Let me give yall a little history on this "shop". When I bought the house 2 years ago this slab had trees grown up around it, A portable building on top of it, and about 10" of composted tree leaves on top. I have been slowly cleaning it off for this build.
I moved the portable building last year in May to another spot in my yard, and really started the cleanup process. I pulled the china berry trees up with the help of my trusty Ford, and shoveled the crap off of it. Thats when I ran into a snafu. Both the front corners of the slab were broken and sunk, and an abandond feild line had caused the right side (two 10'x18' slabs side by side) to buckel in the middle.
This and the lack of extra cash flow really slowed up progress. I thought I was going to have to break up and remove the whole slab, but my wife sugested to just fill in the hole. After some brain storming I decided that cutting out the worst part, I could pour an 8 inch thick slab/pad that the new K&T will sit on. I have done a little concret work in my past and will use a Waker Packer to make sure all is well.
The next problem was the two broken corners at the front of the slab. I also had a brain fart on this problem. The simple solution was to set the post in post holes and then pour a new corner. Problem solved, The new post would be ancored well enough to hold the weight, and the floor will be complete!
The easy corner almost complete
The other corner. Its going to be a little more tricky.
Since this was an unatached garage the whole slab slopes down about 5 degrees. So I will have to strike everything off level with the world, and have to miter the sides to take up the gap.
I built the little lean-too, dubed the "out house" by my wife, to house my torch bottles and buzz-box lincoln welder. I ran 220 to the welder, but will eventually have the shop put on its own meter. Im going to see if they will supply me 3 phase, as the supply pole is only about 60 feet to the right of this picture.
The cee purlin are just screwed up with drillers right now for support, The entire frame will be welded together. My roof pitch will be the same as the out house; alowing me to add on to the rear of this building in the future.
The sides, and corners that werent broken.
I built metal buildings for a year back when me and my wife first got married, so I have a knowledge of their construction. I have every thing to frame it out completly. when the framing is complete I will be at the $700 mark. I am going to build in stages, so I can build "out-of-pocket" and not break the bank. The finished size will be 20'x18' with 9' ceilings.
I have a completion estimate of around $2500, with insulation.
Im excited to finally have a place to house the Monarch and the K&T!
Wooooooo-Hooooooooo!
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