We moved from Commiefornia to Texas for various reasons and finally was able to afford a shop. We couldn’t do that in Commiefornia as the permits alone were $45k!
My neighbor above me builds shops and I had a total of $20k to get a shop, concrete and electrical. His first quote for a 22x25x12 was $27k. I told thanks for the quote but I can’t afford that. A couple weeks later he texts and says he can do it for $17k. I told him that I had a budget of $10k for the shop and that I’m looking online for a building. He says that he can that cause he’s got some leftovers from another job. He got the job, and 2 weeks later I had my shop. I did go over on the budget for electrical by $2k.
My other neighbor that moved from Commiefornia is a contractor and helped me run power to the shop and I took over from there. He put in a 125amp circuit breaker and we ran 2 gauge wire 80ft under ground (I dug the trenches by hand) through 3 inch pvc pipe. I did the rest of the wiring myself. I bought a 10ft ceiling fan with 9 speeds cause it’s F’ing humid in north Texas. I’ll be insulating the shop at some point, hopefully this winter and I’m getting a mini split ac system too.
Building a carport in front of the shop right now, panels will be here next weekend and they are the same as the shop.
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