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<blockquote data-quote="Flatlander" data-source="post: 7763665" data-attributes="member: 156006"><p>Build as big as you can afford then add 50% to its size. It nay be big enough to get by but in ten years you’ll be adding to it some way. Re bar the concrete on a good well packed base. I’d personally go with 8 inches of concrete and foot grid on the bars. Fibres will help stop the surface from cracking and chipping also improve the surface finish. Consider a centre drain the length of the building and and make it easy to clean out. Are you going to insulate it. If so finish the inside with white plastic sheeting to reflect light and hold insulation in place. Don’t wire up the power thru the walls if you can. Put in plenty of outlets and go to town on led lights. Don’t forget a smaller room for the compressor with an air dryer. run air around the workshop and outside. If you considering a lathe or other fixed equipment might want to put them in under a mezzanine to provide upper storage fir parts. Theses are a few ideas I’ve thought about for mine when I get to build one.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Flatlander, post: 7763665, member: 156006"] Build as big as you can afford then add 50% to its size. It nay be big enough to get by but in ten years you’ll be adding to it some way. Re bar the concrete on a good well packed base. I’d personally go with 8 inches of concrete and foot grid on the bars. Fibres will help stop the surface from cracking and chipping also improve the surface finish. Consider a centre drain the length of the building and and make it easy to clean out. Are you going to insulate it. If so finish the inside with white plastic sheeting to reflect light and hold insulation in place. Don’t wire up the power thru the walls if you can. Put in plenty of outlets and go to town on led lights. Don’t forget a smaller room for the compressor with an air dryer. run air around the workshop and outside. If you considering a lathe or other fixed equipment might want to put them in under a mezzanine to provide upper storage fir parts. Theses are a few ideas I’ve thought about for mine when I get to build one. [/QUOTE]
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