Re: How big is your shop?

Posted by Chuck, WA on April 16, 2002 at 13:03:25 from (130.20.127.170):

In Reply to: How big is your shop? posted by Dan on April 10, 2002 at 10:15:45:

I wasn't going to respond to this since there are so many varied and excellent replies, but then I thought that perhaps I should reply as maybe representative of "hobby farmers." I suspect that some of what I'm building might not be considered entirely utilitarian, but it will suit me.

I know what's said about never being big enough, but I can verify that bigger leads to more stuff, leads to bigger, etc. as somebody already pointed out.

Excavation starts in the morning for shop/barn. It is 24 x 36, with a 12 x 36 lean-to on the north side, 12 ft eaves, gambrel roof (21 ft peak) that will let me add a loft, 10 x 16 roll-up door, 4 ft man-door and 3 ft man-door. I'm putting in a drain channel with grate down the center in at least 2/3 of the 36" length for wash-down of whatever, with a drain line into the swale below the barn. Expect to enclose the back 8x24 or 12x24 for a tight, enclosed storage room. Will put shelves along one wall, and workbench along the other, with a 4x6 slider window over the workbench, and a 4x3 slider in each gable. It will be fully insulated, and evantually, I may add a wood or pellet stove for winter.

I live in Washington's bananna belt in the Columbia River Basin in Eastern Washington, so don't have the potential for very cold winters - though I do remember the winter of '67 and again in '83 when it got to -24F. I also realize that for some of you folks that's balmy! :) Last winter, it rarely got to single digits, and we had only a couple of days with snow. Under good conditions, I expect to do a lot of work under the lean-to outside. I'll have enough space to get my my MF-35 under cover inside or under the lean-to, to change oil in the truck, or other moderate-size projects.

I can ahrdly wait!

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