now due to the virus going around so there is no need to rush and mess up the floor etc.
i will keep this updated as we move forward but dont be alarmed if its a little slower than all of us would like.
Well my father has a 40x40 shop that we have FILLED. its super hard to move around with all the crap in there. then we added some outbuildings for extra storage.
my house had a 1.5 car garage attached and a detached 1.5 car that i had a hoist in.
well everytime i was at my house, the shop had the tools i would need and visa versa.
its been rather annoying for 4 years this way, and we have always had a dream of living on some land and having 1 shop.
Well 2020 started off by my wife finding out we are expecting 2 twin boys, and we already have a 2 yr old little guy, which meant our house wasnt big enough.
so amidst this COVID crap, we decided we had better strike while the iron was hot in the housing market ( not knowing what the future holds ) and we sold our house April 3 2020.
Luckily for us we found a place with 50 acres and a 4000sq ft house with a 2 car garage. so we jumped and moved in shortly after.
now we are living out of boxes and life is crazy but working from home during this time has some perks.
so we started to break ground on the shop area.
once we had the field area stripped 25 ft extra on each side ( so we can drive around the building as needed it was time to try and bring the land up. ( its 4 ft lower than the house garage floor )
i was able to secure 200 loads of brown clay to bring up the land 24 inches.
as you can see the pad once cut down to clay it was lower than the field. we dug a hole in the back corner and were pumping everyday to try and keep the slab as dry / firm as possible.
( THIS SUPER SUCKED )
but once we got the clay covering the pad we decided that driving between the trees to the door was not ideal ( always ) so we scored 12 truck loads of cement blocks and bricks, so 500 bucks later we were able to make a dedicated shop driveway.
the stuff here in the pics is about 2ft thick so it should make a good base for a driveway later in life.
while the dozer was here we thought it was a good idea to drop the 0-2 inch stone down that will be the base on the ground ( to be topped with 0-7/8 ) prior to the cement floor going down.
but the clay under it hasnt had enough time to settle yet and some clay started to "pump" up.
so we are on hold for a little bit before i want to forge ahead with the foundation wall, and floor to go in.
we have it rough graded right now with 0-2" stone which is where we will let it sit for 4 weeks when we will finish grade the 0-2 and dig the foundation wall trench to continue.
here is the shop itself. it is 50x100 16ft tall. as you can see it has 2 16widex14 tall doors and i had them add frame work for a third door just incase i want to add one later.
i plan to cut the shop in half so it will have a working side and a cold storage side.
now like i said we are on a 4 week hold to allow the clay and stone to air out before we dump the 0-7/8 stone and get ready for the floor and foundation.
the building itself is on hold right now due to the virus going around so there is no need to rush and mess up the floor etc.
i will keep this updated as we move forward but dont be alarmed if its a little slower than all of us would like.