what is your shed like?

[Cub]

Thanks for voting:2tsup:

[I_wanna_Shed]

In summer its stinking hot to the point where I don't go out until the evenings. I really need to see if whirly-birds will fix this up a bit.

In winter its freezing, until I fire up the old cast iron fireplace a builder scored for me.

[44Ronin]

I work in the garage, so insulation is my mainstay.

[Cliff Rogers]

Just fans, no heaters.

[Wongdai]

I must get myself a fan.

[switt775]

You need to add another option - "all of the above".

[Waldo]

Stinkers in Summer, 3 coats plus and beanie in Winter.

Fans? Wish I had a bunch of gigling pretty girls following me around, but alas :C only my 3 year old girl and SWMBO.

Just a 300mm whirly bird, exhaust fan, normal house fan, though the air filtration unit does help circulate the air quite a bit. Have to add, a vitamin or two helps towards the end of a hard days yakka.

[Wood Borer]

I have a fairly high insulated roof so my shed is cool enough in Summer but I am yet to experience a Winter.:cold2:

[toolbagsPLUS]

Was going to put a few whirly birds in the ceiling but SWMBO objected to having them sitting on our bedroom floor.:o (Work space under the bedroom):C


Cheers


Steve

[The Bleeder]

Four walls, roof and 2 doors.

Summer - open up both doors
Winter - close both doors

If I have to have shed time it can be lovely or cook or freeze but at least it my time.

[weisyboy]

i jsut got 2 walls and a roof that is a floor. under the house so its half in teh ground. nice and cool in summer but it gets a bit cool in winter.

[DJ’s Timber]

My main woodorking shed is fully insulated with a reverse cycle A/C, whirly birds which I can open or close depending on what the temp is and if I have the A/C going.

And my second Metal working shed is unlined with nothing to heat or cool it apart from opening back side door and front main door with a fan to cool when hot and rug up when cold.

On a hot day you can really feel the differences between the two.

[Afro Boy]

Was going to put a few whirly birds in the ceiling but SWMBO objected to having them sitting on our bedroom floor.:o (Work space under the bedroom):C

You could run the pipe through the bedroom floor up into the ceiling. Then you'll have your whirly bird in (and out of sight) and a pole in the bedroom! :cool:

:roflmao:

[The Bleeder]

You could run the pipe through the bedroom floor up into the ceiling. Then you'll have your whirly bird in (and out of sight) and a pole in the bedroom! :cool:

:roflmao:

Heard pole dancing is good for you

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

A really thick Fireman's pole for those times you need emergency access to the workshop?

"But honey!? You're always saying you want it done now!" :innocent:

[Sturdee]

I thought it was a multiple vote poll, so I ticked insulated and fans & heater but only registered as fans & heaters.

I have just finished insulating the last bit of the workshop so I only use a fan or heating at the extreme temperatures during summer or winter, most of the time I don't need them.


Maybe a Mod can alter the poll and my vote for both.


Peter.

[Vernonv]

I've got two big 3m x 3m doors that I open when it's hot and close when it's cold.

The worst for me is winter ... but I have an old SS beer keg that I'm wanting to turn into a heater ... probably be a few more winters yet before I get that done.

[AUSSIE]

I thought it was a multiple vote poll, so I ticked insulated and fans & heater but only registered as fans & heaters.

I have just finished insulating the last bit of the workshop so I only use a fan or heating at the extreme temperatures during summer or winter, most of the time I don't need them.


Maybe a Mod can alter the poll and my vote for both.


Peter.
Yeh I am with Peter here.I have both insulation and fans and heaters.Didnt put in air con as my main door is only a panel lift door the afternoon sun hits,but under a veranda.Peter and myself are in our 60's so we need to be looked after:D:D
aching joints etc.:~:~ Anyway only a couple of hundred for the insulation and about that for the ceiling fan and wall heater,Just put it down as another tool you have to have.:2tsup::2tsup:

[Waldo]

but I have an old SS beer keg that I'm wanting to turn into a heater... probably be a few more winters yet before I get that done.

Are you that slow a drinker? :U

[masoth]

I guess having something is better than having nothing: My 'shed' is 3.5x3.5 has a single door, double windows, fully lined, insulated and industrial carpet.:B

soth

Oops, and a free standing gas heater.

[Cliff Rogers]

I guess having something is better than having nothing: My 'shed' is 3.5x3.5 has a single door, double windows, fully lined, insulated and industrial carpet.:B

soth

Oops, and a free standing gas heater.
I have a friend in Melbourne who has a garden shed like that, she even has a small covered veranda on the front with a rocking chair to 'just sit & smoke' in. :2tsup:

[WillBrook]

My wife built a strawbale shed before she built the strawbale house. It has no heating or cooling but doesn't really need it.

[AUSSIE]

My wife built a strawbale shed before she built the strawbale house. It has no heating or cooling but doesn't really need it.
And Verrrrry carefull with matches.:U:D:roll:

[Wongdai]

Does anyone know does that silver thinsulate type lining under a tin shed roof help keep it cool at all?

[WillBrook]

And Verrrrry carefull with matches.:U:D:roll:

Quite the contrary, Aussie.

Check these links out

http://www.newtonhouse.info/straw.htm

http://www.yourhome.gov.au/technical/pubs/fs58.pdf

Strawbale buildings are more fire resistant than conventional building methods.:2tsup:

[AUSSIE]

Twas a joke old fella.See the smiles after it OhWell QLD?

[RufflyRustic]

Does anyone know does that silver thinsulate type lining under a tin shed roof help keep it cool at all?

I had my shed roof insulated when they built it. Wonderful! makes a big difference. I think any insulation is better than nothing at all.

cheers
Wendy

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

Does anyone know does that silver thinsulate type lining under a tin shed roof help keep it cool at all?

Yes, for a short time. The more of an air-gap between the tin and the foil, the longer it'll be effective. Set up adequate air-flow through the gap, from the lowest point to the highest, it'll work at its' best.

[alwyn]

this summer I moved an inside pedestal fan ( cost $15 at Bunnings) to my car port shed. cools and helps with the dust. Why didn't I do this years ago.

regrds
Alwyn

[AUSSIE]

Does anyone know does that silver thinsulate type lining under a tin shed roof help keep it cool at all?
Yeh it is OK But that plus batts works wonders.I have had both and there is a big improvement with the added batts.I had inside and outside temp readings at the time.there was a lot od difference,But cant remember them now..Have a different place now :2tsup:

[terry arnold]

Oven in summer

Freezer in winter

I prefer winter.

Cheers Terry

[Vernonv]

Are you that slow a drinker? :UCertainly not :U. Unfortunately the keg was empty when I got it :(, but I just don't seem to find the time for these sorts of projects.

[Buzzer]

Just a fan

[johnc]

Fully insulated and lined, and while it was being built a glazier friend gave me a couple of double glazed windows that had been sitting in his odds and ends. It keeps a fairly stable temperature, but a heater run for a short time of a winters evening helps a bit, and windows and door open on a summers evening takes away much of any heat build up. Far cry from shed number 1 which either cooked or froze.

[toolbagsPLUS]

You could run the pipe through the bedroom floor up into the ceiling. Then you'll have your whirly bird in (and out of sight) and a pole in the bedroom! :cool:

:roflmao:

Thanks for all the suggestions ( I think they are worthwhile) Ran them past SWMBO, Thought they we good also, but.... the condition is that I get skewered in the pole as it is inserted:C.
I have come around to her way of thinking and have to sadly report the aforementioned construction will not be going ahead:no:

And seeing as how I have been granted leave to spend (Invest) a few 1000 in a new bandsaw today i'll let her win this one:q

Pole dancing idea still has some appeal, only after I get bored with my other new toy (Bandsaw):2tsup:


Cheers


Steve

[kekemo]

My shed .... dual garage... dividing wall between with access door-way... each has front roller door ... each back & side windows... I have fitted air-conditioning into main side..... but only have to open door way and air circulates through both.... also have overhead filtration system... and vacuum suction on all machinery... both drop saws... JET saw bench & thicknesser have there own systems... one large central work bench... then another huge mobile one I've stationed outside front door.... which happen to be under cover at end of large patio....its double brick... ceils... fluro lighting... each garage has 8 power points... and three phase in second area.... 2 of nearly every darn piece of machinery & some more of the routers & last count on clamps was 14.....(carba-tec love me...I'm sure)...
Oh it's all monitored & security alarm system.... sterio & outside fridge with beer & diet cola.... between each roller door.... the air-compressor is sitting outside... but can go in when I decide to stop being lazy ..... I'll wheel it in....LOL .... I use the blower vac to dust... clean up after each project... and need to be down there all this weekend as I've two pieces to make by wednesday.... If I knew how to get hold of Shane... I would scream HELP ME .... but will just have to plod-along.... so any MANDURAH readers... take note.... I need moral support & encouragement to get back in there.....

I don't get wet or cold..... heating system is small fan.... I go in... turn heater on for 10 minutes ... that's it... can work day/night cold/warm.... its the emotional distress that I can't controll... after loosing my best friend... partner... lover.... husband... YOU can have all the sheds & all the gear... and still not have the heart to go in it....

