Thanks, snrub! And yes, doors for the big bay are coming, but I'm adding to the shop as I get money saved for it...so, maybe by winter. We've had a couple of driving rains from the west that have made me wish they were already installed.
You're right about the slope, we can build almost flat...this one is 13' on the front and 12' on the backside, over a 30' span. I'm not sure what the pitch is, less than .5%?
In the future, I'd like to put a full-span awning across the front.
Having rescued enough lights from a contractor friend who was scrapping them for a ransom of a single case of beer, I found that I had to replace the ballasts (9.xx each on Amazon) but still had less than $12 a fixture for 4 bulb T8s. Good enough for me!
Installed a roll-up door between the lift bay and the big bay...thinking that any debris from metalwork will be separated from "clean" work.
And something I recommend that everyone that does much maintenance gets...a lift. I use it constantly and think it is the best tooling the shop.
