30×40 Shop Part 4: Framing, Insulation, Wall Sheathing - 323

this part of the shop series is supported by pure bond plywood available exclusively at the Home Depot part one of the new shop series was an introduction to the space part two covered moving the tools to the new space part three covered why and how I will lay out the tools and in part four I'm going to cover framing the walls insulation wall sheathing and a little bit of cleanup and organizing this was an extremely busy week as I had a lot of running around to do my family visiting from out of state and coordinating with a contractor to get the bulk of the labor completed for me so first up was to get the materials and for the walls I decided to go with two by six framing on 24 inch centers in between the framing is going to be our 19 fiberglass insulation so many people recommended spray foam insulation for the shop and while I would have loved going that route it was simply out of budget to do the entire shop in spray foam I figured that since the shop already has a moisture barrier wrap on the outside and the walls of the shop don't receive a lot of direct sunlight after say 11 a.m. traditional fiberglass insulation is a cost effective solution that will still get the job done for the walls the largest offender of heat buildup from the Sun is the roof and for that I will get spray foam installed at a later date the weekend before contractor work was scheduled I started by removing all of the pegboard and corrugated tin from the walls this part was a bit frustrating not because of the peg board or the tin but because what was underneath one section right underneath the right window on this wall I found a termite infestation which actually kind of makes sense termites termites love moist environments and this window was leaking for who knows how long there was dirt piled up behind a couple sections of tin and the termites had already started eating away at the lower horizontal 2x4 now luckily the damage wasn't structural it was not deep at all but it did add another thing to the list to deal with now at this point we were still less than a month into living here so I contacted my realtor to see what can be done and in the state of Mississippi it is the sellers responsibility to order a wood infestation inspection which in this case it was completed not exactly sure where the miscommunication happened but only the house was inspected not the shop the final result was a complete termite treatment to both the shop and the house at no cost to us so problem solved the whole process was extremely frustrating on one end but on the bright side there was no structural damage and now both structures on the property are treated for the future contractor work started on a Monday morning that our nanny had previously requested off so I was kind of on daddy duty and didn't get any footage of them starting that day but we did take a field trip 77 miles north to the nearest Home Depot to pick up some pure bond plywood for the walls 40 sheets of pure bond to be exact this is a 3/4 inch birch plywood which matches my miter saw station and gives me a lot more options to hang stuff pretty much anywhere in the shop if you're not familiar with pure bond it's a female to hide free plywood made here in the United States and available exclusively at the Home Depot after driving home and unloading piece by piece into the shop I shut everything down and spent the rest of the night with my mom and nephew who drove over from Dallas to spend the week with us this is the progress the contractors made on the first day they were able to stud and insulate one of the 40-foot walls not too shabby considering it was over 100 degrees with high humidity inside the shop on day two the contractor started off by installing the plywood panels on the first wall these guys were great I've known Ben for quite a while he's the guy in the black shirt here and we joke around about how we both cut wood for a living but his type of work stops at 1/8 of an inch I knew they would do a good job so my only request was to use screws to install apply wood instead of nails or staples and maintain an even spacing for the screws so it doesn't look distracting on camera and slowed them down by a little bit but they did a great job day two of the contractors was also day two of family being in town so I kept running in and out of the house to move the cameras and to help the little bit that I could after the full sheets were up the guys came back and filled the small sections on top and this is where I noticed my a bit of an over estimate of the plywood needed the ceiling is close to 10 feet off the ground so I calculated 1.25 pieces of plywood which is 10 feet tall for every 4 feet of wall and I didn't take into consideration the 2 by material high on the wall that the roof trusses were resting on so in the end this resulted in 6 extra pieces of plywood or 6 extra full sheets of plywood that I added to the 4 sheets that I already had on hand in my plywood cart so it's a little bit of a happy accident nothing wrong with having a few extra quality sheets of plywood to use on future builds the work continued to the back wall that day where we had a few different obstacles to work around first the tin on the ceiling needed to be removed and pulled back along the entire back wall then the stair treads needed to be removed then the stringer closest to the wall needed to be removed and finally the forced air intake and exhaust needed to be removed completely these were temporarily patched on the outside with a piece of ceiling ttan just enough to get the walls completed on the inside and a week or so later I came back and tucked in a moisture barrier layer from the outside and patched the holes with a piece of tin that matched the same profile as the exterior of the building insulating the back wall marked the end of day 2 for the contractor work and on paper or this video it may not really sound like a lot of work getting done for two days of work but when you consider the extremely hot and humid weather we were having magnified by basically being inside of a hot tin can all day and dealing with sweat sawdust and fiberglass insulation I was quite impressed with her progress and really glad that I wasn't the one doing it later that evening my ten year old nephew Nate came out to help me shift everything to the completed side so the contractors could access the rest of the walls moving everything that night was it was a bit exhausting I was really over moving stuff at this point in the past two months I moved every bit of our household belongings to redo the floor in our old house unloaded my entire materials shed into my shop to sell the shed moved all of our household belongings into our new house moved my entire shop in this shop and now I'm moving everything from one side to another just so we can work on another wall at this point I felt like I was basically in a hamster wheel just running and running and not really getting anywhere I know in the end it's gonna be great but it would have been so much easier to renovate this shop before moving in unfortunately I just did not have the time to do so so all of the walls are put up now I've got insulation on all the walls where my electrical panel is that's still just temporarily secured so I can get in there and I still have to trim out the windows I still have to put covers on all of the outlets and switches and this top seam up here where the top of the eight-foot sheets are I think I'm going to do like Johnny Brooke and put a continuous French cleat all the way around the wall to cover all that up that was a really good idea and I think I'm going to utilize that here and I still have to box in around the fan and speaking of fan I do have it running so I don't know how bad the audio is but that is an exhaust fan and it's pulling air out I've got just this window open and it's got a nice cross-breeze going still it's still early in the morning so it hasn't heated up in here too much but before I can proceed with cleaning everything up I have to move my office back over here and at least get started so I can edit this video lots of changes coming still and I've got a whole lot of work to do the rest of that day was spent getting the office section back up and running and catching up on some computer work and emails I was also able to get a few more things in place on that wall including the refrigerator and so far the addition of the fridge has been absolutely fantastic the next day was Saturday and I was able to make a little bit of progress trying to organize here and there get the miter saw station assembled and positioned the tools in their approximate location that evening my wife asked if I wanted help in the shop which was completely unexpected to be honest so of course I agreed and we went to work first we cleaned up the materials corner then the area in front of the roll-up and then we assembled a rolling scaffold I picked up to help with the ceiling and lights and and by the way after having this in the shop for two weeks now I can say that this scaffold is by far one of the best 160 dollars I have ever spent we were able to put all of the chemicals and finishes into the metal sticker cabinet and note here that all of the harsh and more dangerous chemicals they go on the bottom shelf instead of on the top shelf like I previously had them in my last shop someone called me out for that in a previous video if they happen to spill when pulled down from a high shelf it can be much more dangerous to your to your face in your eyes and of course you versus if they spill when pulled out from my lower shelf last up was the lumber racks in the materials corner and finally the heavy lumber can be loaded and that's it for this video I really wish I had more of a visual conclusion visually compelling conclusion for this video but that's literally it at this point I was physically exhausted and really just looking forward to the next bit of progress thanks again to pure bond for supporting this part of the new shop for more information on peer bond plywood click the link in the description or visit the pro desk at your nearest Home Depot you guys take care have a great day and I'll talk to you in the next video