Move In Day, Finally!

[James Conrad]

It took about a year dealing with the Town, but it's done today was the start of moving in and the shop won't be this clean again! 26x32, 1.5 story barn.

[Maurice Ungaro]

Beautiful! Enjoy it, sir....I used to have one of those...

[Steve Voigt]

Dang James, you've arrived. Congratulations! Look at those windows, and those beams!
Some details, please. How big are those beams? Are you going to dedicate the area above the beams to drying and holding lumber?
That looks like a great place to work. I'm envious. Enjoy!

[James Conrad]

Thanks Maurice and Steve. I tried to upload a panorama pic but the site doesn't like it for some reason. The doors are a 9' with 3' fixed and French in swings, opposite is an 8' slider. The side windows are 3.5 tall and 6' wide sliders, I have 2 more casements I might put in. The beams are triple 20" LVL's, those were fun. It's one big wide open space, full of light. 2nd floor is open too, planning on office, storage maybe a finishing area.

[Jim Koepke]

Nice shop, it needs a Christmas tree.

jtk

[Tom Vanzant]

James, that shop's a dream...enjoy. Fill it up and make a mess on the floor!
By "a year dealing with the Town", I'm guessing you mean permits, codes, approvals, challenges, and the PC and historical BS that is endemic to your location. A late friend had those roadblocks when adding an upstairs bedroom in his home in a historic area in Wethersfield Conn. Ended up costing double. He had to use half-round copper gutters and a corbel at the corner because it was visible from the street, as well as from the subsidized apartments on the street behind his home.

[James Conrad]

It's a long story, basically getting approval for my business and jumping through hoops with the building department, ZBA and planning board. It was an eye opener.

[Bruce Page]

Beautiful!
That's the space I always dreamed of having! Show us some pictures after you get it filled up.

[Mike Hutchison]

Just curious; were EXIT signs mandated by the town?

[James Conrad]

Since the use of the building is a commercial one with public access, exit signs and an accessible entrance is required.

[James Conrad]

Beautiful!
That's the space I always dreamed of having! Show us some pictures after you get it filled up.

Will do Bruce! More moving today...