Building a shop for our travel trailer
We are finally starting on our shop. We have 8 acres and are putting in a road, well, septic, power, and a 40 x 60 insulated shop. The shop will be the new home for our travel trailer and our weeken...
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i bought 7 Gorilla Racks from Costco
looks like this :
http://www.gorillarack.com/gr7400di-storage-rack-p-68.html
the advantage is that i can move them any where i need to without them being attached to the structure.
plus they are heavy duty and i can load anything i have on any shelf for storage.
i mostly have the first shelf at a height that i can slide an 18 gallon rubbermaid underneath on the concrete floor.
i have labeled my rubbermaids with heavy stuff on the floor
that gives me 3 more elevated shelves with a heavy duty capacity.
i used semi-gloss paint for washability on my sheetrocked walls and ceilings.
i used 1.5" thick steel INSULATED garage doors .
i installed 3 windows . all crank-out type . all elevated for security .
an "awning vent " window mounted high allows me good ventilation , privacy , and security .
i used a regular steel side entrance man door for security .
i added an auxilliary " implement room " to one side of the building .
that room is where the gasoline , lawn mower , snow blower , fertilizer , garden chemicals , wheel barrow , garden tools , hoses , chain saw , and so forth reside . keep the stinky stuff out of my garage . that room has its own steel door to the outside only .
i used r26 for attic insulation and wish i had used r48.
i wish i had installed an outside vented attic fan with a switch and thermostat .
i bought 7 Gorilla Racks from Costco
looks like this :
http://www.gorillarack.com/gr7400di-storage-rack-p-68.html
the advantage is that i can move them any where i need to without them being attached to the structure.
plus they are heavy duty and i can load anything i have on any shelf for storage.
i mostly have the first shelf at a height that i can slide an 18 gallon rubbermaid underneath on the concrete floor.
i have labeled my rubbermaids with heavy stuff on the floor
that gives me 3 more elevated shelves with a heavy duty capacity.
i used semi-gloss paint for washability on my sheetrocked walls and ceilings.
i used 1.5" thick steel INSULATED garage doors .
i installed 3 windows . all crank-out type . all elevated for security .
an "awning vent " window mounted high allows me good ventilation , privacy , and security .
i used a regular steel side entrance man door for security .
i added an auxilliary " implement room " to one side of the building .
that room is where the gasoline , lawn mower , snow blower , fertilizer , garden chemicals , wheel barrow , garden tools , hoses , chain saw , and so forth reside . keep the stinky stuff out of my garage . that room has its own steel door to the outside only .
i used r26 for attic insulation and wish i had used r48.
i wish i had installed an outside vented attic fan with a switch and thermostat .
