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Edited by D4VE on 17th Jan, 2016.

Lol yes as in england!

Well thanks chaps for the suggestions.. I have the bits already for the felting and as long as it lasts a few years I'll be happy. If I'm still here in 5 years time and it hasn't fallen down by then I'll upgrade it..

Lol i do find it funny that in a 'cold damp place' (england) nearly everyone has a shed that 9/10 rots away before your eyes... yet in aus and other hot places they use the stuff turbothis posted..

Edited by D4VE on 17th Jan, 2016.

I think we may have it the wrong way round eh??

There is nothing quite like an uninsulated metal shed for giving the joy of indoor rain from all the condensation you get in our cold damp country.

exactly

Ah... didnt think o' that....

Well, this will be fully insulated with double glazed windows and door or a patio door on the front, not sure yet.. Cladded outside all treated and painted accordingly.. So, with a wall heater or two in there it should be quite cosy for one to retreat and ponder on his next project ha...

I have a friend with a metal garage - the walls and roof are double skinned with 1" of polystyrene insulation between the skins and he has added 2" Tyvek insulation and ply linings all round and in the roof. By my reckoning it will be better insulated than my house !

It did cost a bit more than a wooden shed though.

I built mine a few years back
http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.p...id=492713&fr=25

The floor has 100mm of insulation and the walls 100mm wool behind the membrane; roof also has 100mm. windows and doors are all good quality Norwegian double glazed timber. I have no doubt this is a more comfortable environment than the house.

cladding is a heat treated softwood so doesn't need any additional treatment and has silvered down quite nicely since the photos.

wood burner is still great too

Oh thats nice Rob.. a decent size! Wood burner… hmmmm… now your giving me ideas… the ultimate in cosy!!!

The burner is simply a converted gas cylinder. I did spend a couple of quid on a twinwall flue though

Was thinking of getting back to a woodburner. I have a gas burner tube since the wood burner fell appart but getting head pains and sore trought from the burned gasses. Since you need to buy gasbotles here instead of renting i have plenty of those... good idea.

you can do anything if you set your mind to it...
i rather blow it up winning than keep it together losing.

finish date set for project 1... march 2018

we have a similar gas bottle wood burner at the workshop which we have been using for the last 8 months or so since the old oil burner stopped working. Its good but takes a bit of time to heat the space.



Having tidied up a couple of weeks ago, we dug out our old gas burner which we stopped using a good 6 years or so ago as it cost us a fortune in gas. The plan was to fire it up and take some photos of it working so we could sell it on, however it clearly heated the space in a couple of minutes so we have decided to keep it to use to initially heat the space then rely on the wood burner to keep the heat going. Having used the gas burner at the weekend, its noisy and, yes, my eyes were affected quite quickly too.

Ya looks good, might be easier if I stick to an elec heater though lol....

I paid full price for the twin wall flue which was about £70 if I recall. The burner was off ebay for £26.

I have been looking at them already

Looks good to. Has it a roster to burn on?

On 18th Jan, 2016 Rob Gavin said:
we have a similar gas bottle wood burner at the workshop which we have been using for the last 8 months or so since the old oil burner stopped working. Its good but takes a bit of time to heat the space.



Having tidied up a couple of weeks ago, we dug out our old gas burner which we stopped using a good 6 years or so ago as it cost us a fortune in gas. The plan was to fire it up and take some photos of it working so we could sell it on, however it clearly heated the space in a couple of minutes so we have decided to keep it to use to initially heat the space then rely on the wood burner to keep the heat going. Having used the gas burner at the weekend, its noisy and, yes, my eyes were affected quite quickly too.

On 18th Jan, 2016 Rammie2000 said:
Was thinking of getting back to a woodburner. I have a gas burner tube since the wood burner fell appart but getting head pains and sore trought from the burned gasses. Since you need to buy gasbotles here instead of renting i have plenty of those... good idea.

you can do anything if you set your mind to it...
i rather blow it up winning than keep it together losing.

finish date set for project 1... march 2018

i find it hard to believe timber can out last powder coated or zinc plated steel ? evan if it was in a damp environment

as far as insulation goes most guys will use fiber glass batts and line it to keep the heat out..

we find timber dosent last at all its a waste of time and takes to much to keep in good condition it needs to dry out or it just rotts away in no time unless its H4 treated

The correct wood would outlast your kids... i am a (woodworker) carpenter... i helped making stuf that needs to be in sea water 90%of its life... the previous onces they had wore 150 years old.. i even make bathtubs showers and shower floors washbowls etc in wood. No problems with the right wood. (Look at wooden boat's) but the right wood for the right place...

you can do anything if you set your mind to it...
i rather blow it up winning than keep it together losing.

finish date set for project 1... march 2018

I agree Rammie. My father in law bought a secondhand shed in 1955. We moved it to a new location 9 years ago and it is still going strong.

Maybe in Oz the termites are more of a problem ?

Maybe all the rotten sheds growing up as a kid has scarred me into my fear of having a long term wooden garage?

The problem isn't keeping the heat out, it's stopping it from getting cold and covered in condensation. Loads of effort and expense on a metal building, or just build it from timber and condensation is not a problem. It does need retreating from time to time, but there is no reason a well built timber building won't last a lifetime.

second hand sectional concrete garage off ebay .then lined with old marquis flooring and rockwool behind dustheets . works well.

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