Okie dream man cave!

[greenbeast]

Good portion of sod installed, now watering is top of my to do list. Still need little more sod and it’s going to be delivered Monday.

Dog seemed to enjoy it yesterday!

Been up before sunrise running sprinklers and using tank sprayer on 4 wheeler to water. Gonna be worth it after all this work.

 

[WarDamnEagle]

Great looking building Jon.

 

[greenbeast]

Great looking building Jon.

Thanks Greg, I absolutely love it!

 

[knuckle47]

I missed the last few days of posts but this is fabulous… I tell several of my friends about your airplane hanger sized building almost weekly and how great it is turning out. About the floor…. Mine is now 1 year old and the only way I have found nuts and washers on the same color floor is by sweeping with a wide soft push broom. Along with dust, I usually find nuts or washers that I have fdropped.

I love this amazing project you have going on BUT…you lost me at the snake!

 

[greenbeast]

I missed the last few days of posts but this is fabulous… I tell several of my friends about your airplane hanger sized building almost weekly and how great it is turning out. About the floor…. Mine is now 1 year old and the only way I have found nuts and washers on the same color floor is by sweeping with a wide soft push broom. Along with dust, I usually find nuts or washers that I have fdropped.

I love this amazing project you have going on BUT…you lost me at the snake!

When my son was working at Ace Hardware
he got a decent discount. For Christmas he got one of the roller magnets kinda like a broom. That has been indispensable especially after the initial construction. It works great!!

Now back to watering!!!!

 

[knuckle47]

@greenbeast terrific… I have have one from Harbor Freight for the last 15 years or so…no wheels but you get pretty good at hovering an inch above the floor. The only problem becomes….stainless steel

 

[Waorani]

If I don't see something dropped on the floor fairly quickly it just gets written off. A bigger problem I have is moving something from where it might have sat for months to some place it "won't get lost." That's the kiss of death - gone forever, never to be seen again!

 

[riderjgs]

Good portion of sod installed, now watering is top of my to do list. Still need little more sod and it’s going to be delivered Monday.

Dog seemed to enjoy it yesterday!

Been up before sunrise running sprinklers and using tank sprayer on 4 wheeler to water. Gonna be worth it after all this work.

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And you're still living in either a trailer or the old farm house, right? I like your priorities!

 

[greenbeast]

And you're still living in either a trailer or the old farm house, right? I like your priorities!

Jim yea we are, gonna be major improvement to move into 5th wheel hopefully in 6 weeks or so. Probably gonna send Kim your way in couple months

 

[greenbeast]

Wife got early Xmas present for her tractor! I know she appreciates me

 

[greenbeast]

Over 25 degree difference in shop and outdoors little while ago. Raining and cold north wind.

Not most scientific test but decent representation how well the spray foam works.

Signal pretty crappy will post pics when able

 

[greenbeast]

Been awhile and progress slow for sure!

Buddy electrician was here this week finishing up some things so we can finally start sheetrocking the back 25% of the shop.

No longer just looking pretty in there, vehicles starting to collect inside. Had to rearrange some things inside smaller barn and finally able to move the rebuilt 3B and its h55 along with pigs 2f and its h55 inside shop little while ago using the wife’s small tractor.

Wife and I currently looking at Class C Rv to park inside shop to live in while house being built. Will finish out plumbing once sheet rock up.

Was gonna park old fifth wheel parents have but it’s been outside for awhile and who knows what problems are lurking inside it. I also want to be able to unhook easily and pull out our little living arrangements to work on cars this spring.

 

[RiverCityDave]

Been awhile and progress slow for sure!

Buddy electrician was here this week finishing up some things so we can finally start sheetrocking the back 25% of the shop.

No longer just looking pretty in there, vehicles starting to collect inside. Had to rearrange some things inside smaller barn and finally able to move the rebuilt 3B and its h55 along with pigs 2f and its h55 inside shop little while ago using the wife’s small tractor.

Wife and I currently looking at Class C Rv to park inside shop to live in while house being built. Will finish out plumbing once sheet rock up.

Was gonna park old fifth wheel parents have but it’s been outside for awhile and who knows what problems are lurking inside it. I also want to be able to unhook easily and pull out our little living arrangements to work on cars this spring.

