The Shop > Our Shop

Garage conversion

(1/3) > >>

PeeWee:
Hi All Madmodders
I am in the process of drawing up plans of converting a double garage into a workshop.  There are already a couple of benches in place that will be incorporated into the design.
The garage will be divided into 2, though not quite evenly as there is a classic car in one half along with all the usual junk.

Work to date, ceiling installed with lighting and insulation, electrics partly installed and garage door insulated.
the plan is to board the walls and paint white as well as build a bench of the lathe ans mill





Is there anything that I should note before the major work starts? The garage is connect to the house but not integral.

rleete:
More pics of the boat in prosess and a couple of the classic car!

Is there a reason to "board the walls and paint white"?  Insulation?  The only other reason I'd put up anything would be so you had something to hang shelves on.  Other than that, you can just paint the walls as is. 

Darren:
Hi Ian,

You won't regret the insulation and on the walls even just dot-an'-dabbin' will improve matters greatly. Do you plan to add insulation on any of the walls?

One note, the electrics, I note some trunking travels horizontally, if you are boarding the walls this must be changed to comply with the regs. I'm not certain that it currently meets them as it is. But i can tell you all hidden cables must travel vertically if they are hidden and be suitably protected with cladding. This is so anyone putting shelves up later knows where the hidden cables are likely to be..... :thumbup:

 

PeeWee:
Hi Rleete, here is a new thread for the boat http://madmodder.net/index.php?topic=1709.0 and a couple of links to the car, http://www.mlmotorsport.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=34&Itemid= and http://www.mlmotorsport.com/forum/index.php/topic,788.0.html

The idea on the boarding is to put insulation behind and the white paint is for light.  The gray wall in the pictures is the conecting wall and is double skined with insulation and damp coursing.  the builders are posting the details of the other walls.  the electric ducting will always be surfaced mounted incase i change my mind about the layout,  :zap: so it would remain within regulations.

Darren:
Your getting builders in...... :jaw:

What are they...got a pic..... :lol:

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page