I debated whether to post this as the workshop is being built as a garage and it not that exciting. However, because of the land layout the construction is a little more difficult than normal, so it might be of interest to someone that has the same lot challenge.
Like everyone, I wanted a bigger workshop. The cost of preparing to pour the slab added up enough cost that the overall garage cost reached my limit. They are going to put in the minimum to pass electrical and I will wire for the equipment. It will have a 100 amp service.
My primary interest is woodturning and scrollsawing, both of which does not take up a lot of space. I do have a contractor saw, Dewalt planer and a few other portable tools. Everything will fit, but I did want to go bigger. My wife even asked if I wanted a bigger space but as you will see in the photos the land is sloping and there was a higher than normal cost to build a slab.
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The area that the workshop will be located slopes about 3 1/2 from the front to back. They first graded down to the level for the front. We happened to have a gas line run right along the slab, so the workshop was moved back about 2 feet.
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They dug and poured a continuous concrete footer. It had step downs as it went back. Each section was level to provide a surface for the concrete blocks. When this was poured, the plan (and it worked ) is seven course of blocks in the back and two in the front.
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Here is the block wall. I asked for a level floor so Half blocks were used at the top. They will fill the area with gravel before pouring concrete.
More updates to come. Hopefully the rain will hold off so they an pour the slab.
When I previewed this post, I noticed a few things. One, there is no plumbing in the workshop. I have a basement bathroom about 20 feet away. The pipe that you can see in one of the photos is a foundation drain that was placed when the house was built. It ended right in the middle of my workshop location, so they extended the drain out the side about 10 feet to the natural drainage for the yard.
The fence is a temporary fence for my dogs.
My lot has a creek running along the back in the woods. Because the back of the lot is in a flood plain, the city required that I had a survey done with an FEMA elevation certificate showing that we are not building in the flood area.We also had to be set in at least 10 feet from the property line. The way we are placing the workshop, it is inside the property line by 20 feet. I have left the surveyors sticks in the ground until the work is done and approved by the city.
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Originally Posted by Matthew Bashore
