I posted some pictures of my shop building in an earlier thread. We started building this past spring. Well, the thread has gone to archive and I was planning to update it but can't now. So, I'll repost the pics with some new ones.

Size is 30x40. Two drive through doors are 9x9 insulated and the walk through door is insulation filled steel.

The plan is to build the shop then hopefully sell the current house and build a new house near the shop building. Current house is for sale so we'll see.

So far I have about $19,000 in it.

We put 1.5 inch foam between the purlins for insulation. Then, everything is covered with double bubble foil sheets and then that's covered with the metal. The studs are 2x4s. I was going to put open cell spray foam between the studs but after getting a price quote, I changed my mind and just went with regular fiberglass. The fiberglass is decent and cheap and combined with the foam sheets, we will have a very well insulated shop building. I am very impressed with the foam this summer. It definately helps it stay MUCH cooler than without the insulation. I spec'd the builder to place the purlins 24 1/4 inches apart (not on center). That way, I could purchase 4x8 sheets of foam, and then split them into two 2x8 sheets. We will be putting another layer of foam sheets on the roof giving us a total of 3 inches of closed cell foam on the roof. I'll end up spraying closed cell foam on the gable ends to insulate them eventually.

The interior will be finished with OSB. I wanted to get unmarked OSB but would have had to special order it and would have had to order more than I needed. So, I just went with regular OSB. I may end up painting it but haven't decided. It's going to be a working shop...not a showroom like some of those shops that you can see on GarageJournal!!

Wiring is done. Have a 100 amp breaker box for the power. No power running to the shop yet...it's gonna cost me about $1200 to run an underground service. I'm relying on a generator for power at the moment. I installed a 30 amp 220 circuit for my air compressor and a 50 amp circuit for a welder. All the outlets are 20 amp. The lights are on one circuit and since I have some 14 ga wire in the light circuit, I installed a 15 amp breaker for that. There will be plenty of lights in the shop.

I will post some updated outdoor pics once I get the grass mowed.

Nope. Just told the builder that I wanted a 30x40 shop building and he built it. 30x40 is a pretty common size around here.

Yep that's what the builder did. Truss company engineered the trusses and he built the building.

In your last picture is the OSB sitting on the floor? Also why didn't you stagger the seams or start with the ceiling like sheetrock?

What are you electrical plans?

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They quoted me about $3000 for open cell foam just in the walls. I got a quote for closed cell foam in the ceiling and it would have brought the insulation cost to about $5500.

I have about $1400 in the insulation sheets (total of about $1700 once I add the extra layer of foam to the bottom of the roof decking) plus about $400 in fiberglass and another $200 when I buy one of those small Tiger Foam kits to spray foam the gable ends. So, once it's all done, I estimate that I'll have about $2300 in my "hybrid" insulation system. I don't think that sprayed foam would be THAT much better to enable it to pay off in a reasonable amount of time vs the combo of closed cell foam sheets and fiberglass. There is also a layer of double bubble reflective foil over the foam (under the metal). I also spent a great deal of time with spray cans of foam to seal up any openings where air might flow into the wall cavities. I think the biggest air leakage by far will come from the garage doors.

Building is sure different between regions of the country.

That would have been pole built here.

19K seems pretty cheap. I'm building a 24 x 32 garage for a customer right now that is contracted for $40K. Subtract $3500 for demo of the existing structure.

Yeah, the construction costs here are high. I don't work for cheap either

Three types of permits (demo, zoning, building) and two inspectors (zoning and building).

The windows are 3x3 (roughly) and are 4 ft from the concrete....almost 5 feet from the outside ground.

There are currently neighbors that help keep an eye on the building.

I have motion lights over both windows (and they'll work once I get power!).

The walk through door has a high quality lock and a heavy duty plate secured with long screws.

Anyone who really wants to get it any building can. However, this is secure as I can make it without power. Since the neighbors leave their garages and houses unlocked most of the time, I'm thinking that my place will be an unlikely target. Eventually, we'll build the house and there will be more security features and cameras around the outside.

I like having the open bays vs trusses.

You suck.