12-09-2015, 04:18 PM
(12-09-2015, 03:45 PM)Dr Stan Wrote: .zmotorsportsI really take having my detached, heated and comfortable shop for granted. I cannot fathom hauling equipment down into my basement.
You guys are studs.
Mike.
Amen to that. My single requirement when purchasing our current house was space to build a shop. Fortunately the house we bought in town is on a 1/2 acre lot. It needed new windows, a new roof, an additional garage bay & siding which are done except for a small portion of the siding on the back side of the house. A hail storm & the remnants of a hurricane paid for the roof and one window. A kitchen remodel and bathroom remodels are sometime down the road.
Just glad I have the skills and tools (kept in the 24' X 48' [roughly 8m X 16m] shop I built) to do the work myself. BTW, I built the shop before I started any of the work on the house. Priorities ya know.
Agreed.
Luckily my wife is AWESOME!!! When we were looking for a home back in 1990/91 we realized that we had a champaign appetite on a beer income.
Not only were the houses we were looking at over our budget but they had no yards per se. When we would pull up to look at a house the first place I would head was to the back yard to see if there was room for a shop. My wife knew even back then that a detached shop was definitely in our future because I wanted a place for my race addiction. I had some friends who at the time were using their attached garages to work out of and I knew I definitely wanted a detached one to work in. It took a few years after purchasing the house but I too ended up building mine completely by myself other than the concrete work. My dad was in quite poor health condition by then but bless his heart he came by and did what he could. Many times I think just to hang out while I was working on the shop. Sadly he didn't get a chance spend too much time in it with me after the shop was completed.Mike.