[fred cook]

3 years ago I had a 24x40 shop built. It has one 30" "people" door and a 16 foot wide car door. No windows, just gable vents on each end. Roof pitch is 6 in 12, open inside with 2 large ceiling fans. 24'x28' is actual shop area with the end 12' being a carport. The area over the 12'x24' carport is floored to make a storage are open to the inside of the garage. A year later, I added central heat and air. Power in the shop provides for several 110 volt outlets mounted just above work bench height. In addition, there are two 220v outlets for future use. Costs including removing 3 trees, grading, slab and insulated metal building ran about $24,000. That price included the materials for finishing the inside walls. Since I am in the deep south, the roof is an off white and the walls a medium brown. Lots of shade trees all around the building so that it is only in the sun for about 4 hours a day. A lot of things have been added since these pictures were taken, just about all of the wall space either has workbenches or various tools in place. Not nearly as roomy as it started out being!