You know you are a redneck when......

[4PLAYZJ]

You hang a large furnace like this by yourself , using a ladder & a tranny jack on top of scaffolding

[dunl]

 

I won't show some of the stupider things I did when I was younger.....

[Eagle Jeeper]

Whatever works and as long as you have all your fingers.

[FiEND]

did someone say tranny jack?

[esi]

Rednecks don't have big tranny jacks and scaffolding. They'd use a rope hooked to the bumper of their pick up, threaded through holes that they shot in the rafters. You were just being ingenuous with decent tool at hand

[Ostego]

-Takes cowboy hat off-
I won't mention how I do a lot of things.   

[cLAY]

Would you mind giving the run down on that shop? Height inside, type of trusses, etc. More pics would be awesome. I'm hoping to find a new house this summer that I can build a shop at and am collecting ideas for the build.

I definatly like the pony wall, how high is it? 24"?

[apex]

did someone say tranny jack?

I saw that on a website once... 

[4PLAYZJ]

yes you can borrow the tranny jack Al

Here are some pics of the build.  The total size will be 43 x 26 when finished. The size in the pics is 30 x 26. I poured the foundation all at once but I am building it in two peices due to moula & permitting issues.  I used an engineeered roof system because I got the TGI for cheap & it is a good way to fit a hoist in the garage & still meet the city's 15' maximum garage height.









This part was even more redneck than the furnace, who needs a crane

[cLAY]

That's pretty much what I want to do, something high enough for a hoist. Did the roof system cost much extra? What is TGI?
Thanks for the pics.

[4PLAYZJ]

TGI - Tongue & Groove I-Beam

The ridge beam was close to $900 delivered it is four 18" x 1.75" x 30' peices of LVL
The rest of the roof system would normally be close to $2800

I bought a couple of frieght lifts of the TGI's for cheap so it was alot less for me.

If you have the time it will be alot cheaper(just a pain in the butt) to get a development permit to build taller walls.  I didn't want to wait the 8+ weeks it would take to get the permit.

[cLAY]

Did you price out in floor heat? I have it in my garage now and don't think I could live with out.

How are you going to add the extra 13ft? Lean to off the back and just use it for separate workshop?

[4PLAYZJ]

I didnt price in floor heat because I know it is very costly & I would not see a return on it in the neibourhood I live in if I ever sell my house(already close to the top of the price bracket)

The 13 foot add on will have a roof built with the same design but the walls will be dropped 9.5".  It will just look like a step in the roof not a sloped roof.

[sylvrinvader]

probably a good idea not to put in floor heat cause when you go to install a hoist you could damage your heating system when you drill into the floor and that would suck. trust me this has happened to a friend not a fun repair.

[justchillinout]

Sorry gotta pipe in on the topic:

TGI is not Tongue and Groove I - Beam.  Though that is a good one!  TGI is just the bad pronounciation of TJI, though the Tongue and Groove kinda makes sense.

Was in the Engineered wood business for a lot of years and even helped design the joists and the machines that produced your roof rafters.

The correct term is TJI (Truss Joist I - Joist), though that is like calling a bandage a Band-Aid.  Just the common usage is all, as Truss Joist pretty much invented the engineered wood I-joist.

Those rafters are actually NJ12's produced by the now defunct Nascor Inc., at least I hope they are at least NJ12's (11 7/8" depth).  I can only guess why you got them at a good deal.  

Sorry, way off topic.  Garage looks good though.