My new shop

[kenny61]

Roof is sheathed and 1/2 way done with the tar paper! Just got to hit the Gable ends and I can take a few days off. Oh yeah forgot, I got a real job too... .....

 

[Crazy Horse]

Good looking shop coming together nicely. One thing you may want to consider is build on a external air Compressor room to keep the noise out of the shop.

 

[sheamc]

The heat idea is a great option. As far as the pex freezing, encased in concrete, would take alot. If you run it as a seperate zone then simply have a thermostat controling the valve that controls flow through the zone in the building. The only downside to this is, from what I have heard is that it will take awhile to heat the whole building if you continually let the heat die off. This is one of the only drawbacks to this form of passive heating. Also, I have noticed that they produce a foil backed insulation to help reflect more of the heat up instead of into the ground. I have an outdoor wood fired furnace for my heat source, it is payed off and now is more than paying for itself. The only drawback, time to cut the wood... . Not a big issue, I need outside time. Good luck, I can only dream of a dry building to put anything in at this time.



Shea



P. S. -Which part does the Marine Corp pay for? It always seemd like I blew up some Marine Corp problem



Army EOD 55D

 

[kenny61]

PS -Only after we showed you the way

 

[DLausche]

Tankless Heaters...

I installed a small Takagi tankless water heater to heat my shop and it works very nicely and is pretty quiet. Like mentioned before, you can get tankless heaters that are designed for outside mounting, under an overhang, etc. The unit I got had an external vent inlet option and is mounted inside but combustion is sealed off from the inside air. It draws air in from the outside. The exhaust vent was made for this type of setup and draws air in around the center exhaust. Since it draws combustion air from outside I don't worry too much about vapors and fire hazards, etc in the shop - at least not with regards to the heater.



As for the PEX piping install, make sure you have it properly designed so as to work properly and get max efficiency. I downloaded a free program from SlantFin that allowed me to lay out the piping for the space I had. I got my 3 loops far shorter than is recommended but it does still work nicely. I would think that for your size shop you will want at least 3 loops of 1/2" at around 250 ft each. This is only a guestimate so make sure you ask someone who knows when you buy the PEX. Run the cold/outlet of the loop by the overhead door so that the cold side is towards the door and the hot/inlet end of the loop is more towards the interior so the BTUs will not be lost so quickly out the slab under the overhead door. Use wire mesh first and then zip tie the PEX to the mesh in the designed layout. Use plenty of rebar on top of the wire mesh and PEX combo. Make sure to insulate with foam around the perimeter between the slab and the foundation wall. 4 to 5 inch wide strips of 1" foam with a 45* bevel at the top works nicely. Before doing wallboard, don't forget to install thermostat wiring to a location AWAY from any doors and heat sources.



-Deon

 

[kenny61]

Too cold to work outside and another thread reminded me I should update mine. Heres a few pics through the years...



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[CBlack]

Any more updates?

 

[kenny61]

Still hacking away at it when I get a chance. The roof is on and I started the windows, siding and doors. The best picture I have was from back in December nothing been done since then. I'm pretty much waiting for the ground to thaw so I can get the excavation work/driveway finished. Its alot of work when you do everything by yourself well about 98% of it. .

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[CBlack]

I hear ya. I only have my garage at the moment, which I have to share with all kinds of other things I don't want to share with.

Looking good though!

 

[kenny61]

Thanks I hope to continue with the siding if it ever stops snowing here

 

[kenny61]

Between allergies the real job and the family This is where Im up to. If I can keep it up I just may have the exterior finished by the end of May

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[Dl5treez]

Slow & steady progress of a married guy with family responsibilities. :-laf



Looks good, can't wait to see all done and closed up!

 

[CBlack]

Looking good! Was wondering where you've been hiding! Fruitcake has some new friends.

 

[kenny61]

Allergies have been devastating this year. My whole family has em bad. I'm hoping some of this rain will help. Are fruitcakes friends real or just his alter ego's? I hope to free up enough time to stop in over there by next week

 

[CBlack]

Ugh, allergies... those have come and gone here, thankfully.

As for fruitcake, they share the same brain, so they're probably clones...

 

[tolmsted]

My wife also is dealing with allergies.

Now about your project.
Ahhhh it's such a good feeling for you to see your planning and hard work come together. Now with some warmer weather on hand you'll be able to get it done and finally sit your chair in the doorway and enjoy a cold one of your choice. We know you have been at it for a while through the winter. It sure is looking nice.

What you got up your sleeve next?

 

[kenny61]

New projects? Im stil fixing the old ones... Got the new bumper on ... Yesterday night after working on the house and my second job. Now Im off to NH to get the Dog,,,,

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If I get back home by midnight Ill be happy

 

[kenny61]

A little bit closer... .

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[KLauber]

WHat an awesome looking bumper. Shed is looking pretty nice too. Is the siding real or artificial? Nice work... ...



Ken

 

[kenny61]

Thanks Ken The shop is down by you, Fab Fours Bumpers Nice Guys.
The siding is real not imagined... . It vinyl Cedar Impressions® Double 7" Straight Edge Perfection Shingles molded from actual cedar. It was the compromise I made with the wife. I wanted wood she wanted vinyl... Vinyl wood it is