My own Makerspace err mikiespace

[bloomingtonmike]

Huge amount of work accomplished today on this floor!! Finished grading, compacted base, 10mil poly sheeting down and taped, 1.5" extruded poly styrene foam sheets down and taped, concrete mesh down and tied, 2560 sq feet of 1/2" pex ran in nine loops, and about 2000 wire ties twisted!! Plastic step2 garden carts saved me tonight!!


Next up, pex manifold install and a 24 hour pressure test and waiting for the ground to dry out so we can get some cement trucks in!! Floor poured SOON!

 

[bloomingtonmike]

 

[bloomingtonmike]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maker_culture

They've reinvented what we've done all our lives but it's all new to them.

Lets see your personal makerspace in your home shop large enough to teach others. Would love to learn from you.

 

[bloomingtonmike]

My Blueridge Company Pole Barn Radiant Heating package included this RHT 1/2" 9 loop PEX Hi Flow manifold, ball valves and adapters, RHT pressure test kit, the 2700 ft of PEX B tubing with O2 barrier, wire ties, pex cutter, polymer elbows that I did not use, and wire tie tool. It has been holding steady at 50psi for 24 hours for the pre concrete pour pressure test.

 

[bloomingtonmike]

Last night we installed MeshUps (mesh chairs you can walk on - mesh compresses and pops up like bed springs and works awesome!!) under the mesh and PEX. This gives a consistent elevation to the mesh/PEX and does not require the crew to pull the mesh up. I have a 5" floor so we used 1.5" mesh ups. The mesh is ~1/4". The PEX is 1/2 so about 5/8"OD. So the PEX is just under 2 3/8" in the floor. We will have a 1.5" saw cut for expansion joints.

Then this AM at 7am we started the pour. No calcium and a cool day made for a super long day. Here are a couple pictures before it sat up for hand and power troweling much.

 

[Rbeckett]

Damn!!!! That is one good looking shop. I cannot wait to see it completed and filling up with all manner of metal working tools and equipment. That is going to be a blast figuring out what you want and where your going to put it. How much have you spent already? I spent 3 grand on my 20X20 with the electric run in and floor poured. So I know you have got a couple of bucks planted in the yard already. What does the Minister of Finance think about your investment. You could just give her the old shop so she can have a space too for sewing, quilting and other crafts most women do. Mine prefers to play with my toys so if we had the money she would allow me to spend it how ever I chose. Sucks being broke on disability... Have fun and please keep the pics coming!!!

Bob

 

[bloomingtonmike]

A Great real job (no bills waiting on any shop work) and cash flow coming in from the shop makes everything easy.
I have spent $45K. Building, foam in floor, pex/manifold, floor, used MH lights, pulling pots, used boiler, all electrical internal and external, used 20hp RPC and 3ph panel, openers, wall covering. Still thinking about insulation, air lines, and speaker system. No lift for me but a second story eventually in part of it - loft.

 

[bloomingtonmike]

Moved some ply in Friday 520 32X48X3/4 7-ply sanded one side marine grade plywood sheets.






Another 700 need moved in from attached garage. Still have to pick up 400 sheets.



Porch was poured today

 

[drs23]

Geeze! You have almost as much in Top-0-The Line plywood as you do concrete, eh?)

 

[JimDawson]

That's a lot of plywood! Looking good