Shop Layout

[nickcornilsen]

It's been a whirlwind of a year! I sold my house, moved 3hrs, and bought some bare land.

I've been building my shop while my house has been going up... and I'm finally to the rough-electrical phase. This means I need to figure out my final layout so I get stuff where it needs to go!

The layout is attached... the smaller bay to the right is my RV storage area, and the square with a circle in it, is the air compressor. The area with the car is 35 x 30'

What do you think? Anything I should consider?

I sort of view the area to the left of the car as where I'll store things like the welder, sheetmetal brake, etc when I'm not using it.

[Perry Mitchell]

I hope you give this a lot more thought. You need a lot more 110v outlets, like every 4'. I have two circuits for outlets, every other one is on one circuit and the rest are on another. How tall is your ceiling? If you ever get a hoist, where will you plug it in at? I suggest a separate circuit, installed in the ceiling, directly above where the lift motor will be. And then, will you use a garage door opener? I hope you don't use a ceiling mounted one.

[dontlifttoshift]

Plus one on the outlets every four feet.

[nickcornilsen]

I hope you give this a lot more thought. You need a lot more 110v outlets, like every 4'. I have two circuits for outlets, every other one is on one circuit and the rest are on another. How tall is your ceiling? If you ever get a hoist, where will you plug it in at? I suggest a separate circuit, installed in the ceiling, directly above where the lift motor will be. And then, will you use a garage door opener? I hope you don't use a ceiling mounted one.

I have not given it much thought yet, which is why I'm here!

Garage door is jack-shaft type. I don't have plans for a lift, but I'll look at some popular ones and see if I feel comfortable placing an outlet at this point. Ceilings are 11'8".

I'll add more outlets, They're cheap and easy to put in when the walls are open.

[jarhead]

I'd add extra 220 outlets for moving a welder around to different locations. I'd also add more outlets in the ceiling for things like air cleaners, ceiling fans, drop down reel cords, etc.

[TechNova]

Way more air regulator outlets including outside the overhead doors and on the hoist post.
I added a single can light on a motion switch so I can go in the shop to get something without turning on the lights.
My truck was always parked in the garage so I used the motion light twice a day