Big project update
 

well it's kinda automotive related because once its done I can start working on the Galaxie agaBroke ground on my dream garage a couple weeks ago,32X40 stick built with in floor heat for those cold Minnesota winters.Here are a few pics for starters and I'll update as I go on. he pkg is due to arrive net weekend,hopefully I'll be ready to pour the concrete by then too.I'm doing most the ork myself in the evenings(when I'm not in class or doing homework) and on weekends so progress is a little slow.Now for some pics of where I'm at.

breaking ground


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form down and all sand tamped ready for the next step


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flooring insulation down and infloor heat tube being installed(thats my 5 yr old daughter helping clip the pipe into place after I layed it out,helpful to have someone down all the time)


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all done ready for the rebar to go down get inspected and finish conecting all that pipe.

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Kick ass, I'm jealous! :D

I see you have your helper working with you. :thumbsup:

pkg arrived

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Doesn't seem like much does it?

Cement work, BTW I am glad I got that pumper truck,it just reached to where we were pouring,if I didn't have that I would have had to haul all 21 yards of concrete about 100 ft and that would have sucked.


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even got the cops to do some for me(actually thats my wife wanting to give the power trowel a try before she left for work)
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Finished product( all done inabout 4 hrs other than the power trowel by 4 guys who only had minimal cement knowledge before we started except one guy, I think we did a pretty good job)

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Not too bad for a guy who works 40+ hrs a week and goes to school two nits a week,been raining here for the last week and weekends the only time to work on things makes things go slower than I would like

Good deal. Keep the updates coming. :thumbsup:

nice shop you wont be sorry you went with taller walls.mine is about 5 years old and im still tweaking it.

Looks like your going to have a really nice shop, enjoyed looking at the pictures, nice and clear, you will like that heated floor, wish mine was heated.

Rob

Seeing the pumper truck just reminded me of what happened to me when I poured the concrete.

The first concrete truck came in the back yard, got almost far enough to be able to pour, and buried all three axles right to the hubs.

We hooked three four wheel drive pickups up in tandem, couldn't even budge him.

I had to tear out two dwarf apple trees the bride had a planted a few years ago, and brought in another concrete truck to pull him out.

It got ugly, and my buddies were laughing and joking around, and I was sweating it out.

Now that I look back at it, it was a good time, as you will look back some day on your project.

Rob

Looking good. The radiant floor will be nice. I live in north Idaho close to Canada and it gets pretty darn cold here as well. In the spring, I will be breaking ground on my new shop. I have been looking into installing radiant floor heating, you will have to post pics of the system and what you use for it when you get to that point. What is the height on your wall?

Looks awesome

and What ever you do, don't go over to Garagejournal.com you garage will take on a new life of it's own.

Derek, if I can ever remember to get batteries for my camera I'll grab some pics,I'm still working on it a little as $$ allows, just have to insulate the ceiling. I've got the heat on but it's not where I would like it and I think it's just because it's not fully insulated yet. The walls with the footer and headers come out to 10'6".

Syborg to late I'm already a full fledged stalker over there too:lol

Not a good thing :rofl:

Heres a couple of pics
Finished outside
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8X10 houses the floor water tank and such as well as compressor and electrical

probably one of the few 4 door pro-touring cars in the making
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Derek heres a couple pics of the set up for floor heat.

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As you can see in the pics I still need to finish up some insulationon the walls as well as the ceiling

looks like your making some progress.did you run differnt zones or just on one zone?what did you use for a heater for the floor heat? boiler or water heater?

Each line is one continous 250' loop that can be shut down individually. I have it hooked up to a water heater, last year there was no insulation in the ceiling so it do not work properly. This weekend I putting in R40 in the ceiling and turing on the heat to start warming up the slap. Hardest part is getting it up to temp, once it's at temp I'll know if the water heater was a good idea.

heres a couple of pics of how things look now.
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Nice work, you have a nice shop to work on your projects.I'm always over at Garagejournal. I go over there and drool over shops like yours.

