Skreddy Builds a Shop (2 Viewers)

[Bob Morazes]

Just like the good old days of house water plumbing, one would place shutoff valves to isolate bathrooms, second floors, heaters, etc.
It might be a good SOP for your air lines.
would make trouble shooting easier and you could isolate a leak, while still using the rest of the run.
Bobmo, master of disasters

 

[Skreddy]

Just like the good old days of house water plumbing, one would place shutoff valves to isolate bathrooms, second floors, heaters, etc.
It might be a good SOP for your air lines.
would make trouble shooting easier and you could isolate a leak, while still using the rest of the run.
Bobmo, master of disasters

I have a couple shutoffs plumbed in. I was thinking of adding some more and I may one day. Easy enough to do later with this setup. Although, if I’d already did it, I could have my air on now to the spots that are done.

 

[knuckle47]

Mines BEEN done for 2 years now. These fittings can get pricey. I don’t have any inline shut-off except at the main feed to the RapidAir lines and at the compressor tank. To go back and install a few somewhere would be a bit rough. I’d need to cut the exact amount of space required as all of the lines are anchored in place to insure against movement…and they don’t move. The amount of leak currently, does not add up to much and takes a few hours to drop off enough to kick the motor back on. Just thinking about it tells me…I love the way it works and I’m happy..

 

[Skreddy]

Last week I got my front entry pad poured. Once the weather stopped freezing here, switched gears to outdoor projects before it’s too hot. We bought this house about a year ago and had to have a new septic system installed, then the site work for the shop, so it’s been dirt out back essentially the whole time we’ve owned it. Previous owners had it 3.5 years and literally never even mowed the lawn. We took out a whole bunch of overgrown brush, leveled/smoothed out front and back yards, installed a whole new sprinkler system instead of trying to fix the cobbled mess that was there, grass seed down and rock edging, then graded for the front shop pad. Pad is 20’ out from the shop; wanted to be able to park fully on concrete if I need to work on something outside. Next week I’ll finish grading to the pad and start the flagstone walkway from house to shop.

 

[knuckle47]

Is concrete pricey on the west coast… my outdoor pad is 47’x15’ and another apron at 10’x 6’ and paid over $6000 extra…my only saving grace was their miscalculation …it turned out to be 7-8” thick. I should have gone 20’

 

[Skreddy]

Is concrete pricey on the west coast… my outdoor pad is 47’x15’ and another apron at 10’x 6’ and paid over $6000 extra…my only saving grace was their miscalculation …it turned out to be 7-8” thick. I should have gone 20’

I went through a friend for this pad. 6” thick and it was $4500. Was getting quotes of about $175-185 per yard of concrete and anywhere from $5.50-$9 per sq ft finished.

 

[helimech]

the front pad looks great!