Nice place Randy. What does your street sign say? Mike
Thanks Mike. It says "Chevy Country".
I'll start. My shop is in the lower level of what realtors seem to call a raised ranch, the house is one level, Upstairs entrance at grade, but built on a hillside with a garage on one end and the rest of the lower level finished. It's our true living area, computers, TV, phones, recliners, couch, research files (eight legal sized four drawer file cabinets) and my shop, 13' by 16' furnace room. Its crowded, but everything is within a couple of steps. As someone else said, "cozy."
Edit: exchange 'raised' for 'split.'
Here's a picture of my shop before we poured the floor, coal fired hot water heat is the way to go in this country, the heat stabilizes the sub strata and prevents frost heave.
Well with temps well below zero here I'm not presently complaining being toasty warm down here in the basement .
9' ceilings are nice. For anyone planning to build, the incremental cost to dig extra foot and concrete is well worth it. Not just for workshops but for finishing in general.
Just enough clearance for assembing BP and pcnc1100