Metal shed for workshop?

[diytoolbox]

I have this metal shed 13x11 to set up in the garden. I also have an old rotting wooden shed as well.
The wooden shed needs serious refurbishing which will take time and funds.

I am wondering if the new cheap thin metal shed can serve as a wood work shop operating mitre saw, band saw, table saw and wood carving workbench as well as storing the electrical wood tools and the wood carving gouges. I am planning to use some sort of heater in the metal shed, such as electric or gas heater, or even wood burning stove.

What would be possible problems using the metal shed as wood workshop in the garden?

 

[Jameshow]

Condensation
Condensation
Condensation.

You need to insulate it well.

Multifoil polystyrene or celotex depending on the budget.

 

[diytoolbox]

Condensation
Condensation
Condensation.

You need to insulate it well.

Multifoil polystyrene or celotex depending on the budget.

The metal shed has 2x large vents both front and back of the shed. Would it not be enough vents for pushing out most of the condensation in the shed?
How about installing a 24 hr running small vent fan in the shed as well?

 

[Stigmorgan]

I second the condensation problem, the local football club hire our field at weekends and have a metal shed on site, it's constantly damp in there, once you insulate it maybe consider adding solar powered fans to the vents.

 

[niall Y]

I remember when house hunting a few years ago, visiting a property with an adjacent metal workshop. On the hot summers day I visited it was unbearable inside. So, insulation is a must.

 

[Terrytpot]

I’ve got a small metal shed we keep our lawnmower in, it’s very well ventilated, in fact one end of it is 4” off the ground but it’s always damp inside it. In the summer it gets ridiculously hot inside but still is a swimming pool in the morning. The only reason our mower isn’t rusty is because it’s almost all plastic!

 

[Fergie 307]

If you are on a tight budget always do the roof insulation if nothing else. When I built my timber shed, 10x7.5m money was tight. One half of it is divided in two, one section being my tool room. This is fully insulated with 4inch rock wool in walls and ceiling. I had intended the same for the whole building, but couldn't afford it at the time. The rest of the building only has insulation in the roof.
During construction in the summer two things were very noticeable. The completed tool room was very much cooler than the rest of the building with as yet uninsulated roof, as you would expect. Once the main building roof was insulated there was really very little noticeable difference between the two, even though there is still no insulation in the walls.
Having once inherited a wriggle tin shed with a house we bought I would say never again. Boiling in the summer, freezing in the winter and with water dripping from the roof and streaming down the walls at every opportunity.
You will have to fully insulate it to avoid these issues.

 

[HamsterJam]

I have a couple of metal stores. These get ridiculously hot inside when the sun shines directly on them and the condensation rains from the roof on chilly nights.
Because of this, I haven’t got a lot stored in them but am considering adding trickle vents (there is no ventilation) and a second OSB/felt roof over 50mm PIR board (I have some offcuts).

 

[diytoolbox]

Yup, condensation and temperature control seem the common problem with metal sheds.

I already have a 10x8 metal shed, which I bought off eBay, and built via DIY about 3 year ago.
It definitely had some water dripping from the ceiling in the winter, but keep opening the door, and a running small fan and heater seemed to have reduced the problem. It has been storing mainly the garden tools, and a work bench, in which I go in sometimes to clean and sharpen my garden and wood carving tools. During the summer it gets hot when sun is hot, but just leave the shed door open, and run a fan seems to cool the shed OK.

But as all agree, and experienced, the condensation is definitely problem with metal sheds, and some sort of insulation seems a must.
I am on a short budget, so cannot go for a properly made wind and water tight workshop I am afraid.

Until some extra funds available, just have to do with a metal shed which were the cheapest option.

 

[Croolis]

I'm glad someone else made this thread so I don't have to :

My metal shed is nearly built (walls up, roof to go, this morning it's filling up like a paddling pool again). Also a 10 x 8. As described in other threads, it's a floating shed with a wooden base I've built, sat on individual concrete blocks, so plenty of ventilation space underneath,. The floor is multiple OSB boards that has no insulation underneath and is not tongue and groove, just butted up, so won't be airtight to the empty space below. Pics.

The finished shed has two ~170mm long vents front and back under the eaves that so many of these sheds have. Also notable is that the bottom of the corrugated wall pieces are not tight to the base plates they sit on (unsurprisingly), so there's ventilation there too. The slding doors will be anything but airtight.

I'm thinking I'll line the whole thing with this stuff:
https://www.screwfix.com/p/no-nonse...kuAECtLrbK02rssD2QIaAoHKEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
I'll get tins of spray-on contact adhesive so I get it really stuck on the wall completely with no unstuck patches.

I find this stuff a bit confusing - I understand condensation and how it works, but sometimes people are saying you need airflow and then it won't be a problem, but then other folks saying that it needs to be all sealed up with no draughts. In my head, I'm sticking the silver insulation stuff on so the inside surface of it is not very cold like the metal wall and so won't form condensation, while the air vents and other gaps will prevent proper humidity and mould etc.

Anyone got any thoughts on this plan? Thx for replies.

 

[Homeless Squirrel]

And if building one make sure fastened to the ground! "Properly"
Years back built a 10x8 one for someone i got involved late on and told them we will need fixings! then once had waded through a million and 1 parts found fixings was included, bit like rawl bolts'ish.
Once had shed up told them we'ed be back tomorrow to finish and fix down!
Garden was astro turfed so i was thinking must be solid beneath it? so put an SDS bit in and only to find soft ground beneath astro turf!!!!.
Told them will need to build a raft/frame out of 8x4 etc as need some weight!
They was humming and aahing about it with place they'd got to build it.
I left them with it to decide. then day or so later we had a big Gale blow through and they came squealing and moaning blaming all as wind had got in and blew shed up and over the wall and down the road they said!.