Home Shop building recommendations?

The extra space for mowers etc. is a great idea. If I had it to do over, I'd do the size you're planning or something close to it. My

But if I had to do it over again I'd still use wood, I'd just be sure that the vegetation at the back of the shop was removed periodically to minimize splatter and the constant damp. The mulberry tree I cut down when I built the shop has regrown to its original height...

Depends on how much time and money you have. At this stage of my life (mid-50s) I am discovering that I am less willing to spend my time, more willing to spend money. If I had it to do over I'd probably build it myself again, but not to save money; rather, for the enjoyment of "I did it all myself".

Best -- Terry

All that stuff, and you still don't have a working transporter? ;-)

EE.

Given your weather, try looking at Structural Insulated Panels. Cost more than steel sheet to buy but probably less, once you add in insulation and building labour.

My (UK) Shop is 5"PU foam SIPs with cement bonded particle board on the outside and OSB on the inside (R30 in US money). Almost airtight and very comfortable. Even with your cheap power, heat and cooling savings will add up over the years).

Mark Rand RTFM

Actually, it was that missing Illudium Q-23 Space Modulator...

Didn't you not-notice the not-"Earth Shattering Kaboom" that didn't happen?

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Actually, that was an Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator... I don't think Illudium has a 23 isotope.

No s*it? Then who got the Transporter? I wonder if the auctioneer had done a deal with a dealer before the auction.....hummmmmm?

Gunner

"Somewhere a True Believer is training to kill you. He is training with minimum food or water,in austere conditions, day and night. The only thing clean on him is his weapon. He doesn't worry about what workout to do--- his rucksack weighs what it weighs, and he runs until the enemy stops chasing him. The True Believer doesn't care 'how hard it is'; he knows he either wins or he dies. He doesn't go home at 1700; he is home. He knows only the 'Cause.' Now, who wants to quit?"

NCOIC of the Special Forces Assessment and Selection Course in a welcome speech to new SF candidates

Moron! Why do you think its so explosive? It wants to return to its natural state, and it can only do that, one way.

That's pew36. Hear it, right from marivin's own mouth:

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I've heard about those. Must have been out of the building when it happened.

Or was I in the building when it didn't happen?

"As I was climbing up the stairs I met a man who wasn't there. He wasn't there again today. I think he is in the CIA."

- pyotr filipivich We will drink no whiskey before its nine. It's eight fifty eight. Close enough!

You'll probably want something weatherproof.

If you were in a milder climate, I'd suggest something like a carport (roof, no walls) with a small workshop area attached to one end. That workshop area would contain all of your expensive and fixed equipment, be enclosed, insulated and maybe heated. Multiple sets of double doors, or a couple of roll-up doors between the workshop and the carport could be opened so assembly and large parts could be handled in the carport.

Proper drainage, footings that extend a few inches above the slab, and use treated wood where in contact with any concrete should help keep it from rotting.