Building a Building for Building...in

[Maximus]

I never got around to starting a dedicated thread for this, so here it is.

Bought a house recently and moved in about 3 weeks ago.

As with many in this hobby, there was some discussion about the new place having a nice space I could dedicate to showing and playing my cabinets in and also a separate workshop space for ongoing builds and restores.

So, it was decided that I could have the entire double garage to dedicate to my collection and build out into a fun mini sports bar/arcade. For the workshop I would have to have something built.

At the end of our driveway we have a nice brick area, approx 20' x 15' that would be ideal to build a shed/workshop. The only issue was that at one end of the 20' length it is stepped up twice a total of about 10 inches over about 6 feet. So the first part of this build means getting a nice level platform across the full 20'.

We went backwards and forwards on various ideas, concrete slab, wood frame etc etc but decided that we will recycle brick that we have on another area of the property that will be having a deck built on it. The brick in that area would have to be removed for the decking anyway, so we figured we may as well pull it now and use it to match the existing stepped brick area height and have a nice continuous 20' brick area to build the shed on top of.

Once the brick base is finished we'll be going on to build a 12' x 16' dutch style shed with high gambril roof and loft for storage. I was worried about water intrusion from it being built on top of the brick, so we're going to raise the floor on 4x4 pressure treated struts and top it with 3/4 ply.

Front of the shed will be the 16' run and will have double doors opening 6ft in total, either side will be white vinyl windows. Framing will be 16" on center walls with 24" on center rafters.

Not the biggest workshop in the world, but at 192sq/ft it should be enough for me to work on a few projects, and with the loft storage it should prove to be a useful space for my hobbies for the years to come.

Here's the current area. You can see that the stepped area takes up the right hand side.

[Maximus]

Started laying down the retaining walls for the gravel fill today.



This will sit for a few days to set. Next week the gravel goes in

[Maximus]

Here comes the rock fill

[Maximus]

Fill in, time to level it off with sand

[Maximus]

Laying in the recycled brick


You can see the conduit sticking up that will bring in the power to the shed

[Maximus]

Here's the area down the side of the house that we are recycling the bricks from.

[Maximus]

Almost finished already. Hopefully by Friday will be finished and ready to start ordering lumber for the shed

[Maximus]

Wasting no time its on to framing out the floor.

[Maximus]

This guy works fast, did this in a day...

[Maximus]

and at the end of the next day...

[Maximus]

Closed in the loft and added vents

[mcseforsale]

Looks good.  Subscribed.

AJ

[Maximus]

Yeah the guy is doing a great job, he even called me from Home Depot the other day and asked me to look at various colors of shingles on the web site so he could get the right color. He communicates better than anyone I've ever hired, emails me at the end of every day with an update. He'll be getting plenty more work from us in the future for sure.

[mcseforsale]

Damn.  That's cool!  I'm usually the one who has to txt pics back to the executive branch for colors.  Then she stands around and tells me that it's taking me too long and why am I doing it this way....

Even though I have a background in construction.   

AJ

[ChanceKJ]

Damn.  That's cool!  I'm usually the one who has to txt pics back to the executive branch for colors.  Then she stands around and tells me that it's taking me too long and why am I doing it this way....

Even though I have a background in construction.   

AJ

HA! "Executive Branch".  Love it.  I wonder how long i'm going to be able to use that term until she catches on.


This workshop is bad ass. 20 points for using the old brick as a decent foundation.   You could have hidden a body under all that masonry and no one would have ever found it.

[Caparo8bit]

looking good .                     lol im also looking to buy a house and im looking for 1 with a basement(bar/cade) or nothing.. 

[Maximus]

Shingles & trim on, ready for doors, hardware and paint.

[mcseforsale]

Looks great!  What kind of doors are you doing? 

If he gives you an itemized materials list, would you share?  I'm not looking for price, I'm looking for materials count and that is an awesome loft shed.

AJ

[jdbailey1206]

This question may be out of left field Joel but what temperatures do you normally see in your area?  I guess what I am wondering is if you are going to put any sort of temperature controls on the inside?  Fan for summer, wood stove for winter.  Either way its really coming together nicely.

[Maximus]

Looks great!  What kind of doors are you doing? 

If he gives you an itemized materials list, would you share?  I'm not looking for price, I'm looking for materials count and that is an awesome loft shed.

AJ

Not really he just kinda bought all the stuff and put it together, he's a bit of a mad genius, very scattered to talk to, but he knows how to get a job done.

As for the temperatures, here in San Diego we probably have the most moderate year round temps in the country. Doesn't really get below 50 in the winter much and not above 85 or so in the summer.

[lcmgadgets]

Sweet work shed! I still regret not getting a place with a garage.

[Maximus]

Doing barn style double doors with trim, they open to 6ft. Color will be a dark coffee brown with swiss coffee cream/white trim, they are painting it today, so I'll be able to move in on the weekend 

[mcseforsale]

*punch* *punch*...that's 2 punches out of yer guy card for saying "dark coffee brown with swiss coffee cream".

AJ

Doing barn style double doors with trim, they open to 6ft. Color will be a dark coffee brown with swiss coffee cream/white trim, they are painting it today, so I'll be able to move in on the weekend 

[Maximus]

Lol I know, they were all out of Big Gay Salmon

[mcseforsale]

Wow.  Now that's a color I can get behind.

badump bump PISH!

AJ

Lol I know, they were all out of Big Gay Salmon

[harveybirdman]

I just dropped in to see what condition the building for your building was in...




Lookin good.

[yotsuya]

Lol I know, they were all out of Big Gay Salmon

You're not building a JO hut, are you?*





*KLOV reference

[Drnick]

Make some model houses in there,  Then you are Building a Building for Building Buildings in.

[Maximus]

Lol you guys are nuts

[jdbailey1206]

 

[Maximus]

HA!!

[mcseforsale]

Pimp my shed!!

AJ

[Maximus]

Finally finished and looking mighty handsome.


No power in there yet, that will come with the sub panel and 200A upgrade to the house.  For now I'll just run an extension cable

[CoryBee]

Where do you put the chickens?

[Maximus]

Where do you put the chickens?

All over the place

[CoryBee]

Where do you put the chickens?

All over the place

[Automark]

Looks very nice,

but, maybe stupid question, why is this called a dutch styled shed? Never seen these in the Netherlands.

greetings from a dutch guy living in Spain   

[Felsir]

but, maybe stupid question, why is this called a dutch styled shed? Never seen these in the Netherlands.

Not for sheds, but the roof is a common construction in the Netherlands (known as "franse kap" or "mansardedak".
For example here is a new house:

So the style isn't so much because of the way dutch build sheds, but because of the roof style.

[emphatic]

Nice work! 

[Maximus]

Starting to come together

[Maximus]

And of course that means......

[Slippyblade]

I've been meaning to build a small shop for ages.  This works amazingly well as an inspiration to get off my rear and "Just Do It!"  Thanks for the details!

 

[mcseforsale]

Looks nice.  I built one of my workbenches out of a 6' piece of laminate counter ($35) and 2x6 frames.  This surface is great for all kinds of stuff.  I have another shorter (4') made of 3/4" ply if I need a place to beat on something:



Of course, now it looks more like this:



AJ

[Dawgz Rule]

Looks great.  I especially like how the loft space was created.

[Maximus]

Yeah now it's really starting to come together.