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PeeWee:
ok clarification, the builders in question is the firm who built the house, I will be doing the workshop myself.   :coffee:

NickG:
Ian, similar to my new place. I've left a space in the middle for a classic car! Ours used to be a show house which is handy as it's plastered out, and has more than usual electric points and some useful looking spotlights on the wall that must have been there since day 1 30 odd years ago! Somebody's disconnected the wiring in the loft but it'll easily be screwed back into the junction box.

Handy having the boiler in there too, will you be able to run a radiator off from somewhere? We discovered a radiator in ours that was behind a bench, not convinced it's still piped up though as it stays stone cold!

Nick

DICKEYBIRD:
P/W you may already be doing this but I found it very helpful to draw up (in 2D CAD) a scale view of my garage and all the machines, tables etc. that live there.  It was then very easy to move things around until the best arrangement was found.  I tried to draw the cat but she wouldn't sit still for measuring.;)

Jonny:
Mines insulated and quite similar.
Two reasons for boarding up whether insulated or not and one is to cut the noise down, secondly it takes less to heat up and keep warm.
Insulate the roof then board over as well. Chuck all those big empty boxes up there as well assuming apex roof, it all keeps the noise down.

PeeWee:
Hi All,

Made myself some paper cut outs of the proposed major tooling etc and came up with a few options.

question though, deviding the garage in 2 to seperate normal garage and the woork shop, good idea? or insulate and board it all?

just want to get on with it now.  though the wedding in a couple of weeks aparantly needs some work too. :)

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