It took around 50 hours to design the shop. This was spread
out over a long period of time with many discussions with friends, city
officials and spouse.
The project planning phase consumed around 40 hours that put into motion
the schedule to make over 50 trips to vendors to spend over $12,000.00
to buy materials.
The plan also involved 10 different workers who put in over 1200 man
hours in 6 weekends and one Spring Break to complete the basic shop
shell.
The only outside service was provided by Leon Salley who cut
down a tree for us.
The only tools used from outside sources were the auger for digging
the holes for the concrete piers, the trencher for the burial of the
electrical service cable, and the 100 roller used to complete the laying
of the floor tiles. These items were all rented.
Early plans were drawn by hand.
Later plans were drawn on Autocad.
The city building permit process forced us to drop the size of the building from 700 square feet to 498 square feet to cut under the 500 square foot maximum allowed under the Crossgates covenants.
