Thread: New shop addition

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April 15 thru 17

Don,
Duane (N&N) Noblett almost always makes OKC, and also NSRA Springfield, MO over Memorial Day. He had his orange deuce coupe at Springfield last year, and over the winter got the interior done so I expect he'll be showing it off. We'll likely miss both this year with daughter-in-law expecting around Memorial Day, and daughter's 3D sonogram to "meet the twins" scheduled for April 16, which I have been informed is not an optional event for grandpa

Don, surprised to hear about your move. Good luck on your new home. Hope to run into you along the way!

May 1 does not leave alot of time for play when trying to get the shop done.
Moving and building a shop is a lot of work, I might add back braking work.
I am supposed to move in to my new home by may 15 and I am still wondering if I will make it by then. 25 years of stuff here to go thru and decide what I want and don't want to take with me. Lots of work, I fill for ya Don.
Kurt

Footings done and 30 tons of fill
Spread and compact fill on monday, lay slab tuesday
Red Iron and tin to be delivered by the 10th, 5 days to ecect, and I'll have a new shop extension.

Are you going to lay a layer of visqueen over the fill for a vapor barrier to stop moisture wicking up from the ground & condensing on your floor (and on anything close to the floor) in the spring & fall?

Had asked numerous concrete guys in the area, and all said the same thing.
Not needed.
I've built 6 homes and 5 shops in the last 40 years and neve laid a barrier and never had a problem.
The real secret is good drainage and site prep.
Kinda like doin paint prep --- Gotta get it right B4 ya lay it down.

For the cost of the visqueen I would put down a layer, but that's just me... I did not notice any drain tiles or special prep to divert ground water...may not be needed as you say.

Clear a corner out for mine when I come to vist

Originally Posted by sg4356

Clear a corner out for mine when I come to vist

Will do Denny.

Started on the inside last week, all walls up
ready to run electric, water and air lines.
Then insulate and sheet it off

Originally Posted by DA34GUY

Started on the inside last week, all walls up
ready to run electric, water and air lines.
Then insulate and sheet it off

If you are running air lines inside the wall are you using something other than copper or iron lines? If so, what are you using and how are you addressing the moisture problem?

bought the house without the wife even looking at it...

I did that once. Her first inkling of what was going on was when I came home and said " Start packing, we're moving ! "

She first saw the property when we pulled in with the first load, about oh-dark-thirty. Didn't even get a good look at it until the next morning. She was pleased with it though. It was a HUGE step up from where we were living, in the 'bad' part of town.

The only border close to you now is the Red River and those pesky Texans.

So Don,
How did you pick Duncan, OK for your move from Arizona?