Mikes New Workshop thread --- I hope somebody's interested

[mpooley]

Love it. Mike, are you going to bother plastering the interior?

No I'm not the best plasterer!
I am fairly good at jointing the boards though so that will be good enough!
in fact that is all done now and the first coat of paint is on the ceiling.
I hate painting though :-(
I Have been lazy this weekend - cos we have familly here but i'll be painting on wednesday and if i can stick at it i'll be ready to start shifting tools in next week!
I do HATE painting though! LOL

 

[DomValente]

Very nice Mike, looks to be a fabulous location.

Dom

 

[mpooley]

Very nice Mike, looks to be a fabulous location.

Dom

Thanks
I got to admit i'll be spending a bit of time out on the deck at the front during the summer enjoying the lovely view!

 

[ByronBlack]

Wherabouts in Norforlk are you? (Don't worry, I won't be stalking you - just wondered as my dad spends a lot of time on the broads).

 

[mpooley]

Wherabouts in Norforlk are you? (Don't worry, I won't be stalking you - just wondered as my dad spends a lot of time on the broads).

West Norfolk Near Downham Market :shock:

 

[Benchwayze]

Are the tiles clays or concrete, or maybe lighter 'imitation' roof-tiles? Just thought you might need those braces inside if those tiles are the normal 'Marley' roofers.

It reminds me of the billets in HMS Ganges, all those years ago. Not much smaller either. They had 1.5" diameter, metal tie-rods across the span of every few rafters, at about twenty feet intervals, to spread the roof load. The rooves were just felted, over floor-boards. Nothing inside to insulate us at all!

Your roof looks good, but I like the idea of cedarwood shingles. However, it's your workshop after all. And it's four times the size of mine :mrgreen:

Nice job.

John

 

[mpooley]

Clay tiles! and yes I like shingles too but i think they might have cost even more!
also trying to stay looking traditional to fit in with the locality.

I will need to put those beams back I'm sure!
I'm waiting till i finish the painting then i want to replace them with something a little bit more attractive.
I'm not sure about how many i need though?
The building is approx 50ft long so definitly needs bracing. I had them at 17ft intervals eg just two sets?? do you think thats enough
I want to make them smaller too - dyou think that will be ok?

this is one one thing (among lots of others) that i'm unsure of!!

 

[Woody Alan]

Mike ref the wind braces, we have a fair number of sectional buildings across the country about 2-3,000 I guess and they do have wind braces but they are not as obtrusive as yours they start at the same sort of height on the wall but don't go to the centre of the building. they go sharply up to make a couple of small triangles with the joist and rafter, almost like another truss on it's side if you see what I mean, then the rest of the roof truss making up the strength. Could be worth thinking about with the winds these days, and you do look a bit exposed

Alan

 

[Adam]

I want to make them smaller too - dyou think that will be ok?this is one one thing (among lots of others) that i'm unsure of!!

Could you brace outwards, with a metal tie, down at 45 degrees in some fairly unobstrusive place? i.e. on the outside instead?

Or build a partial wall out on the inside - not right across but to add some bracing - could hold some shelves - it wuold effectively give you some more wall space, and could be done as to no impede the main run of the room.

Adam

 

[OLD]

Might be worth thinking about where you are going to have your benches +tables+ cupboards and how you secure them they may do the job for you with some careful design and layout.

 

[mpooley]

Woody- Thanks yes that was something like i was thinking about but wasn't sure if they would brace the building enough? do you build sectional buildings then? how many would you think i would need each side?

Adam- I did try to work out where something like that would go. I am tight up a hedge one side - i did think about connecting it to that but reckoned that the workshop would sway with the hedge in the wind :lol:
Damn I knew I should have built it in the Gothic style the flying buttresses would have looked great! :lol: :lol:

Old: that is a good idea, I will think on that one, immediate problem i can see is that one side i want a long bench the whole side but i suppose a very strong wall cabinet would do???? depends on how many i need i suppose.


I definately need to do this before the next big wind i think. it would be terrible to see it all in a heap one morning when i get up!!!

 

[Adam]

I am tight up a hedge one side - i did think about connecting it to that but reckoned that the workshop would sway with the hedge in the wind :lol:

But if you dug a hole, popped some concrete in with a "U" shaped piece of metal, somewhere "in" the hedge, could you not brace down to it with some metal bar at 45 degrees?

Old: that is a good idea, I will think on that one, immediate problem i can see is that one side i want a long bench the whole side but i suppose a very strong wall cabinet would do???? depends on how many i need i suppose.

Having a long bench doesn't mean you can't have regular piece of ply to add triangulation in there. (underneath). Wouldn't interfere with you bench at all.

Adam

 

[mpooley]

Would the triangulation work under the bench?? mmh i suppose it would wouldn't it!! :shock:
the idea after all is to stop the walls moving in or out so i don't suppose it matters wether its tied to the ceiling joists or the floor????

mmh good thought -- i wonder why i never thought of that