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farmwelder

11-20-2004 18:23:35




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weve been thinking about building a new shop at the farm. any recomendations on size. we also want living quarters in it. like an apartment.




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hdspringer@alltel.net

03-19-2005 15:45:44




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 Re: building a shop in reply to farmwelder, 11-20-2004 18:23:35  
Hey guys, I/m thinking 0f building a 30x40 pole barn and really need a good material list, as well as prints. Sure could use it! Thanks in advance.



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Dug

11-23-2004 17:58:37




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 Re: shop size in reply to farmwelder, 11-20-2004 18:23:35  
I built a shop last summer and out grew it while moving in. GO BIG!!!



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jeffcat

11-21-2004 23:04:39




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 Re: shop size in reply to farmwelder, 11-20-2004 18:23:35  
The next door neighbor two doors over built a very nice pole shed. This was three summers ago and all of the friends pitched in. Lots of hands make for light work. He built it for ONE JohnDeere model "B" tractor. Went all out with a beauty of a frame I think it is 15 feet deep. Nice green metal peaked roof and the wood is sprayed green so it blends into the woods.The hight is tall enough to let the "B" in with the pipes on. NOW..It was decided that since it was "only a tractor shed"; 45 feet long was enough. Well now there is the B and an LA and a L and a 8N and a leaf vac and an M and a big lawn cart and the newest is a 40C five idler crawler. YUP it's FULL! Jeffcat

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chvet73

11-21-2004 17:31:57




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 Re: shop size in reply to farmwelder, 11-20-2004 18:23:35  
Go as big as you can afford. And it still won't be big enough.



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farmwelder

11-21-2004 16:28:41




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 Re: shop size in reply to farmwelder, 11-20-2004 18:23:35  
thanks guys. ill pass this on to family that are going to be making final decisions by next summer. we were thinking about a 40' by 100'. too big too small and how much would this cost. we want something that will last.

thanks farmwelder



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Paul in Ont

11-21-2004 09:14:15




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 Re: shop size in reply to farmwelder, 11-20-2004 18:23:35  
My neighbour built a Home /pole barn. It is 48 X 64 X 18 foot side wall. The front 20 feet of the width are his 2 storey Bachelor pad. Office , laundry room (also has a urinal) and pool table down stairs. Living room, dining/kitchen area, full bath and bedroom up stairs.

He has a big screen TV / bookcase and entertaiment unit built into the wall ( the wall that backs the inside part of the shed. ) There are 2 large doors in the shed 1 24 foot end door, and 1 - 20 foot end door. The side doors are your typical sliding barn doors. The 20' door however is hooked to a garage door opener.Hit the button and in he drives in.

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Mark - IN.

11-21-2004 07:46:08




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 Re: shop size in reply to farmwelder, 11-20-2004 18:23:35  
BIG!!!

I'm puttin up a 40x60 pole right now, and know I'll outgrow it, but the nice thing is that can always take the back off, lengthen, and put the back on again.

I considered putting a loft down the center for an office upstairs, but too late now, I didn't. Many companies have offices in the same building where they have shops, very plush offices at that, so if done right, no problem. And have some neighbors down the road that put up a 40x80 that's their "cheap tax" weekend get away from Chicago - from the road see a pole barn with garage doors on both ends, just a pole barn, but from the other side see sliding glass doors, balconies, picture windows and stuff on a landscaped acre facing the lake. Slick if ask me, doesn't attract attention.

Gooooo biggggg as you can now.

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Dieselrider

11-21-2004 07:15:03




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 Re: shop size in reply to farmwelder, 11-20-2004 18:23:35  
I built a 40'x60' shop and have a machine shop in it as well as some wood shop equipment. I have been trying to leave the middle isleway clear to allow for bringing tractors and vehicles in to work out of the cold. Sometimes I wish the building were double the size. Just food for thought.



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Midwest redneck

11-21-2004 06:50:32




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 Re: shop size in reply to farmwelder, 11-20-2004 18:23:35  
Build at least a 24' X 50" barn with 12/12 attic trusses. This barn should be big enough for a decent size machine shop and living upstairs. of course money is an issue. I built a 22'X 50' garage with a 5/12 pitch roof 4 years ago, cost me $22,000 I still dont have the inside finished yet, but I would like to have a machine shop in 2/3 of it, I need to buy the machines, tooling and get it drywalled, maybe someday I hope. Lots of money ($50k) for the machines, I will need to wait for an inheritance.

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Mike M

11-21-2004 06:48:56




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 Re: shop size in reply to farmwelder, 11-20-2004 18:23:35  
I'm not so sure about a living quarters in a shop ? I catch the devil as it is when I come back to the house with any fumes on me.



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Blackhole49

11-21-2004 05:51:09




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 Re: shop size in reply to farmwelder, 11-20-2004 18:23:35  
Built a 24X40 barn 20 years ago for storage. Converted it to a work shop 3 years ago and built a 30X48 barn for storage. Now their both too small. P.S. I live on 3 acres.



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TimV

11-21-2004 05:23:41




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 Re: shop size in reply to farmwelder, 11-20-2004 18:23:35  
Farmerwelder: Garages are only made in one size--too small! Figure the maximum size you would ever need, then double it. You'll still be too small, but it will take longer to fill it. On the same note, plan the building for easy expansion later--I've added two lean-to's to the 25 x 32 2-story garage that came with my current house, and STILL don't have enough room.



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kyhayman

11-20-2004 20:44:30




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 Re: shop size in reply to farmwelder, 11-20-2004 18:23:35  
Build it as big as you possibly can afford to. In 10 years you'll still wish you'd built more. Trust me, been there before.



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john in la

11-21-2004 05:33:43




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 Re: shop size in reply to kyhayman, 11-20-2004 20:44:30  
And build it is such a way that you can easily add on to it.

There is a guy down the road that built a all in one barn years ago. 4 bays wide at about 12' each and longer than it is wide. He used it for hay; tractors; and animal stalls.

He has added a large hay barn
A concrete floor work shop And a stall barn The original barn is only to hold equipment and other stuff now.



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NC Wayne

11-20-2004 20:05:46




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 Re: shop size in reply to farmwelder, 11-20-2004 18:23:35  
I built my shop with the same idea in mind, except that the "apartment" is gonna be just a rec room and storage. It is 30x40 feet and with a 12/12 roof pitch and a 52" knee wall it leaves a 17x40 room upstairs. Along with that I've got a 14 foot shed down the far (20') end, and because I've outgrown the shop part already and in bad need of dry storage I'm in the process of building on another twenty foot addition down the back. In the end it all depends on what you need, as to how big you build, but based on experience I'd say take what you think you need and then go at least half again, if not twice as big. Just my .02, hope it helps, and good luck.

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