Door Width

[FElony]

you need a Big Ass Fan. Google it. You could always substitute a big ass lot lizard holding a fan pointed at you.

Yes, I do. And the valid point here is that, growing up in SoCal, it's not so much the heat that bothers me; it's stagnant air. It makes me sweat like the pig that I am. Oink.

The existing garage here does not yet have A/C. I have diddled around in there at 100º with two standing oscillating fans making for a little whirlwind action. No bitching. No oinking. Get me out of the whirlwind and I'm bacon in tennis shoes.

[Drew Pojedinec]

Yup. Love grass roots. I build pretty much everything. But yeah, that was the idea... toss out ideas. Obviously you need to figure what you can do in your situation.

I don’t bother heating or cooling my shop, but South Georgia  isn’t as intensely hot as Arizona.
I mostly have small fans to counter humidity. I hear ya on stagnant air, I can’t stand it.

[FElony]

Yup. Love grass roots. I build pretty much everything. But yeah, that was the idea... toss out ideas. Obviously you need to figure what you can do in your situation.

I don’t bother heating or cooling my shop, but South Georgia  isn’t as intensely hot as Arizona.
I mostly have small fans to counter humidity. I hear ya on stagnant air, I can’t stand it.

I've been researching solar powered fans in between posts. Found this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGf1bdVt9xw  It's a maybe IF one of the fans can have its direction reversed. Beyond that, I'm starting to wonder if, considering where I live, it might be a good idea to solarize the entire place. Therein, mostly LED lights and hand tools. The compressor, welder, blast cabinet, etc. will be in the small building, so no high-amperage stuff in the new place. If needed, there is an external GFI outlet on the corner of the house about 15 feet away that I can hook to straight through the man door. This would save me from jacking around with an ac subpanel. Another close neighbor has a huge building with several solar units on top. I will have to meander over there and pick his brain. I know little about solar.

[FElony]

There is a 30-foot long section of 6' high cinder block wall that has to be removed (this place had an inner yard sectioned off). The concrete guy is supposed to smack it with the Bobcat and haul the remains off. Now I wonder if I should "carefully" take it down and reuse the blocks to build a small closet for combustible/flammable liquids to hedge against possible catastrophe. Or to hide in when (((they))) come to take my guns. Sound reasonable?

[C8OZ]

Ah, Arizona! So yeah, skip all that gutter/drain nonsense I was peddling. In the southeast it's more about being able to open the doors on a rainy day without water splattering 3 feet in from the pad.

[Falcon67]

If you are not insulating the building, then powered vents and a Big Ass Fan are called for.  Ridge vent will work - but it's designed to work in conjunction with eve venting which is laid in with a ceiling in mind to isolate attic temps and air movement from the interior of the building.  If you are set on wide open height, open rafters, etc, then fans are all you get.  We get hot here and metal buildings even with insulate get hotter'n hell unless equipped with big ass AC unit(s).  Why I stick built and kept the ceiling low, personally.  I can keep 960 sq/ft in the 70s with only 27K BTU.

PS - 16' door with two post lift, handles two mid size cars no problem

[FElony]

Insulation is part of the package, but you are right they still get toasty. There are a fair amount of added buildings around here as the lots are 1.5 to 5 acres, and it seems that the overwhelming majority of them are metal. I originally wanted block but I can't find anyone to build one. Seems all the crews that do that are tied up on commercial jobs. I would personally try stick, but not crazy over dealing with trusses.
Not sure what the cost difference would be.

[FElony]

OK, thanks for the time, guys. Skies have cleared and I'm off to tow mucho cars still at the old house here. Then comes the fun part. Toodles!

[Thumperbird]

Powered thermostatically controlled or otherwise roof vents are a dime a dozen.
Just harden screening on the inside to keep the critters out, a second layer will take care of bees even.
Unless you are incredibly meticulous about sealing the structure there will be plenty of small places for inlet air, no need for a planned supply really.