Well, there's another chapter to my Pontiac story. Because the policies of our new President were so good for the stock market, TJ's 401 K did real good last year. So, she decided to buy me a new shop, for a combination birthday/anniversary gift. This year will mark our 40th.
So, I must thank God, President Trump, and my wife TJ, for "Speed Barn 3" !!!
It's called Speed Barn 3, because my 1st shop was called the Speed Barn. Then, the old cow barn I've used for a shop, since I sold the Speed Barn, we called Speed Barn 2. So, this new one can't be anything else but Speed Barn 3. TJ will probably make me a sign with that name on it, to hang inside.
Since I haven't had much Pontiac news lately, I decided to do this as a sort of "build thread". The building is not nearly as big as Speed Barn #1 was. It's just a small 2-car shop. Was gonna make it a little bigger. But, due to the price of the concrete, we had to downsize, in order to come in under budget. But, it'll be all I need.
I realize that most here will not be interested in this, at all. But, there might be a few low budget guys that find it interesting. So, here goes.
I took lots of pics, during the building process. I'll post more as TJ gets 'em sorted out & edited, as needed.
For this 1st post, I'll show the slab. It's all we saw of the shop for nearly a month. It's 20 x 25. The building is called 20 x 26, allowing for the roof overhang on each end.
The pic also shows the hay we took out of TJ's horse barn to cover the foundation dirt. The day after the slab was poured, we got a big rain, that washed away some of the dirt. So, I used my tractor & front end loader to add a lot more dirt, all around the slab. Then we covered it with hay, before the next rain came. Worked great. No erosion at all.
To be continued