Canuck and Edgemont Villages new Shop

[Edgemontvillage]

Originally Posted by Canuck

All in, inclining Lloyd's valuable time, that is a $5000.00 door

Paul

$160 (Canadian) in materials, $4,840 in labor.

[Canuck]

By late April we were substantially completed our renovations and upgrades. This include replacing the electrical mast into the building, which was a big hurdle onto itself. We needed this to apply for our necessary permanent occupancy permits and business license.
Although not running a business here all commercial buildings require one. Once the application was made we waited for a building inspector. On the day of his inspection he came into the shop, looked around with a 270 degree sweeping glance and said
" so what are you guys doing ?"
"Private car storage and lite restoration of our own cars, mostly mechanical" I say.
"looks good to me"says the inspector,I will file the paperwork for your license,and then you can call the fire marshal" ,
"Thanks" I say. Total inspection time 60 seconds.
10 days later we get the Fire Marshall in
conversation goes like this:
" so what are you guys doing ?"
"Private car storage and lite restoration of our own cars, mostly mechanical" I say.
"looks good to me, you guys did nice work,you got the right extinguishers" says Fire Marshal Bob.
With all permits now stamped we were now ready to complete the shop with hoists.
First to arrive was a Hoffman 6000lb twin screw hoist that I have owned for 20 years,and had been moved from my old shop. Install was done in 4 hours.





About a week later the two new Bendpak hoist arrived. A 9000 LB twin post and a 9000 Lb stacker with a dolly kit for moving it if necessary.





The stacker



The stacker is placed in front of the rear dood. Cars can be loaded from either direction but have more maneuverability coming from the back yard.
We had to move it in December when we had a Sea Can delivered (another story).

So as of August we were fully functional!

Lloyd will add more photos and commentary.

[Crush]

Very nice! What are your ceiling heights?

[Edgemontvillage]

Originally Posted by Crush

Very nice! What are your ceiling heights?

When we purchased the building lighting consisted of dead and dying florescent tube fixtures so one of our early decisions was to upgrade all the warehouse lighting to commercial grade 5000K dimmable LED. No replacing tubes, low power consumption and the light is bright white.

Here is the shop during demo. Where you see the pile of material (including insulation) is where Paul's lift is now located.

[Edgemontvillage]

Arrival of the new lifts. As the saying goes, like a boat its best to have a neighbor who owns a forklift rather than own one yourself (and is happy to help). At the helm is our very helpful shop neighbor Greg S.

Lift Arrival




Unloading


Placement prior to installation

[Edgemontvillage]

"Before and After - SW Corner" - during demo / framing and following 4 post lift installation. New framing, cedar finishing, overhead door, steel man-door, LED overhead lighting, LED period lighting, epoxy floor, concrete block repair & paint, electrical, plumbing, window security, air system and decommissioning of ancient H/W heating system. "Hey Lloyd, is the power off to the boiler?" "Yes..."

[Canuck]

12 feet to bottom of beams and 14 feet to ceiling, The right side area is 9 feet.

[Ryan1969Chevelle]

I am Code 57!!!

Ryan

[Ryan1969Chevelle]

I am 1969 Glade Green Code 57 with envy :-)

Ryan

[mockingbird812]

Smashing bit of work you two lads have there. Just love it!!!!!