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Offline SPiN Racing

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Re: Darrens new workshop
« Reply #100 on: June 20, 2009, 10:51:06 PM »
So wait......

 :scratch:

You insulate you floor.... and ADD heat??

Hmm been below the "south" for too long. This adding heat thing... puzzles me.

Its 10:45PM and I heard a horn beeping and getting louder, then a BOOM... CRUUUUUNCH.. combined with a scraping.. and a VROOOOOM... followed by more beeping. I promptly shucked on shoes.. went outside with um.. a article not permitted across the pond... and saw a truck leaking oil and tranny fluid, driven by some dumb**s teens barreling down the road 4 intersections away. (in the last 18 years we have had a drunk crash into houses in the area 3 different times..)
Thing is... its 92 outside.. and the humidity is enough that the cars are all damp on top....   

So to ADD heat.... makes me get light headed.

Time to look for a job someplace where it isnt so hot.
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Re: Darrens new workshop
« Reply #101 on: June 21, 2009, 12:00:04 AM »
Quote from: SPiN Racing on June 20, 2009, 10:51:06 PM
So wait......

 :scratch:

You insulate you floor.... and ADD heat??

Hmm been below the "south" for too long. This adding heat thing... puzzles me.

Its 10:45PM and I heard a horn beeping and getting louder, then a BOOM... CRUUUUUNCH.. combined with a scraping.. and a VROOOOOM... followed by more beeping. I promptly shucked on shoes.. went outside with um.. a article not permitted across the pond... and saw a truck leaking oil and tranny fluid, driven by some dumb**s teens barreling down the road 4 intersections away. (in the last 18 years we have had a drunk crash into houses in the area 3 different times..)
Thing is... its 92 outside.. and the humidity is enough that the cars are all damp on top....   

So to ADD heat.... makes me get light headed.

Time to look for a job someplace where it isnt so hot.

OT... you just gave one of the reasons I moved from Florida.

Eric
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Re: Darrens new workshop
« Reply #102 on: June 21, 2009, 03:27:05 AM »
I can now see why old people move there, me...I'd die within weeks with that heat... :lol:
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Re: Darrens new workshop
« Reply #103 on: June 21, 2009, 03:31:01 AM »
Daren, yes put the water in for the jug etc, but more importantly put in a laundry tub so you can wash stuff and also save dirty handprints in the indoors bathroom etc!  I found a surplus kitchen unit and put it in my workshop only thing I wish is that the taps were higher so that I could get a bucket filled etc.

Hot and cold running water in the workshop, must have! :thumbup:
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Re: Darrens new workshop
« Reply #104 on: June 21, 2009, 05:39:44 AM »
Hi John, yes a sink would be a good idea, shame I have just thrown one out  :bang:

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Re: Darrens new workshop
« Reply #105 on: June 21, 2009, 08:12:10 AM »
You don't have to worry about the floor being too hot.  Assuming the rest of the building has good insulation the floor will be barely warm to the touch to give a nice comfortable air termperature.  I set my thermostat to 59F during the winter, and found that resulting air temp was quite comfortable for working in shirtsleeves.  Keep the doors closed!  You might consider putting some insulation onto the inside of the doors.  Regardless of whether the edges of the floor have tube, the concrete will still need to be heated, so it's actually better to distribute the tubing evenly across the entire area.

There is some advantage in using two interwoven loops rather than a single loop, and the water is cooled less at the ends when the loops are shorter.  Main thing is to limit any single loop to less than 200'.
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Re: Darrens new workshop
« Reply #106 on: July 20, 2009, 02:55:50 PM »
Quote from: Darren on June 20, 2009, 04:37:50 PM
.....heck, put a bed in the loft and I could move in..... :)

And why not, ..........  your New Workshop is about the size of my house  :lol:

Nice work Darren, I agree mate, you might as well put it all in now  :headbang: ........... as for the compressor how about a well insulated, small compressor size shed outside at the back

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Re: Darrens new workshop
« Reply #107 on: August 14, 2009, 01:08:29 PM »
Thought it was about time I threw in a couple of updates...

The outside rendering is almost finished, just smooth areas under the bells on a couple of walls and it's done.



And a peek inside. It's a mess cos nothing is organised as I need to finish insulating and dry lining the walls. One wall is almost done but lack of funds has slowed the progress... :(

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Re: Darrens new workshop
« Reply #108 on: August 14, 2009, 01:21:26 PM »
Fair do's Darren, you're sure motoring on now  :clap:


Looks like a few weeks/month-ish  and you'll have a very nice shop to "play" in  :ddb:




I'll have to get my lazy a$$ over there and see how you and it are doing  :thumbup:




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Re: Darrens new workshop
« Reply #109 on: August 14, 2009, 01:26:49 PM »
Welcome any time Ralph..... :beer: :beer:
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Re: Darrens new workshop
« Reply #110 on: August 15, 2009, 02:08:25 AM »
Darren,
That`s taking shape nicely......  :clap:

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Re: Darrens new workshop
« Reply #111 on: August 15, 2009, 05:32:46 AM »
Free Space envy

Looking good Darren, just keep thinking about all the insulation and under floor heating for next winter and it will all be worth it  :med:

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Re: Darrens new workshop
« Reply #112 on: August 15, 2009, 09:15:03 PM »
Re my earlier post to this thread,
I can't see no gnomes singing "Hi Ho, Hi Ho, It's off to WORK we go"  ::)
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Re: Darrens new workshop
« Reply #113 on: August 16, 2009, 12:34:04 PM »
I ate them.....all seven, but saved their friend........
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Re: Darrens new workshop
« Reply #114 on: August 16, 2009, 10:55:47 PM »
Looking good Darren.

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