Garage / workshop

Richard

Richard

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I am planning out my shop. I plan to succeed and my shop has the following specs. This is a to-do list any suggestions are welcome.
1. eye wash station
2. sky lights at south, east and west roof corners
3. insulate the walls
4. dry wall/ lath and plastered
5. glossy white interior paint.
6. chemical fire extinguisher
7. fire sprinkler system
8. 220 and 120 outlets with 100 amp exterior panel
9. eye wash station
10. coat cement with some type of oil resistant paint and non slip as well
11. fire blanket and wall box
12. exterior air compressor with manifold inside shop.
13. First aid kit.
14. hand sink
15. mop sink and or mop bucket.
17. tools

At present I have an open stud two car work shop with none of the aforementioned.
 
When I built my home shop I should have put in way more wall plugs that I did and you can't have enough air hose drops. best to have one above every drill press grinder ect that you plan to have and dont forget an automatic water drain for the compressor and lines. A nice sterio and maybe a big screen ( a cheap big screen ) sometimes things go flying.
 
You cannot make do without the toilet and extra space for your sofa to rest when you are feeling a little sluggish already. That really helps when you have to get some things done on the rush.

I wonder how working would be like here as it seems to be pretty great and complete already. My usual garage has nothing compared to this.
 
You'll need a catch basin around your used oil and used antifreeze storage tanks in case you have a spill - especially in California.
 
you'll need a lot of work benches - wooden ones so that when you strike something with a hammer the hammer don't bounce back like it will on a steel bench.
What do you plan to do - straight mechanical? some body work? fabrication? sheetmetal forming? painting? each of these disiplines have different requirements. How large a shop is another fair question.
To get some really good advice there is a kind of 'sister' site called the 'garagejournal' -something like that - try to see if you can google it up and check it out.
 
Probably not legal, but I have a "grease pit" in my garage for working under the car...
 
You might as well start planning the remodeling and additions to the house. When your wife sees your layout she is sure to want to spen some money. You may want to consider an AC/Heat unit, the older you get the less you like the outdoor conditions comming into your shop while you work.
 
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