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Man, that's such an excellent space. I'm jealous.

 

[greenbeast]

2 degrees here this morning, neg 14 wind chill.

Stepped over to the shop and it’s 42 inside, no heat at all just the foam insulation. This is super important to me since living in RV this year in the shop poses several issues. One of which was it going to freeze and put all the plumbing at risk.

I’m sure long extended cold spell will require some precautions but darn pleased with the performance of the spray foam.

For those considering the foam inside the shop if your at risk of freezing I’ve got no complaints!!

 

[knuckle47]

My experiences are the same…the foam insulation has gone thru 4 seasons now and my only complaint is that after a very cold spell, the equalized temperature on the interior is ice cold and it’s 55 outdoors…the concrete floor radiates the cold stored by its thermal mass. I can open 3 of the large garage doors and blow some cold air out but it also takes a few days of warmer temps to be more comfortable inside.

on the other hand, this is pretty nice when the 40 degree nights surprise us with a 80 degree day occasionally… air conditioning !
‘never really had sweltering hot summer days which is really nice. But again, now it’s better to keep those big doors closed…crazy choices but a day by day thing for me

 

[WarDamnEagle]

My experiences are the same…the foam insulation has gone thru 4 seasons now and my only complaint is that after a very cold spell, the equalized temperature on the interior is ice cold and it’s 55 outdoors…the concrete floor radiates the cold stored by its thermal mass. I can open 3 of the large garage doors and blow some cold air out but it also takes a few days of warmer temps to be more comfortable inside.

on the other hand, this is pretty nice when the 40 degree nights surprise us with a 80 degree day occasionally… air conditioning !
‘never really had sweltering hot summer days which is really nice. But again, now it’s better to keep those big doors closed…crazy choices but a day by day thing for me

If you just had almost any heat source to keep the interior from going below 45 or maybe 50 during an extended cold spell you wouldn't have such a temperature delta when the cold spell is over with. Even one largish radiant heater would probably do the trick. The condensation on everything when you open the doors after a cold spell (if there's any humidity at all outside) would drive me crazy. Maybe that's not a problem in New Jersey in the winter.

 

[greenbeast]

I cranked up my diesel radiant heater yesterday in the corner of shop. Resulted in my working comfortable in sweatshirt. Once sheet rock is up in next couple weeks I will put the overhead radiant heaters up (electric. 2 are going in NE corner of shop where all my frustration will occur working on things and the 3rd will go in the vicinity where wife going to exercise, or has plans to!

 

[knuckle47]

If you just had almost any heat source to keep the interior from going below 45 or maybe 50 during an extended cold spell you wouldn't have such a temperature delta when the cold spell is over with. Even one largish radiant heater would probably do the trick. The condensation on everything when you open the doors after a cold spell (if there's any humidity at all outside) would drive me crazy. Maybe that's not a problem in New Jersey in the winter.

Well I had never even thought about that…I have got to add a radiant heater in this case…. We do not have natural gas ( in the most populated state …..?) but I can use electricity , diesel fuel or propane… I do not know which would be more economical to use and acquire. In fact, I only realize now, that those are the heaters they have at Home Depot by the cashiers overhead by the doors and they feel awesome when they’re on.

so, is there a way to determine in advance which might be the better way to go regarding operational costs …. Never been a strong math guy but man, can I spell ! I believe the diesel fuel or propane is the easiest to control cost as I can fill it as needed but I may be incorrect. On the other hand, electric is on or off as needed..Any recommendations?

 

[WarDamnEagle]

@knuckle47 Electrical radiant heaters are probably the most economical and only second behind a wood burning stove/heater. I have no idea what size or how many but I would start with one largish one and see where that gets you.

Maybe Jon has some insight on what size he bought and why.

 

[greenbeast]

Of course, happy to share.

The three electric radiant heaters are from Infratech. They make em for all kind of applications. Their website does decent job indicating coverage area for each type.

Purchased my diesel radiant heater at the Farm show last year. Made by Hy flow which is fairly local in Kansas. I think its between 100k-110k btu. I would run it too long inside small shop but it warms up things quickly and i run for half hour then shut it off. Mine has thermostat also. I know there are many brands out there like this and I am sure they all do decent job.