The Remains of my shop

Posted By: MR_P_BODY

The Remains of my shop - 05/27/09 10:21 PM

This is all thats left of my shop, the concrete work
is scheduled for next week(break up), then the new
concrete should be done in a week or 2 from that. I
have the new building being delivered on 6/26... but
I might move that back till 7/11... depending on my
concrete guy

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Posted By: MR_P_BODY

Re: The Remains of my shop - 05/27/09 10:24 PM

As you can see.... no work on the race car... or
anything.... I feel naked without my shop

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Posted By: AndyF

Re: The Remains of my shop - 05/27/09 10:29 PM

What happened to your shop? Looks like the Mopar Pro Stock boys came over and had a nitrous explosion or something.

Posted By: sixpackgut

Re: The Remains of my shop - 05/27/09 10:36 PM

what did it look like before?

Posted By: Dodgeman67

Re: The Remains of my shop - 05/27/09 10:44 PM

Good deal Mr. P on the new shop.

I hope this was just an upgrade and not a fire or something.

Don't forget to put a bathroom in the new one.

We have built several houses and shops, and you will be back up to speed in no time.

Posted By: HEMIDARTS

Re: The Remains of my shop - 05/27/09 10:47 PM

That is a great start on the new shop!
I hope everything goes smoothly Mr.P

Posted By: cgall

Re: The Remains of my shop - 05/27/09 11:05 PM

Nice pics of your pile of crap!

My wife thought I was nuts when I took pics of a giant pile of stucco that we ripped off my house.

Posted By: MR_P_BODY

Re: The Remains of my shop - 05/27/09 11:14 PM

Quote:

What happened to your shop? Looks like the Mopar Pro Stock boys came over and had a nitrous explosion or something.

LOL, naaa I demo'd this one the other day for my new
one

what did it look like before?

I'll see if I have any pics of the old piece of DO-Do.
I was never happy with the old one, the ceiling was
way to low, the concrete was cracked and heaved so
I had a hard time rolling engines and my welders
around plus it was just too small. Its still not as
big as I would have liked but city hall wouldnt let
me go as big as I REALLY wanted... but the new one
will be 1080 sq ft, heated floor, 12 ft walls all
insulated everywhere
Heres one pic and my tractor that I used to knock
it down with

Posted By: Locomotion

Re: The Remains of my shop - 05/27/09 11:15 PM

Yea, when I saw the topic line, I thought it caught fire or got blown down! lol

One of these days I'll have a bigger "shop/garage" than I have now. It won't have 4 tires and will be bigger than 26'x8.5'.

Posted By: STEFF

Re: The Remains of my shop - 05/27/09 11:20 PM

Mikey, Who are you using for your concrete? Just wondering if you are using Dan & Butch Kemp.....

Posted By: MR_P_BODY

Re: The Remains of my shop - 05/27/09 11:30 PM

Quote:

Mikey, Who are you using for your concrete? Just wondering if you are using Dan & Butch Kemp.....

No, I got a local place for it... they were well under
all the other quotes I got. I'm going with a 5" slab
for the hot water heat

Posted By: STEFF

Re: The Remains of my shop - 05/27/09 11:36 PM

Dan & Butch are long time Romeo residents as well. Oh well.....was just curious.

Posted By: S/ST 3040

Re: The Remains of my shop - 05/27/09 11:40 PM

I think I see the end of a new W-5 head sticking out.

I'm glad you got the green light for Mike Rafferty Motorsports' shop.

Posted By: Old School

Re: The Remains of my shop - 05/28/09 12:04 AM

Quote:

This is all thats left of my shop, the concrete work
is scheduled for next week(break up), then the new
concrete should be done in a week or 2 from that. I
have the new building being delivered on 6/26... but
I might move that back till 7/11... depending on my
concrete guy

hey p body its to bad i dont live closer to ya,i would hook you up on concrete.thats what i do,i own a concrete construction co.

Posted By: MR_P_BODY

Re: The Remains of my shop - 05/28/09 12:11 AM

Quote:

Quote:

This is all thats left of my shop, the concrete work
is scheduled for next week(break up), then the new
concrete should be done in a week or 2 from that. I
have the new building being delivered on 6/26... but
I might move that back till 7/11... depending on my
concrete guy

hey p body its to bad i dont live closer to ya,i would hook you up on concrete.thats what i do,i own a concrete construction co.

I use to do concrete work years ago but I'm getting
to old (and lazy) to do it any more

Posted By: G-Money1320

Re: The Remains of my shop - 05/28/09 12:37 AM

Hi Mike, good to see you moving right along on your new shop

By the way, hows the work on my oil pan coming along

JK buddy.

