[AT] Talking about shops/sheds

[Dick Day]

"maybe with a woodstove"...   They are nice, especially if you have a good 
supply of free wood, but for sure I'd install infrared heat as a backup. 
With all of the stores and businesses closing down, it would not be hard to 
find some used ones. Even new, they are not that expensive.

Just my .02

Dick


-----Original Message----- 
From: Al Jones
Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 5:59 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: [AT] Talking about shops/sheds

Not to go into too much detail, my wife and I hope to build a house soon.

Along with it, I want a real, concrete floored, maybe with a woodstove, 
place to work on my relics out of the rain, shop.  A good friend/colleague 
and I were talking today, he's a licensed electrician and has done 
masonry/construction most of his life before he started teaching.  We got on 
the subject of shops and I asked him what was the "best" in terms of cost.

He's a big fan of cinderblock construction.  I have always leaned towards 
pole barns, mostly from all of those beautiful Morton Buildings ads in 
Successful Farming magazine I have looked at since I was a kid....he said by 
the time I bought the metal for the siding, I could spend about the same 
amount for cinderblocks.

So I know this has been hashed and re-hashed in some way or another, but 
what's the "best?"  Pole barn, masonry, or what?  I want this to be my 
"forever" shop, and want it to last.  I know it won't be big enough, etc. 
etc. etc.  BTW I'm thinking about something like a 30x50 or 30x60, with part 
of it being bona-fide shop and the rest storage/machinery parking.  I want 
at least a 12' high door, for "real" farm equipment as well as antiques, 14' 
if I can afford it. What kind of cost/square foot to build, etc?

One thing I am thinking on is pouring the floor only for the actual "shop," 
(about 30x30)and having a wall separating the rest from the "shop" and then 
gravel for the rest of the floor as a way to cut costs.  Thoughts?

This is a bit rambling I know, but I'd like to  get some thoughts and Ideas. 
The #1 consideration is cost, but the building must be durable.  The whole 
thing may be a pipe dream but if we build a home as we plan, this may be my 
only chance....

Have at it,
Al
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