Darryl --

Without trying to write a book -- you're dealing with BTU's -- and it takes "X" amount to "heat" your shop... Your water heater is rated in BTU's... probably like 100,000 ?? Most slabs that are going to be heated - have foam insulation barrier - so your heat doesn't all get soaked up by the ground underneath. Do you know if you have a layer of this in your floor?

Is the heater electric or natural gas?? In the Pacific NW - our electric rate is pretty "cheap". I have a 30X50 Shop with 21' ceilings. I heat it with just leaving the fluorescent lights on. I have 12 - 8' long - double tube H.O. T12 bulbs. My electric bill runs about $300 a month in the winter. That includes all the other electric stuff going - compressor - welders etc.

Something that might help to get you up and running... try leaving all your shop lights on 24/7 -- Fluorescents actually put off some decent heat... if left on to help out they might add a heat level up high in the ceiling - which lets the heat from your floor not dissipate so quickly.

Once all your toolboxes and the cars get up to "temp" they'll also act like heat sinks - helping keep the shop toasty...

Just a thought is all.

PS -- Your shop looks great! Congratulations!!!

What a great looking shop! DROOL!!!!!!!:hail:

Nice shop!!
Enjoy.:thumbsup:

Remember to let us all know how your floor heat works out!! I'm real interested to know how that works for ya.

I wanted to heat my floor - but since I live "in the city" of BlahView... those Azz'z wanted to make me put in a drain and running water as part of the "code"... Well (deep subject!) since my WIFE made me lower the shop so much -- It ended up BELOW our sewer line -- so that would have meant I had to dig a trench all the way down the driveway (during the construction process so that wasn't that big of a deal) and DIG UP THE STREET in order to hook up directly to the sewer... The estimate for all that work was about 15 grand -- so that means it would have cost 20! And I said.... fugidaboudit.... I have Natural gas run to the shop... and figured I'd just hang a Reznor.... But as I told you -- I found if I just leave the shop lights on 24/7 - I don't need ANY heater - Heck no! I have to open the door and the skylights and let some heat OUT!!

EEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

Another little "PS" === When building - I called the cable company and told them I wanted "TV and Internet" out there -- so they sent a truck by. The sup tells me it'd be easier for "them" if I'd just lay a 1 1/2" conduit in the electrical trench while it was still open -- and then call him personally and he'd come back and "blow" a line from the "pole" directly to the shop. NOW - I asked him directly -- "are you sure?" cause I don't want a separate service! I already have full service at the house. "no problemo" he says.... so I do what he told me to do - and he blows a cable in.... NOW come hook up time --- I can get TV -- but no Internet -- so a call to the cable company - and you KNOW what they told me - SO SORRY CHARLEY -- you'll have to pay for that!!! You need a "modem" and blah blah blah. I tell them my story - and raise the issue up a couple "levels" to the sups... "tough" is pretty much the response....

SO........ Since I was once a licensed HAM (WB7UWC) I know a little about "radio".... So I ordered a couple of directional YAGI antennas - and a repeater... and a "wifi access box" -- all cost about $250. Built a couple of stainless steel "stand offs" and wired this bad boy up... so the "net" comes into the house - and I "beam it" over to the "shed" -- FREE... all wifi == no fuss no hassle no bill.... HA HA HA HA -- they're such morons some times.

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I will let you know how the heat thing goes, I put 65 bundles of blown in cellouse insulation in the attic yesterday and I just turned the heat on after that.

Greg, I don't know about leaving lights on all the time though it gets to -40 here in MN during the winter.I don't know how close you are to Vancouver, but if your weather is like theirs then yeah I can undrestand the lights heating things up, my brother lives in Vancouver and I lived there for awhile too.

- 40 !!

Time to MOVE man!

LOL

I'm 132 miles SOUTH of Vancouver.... we just don't get that cold. I did have a week where I had to run the 220V heater to keep it up to 60 but that's RARE cold temps here.

looks like you going to make it a workable shop before winter. thats awsome its looking great.most people can't comprehend how cold it get here in the winter and having somplace to work is the difference between sanity and going crazy.:thumbsup: