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FWLR wrote: ↑Tue Oct 22, 2019 7:43 am
Do I notice double glazing also and are they from a caravan...
Rod, glazing isn't from a caravan, although I have been a caravan technician towards the end of my career and never thought about it then!
Neither are they double glazed as they are safety glass shower screens, from the time I spent as Showroom Manager in a plumbers' merchant!
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Useful tips, thanks, Peter.
I've already got plans for a verandah with some decking. However, that will have to wait for funds to replenish. I like the idea of a shelf and wood store. I don't remember seeing your multifuel stove - but then I've not visited you during the winter months.
You wouldn't have seen the stove when you called Rik, it is in my 'Hospitality Shed' which was just a junk store at the time! I prepared it especially for guests who attend my open days due to the unpredictable weather here in Wales.
It has already proved its worth during the last two events and provided seating and eating space for those who prefer to socialise.
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Now working on the interior. Funny you should mention foamboard, Andrew.....
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The insulation I'm using is a sort of foamboard - foam between layers of foil. Not cheap but as my missus says, you're only going to do it once (unless of course I have a cunning plan!).
This is then clad with more OSB (Oriented Strand Board) - a cross between plywood and chipboard.
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Have now finished doing the cladding so am installing the electrical fittings - sockets, switches, lighting etc.
Great progress Rik, and well timed to be working on the inside.
You must have worked out in advance where you want to site everything and fitted ample power points in strategic places.... something I couldn't do as I tend to work organically as times, and temperament, change.
Interested in the high level power leads.....?
The best things in life are free.... so why am I doing this?
Peter Butler wrote: ↑Sun Oct 27, 2019 9:41 am
Interested in the high level power leads.....?
For wall mounted spotlights (thanks to IKEA) over the workbench. These days I need a lot of light when working on small details ..... or maybe I need new glasses? The ones midway up the wall will be for double sockets just above the workbench so I don't have to scrabble about on my knees to plug in a soldering iron or mini drill.
Coming together nicely Rik. I agree with you on the subject of wall lights and accessible sockets. If you have a central light source you can end up working in your own shadow at the workbench. One thing I do prefer is to have all the electrics lights and socket supplied through a single double pole switch by the door. That way you can turn it all off whenever leaving so there is nothing left on.
DonW wrote: ↑Mon Oct 28, 2019 7:58 am
Coming together nicely Rik. I agree with you on the subject of wall lights and accessible sockets. If you have a central light source you can end up working in your own shadow at the workbench. One thing I do prefer is to have all the electrics lights and socket supplied through a single double pole switch by the door. That way you can turn it all off whenever leaving so there is nothing left on.
Don
Good idea, Don. I've finished the wiring now, but I do have a double pole RCD protecting the feed to the workshop so I suppose I could flick that to off each time I leave.
Using the RCD would work out fine Rik it is so easy to leave something on. My father worried about his high electric bill complained to the supply company. An engineer visited and found he had left a heater on in the loft. He had put a portable heater by the water tank worried about frost three months earlier and totally forgot it.
Great job on the shed Rik. The insulation you are using is what I had in the new shed I bought at, blooming heck, two address's ago. It's brilliant stuff. I had a lovely warm shed with very little heating on in the winter months, although in the summer both doors needed to be opened and the windows too...I also did the same configuration with the power supply. It is mandatory I think to have a separate consumer unit in outside building. I did the same with the lights over my workbench too...These old eyes are getting worse as the years go by....
FWLR wrote: ↑Wed Oct 30, 2019 11:28 am
Great job on the shed Rik. The insulation you are using is what I had in the new shed I bought at, blooming heck, two address's ago. It's brilliant stuff. I had a lovely warm shed with very little heating on in the winter months, although in the summer both doors needed to be opened and the windows too...I also did the same configuration with the power supply. It is mandatory I think to have a separate consumer unit in outside building. I did the same with the lights over my workbench too...These old eyes are getting worse as the years go by....
Thanks Rod
Been working in there over the past couple of days. Got a small electric heater switchable between 600W and 1200W. After 20min I have to turn it to 600W and after an hour have to turn it off as it's too warm. Probably need the carpet for the winter though.
FWLR wrote: ↑Wed Oct 30, 2019 11:28 am
Great job on the shed Rik. The insulation you are using is what I had in the new shed I bought at, blooming heck, two address's ago. It's brilliant stuff. I had a lovely warm shed with very little heating on in the winter months, although in the summer both doors needed to be opened and the windows too...I also did the same configuration with the power supply. It is mandatory I think to have a separate consumer unit in outside building. I did the same with the lights over my workbench too...These old eyes are getting worse as the years go by....
Thanks Rod
Been working in there over the past couple of days. Got a small electric heater switchable between 600W and 1200W. After 20min I have to turn it to 600W and after an hour have to turn it off as it's too warm. Probably need the carpet for the winter though.
You are quite right about having a carpet, although at first use of my shed I just had the floorboards, there was a draft coming from the floor, so I put 9mm MDF sheet down and then got a cheap carpet from a local store and no more drafts. It was also easier on the feet..
Anne would often come down to the shed because I had lost all track of time, it was so cosy in there....
Have now more or less finished the workshop. There's still a bit more titivating to do inside, but it's now usable. In fact, I've started working again on railway related projects (painting some figures bought at Llanfair). A couple of pics of the interior.
Completely, utterly, mind blowingly superb!
The shed envy you felt, is nothing compared with mine right now - about an hour ago I was slightly nagged for using a kitchen worktop whilst a large piece of foamboard was gluing!
