[modeleng] Re: Workshops
- From: Allen Messer <al_messer@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 06:21:23 -0800 (PST)
I don't know about loft conversions, but as to the old
shed that you say has the good concrete floor--why not
tear it down and erect a good sturdy metal building on
the slab, insulate it well, install the electrics and
a good stout locking system on the door and have your
workshop out there---out of SWMBO's way? Or do you
live in a "historical neighborhood" where the erection
of metal buildings is strongly frowned upon by the
building codes?
Al Messer
--- Tim Rickard <the_viffer@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> We are considering some building works at Rickard
> Heights.
>
> The workshop is currently in a 1920's garage which
> is single skinned
> blockwork construction with a pitched tiled roof. It
> is cold and a little
> damp in the winter and I have to share it with a
> couple of the Frau Doktor's
> bikes and assorted rodents. I also have a "pigsty"
> or study which is warm
> and well lit so that I can do some assembly and
> minor handworking jobs
> there. it is on the first floor by english reckoning
> ie up some stairs.
> Complete locos are not welcomed there, even if I
> could drag them up there,
> certainly once they have been run and since there
> are also a couple of beds
> in there swarf generation is not conducive to
> visitor sleeping comfort (but
> since that encourages 'em to go 'ome I don't mind
> that much).
>
> In the garden we have a derelict shed I think it is
> about 12' x 6' also home
> to large numbers of rodents and bicycles. It has a
> decent looking concrete
> float.
>
> (When we bought the house 12 years ago the surveyor
> reported on the various
> outbuildings in the garden and mentioned this one
> and pointedly said it was
> of no mortgagable value. I've been waiting for it to
> fall down in storms
> ever since but I may have long wait. Someone knocked
> at our door and said
> that she used to live in the house 40 years ago and
> could she look round.
> She saw the shed and laughed saying it had looked
> like that 50 years ago.)
>
> One plan is to demolish the shed and have a new
> workshop constructed. What
> form of construction is recommended? I don't want to
> pay stupid money of
> course but the options, relative merits and costs
> would be very interesting.
>
> We are considering also have a loft conversion and
> it maybe that my sty will
> migrate heavenwards. Has any one any experience of
> that for light model
> making and in particular for using a very small
> lathe which I have for
> turning up fittings and bits when I don't feel like
> being St Wenceslas? Is
> there anything to look out for when devising a loft
> conversion?
>
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