mat60 Posted November 13, 2016 Report Share Posted November 13, 2016 Well your new shop is coming along nice Cool seeing it come together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post freedhardwoods Posted November 14, 2016 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted November 14, 2016 I look at these pictures and think "this is all I got done?" I do realize I was doing some small jobs that don't really show, but it just looks like I didn't do much. Saturday I built a wall and stripped the old wall and doors; pic 1 &2. Today I built a door framework, installed the track, and hung the door; pic3. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted November 14, 2016 Report Share Posted November 14, 2016 Working by yourself, I think you're doing great! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat60 Posted November 15, 2016 Report Share Posted November 15, 2016 I agree . The door had to be a pain to hang alone. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freedhardwoods Posted November 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2016 On 11/14/2016 at 6:55 PM, K Cooper said: Working by yourself, I think you're doing great! On 11/15/2016 at 0:58 PM, mat60 said: I agree . The door had to be a pain to hang alone. Thanks for the encouraging words. I had three 17 hour days in a row at work. Sounds like only 5 or 6 tomorrow. Might get back to building tomorrow. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post freedhardwoods Posted November 20, 2016 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted November 20, 2016 I bought 2 damaged windows a couple years ago at a greatly reduced price. I had brought them home and put them in storage. Today I got out the one that was going in the west wall and took it to the local glass shop to see about replacing the broken pane. That is also when I found out that they were side sliders instead of up and down; after I framed the the wall wrong. Luckily there was a 1 1/2" difference between width and height so it was an easy fix on this wall. The other window will require a little more work, but still not too bad. I installed the window, put more metal on the walls and did a few other minor jobs. I put a treated 2x10 at the bottom of the door frame and had to trim it with my hand planer on one end so it was flush with the upright. It was so windy when I started that my step ladder kept blowing over. It calmed down to extremely annoying by noon. I'm reusing all the metal I can and found a little note from the employee I had building the original shop dated almost 11 years ago. Same weather as today; windy and cold. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted November 20, 2016 Report Share Posted November 20, 2016 That's coming along great! Really taking shape! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
estesbubba Posted November 20, 2016 Report Share Posted November 20, 2016 Getting closer to being able to close it up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat60 Posted November 20, 2016 Report Share Posted November 20, 2016 The building will look nice when your done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted November 20, 2016 Report Share Posted November 20, 2016 You're making better progress than I would! Pretty cool to find that little 'artifact' hidden on the siding. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted November 20, 2016 Report Share Posted November 20, 2016 1 hour ago, wtnhighlander said: Pretty cool to find that little 'artifact' hidden on the siding. +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted November 20, 2016 Report Share Posted November 20, 2016 Looking good! Cool to find a note like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freedhardwoods Posted November 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2016 I have been reusing the metal I pulled off of the building. I have 1 end and 1 side on except for the sliding door. Just a small pile of metal left. The ugly looking spot by the window is a temporary patch over the hole I framed in the wall for A/C. I won't buy and install that til next summer. I am going to pull the old metal off the end of the building facing the road, use part of it to finish the door, and put new metal across that entire end. The sliding door on that end will be 2/3 in the old part and 1/3 in the new. The header will be supporting the roof as well as the door. I measured the wall sections this morning before I went to work, called the lengths in at 7 am when GPB opened, and brought home the new metal late this afternoon. I'll have several pics for this wall. I have to jack up the header holding the roof peak, take out the corner post, and put the header in the end wall to hold up the roof header. I'd like to get that wall covered by Sat pm. We'll see if that happens. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted November 23, 2016 Report Share Posted November 23, 2016 Looking awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted November 24, 2016 Report Share Posted November 24, 2016 Day By Day, it's getting there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted November 24, 2016 Report Share Posted November 24, 2016 Coming along nicely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freedhardwoods Posted November 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2016 I made quite a bit of progress on the east wall. I worked from 3 am to 11 am yesterday and 4 am to 2 pm today before I had to make a short run. The dark pic shows how I had the window opening framed wrong. It took about an hour to fix this one. I used my hammer drill and Tapcon bolts to anchor the wall to the concrete block wall under it. I moved the light switch to a temporary spot for now. When I got back from work, I temporarily fastened some tin over the doorway and stuck in the walk door. I was wore out and called it a day. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeslayer Posted November 26, 2016 Report Share Posted November 26, 2016 double the shop, double the fun! nice progress Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterDrow Posted November 26, 2016 Report Share Posted November 26, 2016 Looking really good! That's going to be an amazing shop! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted November 26, 2016 Report Share Posted November 26, 2016 Looking good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post freedhardwoods Posted November 27, 2016 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted November 27, 2016 I started working on the shop at 2:30 am Saturday. Went to work for a couple hours at 7 am, took an hour for lunch,and worked til 6 pm. There is still a full day of work to build and cover the left upper wall and finish up the several details on the outside, but I was able to lock up a full size shop instead of a half of one. Now I don't have to drag out and put away tools every time I work on it. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted November 27, 2016 Report Share Posted November 27, 2016 58 minutes ago, freedhardwoods said: Now I don't have to drag out and put away tools every time I work on it. This alone will make it seem like you are getting more done with your time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted November 27, 2016 Report Share Posted November 27, 2016 Wow just under 2 months and you went from a hole in the ground to a shop. I'm impressed. Can't wait to see tools in it and work coming out of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted November 28, 2016 Report Share Posted November 28, 2016 So it looks like you have 2 large doors. What kind of hardware are you using to move those and weatherstrip them ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freedhardwoods Posted November 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2016 This is the door track and a roller set. There were 3 roller sets on each of the original 16' doors. I used 2 each on the new 12' doors. I don't have any blueprints or drawings. I had the general design in my head and started building. I figure out details as I get to them. The old doors didn't have any seals as is common on most pole barn sliding doors. I want to seal these somehow but that is a detail I hadn't got to yet. Right now it's wood against close to wood (I don't have the rollers adjusted). I'll listen to any suggestions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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