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Advice on building a shop
I am in the process of building a 24x32 shop to house my tractor and collector vehicle and wondered if anyone had any advise as to what I should and should not do. I am trying to prevent the situation of having to say after its built: "I wish I would have done that differently"
For instance:
Should I put in an overhead air line for a compressor with mutilple ceiling or wall outlets?
Advice on overhead lighting or electrical outlet placement.
Wall storage systems? Pegboard, shelves or cabinets?
Should I paint the floor with a high quality aircraft hanger floor paint?
And anything else you may have as suggestions.
The shop will be used for storage and just general activities. I am not a mechanic but do enjoy woodworking.
Thanks for your help.
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AV8R: Thanks for all of the great suggestions. I will use some of them. My garage will be a "daylight basement" garage with the above ground floor being a craft area for my CEO...a compromise to get my garage. That way I will also get the bathroom on the above ground floor.
Hardwood: As to your question as to how aircraft hanger paint is different from regular paint...I'm not sure about this but I'm told true "aircraft hanger" paint is epoxy based and is expensive and needs to be applied by a professional. Any help on this one out there? I have always admired the durability, cleanliness and "squeakiness" of the floor of airplane hangers. I think I want to do this. Perhaps AV8R will have some knowledge on this.
In my attached garage, I hung 4X8 sheets of 3/8" pegboard on one total wall for hanging things. They have a lot of really quality hanging devices out there to hang all sorts of stuff.....expensive but I think it's worth it. I hung the sheets horizontally along one wall so the bottom 6 feet or so are sheetrock and then I put 4 foot high shelving. You don't want to hang things below 5 feet high or so. I may do this on all three walls in my detached garage.
Under the stairway to the above ground floor will be enclosed storage.
Great idea on the ceiling fan....would have never thought of that. I have plans for a hot/cold utility sink....have one in my detached garage and love it.
Also plan to put a high output, upright, handled water outlet on the concrete apron in front of the garage for hosing down equipment.
Any other good ideas?
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Be careful with spraying oil to keep the dust down. In our area, Dept. of Ecology would be on you like stink on a mule and you would be fined big-time.
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