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<blockquote data-quote="SkidRoe" data-source="post: 55565" data-attributes="member: 3290"><p>For those of us in cold climates, one thing that I think is of serious consideration when pouring a shop floor is to set it up for in-floor heating. For a couple of hundred bucks, you can install PEX line in the floor before you pour it.</p><p>Even if you don't hook it up immediately, leave your options open. Like Ken's buggered-up door openning, once the concrete is down, it is very difficult and expensive to make changes. We have been kicking ourselves that we did not do it when we poured the floor in the shop at the farm (actually, I think were too high on the euphoria of just having a decent concrete floor!!) </p><p>I tried to talk my neighbour into doing it when he built his shop last year, but he didn't. I think he was high on being able to work inside!!</p><p>One other mistake that I have seen many of my employees & friends make is wanting a shop and then not buying a place with a shop when they do buy a place, planning to build one later. Life always seems to happen while you are making better plan, so if you are planning to buy a place, why not get one with what you really want, even if it costs a bit more?? It is probably still cheaper than building one after you buy. Sure, it may not be the shop of your dreams, but at least it is there, and you can always alter it to suit your wants/needs. </p><p>In my case, I bought a place with a detached 2.5 car garage (heat, hydro, TV, telephone, cable, stereo, internet, etc., 15 feet away is the mud room on the house with the beer fridge and a laundry sink - I make do!!). It's a little small, but I can still get things done in it. I also own the vacant lot next to my main property, so I do have room to expand once our town gets sewers and I am off the septic system, which occupies this space currently. Even the wife is excited about the Garage Mahal!!</p><p>My $0.02,</p><p>SR</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SkidRoe, post: 55565, member: 3290"] For those of us in cold climates, one thing that I think is of serious consideration when pouring a shop floor is to set it up for in-floor heating. For a couple of hundred bucks, you can install PEX line in the floor before you pour it. Even if you don't hook it up immediately, leave your options open. Like Ken's buggered-up door openning, once the concrete is down, it is very difficult and expensive to make changes. We have been kicking ourselves that we did not do it when we poured the floor in the shop at the farm (actually, I think were too high on the euphoria of just having a decent concrete floor!!) I tried to talk my neighbour into doing it when he built his shop last year, but he didn't. I think he was high on being able to work inside!! One other mistake that I have seen many of my employees & friends make is wanting a shop and then not buying a place with a shop when they do buy a place, planning to build one later. Life always seems to happen while you are making better plan, so if you are planning to buy a place, why not get one with what you really want, even if it costs a bit more?? It is probably still cheaper than building one after you buy. Sure, it may not be the shop of your dreams, but at least it is there, and you can always alter it to suit your wants/needs. In my case, I bought a place with a detached 2.5 car garage (heat, hydro, TV, telephone, cable, stereo, internet, etc., 15 feet away is the mud room on the house with the beer fridge and a laundry sink - I make do!!). It's a little small, but I can still get things done in it. I also own the vacant lot next to my main property, so I do have room to expand once our town gets sewers and I am off the septic system, which occupies this space currently. Even the wife is excited about the Garage Mahal!! My $0.02, SR [/QUOTE]
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