Need advice....

[carguykeith]

That's almost the exact size of the shop I built back in Alaska, as long as you insulate it well and minimize infiltration you really dont need much of a heater. I had inslab heat but had a backup normal old 30k btu garage heater that keept the shop 50 degrees even with a week of -20 temps before I had the inslab fired off.

You can never have enough light, like I said my shop was the same size and I had a total of (48) 4' T8 bulbs. Sounds excesive but I could work underneath my car without drop light 90% of the time and everythign is easier when you have good lighting. Ever see a dark operating room?

Yes electrical outlets everywhere (and a couple of drop cords on the ceiling), oh and at least (2) 220v outlets so when you get a plasma cutter you can run it and the air compressor at the same time. Side note, there are like 15 different 220v plugs just wire everything with the 50A plug regardless so you don't have to worry about swapping plugs/ outlets later.

Don't do anything to the floor. Welding/ grinding, dumping every possible fluid/ heavy tool and part on it will destroy ANY coating.



Industrial shelving and big rubbermade totes work great, just label each tote and you have quick easy access to everything and its covered so everything inside the totes isn't covered in dirt and dust. You will be amazed at just how much dust you generate once the welder and grinder get fired off...

Oh yeah and somebody already said it but Garagejournal is an amazing resourse, every question you can think of has already been asked and there will be great examples to follow.