Relocating To Pittsburgh and My Plans for a New Shop
Well my closing is set for a few days from now and I'm excited and a bit anxious. So it was time to sit down and do some preliminary planning for my in home shop. This exercise has helped settled the anxiousness and given me something to work on while I sort out everything else lol
The house has an attached three car garage. Connected to the garage is an existing work space used by the current owner. The plan is to segregate one of the garage bays from the other two and incorporate it into the existing work space. Fortunately the architect who designed and built the home for himself, planned things well for this to work. The garage has two gas fired space heaters. One of the heaters is within the bay that will be separated from the others. Additionally, I've been in contact with the architect who designed the home. He has been very accommodating and helpful in some issues that arose during pre-sale inspection. He emailed to me the original drawing set. It shows there's a separate mechanical system servicing the garage and work shop. This includes heating and air conditioning. So I believe all my mechanical needs are covered.
The planning was obvious; place all of the dust creating machines, which also require the greatest amount of area, in the large garage bay. This segregates them from other, less invasive work and further separates them from a finishing space. Here's the sketch I put together. I'm sure this could change, but it was a fun start.
One thing I know I will miss are the large windows I presently enjoy in my current shop in Williamsburg. One way I plan on addressing that is to install an insulated overhead door with translucent panels. However the existing shop space is in grade and will not have the benefit of natural light without some major intervention
Well my closing is set for a few days from now and I'm excited and a bit anxious. So it was time to sit down and do some preliminary planning for my in home shop. This exercise has helped settled the anxiousness and given me something to work on while I sort out everything else lol
The house has an attached three car garage. Connected to the garage is an existing work space used by the current owner. The plan is to segregate one of the garage bays from the other two and incorporate it into the existing work space. Fortunately the architect who designed and built the home for himself, planned things well for this to work. The garage has two gas fired space heaters. One of the heaters is within the bay that will be separated from the others. Additionally, I've been in contact with the architect who designed the home. He has been very accommodating and helpful in some issues that arose during pre-sale inspection. He emailed to me the original drawing set. It shows there's a separate mechanical system servicing the garage and work shop. This includes heating and air conditioning. So I believe all my mechanical needs are covered.
The planning was obvious; place all of the dust creating machines, which also require the greatest amount of area, in the large garage bay. This segregates them from other, less invasive work and further separates them from a finishing space. Here's the sketch I put together. I'm sure this could change, but it was a fun start.
One thing I know I will miss are the large windows I presently enjoy in my current shop in Williamsburg. One way I plan on addressing that is to install an insulated overhead door with translucent panels. However the existing shop space is in grade and will not have the benefit of natural light without some major intervention