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rhust
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Jun 23, 2013

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 weekend get away. We are very excited to finally start. Anyone else doing something similar? Anyone have any pointers?

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  • i put drains in my 1400 square foot garage
    i wash my rigs inside , winter and summer
    i did all of th following :
    take the old tv from your house and put it on a shelf where you can watch formula one , indy car , NFL , inside.
    up high mount large speakers so you can play jazztrax while you are working on your cars .
    install a water heater . it will take the chill off in winter by osmosis.
    plus you need HOT water to scrub the bugs off the trailer front , scrub the tires , and clean camping gear .
    although i installed flourescent lights when i built mine i have discovered that multiple switched porcelain cheapy light fixtures work better .
    put CFL bulbs in all of them .
    you are gonna want maybe 5 or 7 light circuits switched so you can focus on your working area .
    install one porcelain CFL light that is not switched but rather is on 24 / 7 .
    that way when you walk in day or night you always have light to find the light switches .
    the obvious : 240 volt receptacle to run your welder
    a 30 amp 120V circuit to run the RV for the day or 2 while packing / unpacking.
    plenty of 20 amp receptacles to run radiant heat dishes where you are working .
    a small compressor is handy .
    obviously a roll away tool chest and a work bench .
    we have a conventional refer that is always full of cold soda , ice for the ice chests , various frozen meats , all handy when packing to go .
    i am sure that i missed some .
    gotta go . i am getting my boat ready to go in my 1400 square foot garage .
  • Yeah, DB had a 12' door on his shop garage but the new 5er doesn't fit. He's moved into the bay with 14'doors. His loss, my gain :-)
    Are you putting water, electric, and a dump station in the new building?
  • We are putting in two14 x 16 foot doors, one on each end. Good tip. Keep them coming, and thank you for the comment.