Gun & Ammo Storage

Just make sure that the doors open out...buddy of mine forgot that little detail, and had to change the door out, as it was too easy to kick in.

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Originally Posted by Fox

I do 3D CAD for a living, I am modeling up the room and we are 3 years away from being able to pull money from the equity, which is the ideal way to pay for it.

I plan on Ikea wardrobes for hunting clothes and gear on 1 wall, with doors to keep it clean. I have a 7.5ft x 16in solid ash reloading bench I made, this will remain on the back wall. The other wall will be for gun cabinets. Above the reloading bench will be locking cabinets for powder and such. I am debating above the gun cabinets, maybe some wood gun racks with a hinged locking feature, since the whole room will have a solid core door with dead bolt it will be a room "not easily broken in to" so I can put guns on the wall, even with ammo, but I would lock them to the wall as a secondary measure. I need to work out how to display my cartridge collection and vintage ammo box collection but working on my collection of wood working tools so shadow boxes is probably going to be the way to go.

I do have a small rolling 2 level bench I was given from work, maybe 24x18 and short, that should roll around the room, and I will make a rolling bench 24in wide and up to 60in long, although I am not sure I need it that long. This will be a butcher block cable with butcher block shelf, I have some old butcher block work benches from the 60s from work, they look cool and will be very strong. Have that on castors and it should never be in the way, as long as I only try to do 1 task at a time.

This is all if we can do an 8x12 room for me, if it goes down to 8x10 or 8x8 then my plans will have to change.

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Perfect.......then you know the drill, and you can do that yourself! The best thing we ever did was hire a designer when we were in the initial stages. He did all the drawings and a 3D of what it would look like when it was completed.

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Originally Posted by 410001661

Perfect.......then you know the drill, and you can do that yourself! The best thing we ever did was hire a designer when we were in the initial stages. He did all the drawings and a 3D of what it would look like when it was completed.

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The problem is getting someone to even give you a ballpark cost per square foot of an addition now, not a quote, a bloody ballpark. We want to save for 3 years based on paying that additional amount on the mortgage, that way we are doing a pressure test as well as saving to pay for the increases from now until then.

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Originally Posted by Fox

The problem is getting someone to even give you a ballpark cost per square foot of an addition now, not a quote, a bloody ballpark. We want to save for 3 years based on paying that additional amount on the mortgage, that way we are doing a pressure test as well as saving to pay for the increases from now until then.

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Company that insurance sent out to appraise my sugar shack said 2x4 are $20 dollars now steel has gone up 20%. January another 10% coming. Crazy.

Estimate for my building 25000

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Originally Posted by js4fn

Company that insurance sent out to appraise my sugar shack said 2x4 are $20 dollars now steel has gone up 20%. January another 10% coming. Crazy.

Estimate for my building 25000

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3 years from now I do not expect the same Covid related expenses.

I built a bunch of stuff this spring, wanted to make a pool deck this summer but material just did not exist so delaying that until stock shows up again, hopefully next spring.

The cost of the material has not gone up but the demand has and trucking has been limited. Once the vaccine gets here there will be a delay but we will get back to normal.

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Originally Posted by Fox

The problem is getting someone to even give you a ballpark cost per square foot of an addition now, not a quote, a bloody ballpark. We want to save for 3 years based on paying that additional amount on the mortgage, that way we are doing a pressure test as well as saving to pay for the increases from now until then.

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Shop around for building contractors. Have them out to your place and show them exactly what you want.
Tell them straight up you want finished price for the job. We went through about 5 contractors before we settled on one. Put time limits on your job requirements for building, the last thing you want is to have a contractor drag their feet for months to finish.
If your on septic, depending on your by-laws, putting in another bathroom may require approval based on your septic holding tank size. The only way to prove size for us was by excavation for a visual inspection, by building inspector. Instead we built a possible (future) bathroom with rough in to avoid the bs bylaws. After the final inspection was complete the bathroom was finished.

Always save scrap lumber and when you see free lumber grab it? I also salvage lumber when possible. Luckily I had lots of lumber around or each deer stand would have cost 300 bucks. oonlyhhad to buy 16 ft 2x4 for the ladder

Fox, I agree 100%

Getting quotes during COVID are a moving target - everyone is busy and prices are all over the place. The last two electrical jobs I did (side jobs) I quoted them back in June and the job started in Aug & Sept. Most of the material costs went up a bit, mostly wire and cable, but no where close to that of lumber and other building material. I agreed to do one job (reno) on T&M and the other job (new 500 square foot work shop) the electrical portion went up by 10% - in the big picture it is a rounding error.

When I was talking to GC's for my home renovation I took most of the ambiguity out of the job.......I provided drawings from my designer of what I wanted done, a specification for the material I wanted them to use used and a scope of work stating what work I wanted him to complete (ex) walls are to be finished up to and including primed, finished drywall, and what work I am going to complete. I pulled all the permits with the city and closed them out when the job was complete. Once a contract is signed try not to change anything and avoid scope creek or as it will just cost you lots of money.

Being a Cad designer you are going to have all the details nailed down - a huge advantage. I had to pay my designer to do this for me but it was well worth it as it eliminated any issues moving forward.

Always save scrap lumber and when you see free lumber grab it? I also salvage lumber when possible. Luckily I had lots of lumber around or each deer stand would have cost 300 bucks. onlyhhad to buy 16 ft 2x4 for the ladder

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Originally Posted by canadaman30

Shop around for building contractors. Have them out to your place and show them exactly what you want.
Tell them straight up you want finished price for the job. We went through about 5 contractors before we settled on one. Put time limits on your job requirements for building, the last thing you want is to have a contractor drag their feet for months to finish.
If your on septic, depending on your by-laws, putting in another bathroom may require approval based on your septic holding tank size. The only way to prove size for us was by excavation for a visual inspection, by building inspector. Instead we built a possible (future) bathroom with rough in to avoid the bs bylaws. After the final inspection was complete the bathroom was finished.

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So what you are saying is that you do not have a final inspection for your house.

Septic here is based on the number of bedrooms, not the bathrooms. A bedroom requires a closet, so an open room in the basement is just a multi-use space, nobody will be living there but it can be used as a place for people visiting to crash.

We are not planning to add a bathroom, we have an ensuite but it is a 2 piece and tiny. We would be expanding our main bathroom to include that ensuite and then building a new ensuite with a shower and tub, should not affect the septic at all as no bathroom or bedroom numbers are changing. The only concern I have is that our furnace may be too small but we have a small house now and well below what the base furnaces will cover.