Friday Crop Report on a Thursday!

[4GFarms]

Thanks for that info Case. Good to hear that your shop went as planned and is working out. How thick is your cement? 6” so you can drive on it?

[Guest]

Worked out 5.5” of the highest psi cement
24” under doors , rebar every sq ft
More under doors
Only cracks are where saw cuts end at walls
Very nice job

[Guest]

Any snow like that in Jamaica Robert ?

[Robertbarlage]

Not yet ! Waiting for climate change ! Lol. it’s been good . It’s like Groundhog Day here always nice every fricken day !

[Robertbarlage]

[Guest]

How long till the dreaded test to come home ?

[foragefarmer]

We hauled in 20 (19 yds) loads of fill
Goodon built 48’x60’ x18’ pole shed shop totally finished with 26’ bifold in 4 days
They left 16 ‘ overhead door and blown in insulation in attic for a local contractor , whom they paid
Soon as that door was on we got floor poured
Better this way cause you can control environment for drying cement
We let cement go right to outside treated 2”x8” bottom strap (which also has a styrofoam strip on inside of strapping, and also pounded 6” spikes a couple inches into treated poles on three sides thinkin it would help keep poles and cement the same height ? Poles are in 5’ , she’s tough ground here
Very happy with everything 4.5 yrs later

Nice shed Case.

I guess there's no excuse for sitting around in the winter now!

[Robertbarlage]

End of week $100 US to clean my nose and touch my brain to get on plane . Then when land in Toronto “free “ test at airport when get off plane such bullshit it’s unreal .

[Robertbarlage]

. And some people from Montreal are okay ! This guy said lots his friends have changed sides can’t believe the steeling!

[shtferbrains]

Long time ago a guy with a huge old shop told me always build 10 ft wider than you think you need because you will fill the outside around the walls with stuff like cutting tables,welders,tire changers bandsaws, ironworkers,etc as time goes by. All that stuff accumulates over time.

[burnt]

We hauled in 20 (19 yds) loads of fill
Goodon built 48’x60’ x18’ pole shed shop totally finished with 26’ bifold in 4 days
They left 16 ‘ overhead door and blown in insulation in attic for a local contractor , whom they paid
Soon as that door was on we got floor poured
Better this way cause you can control environment for drying cement
We let cement go right to outside treated 2”x8” bottom strap (which also has a styrofoam strip on inside of strapping, and also pounded 6” spikes a couple inches into treated poles on three sides thinkin it would help keep poles and cement the same height ? Poles are in 5’ , she’s tough ground here
Very happy with everything 4.5 yrs later

After we built our barn with shop in 2009, there were a few things I would have done differently. We have an 8' x 8" concrete wall, 4' in ground for foundation and 4' above. I would go 6 ' above, minimum, just because of stopping potential damage from bumps. went with 8" wall with 2 x 8" studs on 24" centers.

The shop has sandwich walls, a good product that works well.

We would have been better putting the loose insulation in the walls over batts, I think.

One thing that I notice is a lot of heat loss under the overhead door, from the in floor heat system. the snow melts on the concrete outside of the door.

Not sure how to stop it, but am thinking that there should have been a strip of blue foam on edge in the concrete just outside the shop door.

[Guest]

Nice shed Case.

I guess there's no excuse for sitting around in the winter now!

That’s all that’s kept me half assed sane since 2020 LOL

[Guest]

Long time ago a guy with a huge old shop told me always build 10 ft wider than you think you need because you will fill the outside around the walls with stuff like cutting tables,welders,tire changers bandsaws, ironworkers,etc as time goes by. All that stuff accumulates over time.

We were gonna go 40 went 48 instead
It’s a pretty workable width but 60 long is short for truck and tandem trailer
If we get a tridem it will need to be unhooked

[shtferbrains]

Also nice to have a 12Hx14H door on one end to drive right though with semi or farm wagons that can be hard to back up.

[fjlip]

End of week $100 US to clean my nose and touch my brain to get on plane . Then when land in Toronto “free “ test at airport when get off plane such bullshit it’s unreal .

From someone's experience, PUT VASELINE up nose before swab ...always NEGATIVE!