Building a new shop

[Jordan Baker]

Finally the big day came with the arrival of the trusses and the instal day for them. A boom truck was hired and I managed to get a crew of guys in from work to help with getting them all installed. 26 trusses to go up. We started at 0800 and by 1530 the last truss was up and by 1900 the last of the strapping and bracing had gone on. For the next month I worked away on getting all the plywood sheeting down on the second floor, more bracing and all the wall sheeting and tyvek on the exterior walls.

[Jordan Baker]

I did hire a company to do all the metal installation. My wife was adamant no one would be going up on the roof to install anything. The weather was also getting colder now and it was nice to watch from inside the metal going on. This past week the metal work was finished and the doors got installed. Just in time for winter weather to finally arrive. I still need to move a lot back inside for a storage tent I set up in the yard.

The shop is far from done as but I now have a sealed up shop.

Finally some reorganization and some vehicle stuff can happen again.

[Bob Carriere]

Fantastic job Jordan......

...and a big thanks to Vicky for supporting you.

[Jordan Baker]

Bob, the size is 50’x36’ deep. 12’ high walls for first floor. The second floor is 24’4”x50’ with 8’ high ceiling and 6’ at the knee walls. I used what is called a gambrel attic truss. Pretty cool engineered piece that gives me an uninterrupted full span on the first floor

[Allan L]

Where's the Like button when you need one?

[Kirk Armitage]

Congrats on the new building . In floor heating eventually, that will be a game changer . It's hard to believe now ,but from my experience , you will fill that shop and then some...lol.
I look forward to your Otter restoration , after your construction is done.
Regards K Armitage

[Ed Storey]

Nice building! I'd love to have that in my back yard, although the city of Ottawa might not like it as it would fill my whole back yard...

[Robert Bergeron]

Only word that comes to mind is «*wow*» ! Well done ! Years of enjoyment Jordan . Congrats. Nice family too.

[Paul Singleton]

Originally Posted by Ed Storey

Nice building! I'd love to have that in my back yard, although the city of Ottawa might not like it as it would fill my whole back yard...

My brother sold his home in Ottawa three years ago. There was a 12X20 garage in the yard. Look what’s there now!