[modeleng] Re: Workshops

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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