Out building, multi-purpose room plans.

[mr.lars]

I will be building a 10' X 12' structure in the back yard to be used as a painting studio. I would like it to be usable as a summer guest room or at least storage shed for anyone who may buy my house. It will have a cement floor, a couple of windows and one sky window. I'm thinking one door on the 10' side. No plumbing but making it easy to install electrical for a future owner. I'm sure that I will be coming back to this board with questions when I begin building it but for now I am hoping to get some insight as to where to go to get some drawings/plans to help me out. This is a first for me and I need some guidance as I am hoping to increase value of my home with it. Free help would be great but I am willing to pay for some good plans. Any ideas?

[rabadger]

Go to www.HVAC-consult.com and surf the site.

[Wgoodrich]

A building that small is actually exempt from Code rules being so small. However if you are spending the money to pour concrete floor installing a footer is your first concern. If you plan to heat the building which you did not mention is most likely would be best for well insulated walls and ceilings using a space gas heater or electric baseboard heaters. Let us know what type heat you wish and we should be able to help.

Electrical only has a few concerns. Feed of power from existing home such as UF cable from house panel 24" underground most likely for a single branch circuit 12 awg red black white will give you two 20 amp circuits in that building with 20 amp 220 volt breaker in your house and a double pole 20 amp switch in shed as a main switch. GFi protection required on any receptacle in that building. Rough in wiring and install main switch. Lights are to desire.

If you plan to heat the building you need a 12" wide footer dug below the frost line in your area. Let us know your area and we can tell you the frost depth in you area. The floor must be at least 4" thick with wire fence re-enforcement and can be poured as a unipour. Framing is usually 16" on center for walls using 2x4 rafters in that size building. If you plan to heat you may want to install ceiling rafters also to achieve enough space for required insulation in the ceiling. Don't forget to install anchor bolts in the footing to bolt down your wood walls.

Hope this helps

Wg

[Wgoodrich]

Rabadger, other than advertisement purposes why would you post a link to this heating consultant firm? I am questioning your purpose of these linking posts.

Wg

[mdshunk]

I checked out the site, and this Richard Badger character isn't even an engineer according to the information on the site. He's apparently promoting his ability to perform pseudo-engineering work.