My 3000 sq ft shop summer paint job

[Rusty Heap]

Large Man Caves are always a work in progress.


My toy box.


Not the fanciest in the big baller world, but still not too shabby for us mere mortals.



My 3000 sq foot shop just got a new paint job this summer after I finished some cedar siding and T1-11 on the high bay.


it's been a 15 year work in slow motion progress. Yeah I swing my own framing hammer and pour my own concrete and pull my own 12/2 gauge romex. Hired the paint job out tho'




left bay is 30x30', mid bay 30x30', high bay 1200 sq foot with twin 14x14' huge doors and a 16' eave.


it's full. I need more room.

this garden shed shall not do........must I add another side wing for the maids' quarters?



It's just a paint job, but I'm a proud papa of my own progress and shop..........much better than the tree house I built as a teenager.

god loves us so he invented air nailers and power tools.


the 16 foot tall high bay is crying out for a 4 post or 2 post car lift.



"Dear Santa............I've been a very good boy this year and a hydraulic car lift would be sweeeeeeet".

[widebody911]

Holy 5hitsnacks that's huge!

[Miguel Antonett]

Prrrrrrreeeeettycool!

I feel so sorry for you... :-)

So, what goes in those bays?

Enjoy it!!!

[Evans, Marv]

Man that's beautiful! But I'm sure you know about the habit of filling up extra space when you have it. Should be fun tho.

[Oh Haha]

Holy crap, that is bigger than our house!!!!!!!



Sweet.

[Flat Six]

Originally Posted by widebody911

Holy 5hitsnacks that's huge!

^^^ +1 ^^^

And it's full? How about some pics of the inside/contents?

[Rusty Heap]

Originally Posted by Miguel Antonett

Prrrrrrreeeeettycool!

I feel so sorry for you... :-)

So, what goes in those bays?

Enjoy it!!!

R/C helicopter tour of the high bay.


for scale, the walls' horizontal side boards are on 2' centers vertical, so yeah it's 16' foot tall.


cool wall art too.

[asphaltgambler]

OK, ............................now I hate you.....

[Rusty Heap]

I'm hurting for extras, please someone become my Secret Santa and send me a 4 post lift for Pelicans Christmas exchange.....

[Rusty Heap]

[rwest]

Nice shop, but I'm more impressed with the helicopter flying. If I tried flying one of mine in that tight of a space, it would be $40 worth of new parts to repair it!

[LEAKYSEALS951]

In the helicopter video I like those roof trusses. Is that something you made up? Prebuilt? Designed yourself? Details please...

[porsche4life]

We need to work on your definition of "full"... That is nowhere near full...

[Rusty Heap]

Originally Posted by LEAKYSEALS951

In the helicopter video I like those roof trusses. Is that something you made up? Prebuilt? Designed yourself? Details please...

ah yes, an awesome design build from a local pole building contractor.


good eyes.



they built the roof, I've done all floor and walls and electrical.

truss.


yes they're fully bolted through, 2 x 10's I believe, stacked about 6 or 8 thick.



major design point I mandated for the 36 foot wide span.




no Simpson Stampy Stapled Tin brackets with trusses on 2' centers in my shop!

mine have mammoth snow load rating on mine too.