"...do you even know who you will be going through to get your building material? are you going to put it up?...."

I've been looking at a steel building outfit in Texas and also pricing some materials locally. If I go local, I probably farm out the framing and roofing and do the siding myself.

“……That a/c unit in the office will be a real pleasure…….”

I know Don, just to get away and put your feet up for a couple of minuets really helps. Days like today are the reason for an AC unit. The shop will have swamp coolers but when the humidity is around 90% and 90+ or so degrees they don’t do much besides move the air.


Bob thanks for the list of reminders.

I’ve been kind of shying away from the floor coatings, most of what I hear are horror stories about them not adhering or holding up very well.

I couldn’t agree with you more on the electrical or skylights. With the stuff drawn out I’m starting to get a feel for what I’m going to need (and I hate extension cords!!!!!). Fortunately I can do the wiring so that’s a big plus to include if I need to add something later.

I’m looking at least 8 skylights for the new shop, and 2 for the current shop. I know I should have put them in years ago and always cussed myself for not doing it every time I painted a car. The ones for the old shop will probably go in sometime in the next couple of months.

For the wash area I’m looking at having the pad in front of the door made a bit oversize as it should be convenient and close to where the water will come in at.

I would really like to have an overhead I beam the one in the old shop has spoiled me. Unfortunately they take up so much room I don’t think it would work out. I’ll still have the one in the old shop and the 2 post hoists are really slick for lifting bodies, cabs and beds.

I already have 1 of the 10’ rollup doors that will go into the south end of the shop. For the others I’m really seriously considering the 2 piece door that slide sideways on tracks. As long as the tracks are occasionally lubed I’ve always had really good luck with them.