Posted By: slantzilla

Re: The Remains of my shop - 05/28/09 01:00 AM

Good luck with the new shop Mike.

Posted By: MR_P_BODY

Re: The Remains of my shop - 05/28/09 01:05 AM

Quote:

Hi Mike, good to see you moving right along on your new shop By the way, hows the work on my oil pan coming along JK buddy.

All work(other than the shop) has come to a stand still

Posted By: PC-CHARGER

Re: The Remains of my shop - 05/28/09 01:10 AM

You're gonna love the floor heat come winter. Are you using a gas fired or electric boiler for the heat?

Posted By: 340B5

Re: The Remains of my shop - 05/28/09 01:19 AM

I demo'd my mothers garage with a sledgehammer and it looked just like that when done. It was kinda fun. It filled a dumpster just like that.

Posted By: dartman366

Re: The Remains of my shop - 05/28/09 01:22 AM

Did you have a tear in your eye when it all came tumbling down,,,,or were you laughing and smiling the whole time?

Posted By: MR_P_BODY

Re: The Remains of my shop - 05/28/09 01:26 AM

Quote:

You're gonna love the floor heat come winter. Are you using a gas fired or electric boiler for the heat?

Gas fired plus I have a 100K forced air furnace that
will be in there also(hanging style)

Posted By: MR_P_BODY

Re: The Remains of my shop - 05/28/09 01:31 AM

Quote:

Did you have a tear in your eye when it all came tumbling down,,,,or were you laughing and smiling the whole time?

I had a BIG smile when it came tumbling down... but
I sure dont like all the money that I'm having to put
out for a new shop... but I'll be happy in the end

Posted By: PC-CHARGER

Re: The Remains of my shop - 05/28/09 01:38 AM

Think you'll need the forced air as well? My shop is 900 square feet with a 15 Kilowatt electric boiler for the floor heat and it keeps it shirt sleeve warm in there all winter. Up here we can go for several weeks at -30 to -40 outside temps.

Posted By: BEEQUIK

Re: The Remains of my shop - 05/28/09 01:41 AM

Quote:

Quote:

This is all thats left of my shop, the concrete work
is scheduled for next week(break up), then the new
concrete should be done in a week or 2 from that. I
have the new building being delivered on 6/26... but
I might move that back till 7/11... depending on my
concrete guy

hey p body its to bad i dont live closer to ya,i would hook you up on concrete.thats what i do,i own a concrete construction co.

Hey oldschool what kind of hookup can you give a guy right outside of Richmond?? Amelia to be exact.

You are definitely headed in the right direction Mike, good luck!!

Posted By: tjmarcus1

Re: The Remains of my shop - 05/28/09 01:42 AM

Quote:

Quote:

What happened to your shop? Looks like the Mopar Pro Stock boys came over and had a nitrous explosion or something.

LOL, naaa I demo'd this one the other day for my new
one

what did it look like before?

I'll see if I have any pics of the old piece of DO-Do.
I was never happy with the old one, the ceiling was
way to low, the concrete was cracked and heaved so
I had a hard time rolling engines and my welders
around plus it was just too small. Its still not as
big as I would have liked but city hall wouldnt let
me go as big as I REALLY wanted... but the new one
will be 1080 sq ft, heated floor, 12 ft walls all
insulated everywhere
Heres one pic and my tractor that I used to knock
it down with

mike, is that a recent pic? from the sunny south, it looks like winter. no leaves on the trees, you with a coat on, and it just looks cold.

Posted By: MR_P_BODY

Re: The Remains of my shop - 05/28/09 01:55 AM

mike, is that a recent pic? from the sunny south, it looks like winter. no leaves on the trees, you with a coat on, and it just looks cold.

That was a couple years back in the fall

Posted By: Anonymous

Re: The Remains of my shop - 05/28/09 03:19 AM

Good deal,Mike!

Hope the new shop turns out the way you have it planned!

Randy

Posted By: G-Money1320

Re: The Remains of my shop - 05/28/09 03:22 AM

I heard he was yelling through a megaphone like Ty Pennington when he was tearing it down

Posted By: sunroofgtx

Re: The Remains of my shop - 05/28/09 05:02 AM

MIke , good luck. I'm sure you are doing it right the first time, but remember, it'll still be two small in a month or soo.... Hope you are well..

Posted By: MR_P_BODY

Re: The Remains of my shop - 05/28/09 11:16 AM

Quote:

MIke , good luck. I'm sure you are doing it right the first time, but remember, it'll still be two small in a month or soo.... Hope you are well..

