Workshop in this weather..?

I have an insulated roof on my shed but it still got up to 34°. If this sort of weather continues I’ll have to put the portable AC unit out there.

I line up all the jobs which need to be done,then work out which need to be done first,then work out how long each will take,and guess what ? by that time it,s too late to start anything anyway,but so what? there,s always tomorrow !!

Enjoy the good weather while you have it,the Winter will be long enough,last one was !!

Now,where did I put that Sixpack?

There was a time, many, many years ago when I could withstand hot weather, but not now. As a result I have been taking steps to avoid the excessive heat as much as possible. My workshop is my garage (as far as the planners are concerned) with a flat roof. I have a roll-up door at the front and an ordinary door at the rear and even with the doors open, it has been impossible to work therein during the afternoon.

It comes as something of a shock to find that I cannot work therein during the winter because it's too cold, and I cannot work therein during the summer because it is too hot! One cannot win.

Regards,

Peter G. Shaw

There is always Spring and Autumn Peter

Mick

The Spanish have the right idea if you want to be efficient

Do an early morning shift up to noon

Do an evening shift

The PM is a writeoff, unless you are a mad dog or an englishman

Yes you can - with insulation. If the roof is not pathetically week put some pallets on it. As you get more break them up for the slats to fill in the gaps. Tis will provide a ventilated gap to reduce summer temperature while you insulate inside ready for winter. If the cost of insulation is too high use corrugated cardboard - better than nothing.

Ze Englisch!

Ha.

Moan when it's rainy & cold , moan when it's warm, let alone hot.

Regards,

Englishman enjoying the rainy season, average daily temps of early 30's (and unfortunate high humidity)....

That is the only thing that bothers me. I can warm the workshop, if cold, and it is not that hot in mine at present, anyway. It does have lots of insulation and no direct sunlight shining in.

I taught my son how to change the washer on a loft-tank ballcock yesterday morning when it was 29C downstairs and humid. Under the tiles it was much hotter. We dripped sweat. I cursed the Victorian plumber who thought it smart to put a water tank in the roof space where it can freeze in winter while requiring maintenance to be done balanced on a joist. My son dropped the split pin into the tank and decided not to take up plumbing!

Dave

When my parents lived in Central Otago (NZ), I helped dad to put in fibre glass insulation in the roof space. Being a typical Kiwi home it had a tin roof, and it was summertime in the hottest part of the country (in summer). One thing we did do was to make sure the tank up there had no insulation under it, and the pipes were under the insulation. Many others at that time had been insulating the ceiling of there houses, and leaving the pipes on top, and putting it under the tank, the plumber was rushed off his feet when winter came with 10* to 15* + frosts (coldest place in NZ in the winter). The plumbing needs a bit of heat from below. In the summertime they got warm water from the cold tap.

Ian S C

Edited By Ian S C on 02/07/2018 13:52:08

My workshop is screened by trees to the south and is easily the coolest place on our property. It does get rather cold in winter though. SWMBO's wood turning / carving shed is in the direct sun and is like a kiln. As part of a garden remodel we shall be replacing that shed, and we're strongly contemplating a "green roof" for whatever replaces it.

My workshop faces due south, one end is shaded until 10am then it gets full sun all day until the sun goes down. Mid afternoon in the weather we have been having I reckon you could just about cook an egg on a steel plate in there.

Oodles of high grade insulation, vented cavity behind the cladding, shading of windows with an overhang, a green roof, and a solar air heater that was automatically rejecting any external heat input back to atmosphere before breakfast this morning.

Indoor Temperature? controlled around 18 deg C as it has been for the past few years right around the clock winter spring summer and autumn plus or minus a degree or so. Short sleeve weather every single hour of every single day of the year.

No wood burner needed, no need to chop any fuel, no energy input other than that from the sun, that dissipated from the machines and some occupancy heat, zero CO2 emissions, properly ventilated but with no need for open doors.

Workshop? Freezing cold these days. Air-conditioning running, cold air seeks the basement.

However, yesterday we had our annual "Canada Day" steamup - setting up a portable track, running, then tearing down said track. I think the temperature was something like 36 in the shade, with a "humidex" reading of 47.

Of course, 6 months from now, it'll be -36, with a "windchill" reading of -47.

If you are thinking "why do they do this, are they crazy?", don't worry - we are having the same thoughts.

JohnS.

I have a portable ac unit in my workshop but it simply cannot cope with this heat, hence not much done after 11am

UK is def not as bad as Ca. I remember bussing down to Ottawa city centre one day, already thinking ‘is this a bad idea?’ I walked through one store - in one door and out onto another street - and caught the same bus, I think, back to my SiL’s house.

I am new to model engineering and as of yet not set up to make even the simplest of things but still go into the shed for some woodturning mornings are great as the workshop is in the shade of a big tree. Once the afternoon arrives then it is into the house for a good book to read, and the book in question is "Model Engineering a Foundation Course" by Peter Wright.

Just out of interest is it a good book to read as I have only just started it

My shed is made from Structural Insulated Panels:- Cement bonded chipboars on the outside, OSB on the inside and 5" of PU foam between. Floor is 8" of concrete sitting on top of 4" of EPS foam. Split unit heat pump keeps it cosy all year round. Cost me a lot of dosh to build it in 2004, but was a wonderful investment. It's good sound insulation as well, so the neighbours can barely hear the machines running and can't hear Planet Rock blasting out over the noise of the machines!

The heat pump It isn't free to run, but but averages about 300W through the year, That's to keep a 30m^2 shed at 21°C all year.

Edited By Mark Rand on 02/07/2018 20:47:35

Those in the UK just think 'Summer of 76'

I remember 1976. Snowed on31st May or 1st June then scorched for next few months. I was in Round Table at the time and we spend a lot of time on Cannock Chase volunteering with Fire Brigade helping to beat out fires. Alos diod quite a lot of rally servicing that year and all the reservoirs water levels in Wales very low.

Colin