View Poll Results: What kind of climate control do you have?

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  • Insulated

    28 25.93%
  • Fans and heaters

    13 12.04%
  • Air conditioned

    4 3.70%
  • Nothing at all

    63 58.33%
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  1. #16
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    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.

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    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.
    Cheers.

    Vernon.
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    Default Yeh I am with Peter here.I have both

    Quote Originally Posted by Sturdee View Post
    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
    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.
    Back To Car Building & All The Sawdust.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vernonv View Post
    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?
    I make things, I just take a long time.

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    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.

    soth

    Oops, and a free standing gas heater.

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    Quote Originally Posted by masoth View Post
    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.

    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.
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    My wife built a strawbale shed before she built the strawbale house. It has no heating or cooling but doesn't really need it.
    Neale
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    Quote Originally Posted by WillBrook View Post
    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.
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    Does anyone know does that silver thinsulate type lining under a tin shed roof help keep it cool at all?

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    Quote Originally Posted by AUSSIE View Post
    And Verrrrry carefull with matches.
    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.
    Neale
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    Twas a joke old fella.See the smiles after it OhWell QLD?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wongdai View Post
    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

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wongdai View Post
    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.
    I may be weird, but I'm saving up to become eccentric.

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  14. #29
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    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

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wongdai View Post
    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
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