Posted by MarkB_MI on February 08, 2019 at 04:33:42 from (174.230.14.24):
In Reply to: Building size? posted by Lazy WP on February 07, 2019 at 05:16:04:
Some additional thoughts. Here's my thought process for sizing and configuring a building.
1. Site considerations: You need to think about what sort of building you can even construct on the site. It may not be practical to put as large of a building as you would like because of terrain or setback requirements. It's not possible for every building to be drive-through, for example. Get a transit or level and figure out what it's going to take to properly grade the site. The site MUST be prepared BEFORE you start construction! You can't jack the building up after you've built it. You may need to bring in fill, and that has to be properly compacted.
2. Do you plan to heat the building? If you're north of the Mason-Dixon line, you probably will and this will drive a lot of considerations. Most importantly, if the building will be heated you'll want to use an overhead door rather than a slider. You may want to put in a ceiling, and that means flat-bottom trusses. What sort of insulation? You can put insulation under the sheathing when you construct the building, or add it later. Do you want insulation under your concrete slab?
3. What are the real door requirements? The door needs to be big and wide for the sort of vehicles you're bringing in. Even a two-car garage has a 16 foot wide door; for a building like you're planning, 18 feet would be about the smallest you want. If you want to have drive-through, the door at the rear can be much narrower, say ten feet, so it doesn't use up so much wall space. And of course the sidewalls need to be high enough to accommodate the door you need.
After you nail down those three big items, I think the rest of the plan will fall in place. Don't think of how to make your building fit your budget. Decide what it is you NEED to properly support your business, then figure out out to pay for it.
Regarding your wife's leather shop: I suspect you're hanging this carrot out in hopes she'll get on board with your shop plans. But I think you're going about it wrong. She's going to be lukewarm about the idea of getting HER shop many years down the road after you've finished YOUR shop the way you like it. I suggest you build her workshop FIRST, then you'll have a much easier time getting her to sign off on the loan you'll need to build your shop. And you WILL have to take out a loan; there's just no way to build a proper shop on a shoestring. Her workshop won't need to be big, maybe the size of a one-car garage, but it needs to be a proper building with insulation, power, heat, running (hot) water, concrete floor, etc. Yes, it will cost ten to twenty grand, but that's the price of entry if you want your shop.
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