My New Shop!! Yiippeee!
Actually - Might be smarter to install a GFCI breaker on the panel... You might also install a surge protector on the panel...
I also didnt notice in the photos - but did you install any exterior outlets?
I have been told that GFCI breakers are easy to trip compared to normal breakers. I know that when we had a temporally pole for electricity the GFCI breaker would trip off all the time. Then we installed a regular breaker and never had problems thereafter. So I'm hesitate of using those type breakers.
Surge protector on the panel?? Huh... that's new to me. Sounds expensive. I believe I have seen those before but didn't know what it was.
No outside outlets... it was planned that way.... I don't like the way they look. There are outlets on the porch nearby which are convenient enough for me.
I could do it different ways but as the moment I am going to install GFCI in the outlets that aren't marked "refrigerator", "microwave", etc... Thats what the inspector wants to see more than anything.
I have a 4" slab (rebar) and have no problems with my lift. I do not bolt it down, because I want the ability to roll it around the shop as needed on casters.
One of the best things I added when I built my shop 4 years ago was pull down air and power lines. I have a 30' by 40' shop, and have 2 sets of utilities that pull down on either side of the lift. So much neater and more convenient.
Stephen
The whole plan from the start was to go with a 4" pour but after I ran out of fill dirt and patience it jumped to 6" lol
I don't plan on bolting a lift to the floor if I can help it. I want one with casters.
I plan on having pull down air and power but I am undecided about where to mount the compressor, what size I need etc....???? This is a good time to bring this question up before the sheet rock is installed. I guess I need to say that I don't have a lot of air tools. I have one air ratchet and that's it. Everything else I have is electric. I have a small type compressor that works for all my needs but still want to plan ahead if I start using more air, auto painting, etc... I was thinking about getting a bigger compressor that stands up vertical than horizontal... you might have seen those like at Lowes and put it in a corner. I don't want my compressor outside on the back but that idea isn't totally out. Just don't want anyone to steal it of course. What would you guys do??
Marland, is the block/brick on a concrete footer? Just wondering as I'm looking for a house and I may have to build a garage. I take it that a turndown slab is a slab that's poured deeper around the edges for the structure footer?
Yes is on a concrete footer. The main reason it is constructed on a footer is because I was going to have brick. The brick needed something to sit on. Now you are correct on the turndown slab but it can also be formed to accept brick but is a difficult and time consuming adventure. We did one on front of a metal building in which the front was going to have the brick but the rest was sheet metal. So we formed it so that the concrete would roll out at the bottom of slab and have a ledge for the brick to sit on.