Rich, I know its too small already but I had to fight
for every square inch that I got..... rules suck
and playing with city hall is just as bad

I heard he was yelling through a megaphone like Ty Pennington when he was tearing it down

I must have been yelling at myself because I'm the
only person here doing it

.... but I think
I did hear myself yelling (to myself) every once in
a while when it wasnt going right

Posted By: JAKE68

Re: The Remains of my shop - 05/28/09 12:18 PM

Mike if you are going to put a houst in the there I believe the pads require a 6 in. floor???? Just a thought. Jake

Posted By: 67HEMI

Re: The Remains of my shop - 05/28/09 12:34 PM

Congrats on the new shop! If you plan on a lift the slab needs to be 6 inches. I did mine 4 inches for 30 feet of width and 6 inches for 14 feet of width for my lift.

Posted By: emarine01

Re: The Remains of my shop - 05/28/09 12:41 PM

Hey Mike , nice job on the wood frame

but its busten up the old slab , thats where the fun starts

We found our 6" slab was 10" in some spots and the crazy dude that built it threw tons of scrap steel in with the rebar

That was the first week of my life I found out I wasent 25 anymore

Good luck and plan on some extra sleep just in case

Posted By: MR_P_BODY

Re: The Remains of my shop - 05/28/09 12:44 PM

Quote:

Mike if you are going to put a houst in the there I believe the pads require a 6 in. floor???? Just a thought. Jake

Yeah I'm putting a hoist in and yes its going to be
6" in that zone....... thanks for checking guys

Posted By: MR_P_BODY

Re: The Remains of my shop - 05/28/09 12:52 PM

Quote:

Hey Mike , nice job on the wood frame but its busten up the old slab , thats where the fun starts We found our 6" slab was 10" in some spots and the crazy dude that built it threw tons of scrap steel in with the rebar That was the first week of my life I found out I wasent 25 anymore Good luck and plan on some extra sleep just in case

I got a couple of quotes for busting up the old concrete
and by the time I rent a jack hammer and haul it off
it was $100 difference..... its not worth my time
for that price

Posted By: nhramark

Re: The Remains of my shop - 05/28/09 03:59 PM

Congrats Raff!

I know you've been waiting a long time for this new shop. That heated floor is going to be the cats behind.

Posted By: cudadon

Re: The Remains of my shop - 05/29/09 02:57 PM

Quote:

You're gonna love the floor heat come winter. Are you using a gas fired or electric boiler for the heat?

I'll say! I worked at a place that had floor heat laying under a scraper or dozer and feeling that warmth was great.
Wish I would've done it in the shop I built years ago. After my broken back vert. laying under a car to pull trans or whatever I get up and feel very stiff. Don

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Posted By: MR_P_BODY

Re: The Remains of my shop - 05/29/09 04:01 PM

Quote:

Quote:

You're gonna love the floor heat come winter. Are you using a gas fired or electric boiler for the heat?

I'll say! I worked at a place that had floor heat laying under a scraper or dozer and feeling that warmth was great.
Wish I would've done it in the shop I built years ago. After my broken back vert. laying under a car to pull trans or whatever I get up and feel very stiff. Don

I wont be laying on the slab anymore... I'm putting
in a hoist but I know what your talking about laying
on a cold slab

Posted By: blown360

Re: The Remains of my shop - 05/29/09 10:22 PM

Hey Mr P dya have any pics of the old shop?Bet its a bit sad to see it go but just think now you can build even bigger eh!I recently moved into a larger workshop (about three times the size of my old one) for extra space but ive now managed to find extra junk to fill up my bigger workspace doh!Hope your new workshop build comes out exactly to plan buddy!

Posted By: MR_P_BODY

Re: The Remains of my shop - 05/30/09 03:03 AM

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Hey Mr P dya have any pics of the old shop?Bet its a bit sad to see it go but just think now you can build even bigger eh!I recently moved into a larger workshop (about three times the size of my old one) for extra space but ive now managed to find extra junk to fill up my bigger workspace doh!Hope your new workshop build comes out exactly to plan buddy!

This is about the best pic I have of the old building
this was moving my mill. I finished loading it into
2 30yd dumpster today.... and a little burning to
finish off the pile of debris. For some reason I'm
not big on taking pics... if it wasnt for the wife
I wouldnt have any pics of the old shop

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Posted By: blown360

Re: The Remains of my shop - 05/30/09 12:31 PM

The old shop looked good buddy cant wait to see the new shop!Im the same never take pics of anything and always kick myself cos my memory's so cack!Keep telling meself I need to start taking pictures heck I even bought a digi camera but it never leaves the house!

Posted By: wheelsup68dart

Re: The Remains of my shop - 05/30/09 02:05 PM

Guess I found a new place to bring my junk to when I need work done.

You'll love the new shop Mike, you certainly hae worked hard for it.