Finally.............my new shop
 

Recently, my wife and I have started a new chapter (adventure). I sold my parts business and semi retired. We picked up root and are in the process of moving to our home in northern Wisconsin (love to snowmobile).

So, our old house is sold (6 days). That mean time to get going on the new shop. 40x56 steel building............radiant heat floors.............high ceilings.............a hoist....... and more room for all of our stuff. I now can keep it call in one place!

The push is on the get the site cleared and prepped, in order to pour concrete this year

Off we go! I suspect the fill is going to be a killer.

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Looks like a nice area, where is the house, I assume on the other side of the road ?

Who needs a house....I'd sleep in the shop!:D

It is actually to the left of most pics. I snap a few in relation. I am back at my old house now getting ready to move. I understand they got the driveway in yesterday. Today, they will clear the trees off the actual build site and start build the base for the concrete.

Congrats on the semi-retirement!! I highly recommend it... :D

Good luck on the build. Hope it goes to plan as much as possible and please keep us updated on the progress...

Welcome to Wisconsin!
Looks like a nice place to retire! I love the northwoods.

You and I both. Here is a pic I took off of my deck Tuesday afternoon. too bad the sun was not out!

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This boy and girls, is what 700 yards of fill looks like!

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Think about this ------ this is what 18,000 cubic yards of DIRT.... GONE looks like!! LOL

Good to hear about the semi-retirement and new shop!! And those trees are gorgeous! I love the fall!





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Here is a pic of the house in relation to the shop

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They got back on things here this week. I believe we got about 5" of rain, so the excavator had to pull off for a week. Looks like site prep will be done this week and should be ready for concrete towards the end of next week.

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Wow! That's a lot of dirt work. Will you need any sort of retaining wall on the slope side to keep it from sliding down the hill?

Looks good, congrats on the new adventure! :cheers:

That will get top soiled and seeded for wild grass. The pit run has so much rock in it already around the edges, it should prove to be solid as hell

The whole time they were excavating at our house —- I kept thinking how much I was on the hook for and I hadn’t even pounded a 2 X 4 together yet...... LOL

Do you now have to let that sit for a certain period — or are they able to compact it to code or whatever requirement??

It's compacted. They were running dump trucks @ 80,000 lbs and it did not move. They did a tremendous job!

Very nice! It is beautiful there!

I'll have to say I agree! Man the picture of the water against the trees...

Thanks for the kind words. Unfortunately, the concrete contractor kinda screwed me. He took another job and then the winter set in here in northern WI.

The site is all prepped and ready to go. It will work out for the best letting the site go through a frost cycle besides all of the rain and snow load to help settle. Patiently waiting.......................

I'm in central MN. When they built my shop the contractor strongly recommended doing the dirt work in the fall and then let it set till late spring to make sure it settles properly. It's been 15 years and not a single crack in the concrete.

I really wish I would of done in floor heat.

Wow that is absolutely beautiful!

As much as it might piss you off, it's actually a good thing that the area sets. Just my .02- even if you don't use it, put tubing in the slab, you cant do it afterward. I use radiant to heat my 2000 foot shop and it is the best shop heat ever. Working on a warm slab is so much nicer than any other way of heating, and it's far more economical if you insulate properly.

Beautiful picture. Congrats on the semi retirement and the new shop, that will keep you busy.

Exactly! Kinda nerve racking!:waveflag:

Beautiful land, congratulations!

After a winter slumber, the road weight limits have finally come off. Now, we can get back to work. This past week.............

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The building should get delivered the week of the 27th!

Heated floors!! Nice!!!! Good to see progress being made once again.

Looking forward to seeing the completed shop! Going to be killer!

Very exciting!

any more updates?

Finished?
 

Shop must be finished by now. Any build pics along with words of wisdom for getting through it?

I kind of forgot about this thread. I've got quite a bit to update. Let me get working on it!

well... is it done?:snapout: jealous fellas wanna know

Ain't I the DB for dropping the mic on this one. Here are a bunch of progress pics from back in 2019. I'll update later on what is looks like today.......

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That’s awesome. Looks like a Morton building. Their quality is outstanding in my experience.

Don

Wow!

Nicely done! The wait was worth it!

While watching the NASCAR race this afternoon, I snapped some pics of the shop as it is right now. I still have things to hang and new signs on the way in. I guess they are never done. This is how things look today.......

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Love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!