The post whore thread.

[Irving]

Damn. 5k feet of shop plus 5k feet of house. That thing would be glorious!

Well, the top is usually like half the bottom, so more realistic.

[Erni]

Jim, you lost me at green.

[buffalobo]

I want a barndominium. 72'x72'. The bottom would be an enormous work shop, even if I used half of it for something like a theater or something. Then, the top floor would be finished for living and would be larger than the house I'm currently living in.

I have a friend that lives on basically a farm in Montana. When he brings his whole family out here, he has people stay at his place on the cheap as long as they maintain all the animals.

We have a neighbor a couple miles north of us who live in barndominium.

We have always admired their set up.

[Great-Kazoo]

We have a neighbor a couple miles north of us who live in barndominium.

We have always admired their set up.

My issue with them is work space. Sure you have 3-5K plus of work shop. Unless you have awesome ventilation forget about running welders, vehicles, road testing hand loads, etc with a living space over your head.

[Great-Kazoo]

Jim, you lost me at green.

Thanks. That's just a 1 ac lot. We had the shop built then stuffed it with trip hazards. There's still another building's worth of who knows what i need to find room for in the shop.

[Irving]

My issue with them is work space. Sure you have 3-5K plus of work shop. Unless you have awesome ventilation forget about running welders, vehicles, road testing hand loads, etc with a living space over your head.

I feel like barns are set up with 12' sections and a door between sections with an open window, or the main barn doors open would be plenty of ventilation. I do fantasize about a bunch of little shop areas partitioned off as part of a larger space.

[Great-Kazoo]

I feel like barns are set up with 12' sections and a door between sections with an open window, or the main barn doors open would be plenty of ventilation. I do fantasize about a bunch of little shop areas partitioned off as part of a larger space.

Nice, till winter comes. You could section it in 1/2 or 3rd's

Vehicles one side, welding / fab the other and center a general fix, it hang out.

[buffalobo]

Their living quarters are built at one end, single story and part protrudes from the larger structure. Then they have lite workshops with storage above buffering from large barn area and heavier shop.

[OtterbatHellcat]

I wouldn't stress about the welding Irving. If you don't do it every day with different thickness and heat/speeds....you're not going to be great at it.

If your weld area is clean and you have enough heat and wire speed for your task, it will be strong enough. Welding is an art, and I wish I were better at it myself....I just don't do it often enough.

[OtterbatHellcat]

Heya, Lobo !