"James \"Cubby\" Culbertson" writes:

"James "Cubby" Culbertson" wrote in message
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Hiya folks,
Getting the gears going regarding building a shop next year. I'm looking
at something in the 900 to 1000 SF range. Aside from the cost of

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metal roofing capturing heat/cold. I live in NM and it get's pretty darned
warm in the summer so maybe I should just stick with conventional building.

Maybe build a green roof, with plants on it?

I do plan to do this over a slab but am planning on pouring the slab such

Whan kind of ground do you have to build on? Not all places need a
poured slab, if the ground is stable enough by itself you can get away
without concrete slabs.

DC piping. Obviously I'd have to find a way to mount the floor with easy
access to the area below it.

One way of easy acces: Build/Buy floor boards of reasonable size, like
0.5 x 1m, and put them on special levelable posts at their corners,
AKA industrial false floor.

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