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matt60j
Oct 28th, 08, 12:19 PM
My brother-in-law and I just started construction on my new shop. Its 40'x56'x12'. Unfortunately the '65 project has to stay in my garage for another winter. I won't be doing cement or electrical until next summer. Anyway, heres some pics and the official build thread at http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=24264(my other favorite website!) Thanks for looking! -MATT

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc213/matt60j/POLE%20BARN/BUCKET137.jpg?t=1225158144

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc213/matt60j/POLE%20BARN/BUCKET133.jpg?t=1225157909

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc213/matt60j/POLE%20BARN/BUCKET134.jpg?t=1225157953

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc213/matt60j/POLE%20BARN/BUCKET136.jpg?t=1225157998

animal69
Oct 28th, 08, 1:12 PM
It's a good start but it's not big enough!:thumbsup:

Andy69
Oct 28th, 08, 1:34 PM
looks pretty small :D

rubadub
Oct 28th, 08, 2:00 PM
Your going to have a really nice shop. But you should have two of them.:D

66 MYSTERY CHEVELLE
Oct 28th, 08, 2:17 PM
looks pretty small :D

It's a good start but it's not big enough!:thumbsup:


That's what she said!! :D

imchefbrian
Oct 28th, 08, 2:50 PM
HEY HEY HEY, it's not the size of the shop its what he can do with it:thumbsup:

SixActual
Oct 28th, 08, 4:25 PM
Is that lake behind that treeline?


Respectfully,
John R.

matt60j
Oct 28th, 08, 5:26 PM
Is that lake behind that treeline?


Respectfully,
John R.

No lake but there is a small pond a couple hundred feet back from the house. -MATT

RedSS454
Oct 28th, 08, 6:18 PM
looks pretty small :D


It's not that it's small, it's just that the background is so big!


Wait, what are we talking about here? ;)

-Chris

Freddy Mercado
Oct 28th, 08, 6:24 PM
It looks like a good start.

Peloose
Oct 28th, 08, 6:52 PM
Not too late to make it 2 stories!:D

forcd ind
Oct 28th, 08, 7:05 PM
lookin good-your gonna need a big heater

matt60j
Nov 2nd, 08, 11:42 AM
Here is an updated pic 8 days into the build.

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc213/matt60j/POLE%20BARN/100_6720.jpg?t=1225595682

Mike McMasters
Nov 2nd, 08, 11:47 AM
You guys work quick.:thumbsup:

1badss396
Nov 2nd, 08, 12:12 PM
Soon it will snow and you could pile up the snow for your walls and your done.:D

dmg1029
Nov 2nd, 08, 12:26 PM
wouldn't a metal roof work better in MI winters?

matt60j
Nov 2nd, 08, 12:31 PM
You guys work quick.:thumbsup:

This is the biggest project I ever took on and luckily my brother-in-law worked for a pole barn builder for 6 years in the past. He is a pole barn building machine.:yes:

Mstehle
Nov 2nd, 08, 5:20 PM
It's a good start but it's not big enough!:thumbsup:

looks pretty small :D

I've got garage envy. Nice looking shop you're starting. Congrats.

Bow_Tied
Nov 2nd, 08, 7:42 PM
Sweet!!!

Rod
Nov 2nd, 08, 9:38 PM
Looks good, what are the plans for heat?

ssal396
Nov 3rd, 08, 8:43 AM
Looks great, I'd give almost anything for a shop like that..

matt60j
Nov 3rd, 08, 12:45 PM
wouldn't a metal roof work better in MI winters? Yeah it probably would but I wanted to side and shingle it to match the house.

Looks good, what are the plans for heat? I am going to partition a section for a lounge that will have in floor heat with running water so it will be heated throughout the winter. The shop area will have a radiant tube heater for instant heat.

Looks great, I'd give almost anything for a shop like that.. I'd give almost anything for your ss 396.:)


Thanks for all the kind words guys. This has been a dream of mine for quite sometime now. -MATT