[DeTomaso] Shop Design

[Jim Hendrickson]

"oh, yeah don't forget to build it TWICE as large as you think you need to!"

Maybe. You can always add Butler Buildings for more storage. 1500 - 2000 sq.
ft. heated and air conditioned should make a decent work area.

I know of three other people that have houses built like ours. All four have
garages or carports at the main floor level for regular parking use. Two
have driveways to both upper and lower garages/carport. Two even have sewer
hookups for their RVs. One did not supervise his contractor close enough. He
has a 14 X 30 strip under his kitchen/breakfast room/laundry room that does
not have a floor. The dirt floor is only 16" above his basement floor! If he
had another 2 1/2 feet of dirt scooped out and a floor poured, he would have
had another 420 sq. ft. of shop.

The big mistake on ours was only having one overhead door in the basement
and not putting a floor under the laundry room. That would have made a nice
storage & air compressor room. Our next one will have two 10 ft wide doors
in the basement and two 10 ft wide doors on a 30 X 30 garage at main floor
level. I am considering having a wheelchair accessible house built, so
basement will be all mine and wife will never have to go down there.

One friend has the 2 1/2 car garage for regular use, the basement shop with
12 ft door, and two barns for storage. The basement shop only has one large
work bay for automotive use and the rest is woodshop. One barn is full of
Minis, Midas, Mokes, and various other British cars. The double decker bus
sits outside. His wife's BMW Mini and his Ginetta get the garage. A huge
Jaguar sedan currently occupies the work bay in the basement.



-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
Behalf Of bill gaino
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 2:34 PM
To: Jim Hendrickson; adin at frontier.net; detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Shop Design

If you have the luxury of starting from scratch that's great... oh yeah
don't forget to build it TWICE as large as you think you need to!

-----Original Message-----
>From: Jim Hendrickson <chendric at bellsouth.net>
>Sent: Feb 25, 2008 10:58 AM
>To: adin at frontier.net, detomaso at realbig.com
>Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Shop Design
>
>
>
>Start by building your house on a slope. All these amenities are easily
done
>if the garage is under your house. Power, water, heat, AC, Internet Cable,
>Satellite, etc, are all right there and easy to access. 30 X 50 is a 1500
>square foot house with a nice sized shop under it. A basement is some of
>your cheapest space to include in a home. Besides making a nice shop, it
>makes access to household services much easier. Add just a 110V receptacle
>or a whole bathroom? No problem if you have an unfinished basement and
>attic.
>
>Also another tip. NO CRAWL SPACES. Those areas under storage rooms and
>porches make nice storage rooms or equipment rooms. Even that little 5X7
>front porch. It will make a useful storage closet in the basement.
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
>Behalf Of adin at frontier.net
>Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 9:56 AM
>To: detomaso at realbig.com
>Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Shop Design
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>
>refrigerator?
>
>recliner.
>
>Do you need a garage like this?
>
>
>
>
>NO.
>
>but you DO want one . . . .
>
>
>
>Quoting Don Thomas <dt at ieee.org>:
>
>> 18) Good Stereo
>>
>> 19) LCD TV / DVD - For those educational shows
>>
>> 20) Computer and Internet hook-up
>>
>> 21) Emergency lighting
>>
>> 22) UPS battery Backup for computer...
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