So.... now I have it all... tell me how to get the will to use it again...
I used to love working in there so much.... it just hurts now..... perhaps that's why we're not meant to share "sheds".... as you lose the drive.... it's like when the batteries go flat & no longer recharge.....
Night everyone...
KEKEMO....

[Wood Borer]

So.... now I have it all... tell me how to get the will to use it again...

Kekemo,

Perhaps you could look at your shed in a different light.

Sheds are positive things where ideas and projects are conceived. These projects are used for good purposes - not for violence, destruction or hatred.

Your projects can be used as gifts for good friends to make them happy, to make them feel loved or to make their life a bit easier.

The materials you are using are from Mother Nature or rescued from the tip or the fire place. How wonderful is that?

Your shed gives you a warm feeling, a sense of accomplishment, a way you can be close to nature using your creative ideas and your skills. It is a place where you can learn new skills and methods and see the results.

Your shed is a very special place where you can relax but work and think hard. Your shed is a reflection of you where all the tools and materials are placed and used just the way you want them to be placed or used.

You can make whatever you like in the style you like, the size you like, out the material you want and be as quick or as slow as your mood determines.

Outside your shed you might be stressed by all the controls the bureacrats, criminals and idiots (possibly all the same) impose on you. You can't do this, you can't do that, you will start when we tell you, you will do it like this, you must do it like this or like that ....

I don't pretend to understand your loss because I have not experienced such a loss but I have told you how I view my shed and the sheds of my mates - give it a go in your own time and turn your shed into a wonderful place rather than something that reminds you of your loss.

[thkoutsidthebox]

I voted wrong by accident. It is insulated, but only for sound. Don't need fans or air con, pretty temperate climate here. :)

[Harry72]

Yep need more vote options... what if I got 2 sheds:D
my current shed is mostly lined and bat insulated with a evap aircon and wirlybirds, its good up to about 38° if its not too humid.
New shed(80x40x12') is fully insulated with permastop(foil and bat together), the WW area "will" be walled off at 22x40" fully lined 16mm chipboard plus more insulation bats and a RC split aircon, also looking into double glazed windows... i can make them:)

[Cub]

Wow didn't know a simple poll would spark such a conversation.
Happy woodworking all...........Cub
:thewave::thewave:

[artme]

Wow didn't know a simple poll would spark such a conversation.
Happy woodworking all...........Cub
:thewave::thewave:

See what you've let yourself in for? Ratbags heaven!! :D:D:D

I only have a couple of fans, one of which is on loan.

[China]

Insulated in summer bloody big fan, in winter if it is too cold to work then I don't

[Bluegum]

I plan to extend my shed towards the end of the year. Once the walls are up then I am going to have to put some insulation into the ceiling and the walls. Its to dam hot in summer and Ok in winter but the heat kills me out there during the hotter months.

[BobL]

MY DC is outside you I guess I have an air extractor?

[VXEXEC350]

I wanted to say full or not big enough but you haven't given those options, so heater and fan it is...it's insulated too, soon I plan to put a split system in, then let her try to get me out of my shed. LOL

[Tubbster]

Sizalation on the roof, before putting iron on, sizalation, 1.5 batts & 16mm MDF/Chipboard cover sheets on walls, ok in summer, unless heat wave conditions, small yukon pot belly for winter, works so well, have to leave a PA door open, shed 12m x 7.6m x 3m.
Considering whirly birds before next summer arrives.

[PEN]

Pitched roof, steel frame and steel sheetwalls. Typical colourbond shed on concrete slab 12m x 7.6m by 5m at the top of the pitch.
Walls and roof sheeting sprayed with 30mm insulation foam. Two whirlybirds fitted to roof and large wall mounted fan for cooling. No heating. TV , radio kitchenette and have been told on some occassions that I just should live there when not the most popular person in the world.

Summer is reasonably cool for Sydney's west with the fan, but noisy. In winter just add more clothing.
PEN:):)

[Juffy]

You guys have WALLS? And DOORS?! Jeez, some people have all the luck. I have one wall (one side of the house) and a roof that leaks in heavy rain...should do something about that before winter, eh? Everything else is open.

If I lived anywhere other than Perth it'd be an issue. :U:2tsup:

On the upside, it means I have lots of infeed and outfeed room and the breeze shifts all that fine dust pretty quick smart.

[Bob38S]

2 whirly birds, 3 ceiling fans, 1 large fan - floor type and 1 fan - bench sitter, 2 roller doors, 1 personal door, 7 windows.

Summer the inside temp is usually in the high 30's to low 40,s

Winter the inside temp is usually in the low teens to low 20,s