HudonCustoms gets new shop!

Pat said:

The reason I ask is because if you have any form of heat you are required to insulate to meet energy code.

All this means is wait till after the final inspection to put the heating appliance in. :;

Everyone keeps saying do radiant in the slab because they don't know what it costs to insulate the slab with 2" rigid. With radiant you have to do the entire area, not just the perimeter. In a shop like that it can cost twice as much as the radiant system.

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Thanks guys for all the info, I know rigid is very expensive.

I think I am going to have to continue working with unheated concrete for now. Maybe someday down the road we will build a new house and shop. :awesomework:

My slab has no insulation or radiant either...

It's not that bad just don't lay directly on the concrete, I use my creeper for anything on or near the floor. :;

The nice thing about concrete is 'thermal mass'. Even without radiant if you have like a pellet or wood stove- once you get it warm the concrete will hold heat for long periods.

More progress last night... got all the trusses up and started sheeting the roof. More to come after today.

Its really getting exciting now, I can start seeing where I want to put my tools and stuff like that. :awesomework:

Thanks for the inspiration. I'm still in the teardown, of the old lean to stage, dump runs, and dirt work.

That is about the size I plan to build.. How much after it is all said and done? $$ including concrete.

Ty. said:

Thanks for the inspiration. I'm still in the teardown, of the old lean to stage, dump runs, and dirt work.

That is about the size I plan to build.. How much after it is all said and done? $$ including concrete.

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COOL!!!

I am looking at $ wise:

Design work = $700
County permits = $1100
Dirt work = $1000
Foundation only done by a friend = $2800
Lumber not including roofing = $5800
Windows and doors = $2000
Labor for all the wood constrution = TBD
Conctete slab = TBD
Roof = TBD

Thats what I know so far... hope it helps... It helped me see where all my money has been going the last few months. :beer:

1100 bucks for permits WOW

More roof sheeting done.. not too exciting today but it keeps getting closer.

Maverick26 said:

Thanks guys for all the info, I know rigid is very expensive.

I think I am going to have to continue working with unheated concrete for now. Maybe someday down the road we will build a new house and shop. :awesomework:

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You can do the Rigid and wirsbo in the floor for less than $1k. You don't need to hook it up but if the tubes are in the floor and you still have the shop in 5-10 years it will pay for itself later:awesomework:

Just need to plan for lift placement when running tubing. I would like a lift but I don't know where the tubes are:booo:

tomsbrokeagain said:

You can do the Rigid and wirsbo in the floor for less than $1k. You don't need to hook it up but if the tubes are in the floor and you still have the shop in 5-10 years it will pay for itself later:awesomework:

Just need to plan for lift placement when running tubing. I would like a lift but I don't know where the tubes are:booo:

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Shut your system off for a day then fire it up wide open get the inferred gun out and read the slab, just remember to mark on the floor and give yourself a few inches. Or you can hire a slab xraying company then if you hit something its their ass. :beer:

mxracer124 said:

Shut your system off for a day then fire it up wide open get the inferred gun out and read the slab, just remember to mark on the floor and give yourself a few inches. Or you can hire a slab xraying company then if you hit something its their ass. :beer:

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I know where most of the lines are already:awesomework:

The problem is the blueprints (shop was already built) only show a 4" slab. To properly attach a lift I need to cut out the footing sections for the lift and then re pour more concrete prox 2'x2' area. The tubes maybe have 6" between them.

Ohh I get what your saying now, I didn't know it required a footing to attach a lift correctly.

Nick, I'll just throw my 2 cents in as well.

Heat the floor, You will regret it if you dont. I bet you already know this. Find the cash and make it happen.

Bunk said:

Nick, I'll just throw my 2 cents in as well.

Heat the floor, You will regret it if you dont. I bet you already know this. Find the cash and make it happen.

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Hell ya
and run 1/2" tube. When I did my house the guy said run 1/2 tube every 8" across the floor and make sure that it is 200' round trip from the heat source

Bunk said:

Heat the floor, You will regret it if you dont. I bet you already know this. Find the cash and make it happen.

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I didn't and don't regret it. Going on 3 years in a 30x48x14. Just put in some kind of GOOD heat and you won't have to worry about it.

Looking good:beer:

I spent about $30k on a 28x24 2 yrs ago all sd and done .

lumber was $2500
cathedral trusses $1300
dirt/concrete with stem walls 6 sack 5''in center $5000
plus roofing and electrical had a couple good friends helping then the guy that did the concrete never pd Bo mac so the put a lien on my house so another $2800 out on top of 5 that i already pd.

Got sum good weather for the next few days :awesomework:

Don't worry about heat in the floor, it's nice, but so are a lot of things, just get a wood stove.

All the old guys say heat the floor and all the young guys say dont worry about it.

I should start a poll. :cheer:

Maverick26 said:

All the old guys say heat the floor and all the young guys say dont worry about it.

I should start a poll. :cheer:

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I'll take that as a complement.:awesomework:

Maverick26 said:

All the old guys say heat the floor and all the young guys say dont worry about it.

I should start a poll. :cheer:

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:stirpot::stirpot:

cause we are experianced with wisdom, they just dont know any better:fawkdancesmiley:

are you kidding me we all plan on bringing our rigs to your shop to work on em cause ours dont have heated floors:kiss:

so how many times after the fact did you wish you listened to someoene with experiance.

in all seriousness its only about four months a year i really wish i had heat. i went with a electrical heater mounted in the overhead to save floor space. its pretty inadequate and cost all most as much as the tubes in the floor cost:booo: last month it ran almost 24/7 and is now broken.

I have radiant heat in the house . I put it in a 30 year old rancher on slab, poured 1 1/2 concrete over the old slab (no insulation under the concrete)

We have a room set up for a home theater room that we rarely use, it takes 4-6 hours to heat that room, when we do want to use it.

Built my shop 30x70 and didn't bother to put insulation under the slab . I have a forced air furnace hanging in the ceiling, it heats one side of the shop 30x40 decently but the floor is cold as hell and sucks so much of the heat away the furnace runs for hours strait to heat the shop.

I knew that I wouldn't be working in the shop full-time so didn't go radiant but wish I had insulated the floor.