Future shop build advice

Got my work cut out for me this weekend. Running power, water and Ethernet. When I built the house, I buried a 2" electrical conduit and a 1" PVC dummy waterline under my carport skirt for future shop. I didn't know at the time that my water would be chocked full of brown metal tasting iron. I tapped that line to be chicken pen/garden water during covid when I was stuck at home a few years ago. It ties in to my main line off the well and has hella pressure, so I'm not repurposing it. I'm running 2/0-2/0-1-4 mhf through the electrical conduit, 3/4" PEX to two new freeze proof hydrants off the PVC line. Then running a new 3/4 PEX (good iron free water) and direct burial cat6 in a separate trench from the other end of the house this weekend. Im a cheap ass so I'm only renting a trencher once. Gotta get it all in at once. My dad is a hard core note taker, every time we bury a line at work he has us pull a tape and triangulate every elbow or any kind of change. It pays off. I do the same now and was able to locate all my buried pipes right away. Digging here is a dream, I have found maybe 3 rocks in the 5yrs I've been here. Growing up 5 miles away near a river and digging through nothing but clay and river rock has made me really appreciate this beautiful sandy loam I live on.
 
Also picked up 50' of ezflow today for my septic lines. As luck would have it, a friend happens to be the manager at the local plumbing supply house that is the area distributor for infiltrator and got it for me at near cost.
 
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Got my ass kicked pretty good out here today.
60ft of 2" conduit, 350" of 3/4" PEX and 250" of Ethernet. I'm whooped.

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Not real proud of this joint. Should have trencher a little straighter to it but a crepe myrtle was in the way. I think I got an inch of overlap and a lot of glue so maybe it will be fine. It's a straight pull otherwise.


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DSM Turbos said:
Doing a roof on it isn't going to be cheap, and it's going to still be smaller than I want it to be. Really debating on knocking it down and building something bigger if we plan to stay a whil
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Zoning isn't going to allow you to go bigger
 
Got my lights up this weekend and started on outlets. My progress was a little slower thanks to my abundance of "help". Kinda feel like they just wanted to ride the lift...

👍 For hyperlites. 8 of their 155w hero high bays has it super bright in here. Way better than my dim shop at work.

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Croatan_Kid said:
I swear...when I finally build a shop, there won't be a dim spot in it! It's going to have way more lights than it rightfully should! :D
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Easily achieved with white walls and ceiling
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RatLabGuy said:
but in a working garage how long does it take for those walls and ceiling to not look so beautiful
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It's metal :gtfo: Hit it with the pressure washer and roll on

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Tom@Hilltop_Machine said:
You will be amazed how dark it starts to get in there once you put in machines and equipment. All that stuff creates shadows and dark areas. I just added some more of those ufo lights trying to brighten up the dark areas.
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Thats why @CasterTroy 's solution is to just leave it empty and looking nice instead of doing any actual work
 
Lankford said:
Have you met Troy? His answer wont be normal. There's a good chance his walls/ceilings are protected via tire shine.
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Ceramic coating lol.
 
Just put everything in a wad in the middle and theres no lighting issues either ;)
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With that said, I'm super pleased with the T5HO high bay flourescents in my shop.
 
RatLabGuy said:
I'm surprised you let that bicycle tire potentially mar the wall like that
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It's black and a protected class. If I complain I get cancelled as well as slapped with a lawsuit
 
CasterTroy said:
It's black and a protected class. If I complain I get cancelled as well as slapped with a lawsuit
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Once you go black, can’t ever find your bike
 
RatLabGuy said:
I'm surprised you let that bicycle tire potentially mar the wall like that
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Don't yall know anything?! Those bike tires 100% have tire shine on them and can't possibly leave a smudge mark on anything.

Also, @CasterTroy One more row of lights on the ceiling, some underneath that loft, directly over any work bench area, and probably some on the shop doors so they don't cast shadows when they're up...and I'd probably have enough :D

I would also love to have "F You" money so I could build a shop big enough that the county would tell me that I need to dig a retention pond because of too much impermeable surface on my land :lol:
 
Croatan_Kid said:
Also, @CasterTroy One more row of lights on the ceiling, some underneath that loft, directly over any work bench area, and probably some on the shop doors so they don't cast shadows when they're up...and I'd probably have enough :D
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The doors are never up, as the shop has heat and AC. So no need to worry about the doors covering them.

I've got the bench covered :huggy:

I thought I had a pic of all 3 lights on, but apparently I just have a pic with the center LED lit. But behind the 1x6 at the top are 3 LED bars that shine down on the stainless steel bench, in addition to the lit magnifier for pew purposes

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And I don't work under the loft. That's truly just vehicle storage. But I have a little desk light plugged into a motion sensor for when I'm over that way

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