A while ago I decided we needed a shed. I went on the tuff shed website and realized you could build a pretty neat patio on one too, this would mean I don't have to rebuild our patio table and get a new umbrella, we can sit on the porch. Best of all, I can run water, gas, power, air, networking to it
Here is what I had in mind
The problem is that, I want it more wide than long, and Tuff Shed has no way to do that. So I decided to build it myself. Overall footprint will be 16 x 17, with the shed being 16 x 12 and a 5 foot patio.
Forms and rebar done (Not by me) and concrete truck gets here tomorrow. No turning back now!
I would love to do the concrete myself, but a short load and 300ft off the street gets expensive real fast. I will keep posting as I go
16x17 slab, 4 inches with rebar, thicker on the edges, with 4 x 18x18x18 footings on the corners of the shed. 4000PSI Min, fiber reinforced, 5 inch slump
Trenching to the garage is about 70ft, and I'm doing the following
1/2 PEX for Air
3/4 PEX for Water (Probably won't connect for a while, probably don't even need, but if there is a trench....)
1-1/4" PVC for 60a sub panel (I want to be able to weld) and 15a UPS backed circuit from garage for networking
1 Inch Poly gas line for grill, portable generator, heater if needed, etc (Or maybe smaller going 2PSI and regulator? Unsure)
3/4 PVC for a run of single mode fiber all the way into the house
3/4 PVC for future possible solar panels
Already sourced the network switch to go in there. Will provide networking and power for a a WiFi Accesspoint (Ruckus R650) and some IP Cameras. Switch just happens to be the same brand as the AP's, nothing in that. Switch is actually Brocade and rebranded Ruckus anyway
320ft of Fiber is on the way, will be pulled through the conduit, into the garage, across to the breezeway, into the attic and down to my network rack
Here is what I had in mind
The problem is that, I want it more wide than long, and Tuff Shed has no way to do that. So I decided to build it myself. Overall footprint will be 16 x 17, with the shed being 16 x 12 and a 5 foot patio.
Forms and rebar done (Not by me) and concrete truck gets here tomorrow. No turning back now!
I would love to do the concrete myself, but a short load and 300ft off the street gets expensive real fast. I will keep posting as I go
16x17 slab, 4 inches with rebar, thicker on the edges, with 4 x 18x18x18 footings on the corners of the shed. 4000PSI Min, fiber reinforced, 5 inch slump
Trenching to the garage is about 70ft, and I'm doing the following
1/2 PEX for Air
3/4 PEX for Water (Probably won't connect for a while, probably don't even need, but if there is a trench....)
1-1/4" PVC for 60a sub panel (I want to be able to weld) and 15a UPS backed circuit from garage for networking
1 Inch Poly gas line for grill, portable generator, heater if needed, etc (Or maybe smaller going 2PSI and regulator? Unsure)
3/4 PVC for a run of single mode fiber all the way into the house
3/4 PVC for future possible solar panels
Already sourced the network switch to go in there. Will provide networking and power for a a WiFi Accesspoint (Ruckus R650) and some IP Cameras. Switch just happens to be the same brand as the AP's, nothing in that. Switch is actually Brocade and rebranded Ruckus anyway
320ft of Fiber is on the way, will be pulled through the conduit, into the garage, across to the breezeway, into the attic and down to my network rack