[TheForge] building a new shop/shed

[Peter Hirst]

If you put down 1" furring strips on 16" centers and wood over that you can 
have the best of all three worlds.Wood to walk on and concrete to mount to.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Scheid" <Damales at pollybutte.net>
To: "'terry l. ridder'" <terrylr at blauedonau.com>; "'Blacksmithing List 
Sponsored by ABANA'" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2009 10:16 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] building a new shop/shed


> Terri, I'm in the same spot. In building a shop I hate Concrete for my
> knees. But you can do so much on it. So I'm building a box of packed dirt 
> in
> the forge area and concrete everywhere else. This way I hope to have the
> best of both world this way
> Dan Scheid
>
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> [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of terry l. ridder
> Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2009 4:32 AM
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> Subject: [TheForge] building a new shop/shed
>
> hello;
>
> i have settled on a design for the new shop/shed, the only quyestion now
> is whether the floor is left as dirt. i am leaning toward leaving the
> floor dirt. a step up from dirt would be compacted crushed stone.
> i am planning on burying radiant heat piping in the floor whatever the
> composition may be and using a wood fired boiler to heat the water.
>
> the reason for leaving it dirt is that dirt is easier on my legs than
> concrete. granted this winter has been an unusual chicago winter, but
> the cold dampness of the concrete floor in the current garage causes
> pain issues with the legs. the perimeter of the shop/shed will be a 4
> ft. deep footer. i could dig out the dirt and back fill with sand, pea
> gravel, and compacted crushed stone.
>
> the shop/shed is a design from www.barnplans.com. right now i am figuring
> on a 24 ft wide x 30 ft long  shop/shed. i need to build a couple models
> out of art foam board to determine which size will blend in with the
> house and landscaping. the shop/shed will have a 2nd story. i am
> planning on this being long term storage and home office space. a
> small size freight elevator ( 8 x 8 ) which i am planning on putting
> in will allow me to get to the home office easy enough. there will be
> a wide staircase for those with working legs. ;-)
>
> the first picture on the below url is the design i have choosen.
> http://www.barnplans.com/dormer.html
>
> anyway, what have others decided on for their shop floors?
>
> -- 
> terry l. ridder ><>
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