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Lets see some pics of your shop/garage
- Thread starter Himark
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here's what I'm working with
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finaly a good use for skies: to keep the JD bottles from being damaged. lol
dude. how do you like your lights I'm lookin at the type you have are tube fluorescent.
So far I am pretty happy with the lights. They are not however a fluorescent light. They are metal halide, and there are 12 of them. They take about 1-2 minutes to turn on as they are a slow start-up light. We only use them when we will be spending extended time in the shop. For those quick trips in to grab a wrench or something we have some regular fluorescent lights mounted, i believe 6 of them. There is a huge difference in the amount of light given off between the fluorescent and the metal halide.
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Why's that???? I have 6 of same lights in my shop. Been contemplating trenching line from house to shop for internet access.
What "feedback" do you mean
A friend of mine has a large shop that had those lights in it. He runs a chassis dyno service. When the lights were on, there was interferance being picked up by the dyno and it was visible on the data log. Shut the lights off, no interference.
Everything in his shop is now fluorescents.
Just food for thought. Most people would never notice, but you never know.
Everything in his shop is now fluorescents.
Just food for thought. Most people would never notice, but you never know.
24X 30 slab getting poured next week. Not shown yet is the radiant in floor heat. Also 10/12 pitch attic trusses should give me a little more storage. 9'3" ceilings are the max I could get approved as this will then be within inches of my house height - city won't allow the garage to be taller than the house...I tried.
I'd like to be further along by now, but I had to do a lot to get here...I built a retaining wall and leveled off a 35X40 foot area and compacted it all every 2-3" with recycled base for over 3 feet in the back and 1 foot towards the front. I'm doing all the work myself with my wife's help except finishing the slab and putting walls, trusses and sheathing up. It'll be nice when its done - not as large as many of yours but comfortable...and I still have a 14X24 garage attached to the house so my wife will get that to park in when the garage is done...its full of tools/sleds/materials etc. now.
I'd like to be further along by now, but I had to do a lot to get here...I built a retaining wall and leveled off a 35X40 foot area and compacted it all every 2-3" with recycled base for over 3 feet in the back and 1 foot towards the front. I'm doing all the work myself with my wife's help except finishing the slab and putting walls, trusses and sheathing up. It'll be nice when its done - not as large as many of yours but comfortable...and I still have a 14X24 garage attached to the house so my wife will get that to park in when the garage is done...its full of tools/sleds/materials etc. now.
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This is where I hide. 40x42 and the rest is cold storage.
I love looking at other peoples shops so keep them coming!
Very nice! How do you get your sleds upto second level? ramp or forklift? Sure is a nice way to keep them safe and out of the way!
I would recommend using a 6-lamp T-8 fluorescent high-bay fixture for your shops that are 16' and higher ceilings as long as they are heated. They will use half the power as a 400 watt matal halide and put out the same light output.
x2 on that mine are almost instant on
We load the sleds on a 12 ft. pallet and lift it up with a bobcat. Works pretty slick!
My shop -really it's my house right now too but don't judge me cause of it!!
It's not on the HUGE side, works more for the smaller toys but that works for me!
the toys lined up and ready to go!
the work bench for now until I move out and my area that is now my kitchen will be my work area...
outside view...
one of my favorite things about the shop... I now no longer have to deal with ramps when I get back from a day of riding. Sides are truck bed height for loading/unloading the dirtbikes and middles is sled deck height! (plus it's done in the likeness of the mtn views where I learned to ride!)
It's not on the HUGE side, works more for the smaller toys but that works for me!
the toys lined up and ready to go!
the work bench for now until I move out and my area that is now my kitchen will be my work area...
outside view...
one of my favorite things about the shop... I now no longer have to deal with ramps when I get back from a day of riding. Sides are truck bed height for loading/unloading the dirtbikes and middles is sled deck height! (plus it's done in the likeness of the mtn views where I learned to ride!)
Check this out
Looks like some of you gents could use one or more of these...
http://www.liftking.ca/
Excellent way to double your shop storage space.
Contact Chase Gammel at 403-598-0036
Looks like some of you gents could use one or more of these...
http://www.liftking.ca/
Excellent way to double your shop storage space.
Contact Chase Gammel at 403-598-0036
My shop -really it's my house right now too but don't judge me cause of it!!
one of my favorite things about the shop... I now no longer have to deal with ramps when I get back from a day of riding. Sides are truck bed height for loading/unloading the dirtbikes and middles is sled deck height! (plus it's done in the likeness of the mtn views where I learned to ride!)
Love the ramp idea!!
Some nice looking shops. Only picture I can find of the farm shop was during the addition 2 years ago. Original part was 60X50 18ft side walls with a 16X25ft overhead door. Addition is 60X70 with 22ft side walls and a 20X40ft bifold door. All insulated and sheeted on the inside, bathroom, office, parts storage. It has all infloor heat and 2 propane backup furnaces that kick in mostly only when we open the doors. We do all our own maintenance and do quite a bit of fab work and have setup some of our own machinery. Lots of rolling work benches and rolling toolboxes is what we found works best for moving around to different projects.
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This is where I hide. 40x42 and the rest is cold storage.
I love looking at other peoples shops so keep them coming!
i like it, something like that is what we've been looking to build for about a year
few photos of my shop and little remodeling going on
