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Originally Posted by tevake

Nice looking property you found there! Nice having trees around the house and shop.

Your shop building is quite similar to the one on my place here in the Fl panhandle.
Except mine doesn't even have a good roof. But Ive got a big pile of material stacked right in front now.
I'm doing all of the work myself, and am about to start tearing off the roof soon.

Very similar with open eves, but Ive added a few Windows and a sliding glass door in the back, building new doors, will be adding new siding as the exterior wall are tightened up. The car ports will house my motorhome and the one in back will become more storage and wood shop when that is happening.



Looks like you have some good plans for your new place, all the best way in making it yours, will enjoy seeing your progress.

Cheers Richard

Looks like you've got a lot of good stuff going on there!

Originally Posted by look 171

There are lots going in that place.

I suggest against spray form if its going to be use as a general shop. spray foam traps lots of dirt and you can't get it out once the dust settles in. The walls must be covered. I really like rigid foam, great insulating value easy to cut and install. We cut it with a table saw when we did my house. Since that's something we do not install, there's no need for fancy tools just to cut the simple foam. Drywall or cheap paneling on top of that to keep the dirt out. I know humidity is high in TX. That will ruin your tools so a coat of oil is a must on all your cast iron table tops when not in use.

Good thoughts. If the walls get filled in, I like Seahawk's idea of putting some rat poison in the walls. When we were onsite and I was looking at the garage with our realtor this weekend, she said it was good not to have finished the walls because then you end up with rodents' nests. Poison may help that, if they are an issue.

Originally Posted by juanbenae

id start with putting vented blocks in between the trusses at the top of the walls. 2x6 blocks with 2"holes drilled in them with 1/8" galvanized screen covering the vent holes. install them from the outside 90* off the eve tail.

since the roof is corrugated you will need to find a way to fill the voids atop the block. a strip of precut stuff or fill with an expanding foam.

I've used the spray foam to seal corrugated roof to straight boards before when screening in a porch. I filled and then trimmed the foam and painted it. I can see doing that in this case.