SpongeBob's New Home

[mhughes01]

(05-11-2014 12:46)davidbrady Wrote:  Folks,

I'm adding an addition on to my Morton Building to house SpongeBob. The addition will add 37.5' to the length of the building and over 2000 sq ft of usable conditioned interior space. I'll have two overhead doors, 14'x14', to allow driving clear through the barn. The barn dimensions are currently 60'x75'; this will jump to 60'x112.5' when complete. I'm open to all suggestions:

We'll, if you're going to all that trouble, don't forget the full length mechanical pit with fume ventilation and sump

The guys that put mine in made it about 3" too wide so I'm doing some mods so as to be able to install a safety bar and not have to worry about rubbing the tires.

Fully equipped with electricity, compressed air, etc. The compressed air downstairs is handy for lots of thing, including purging the drain tank that one dumps oil into when changing it. There is no way I would crawl under a bus, no matter what kind of support it has. You have to do some clever measuring to get the height just right for you when you're standing down there. You can always use a couple of step stools to get up into suspension components.

We went with a boiler and hot water heat in the floor as the shop is big (60x60) and we needed fast heat recovery in the winter when we have to take tractors out to do farm chores.