VK's erection...with pictures!

jeremy gast · **Posted:** Tue Jul 10, 2012 8:17 am

It looks very nice VK.

Cash Davidson · **Posted:** Tue Jul 10, 2012 9:30 am

Nice! And fast! Any details on the pre-engineered building supplier and erection contractor?

clinehall · **Posted:** Tue Jul 10, 2012 3:33 pm

Cash Davidson wrote:

Nice! And fast!

That's what Sonya said.

BretLuter · **Posted:** Tue Jul 10, 2012 10:58 pm

Curious about the choice of framing for that building. When I was in the market for my shop building, I looked at several different types of steel building, one of which was very similar to yours. I decided against that type in favor of a more traditional steel building with heavy steel I-beam construction. It cost a good bit more $$$, but I was not convinced that the small square tube frame type would hold up nearly as well, especially under high wind conditions.

So VK, knowing that you likely did your homework on this, what do you think??

Vincent Keene · **Posted:** Wed Jul 11, 2012 8:35 am

BretLuter wrote:

Curious about the choice of framing for that building. When I was in the market for my shop building, I looked at several different types of steel building, one of which was very similar to yours. I decided against that type in favor of a more traditional steel building with heavy steel I-beam construction. It cost a good bit more $$$, but I was not convinced that the small square tube frame type would hold up nearly as well, especially under high wind conditions.

So VK, knowing that you likely did your homework on this, what do you think??

My neighbor has the exact same one, and it suffered no damage during the last hurrricane, but that is no guarantee of course. I could not afford one like yours so it's all risk cost vs. I suppose. My HOI covers it with no issue though.

clinehall · **Posted:** Wed Jul 11, 2012 9:00 am

Vincent Keene wrote:

BretLuter wrote:

Curious about the choice of framing for that building. When I was in the market for my shop building, I looked at several different types of steel building, one of which was very similar to yours. I decided against that type in favor of a more traditional steel building with heavy steel I-beam construction. It cost a good bit more $$$, but I was not convinced that the small square tube frame type would hold up nearly as well, especially under high wind conditions.

So VK, knowing that you likely did your homework on this, what do you think??

My neighbor has the exact same one, and it suffered no damage during the last hurrricane, but that is no guarantee of course. I could not afford one like yours so it's all risk cost vs. I suppose. My HOI covers it with no issue though.

YOu need to see if you need to increase your other structures coverage.

BretLuter · **Posted:** Wed Jul 11, 2012 1:38 pm

Vincent Keene wrote:

BretLuter wrote:

Curious about the choice of framing for that building. When I was in the market for my shop building, I looked at several different types of steel building, one of which was very similar to yours. I decided against that type in favor of a more traditional steel building with heavy steel I-beam construction. It cost a good bit more $$$, but I was not convinced that the small square tube frame type would hold up nearly as well, especially under high wind conditions.

So VK, knowing that you likely did your homework on this, what do you think??

My neighbor has the exact same one, and it suffered no damage during the last hurrricane, but that is no guarantee of course. I could not afford one like yours so it's all risk cost vs. I suppose. My HOI covers it with no issue though.

I know what you mean.

When I was planning mine, I found a contractor, told him my budget and asked him how big the building could be with that much money. This guy came back with 30x40 but was originally ~$8k over my budget. I told him I didn't have any more money to spend than what I originally told him- so a few days later he came back with a slightly lower price, but still $5k over. I finally got it through to him that my budget was not flexible, and he agreed to do the work for the price I originally told him. I had saved money for ~15-20 years to build that building, so I wanted something that I thought would be there for a long long time.

Ryan Holton · **Posted:** Wed Jul 11, 2012 1:48 pm

clinehall wrote:

Vincent Keene wrote:

BretLuter wrote:

Curious about the choice of framing for that building. When I was in the market for my shop building, I looked at several different types of steel building, one of which was very similar to yours. I decided against that type in favor of a more traditional steel building with heavy steel I-beam construction. It cost a good bit more $$$, but I was not convinced that the small square tube frame type would hold up nearly as well, especially under high wind conditions.

So VK, knowing that you likely did your homework on this, what do you think??

My neighbor has the exact same one, and it suffered no damage during the last hurrricane, but that is no guarantee of course. I could not afford one like yours so it's all risk cost vs. I suppose. My HOI covers it with no issue though.

YOu need to see if you need to increase your other structures coverage.

Translation: Send me more $$$ :stick:

Vincent Keene · **Posted:** Wed Jul 11, 2012 2:08 pm

BretLuter wrote:

I know what you mean.

When I was planning mine, I found a contractor, told him my budget and asked him how big the building could be with that much money. This guy came back with 30x40 but was originally ~$8k over my budget. I told him I didn't have any more money to spend than what I originally told him- so a few days later he came back with a slightly lower price, but still $5k over. I finally got it through to him that my budget was not flexible, and he agreed to do the work for the price I originally told him. I had saved money for ~15-20 years to build that building, so I wanted something that I thought would be there for a long long time.

FWIW, as of right now I have about $17K into the project, which includes the concrete and building. The electrical is next, and I plan to do most of it myself, but that will add another $2500 or so.

clinehall · **Posted:** Wed Jul 11, 2012 3:13 pm

Vincent Keene wrote:

BretLuter wrote:

FWIW, as of right now I have about $17K into the project, which includes the concrete and building. The electrical is next, and I plan to do most of it myself, but that will add another $2500 or so.

Translation: $500 in wire $2000 in LED's

Vincent Keene · **Posted:** Thu Aug 23, 2012 4:27 pm

Project update.

After lots of sweat equity, even though it doesn't look like much (especially in the pics) but it has a been a ton of work. For reference I installed 18 work boxes, 12 light fixtures, 300' of conduit, and pulled almost 2000' of wire. Here are few shots of the lighting:

Vincent Keene · **Posted:** Thu Aug 23, 2012 4:29 pm

I installed 2"x2" wood furring strips last night for mounting the pegboard above the workbench. The plan is to have 4' x 20' of pegboard on this wall, which should leave room for hanging lots of stuff as well as lots of labels.

As you can see I still have two small sections to be cut and added top the framed areas on the ends.

A few pics of the pegboard install:

Vincent Keene · **Posted:** Thu Aug 23, 2012 4:30 pm

The icing on the cake was installed today

JohnByers · **Posted:** Thu Aug 23, 2012 5:05 pm

Looks great VK!

JamesMilko · **Posted:** Thu Aug 23, 2012 5:22 pm

Want!

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