Posted by Goose on July 11, 2010 at 06:23:23 from (67.63.68.13):
In Reply to: Barn to shop remodel posted by Iowa 100 on July 11, 2010 at 04:55:33:
Unless you take the entire roof off, add to the height of the side walls, and put the roof back on, it doesn't sound like you will have a very large area with an 18' ceiling.
My own shop started life as a pole type hay barn. It had a 12' ceiling, and I was OK with that. I nailed 4x8 sheets of 1" insulation board under the trusses and put 3 1/2" fiberglass roll insulation on top of that.
I once fixed a C60 Chevy farm truck that had been dumped on its side, and the ceiling was high enough that I was able to use the truck's hoist to raise the front of the box high enough to paint the back of the cab, along with the rest of it. (And I did block the box so there was no way it could come down while I was working).
For the side walls, I put in upright studs spaced on 24", put in roll insulation, and wall boarded it. Obviously this was all after I'd poured a concrete floor. I did put particle board on one wall so I could screw stuff to it without having to locate the studs.
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