[AT] Talking about shops/sheds

[John & Jan Paur]

Walls are 9ft. high., no ceilings, doors are 9ft. tall x 12ft.wide, sliding 
on roller tracks.  John

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From: "Al Jones" <farmallsupera at earthlink.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 6:49 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Talking about shops/sheds


> John,
>
> How high is your door/ceiling?
>
> I do want to have a small room in the corner with a sink, toilet, and room 
> for a desk/tool storage.  My notion is then to keep all my tractor books, 
> old Red Power's and related stuff there.
>
> I know that whatever I build will probably be too small!  I do also hope 
> to add a lean-to shed around the ends and one side, where I can store 
> stuff that needs a roof over its head but doesn't necessarily have to be 
> in an enclosed building.
>
> Thanks,
> Al
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>>From: John & Jan Paur <johnjanpaur2 at directcon.net>
>>Sent: Feb 14, 2011 8:49 PM
>>To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>>Subject: Re: [AT] Talking about shops/sheds
>>
>>Al, Ten years ago I was exactly where you are, building a new house and
>>shop/tractor shed.  I built a 36x60 frame building with text. plywood
>>(T-111) exterior.  The shop portion is 20x36 and has concrete floor and a
>>wood stove for heat.  The tractor shed is the remainder - 40x36.  It has a
>>dirt floor.  Some thoughts.  The 20x36 shop is fine and about the right
>>size.  I can tear down a tractor and rebuild it OK in that space.  It does
>>have a 6x18 beam across that supports two chain hoists for 
>>pulling/hoisting
>>engines, transmissions etc.  In one corner is a small room with a sink and
>>urinal.  It has 220v to support a welder.  The tractor shed part is TOO
>>SMALL. I park tractors along each wall and have about a 12ft. alley.  To 
>>do
>>it over, I would make it 40ft. wide to more easily get tractors in and out
>>and probably 80 or 100ft. long, giving me a 60 or 80ft tractor shed.  The
>>only drawback to the dirt floor is that the tractors get very dusty 
>>quickly.
>>Just my thoughts.  John
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: "Al Jones" <farmallsupera at earthlink.net>
>>To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
>><at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>>Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 3:59 PM
>>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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