The new Farrington Garage/Shop build

[coolwelder62]

Tom,Lookin Great.There's nothin like the feeling of building a new Garage/Shop.I wish I could be there to help out.I hated building/Framing to pay the bill's.But love doing it for Fun!!!!!!

[tommycomfort]

Originally Posted by coolwelder62

Tom,Lookin Great.There's nothin like the feeling of building a new Garage/Shop.I wish I could be there to help out.I hated building/Framing to pay the bill's.But love doing it for Fun!!!!!!

I feel the same way Scott. I remember even though we needed the money in the worst kind of way, I would hope for heavy rain and lightning so I could get a day off..

[tommycomfort]

Yep, I've been meaning to update the build thread for a long time now and couldn't quite get to it. I have figured out the problem though. During the summer/fall when we stopped working at 6-8 pm we still had plenty of light so I could get decent pictures and update what we had just done. So, now it gets dark at 5 pm and we work until we can't see anymore and then clean up. At that point, we can't get updated pictures so I don't feel like showing stuff that is even one day behind. Oh well, just how my short circuited brain works...

Lots of things slowing us down including jobs, weather and moving out of the old shop but we're still pushing forward even in the bad weather.

First set of pictures is moving out of the old shop. It was 28x44', two stories and we built it right at ten years ago. Minus a couple of trips overseas, we have been working in it for that long. Before we started going to P-T events and while we were building the 66 we traveled the country picking up Chevelle parts cars and of course just stored massive amounts of parts that we would probably never use. And honestly, it seems like since we put the 66 on the road in 2010 it has been one whirlwind thrash after another. I say all that to say the shop was cluttered and not easy to move. Even though I had a lot of friends offer to help, I only bugged a few when the time came. Deb's parents did come down a few days early for Thanksgiving with the purpose of helping us move. We abused that relationship to the max... Great in-laws and incredibly hard workers!

Upstairs before


Upstairs after


We moved everything out of the upstairs so we could "organize" as much as possible.




Completely moved out. Fairly sad when I handed over the key to the buyer.


Basically two 16 hour days and one 6 hour day. Three trips with a large U-haul and countless trips with the truck and trailer. Wow!

[tommycomfort]

On to what people really care about. When we first started building, each update showed real progress. I don't think anything will look too exciting until we get the roof on...

One of the most recent. Sam's friendly wave as we finished sheeting the gable. That would be one big ugly side if we just sided it, but our plan is to come out 22' with a lesser pitch roof that will be 22' wide. It will help break things up and be a nice place to park and work on decent days.


Now that all the trusses are up you can get a good idea of how tall the 12' ceilings will be.


Metal roofing for the complete shop. We really thought this would be a couple of two foot stacks of material, but this is enough for the whole thing. 25' 4" long and hauling it on our 20' trailer was entertaining. Negative tongue weight made for a long trip home.

[coolwelder62]

Tom,Wow!! The building is Awesome.You guys have done a ton work in a short amount of time.

[tommycomfort]

Originally Posted by coolwelder62

Tom,Wow!! The building is Awesome.You guys have done a ton work in a short amount of time.

Thanks Scott,
The positive reinforcement is much needed.

[GregWeld]

You just killed me with your "moving" pics….since I will have that coming up shortly. OMG!


The new shed is awesome Tommy. It's quite the project -- and you appear to have a good handle on it now.


I don't need to tell you -- that getting that first piece of metal roofing "square" is critical. If it's off just a bit - by the time you get to the far end -- it's a big OOPS! LOL

[coolwelder62]

When I framed my Shop a few year's ago. The concrete guy's got the slab 2 out of square on one side. Man was it tuff getting the roof metal to look good down the one gable end. I was so pissed. Lookin good man.

[b757jetdr]

Tom,
Your new shop is looking great! We are getting ready to move down to southern Indiana here in the next couple months. Will be building a new house and a shop. I would love to stop in and get a peek at your place sometime if that would be possible? I have been watching you project and really like what you have done. Would like to see it in person to get a size perspective.

Good luck on getting it finished!

[tommycomfort]

Originally Posted by coolwelder62

When I framed my Shop a few year's ago. The concrete guy's got the slab 2 out of square on one side. Man was it tuff getting the roof metal to look good down the one gable end. I was so pissed. Lookin good man.

Yeah Scott, I'm sure we're a little out of whack but I do have a plan to split differences and make it look right... Can you caulk metal roofing?