Workshop/Studio Stanwood WA

[Medeek]

I understand the 4" slab being poured on the footings and the sill plate which adds an extra 1.5".  However, it still doesn't make any sense to me why make the wall height at 8'10".  If you take into account the slab and sill plate your final inside basement wall height is 8'7.5", which is not the standard 8'1" or 9'1" for most 8 foot and 9 foot ceilings.

[Medeek]

Updated the basement wall height to 8'10", still not entirely sure why this is the standard 9' height but it is probably best to stick with convention.

[Medeek]

Concrete, and Roof framing finally figured out.  I think we are ready to build this guy...

[waggin]

Did you end up buying the property you'd asked some structural questions about in another thread?  Is this going to be built there?

[Medeek]

Yes, working on the permitting and financing now, the hard part.

[Medeek]

Exterior with hardiplank siding, colors are still not finalized though, my wife will have a say in that.  We will also need to paint the house to match.

[Medeek]

One last change, I've decided to bump it up to 28' from 24' width.  In order to do this with a 12/12 pitch requires the use of piggy back trusses.  BMC quoted me on the truss below which I promptly drew up.  My only beef is the attic width increases to 14 feet, I was hoping to get 15 feet out of the building width increase.

[Don_P]

The top chords of that truss spring from the wall. Have them cantilever the bottom chords ot to form the overhang and launch the top chords from the overhang. It'll get wider but also taller.

[Medeek]

Truss Details
Electrical
Floorplans
Elevations
Basement and Foundation
Main Floor Framing

Just the Wall Framing, Wall Framing Details, Roof Framing and Stairs and Porch Details and then its done.  Designing a studio/garage is way too much work, but it's fun.

[Yonderosa]

I must have missed it in the thread but is there a reason for doing a full height foundation on the back instead of pony wall?

[Medeek]

Two reasons for the full basement:

1.  The ground slopes so the pony wall would end up being 8 feet in height toward the back anyways.
2.  Could always use more storage space.

[Medeek]

The attic is a bit small for a photography studio (original plan for the space).  So I decided to design a living quarters / apartment instead.  Still trying to figure out how to best frame the angled cuts with the walls as you can see from the image below.  The 60x42 whirlpool tub those has my wife sold, the bearing wall luckily is centered right underneath it.  A tub like that can way almost a 1,000 lbs full. 

[Medeek]

Working out the final framing details:

[Medeek]

Alternate floor plan with studio appt. in attic.

http://design.medeek.com/studio/documents/SHOP4824-A6DB_ALTFLOORPLANS.PDF

[Medeek]

After a bit more studying of the IRC I realized that the alternate braced wall dimensions were wrong for the front garage wall.  The code makes sense but building a wood structure is not just putting up a chicken coop anymore.  Way too many things to get wrong.

http://design.medeek.com/studio/documents/SHOP4824-A6DB_FRAMINGWALLS1.PDF
http://design.medeek.com/studio/documents/SHOP4824-A6DB_FRAMINGWALLS2.PDF
http://design.medeek.com/studio/documents/SHOP4824-A6DB_FRAMINGWALLS3.PDF

[duncanshannon]

you are pretty fancy with this stuff!   It would be cool to build a framing plan. I'm still not settled in on which software to use... cost vs platform (i'm on a mac, but can run vmware...)

Anyways... what is a drop trim stud? 

[Medeek]

I don't know if it is the correct terminology or not but its what I call a trimmer or jack stud that is dropped below the sole plate, as you can see in the front framing elevation for both the man door and the garage door.  If someone knows of the correct name for it let me know. 

Also talked to my HVAC sub-contractor today and we discussed the pros and cons of ducted vs. ductless systems.  My wife doesn't like the idea of heating units hanging off of the walls so I guess that settles that.  However with the attic trusses there isn't a whole lot of room to squeeze in the duct work so I mocked it up roughly to see if we can make it work.  Of course I have no idea how many registers need to go where so its more of an exercise in seeing whether or not we can get the air from the furnace in the basement and distribute it to the attic space.  I think it will work.

Anyone with HVAC experience?  In particular, ducting difficult construction like this?  I would be interested to know what you think.  With the way I have it arranged I should only have to soffit a small section in the garage and avoid soffitting in the office space or attic.

[duncanshannon]

fair enough... i don't know what its called either.  I guess my real question is why does it drop below the plate?

you keep showing off with your drawings...      

[pmichelsen]

Don't forget about your return lines.

[Medeek]

I'm figuring just one return line from the main floor will work.

[Medeek]

It took me almost 2 days to come up with the bill of materials and even so it isn't nearly complete.  I thought this project might cost me between $30-$40k, now I'm figuring on more like $100k.  Anyone have a good price per sqft. for this type of structure in Western Washington? 

http://design.medeek.com/studio/documents/SHOP4824-A6DB_BOM.PDF

[Medeek]

Having never actually framed stairs before I'm not sure about all of the issues I might encounter with the stairs but I've spent almost a week studying up on them.

http://design.medeek.com/studio/documents/SHOP4824-A6DB_STAIRSPORCH.PDF

[Medeek]

I actually enjoyed making up the plans so much for my own studio I've decided I'm going to make a business out of it.
My website is still very much a work in progress but tell me what you think:

http://design.medeek.com/plans/samples.html