Building/equipping a workshop/garage.

[GSX1000E]

It won't bother your neighbors unless it's the nasty oil less type. The noise dissipates quickly outdoors. But it would be loud to you INSIDE the walls.
Make sure there is a wall between you and the compressor. Build it a dedicated doghouse if you worry about the neighbors. If it's in your shop area you will be sorry.

"You can lead a horse to water..."

[Allie]

"You can lead a horse to water..."

"...but you can't make him use the proper Suzuki shim tool."

[GSJim]

Beer fridge, stripper pole.

Don't know about the stripper pole, but based on previous posts, that should be "miscellaneous cold beverage fridge". For hot drinks, you have to use the expresso machine on the Gold Wing.

Jim

[jwhelan65]

A forum dedicated to nothing but...

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[Missile99]

"You can lead a horse to water..."

"...but you can't make him use the proper Suzuki shim tool."

Allie, you're killing me. That was hilarious.

[Missile99]

Trust me, everything on this project is going to have to be "by the book". I have to give them archetectual drawings for the whole project to even apply for a permit.

With 8-foot ceilings (don't think I could stretch that even to 8 1/2), any kind of auto lift is out of the question. Any cars or trucks that need work will be on the ground or with a floor jack.

I love your new garage plans and the ideas that have been thrown out there so far. Sometimes, there's nothing better than dreaming up designs for my future garage. Is the 8-feet ceiling limitation there because you plan to use the entire attic for storage and insulation or is it because of code rules for structure height/roof design?

[Steve]

Don't know about the stripper pole, but based on previous posts, that should be "miscellaneous cold beverage fridge". For hot drinks, you have to use the expresso machine on the Gold Wing.

Jim

Yessir, a wonderful memory you have there, sir.

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http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/

Yes, Joe, but GateKeeper beat you to that suggestion back in post #19.

I have already signed up there and have started browsing.

I love your new garage plans and the ideas that have been thrown out there so far. Sometimes, there's nothing better than dreaming up designs for my future garage. Is the 8-feet ceiling limitation there because you plan to use the entire attic for storage and insulation or is it because of code rules for structure height/roof design?

The height limit is "12-foot average from eave to peak". With 8-foot eaves and an 8:12 pitch on the roof, the peak will be at 16 feet. Allowing for floor joists in the attic and the rafters, I will have about 6 1/2 feet in the center, which drops quickly to either side. Storage will be limited to about the center 10 or 12 feet, where there will be about 3-foot height at the outer edges.

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[SVSooke]

I had a thought on the compressor housing.I get it needs to be in the buildings footprint but would an insulated room of it's own vented to the outside work?I have an idea in my head but I'm not sure I'm describing it right.

[wymple]

I had a thought on the compressor housing.I get it needs to be in the buildings footprint but would an insulated room of it's own vented to the outside work?I have an idea in my head but I'm not sure I'm describing it right.

No need to insulate.

[Steve]

... but would an insulated room of it's own vented to the outside work?

No need to insulate.

Instead of thermal "insulation", think of "sound-absorbing" insulation.

SV, that's pretty much what I have in mind, if it gets too bothersome.

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[SVSooke]

Thinking it would be easier to do while you are building rather than retrofitting it later.

[Steve]

Probably true, but I will probably put it in the "plan for it, but don't complete it yet" category.

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[Allie]

Thinking it would be easier to do while you are building rather than retrofitting it later.

Probably true, but I will probably put it in the "plan for it, but don't complete it yet" category.

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Excellent prioritizing. Drum riser first! Or... you -could- put the compressor under the drum riser... no one would ever know it was there!

<=== genius!

[Grimly]

When I was thinking of my workshop lighting, I looked up what was recommended for workspaces.
750lumens/sq m is what's needed, so working with what I had available I found the light output of the fittings I had.
Years ago, with exactly this in mind, I had acquired some ex-office ceiling fittings, that have 4x4ft fluorescent tubes in them. I still have a bundle of working tubes, and allowing for light fall-off with age, I reckoned I'd need five of these fittings.
I wasn't wrong...




The area is approx 35sq metres and has about 26,000 lumens flooding it. Every one of them is needed. Don't stint on light.
The walls and ceiling have been painted white since the pics were shot - makes a trememdous difference.

[Steve]

Don't stint on light.

I have appreciated having enough light for quite a while. It is hard to get pictures to show the difference, but I have six double-tube, 4-foot fluorescent shop lights in my garage now.

In the small storage shed that is out back now (that will be removed to make room for the new garage), I have two 2-foot, double-tube fluorescent lights. In yet another shed, I have two single-tube 4-foot fluorescents.

With that much commitment to light in storage areas, imagine what a work area will be like.

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