ATC "Thread Shed" Mountain Shop

[AdventureToolCompany]

For the last several years I've been planning, saving, arguing with the county and clearing trees/dirt for the construction of a shop as a design and storage space for the gear I design and my hobby vehicles. The rocky mountains can be very hard on vehicles left outside. We're building in Boulder County, Colorado probably one of the most difficult, controlling and costly counties in the world to build something.

Our orginal building design was to be 1500 sq feet and a monitor barn style but, the plans got rejected due to having to be downsized based on them area average and we were limited to approx. 1100 sq ft. We also had to redesign the building.

Since we live in the ghost town of Tungsten, Co we also wanted it to look like one of the old mining buildings an selected a rusted core 10 metal exterior and green metal roof (both met fire code). The planning, approval through final construction and inspection took 3 years.

 

[AdventureToolCompany]

Our land sits on some of the old tungsten mining sites. The shop site was a treed site that required clearing about 20 trees and some old mining structure pipes. The black and white photo is from the original mine head that sat just north of the shop site. Lots of granite, decomposing granite and tailings made for a very interesting grading experience.

 

[AdventureToolCompany]

An aerial of the building site and a shot of when you get the jack hammer stuck in the granite and need the tractor to get it out....

 

[1911]

Beautiful place, and I love the mining history! Everything we have comes from a hole in the ground.

Can only imagine what building in Boulder County must be like. Besides our place here in Texas, we also own 20 acres in the mountains in Santa Fe County, NM - possibly the second most difficult, controlling and costly place in the U.S. to build. My hat is off to you for persevering and building.

 

[AdventureToolCompany]

Beautiful place, and I love the mining history! Everything we have comes from a hole in the ground.

Can only imagine what building in Boulder County must be like. Besides our place here in Texas, we also own 20 acres in the mountains in Santa Fe County, NM - possibly the second most difficult, controlling and costly place in the U.S. to build. My hat is off to you for persevering and building.

Thanks.

Yeah, we love the local history. The photo is of the Town of Tungsten, Colorado from 1920. The town no longer exists except for one building and a few foundations just below the Barker dam but, our shop is designed and colored to match these original buildings. Also, the upper left ridge line is where our property and the shop will sit. We actually have some of the original artifacts from the old mill on our property.

BC County is truly crazy. The permit application was 30 pages long and cost $625 to simply file it. We also had to have a state historical search done ($20) to show that there wasn't an ancient burial ground on the property and a seperate satellite LIDAR search of the property to show that we hadn't done any unpermited construction or dirt excavation! The final permit cost an additional $1600 to build the building.

 

[AdventureToolCompany]

Once the materials were delivered and the crew got the holes prepped the construction started. We hoped that it would be done in a couple of weeks but, several delays hit. The first one was that two of the crew members feel sick from altitude sickness which caused the company to bring in another crew after a three week delay.

 

[AdventureToolCompany]

The poles were 8x8 lams sunk 60 inches with an eve height of 18 ft. The 18 feet wouod give us room for a loft for additional storage.

 

[OGBeno]

Awesome Paul. Gonna be a great addition to the property.

 

[AdventureToolCompany]

Awesome Paul. Gonna be a great addition to the property.

Thanks Onur!

Hope you guys are doing well and enjoying your new life! Cheers.......( btw, I think the guys @ Crosscut are missing you!)

 

[AdventureToolCompany]

Once the trusses went up it really got exciting! The code required the engineering of the building to withstand 175 mph winds and 55 lbs per sqft snow ratings.

 

[AdventureToolCompany]

And then before they even get the roof on your wanting to start parking your s@#$ in the shop!

 

[AdventureToolCompany]

Since my wife was so supportive of the shop build I started clearing an old mining road across and down the back of the ridge and will build her a small art studio in forest next summer.

 

[AdventureToolCompany]

To give the Thread Shed the feeling of being an old mining building we went with rustable, raw core 10 steel and I pre-rusted prior to it being installed. Thats ton of work degreasing it, rinse, spray with white vinegar and finish with hydrogen peroxide......

 

[Bob Morazes]

Just amazing!
Really great work and lots of ingenuity on building. I had my wonders when I saw the first slide of the trusses in place, but on the ground.
Looks like you'll have plenty of overhead space. second floor man cave? multiple 2 car lifts?
One super duper lift??
Cant wait to see the finished project!
Bobmo

 

[AdventureToolCompany]

The county required that all exterior materials were fire resistant and none offensive if seen from park land so we went with the dark green metal roof and rusted steel siding. Due to the wind loads we also had to add strong backs, osb siding and a wrap, resulting in a very strong buildings.

 

[AdventureToolCompany]

Once the siding and roof was installed we had a 5" floor with loft footings and vehicle lift footing poured.

 

[AdventureToolCompany]

Eventually I'll be adding a loft, vehicle lift, heat and vintage signage for Adventure Tool Company.....

 

[AdventureToolCompany]

The doors arrived and installed. Neighbors showed up to eat our free food. All the final inspection paperwork was layed out for final inspection, which we passed!

 

[AdventureToolCompany]

Very pleased with the final results and it seemed to handle its first snow well! Pulled our TR out of 8 years of storage and moved it into it's new home.....Hope to get started on the interior soon!

 

[D21FJ60]

Amazing. I love these threads that have start to finish so I can get instant gratification.
That Triumph is an absolute beauty.