I have just bought out a friend of mine, and some more equipment, looks like I am going into the fabrication business. I bought a turret lathe, milling machine, 10' 80 ton break, mig, tig, plasma cutter, bandsaw, and assorted tools to go with, and a 32' triple axle gooseneck trailer to haul it all. I already have the ski making company, so a ton of equipment there too.
Trouble is, I don't know if I should build a 30x60 or 40x50 shop. I need to wall off about 600 feet internally for the machine shop, the rest of it is for the toys; dually, car, sled, bike, quad, all my tools. 30x60 is ok, just, and seems to be the best layout for the business, 40x50 is more room by 200 sq feet, actually ruins less of my yard, but not as easy to set up to fit everything.
Next, I am hoping to put the pipes in the floor for in floor heating at a later date, anyone have any problems with in floor? Should a guy have a forced air or radiant heater as a backup? I have an old mobile home forced air furnace, that is paid for, might just use it.
Lastly, has anyone priced out the big styrofoam 'lego blocks' that you stack up and pour concrete in for walls? The 30x60x 12' with insulation, drywall, siding, doors and windows is about $18,000.00. 40x50 is likely 2000-4000 more.
Trouble is, I don't know if I should build a 30x60 or 40x50 shop. I need to wall off about 600 feet internally for the machine shop, the rest of it is for the toys; dually, car, sled, bike, quad, all my tools. 30x60 is ok, just, and seems to be the best layout for the business, 40x50 is more room by 200 sq feet, actually ruins less of my yard, but not as easy to set up to fit everything.
Next, I am hoping to put the pipes in the floor for in floor heating at a later date, anyone have any problems with in floor? Should a guy have a forced air or radiant heater as a backup? I have an old mobile home forced air furnace, that is paid for, might just use it.
Lastly, has anyone priced out the big styrofoam 'lego blocks' that you stack up and pour concrete in for walls? The 30x60x 12' with insulation, drywall, siding, doors and windows is about $18,000.00. 40x50 is likely 2000-4000 more.