Planning
It took around 50 hours to design the shop. This was spread
out over a long period of time with many discussions with friends, city
officials and spouse. The only outside service was provided by Leon Salley who cut
down a tree for us.
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Early plans were drawn by hand. Later plans were drawn on Autocad. |
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The city building permit process forced us to drop the size of the building from 700 square feet to 498 square feet to cut under the 500 square foot maximum allowed under the Crossgates covenants. |
A master schedule and made January 15. It had to be
constantly updated because we were always finishing ahead of schedule. |
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February 3-4 | Holes punched |
February 11-12 | Concrete pored for piers |
February 16-19 | Floor joists, secondary pier supports and sub-flooring |
March 3-4 | Walls |
March 5 | Ceiling Joists |
March 8 | Ridge pole and some rafters |
March 11-12 (first weekend of Spring Break) | Rafters, roof , siding, gables |
March 13-17 Spring Break | Doors, windows, electrical, finish carpentry |
March 18-19 (final weekend of Spring Break) | Electrical, finish carpentry |
March 20 - April | Laying floor, miscellaneous finishing touches |