Progress on the workshop, at last

That first photo, are you really building a 15 foot high workshop, or are you just incredibly short

Just a wild guese here, but you're not thinking of moving in the near future are you.

Best of luck with it, I wouldn't try that on a windy day if I was you!

Regards

Kevin

You have the wrong pictures on the week 59 page Mark.

I only do system administration, She mangles html! It's all put right again now.

Mark Rand RTFM

Nearly both! I'm only 5' 4" and the workshop at that end is 3m==9' 10" to the eaves. It'll be 2.8m at the wide end and a constant 3m under the RSJ holding the ridge up.

Not unless I buy a winning lottery ticket :-(

The panels weigh 100kg each, they don't blow around much!

Mark Rand RTFM

What is the panel construction? Two sheets of chipboard is fairly obvious, but what goes in between?

Regards, Tony

Seems to be fairly stiff and should have pretty good heat and sound insulation.

Mark Rand RTFM

Hi Mark,

Is the cement bonded chipboard fire resistant in anyway? My BCO is insisting that my proposed workshop is highly fire resistant because I'm building right up to the boundary line of my garden. So far I'vebeen re-designing around concrete block, but your material might just be an alternative.

TIA

Bob

Sounds like excellent stuff for building a workshop ;-)

Regards, Tony

It is rated at class 0 fire resistance (it won't burn) This is one of the reasons that I used it (the PU foam won't burn either) since my workshop is also right on the boundary.

I was originally planning to use cement bonded chipboard for the inside skin but, eventually, changed my mind due to the cost and the problem that the cement bonded board isn't the nicest stuff in the world to screw shelves onto.

Apparently, if I put a 1/2" layer of plasterboard on the inside I can get a class 0 rating and 1 hour fire rating on that side as well.

The CBP is claimed to be pretty well rot and weather proof. I have had some sheets of it outside for just over a year now with no protection and they seem to be as good as new.

These people stock the boards:-

The boards are b***y heavy and they tend to eat bandsaw blades, but a carbide tipped Skilsaw will munch through them quite happily.

HTH

Mark Rand RTFM

Thanks Mark.

Like you I'm building up to the boundary. Are you putting on any external protective finish on the boundary walls as I assume you wont be able to get to them for any repair/treatment in the future?

Tia

Bob

I'm planning to use masonry paint on all areas that I can reach, using a roller to reach as far down the walls from my neighbour's shed roof as I can. The construction should be pretty well rot-proof and maintenance free, but I won't know until I see the water seeping through :-).

The wife and kids say that they are going to paint trees and sky on the side that faces the house and I may paint the roof and upper walls a light blue to lessen the visual impact of this monstrous carbuncle on the face of the housing estate.

Mark Rand RTFM

Nay, nay and thrice nay. 'Light blue' and 'lessen the visual impact' are mutually exclusive, especially where buildings are concerned. A light, preferably rather sludgy, green would be much less obtrusive, though it does of course depend a bit on what colours you already have on the house.

Cammo netting and razor wire, both aesthetic and meaningful, you could even apply for an Arts Council grant... 8-)

Joules

Yeah right - not so much a workshop as an "installation"... ;-)

Regards, Tony

Wouldn't that need soiled bed linen and picked animal parts wrapped up in fouled newsprint.

Apparently one of the Saatchi brothers bought the famous unmade bed & had it "installed" in one of his houses. The housekeeper didn't realise what a priceless piece of art it was & made the bed...

Regards, Tony

The artist was given the job of restoring it as well.