Workshop Extension The End in Sight

[NeilO]

Waka wrote

no such thing as a gloating shop is there?

with a workshop bigger than mine already, now an extension to the workshop, and somewhere to use as a finishing room, I think you can gloat all you want Waka....

seriously not envious at all, NOT!!!!!!!! :mrgreen:

 

[Gary]

I'd like it all but HID's needs somewhere for the car.

It's called the driveway mate. :wink:

 

[Shultzy]

Waka, if you knock the wall down you could put in a plastic folding door

http://www.chindwelldoors.co.uk/catalog ... -78x30.htm

This retains the space of a full opening but allows the new extension to be kepd dust free when working in your main shop.

 

[Waka]

Shultzy

The idea of folding doors does have a certain appeal, when the build is complete I'll have to give it some thought.

 

[Anonymous]

Blimey Waka, my workshop was smaller than yours before you started!

and I don't have a seperate 'finishig shop'

or a seperate 'board storage' shop :wink:

looking good mate, bet you can't wait

 

[Waka]

Today was one of those wet ones where you think nothing is going to get done.

My builder turned up minus his mate, so it was down to me to help put the roof on, I have to say I'm glad I don't do this for a living, I was Knackered at the end of the day. The main thing is we made good progress after the rain had stopped.

Thats not me on the roof, I've got more hair than that.

There's a few things left to do on the roof, got to be done tomorrow becasue its fibre glassing on Wednesday.

The wall between to to shops comes down tomorrow, this will allow me to insulate and lay the floor, also the walls and ceiling.

I had the alarm people around today so that I can extend the alarms from the existing shop through to the extension. Its really started to come together and myn prediction of having it up and running by the end of the month is looking promising.

 

[Waka]

Had a good couple of days working on the extension, after putting up the fascia board and guttering it was time to start taking down the wall, this was not as easy as I thought.

This was yesterdays work:

At last after a coup,e of hours the wall is down.

Early this morning the fiberglass guys arrived, they got the first layer on in a coup,le of hours, they'll be back tomorrow for the final coat should the weather be ok, but at least its now waterproof.

For me it was floor laying, I've used 2x2 battens with insulating slabs between, this is covered by the T&G waterproof flooring.

Had some time over so I used this to pack insulation between the joists, tomorrow I will fix the plasterboard, then it will be onto the walls.

Things are going really well, so with luck I could be working out of the extension by the middle of next week.

 

[Paul Chapman]

That's looking good, Waka. That glass fibre stuff you've had the roof done with looks similar to the stuff we had when our flat roofs needed replacing. Excellent stuff - much better than felt.

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[Paul.J]

Yes Waka it does look a good job and seems to have all happened quickly :shock:
What is the fibreglass roof material you've had :?: Any info on it.

 

[Philly]

I popped by today to take a look at Waka's extension and it looks pretty good!
Was amazed how much bigger the place looked (and wondered how he ever managed in his "old" workshop). Natural light makes a huge difference to a workshop!
Look forward to seeing it complete,
Keep up the good work,
Philly

 

[Waka]

Yes Waka it does look a good job and seems to have all happened quickly :shock:
What is the fibreglass roof material you've had :?: Any info on it.

The edgesthat come over the fascia are preformed fiberglass mouldings, these are screwed to the roof. The roof is then covered with fiberglass matting, not sure what the mixture is but I think its some sort of gel thats poured on and covers the matting, this goes off in about an hour. It cures for about 24 hours and then another coat of thicker gel type stuff covers the lot.

It's more costly than felt but last for a very long time. Hope this helps.

 

[devonwoody]

Looks a very nice additon to the workshop, are you going to plumb some radiators in?

 

[Anonymous]

Looking fantastic Waka, a bit of careful tool arrangement and you'll have the workshop I dream of

Thye built it nice and quickly too :shock:

I'm gonna have to drop by again when it's finished and have a play

 

[Waka]

Looks a very nice additon to the workshop, are you going to plumb some radiators in?

DW

Don't think I'l need any radiators by the time I've finished with the insulation, not had to rely on any heating in the old shop since I covered everything, I think the lowest temp in there during the winter was 9 C and thats still comfortable to work in.

 

[devonwoody]

Thats a nice winter temp. but I reckon you will need airconditioning instead.

 

[Waka]

Thelast couple of days have again been productive, once the flor was down it allowed me to tackle the ceiling and start insulating the walls.

I only took a couple of hours to put the plasterboard on the ceiling, it was then a case of battening the walls for the insulation, this took the rest of the day.

Today I started boarding up the walls, I did think that it would take more than a day, but I finished by mid afternoon. I have left the bits over the window so the alarm guys can conceal the cables.

With that out the way I decided to start on the electrics, I'm putting 10 double sockets in the extension, it will just be a continuation of the existing ring main.

I'll be putting up 4 1.5 m strip lights for early morning and late evening working.

I must say its been strange being in the workshop and being able to look out the windows.

No more work until Monday now where I hope to have the electrics complate. Tuesfday and Wednesday will be taken up with hanging cupboards and moving in the lathe, bench etc.

 

[devonwoody]

Waka, now you are retired have you noticed that its a wonder that you ever had time to be employed?

 

[Waka]

Waka, now you are retired have you noticed that its a wonder that you ever had time to be employed?

Thats very true the difference being you can fill your days with what you want to do. I guess us retirees are blessed with being able to spend unlimited time in the workshop doing what we love.