Workshop Renovation during the cold winter

[@thetraveller869]

I built a very similar shed last year! Mine stands on things called QuickJacks which are galvanised steel plates with threaded 25mm steel bars through the middle. By spinning the plate the distance can be adjusted so levelling the base. I built a wooden frame to sit under the shed floor and filled the frame with 3inch Celotex slabs before putting the floor on top. Like you I filled the walls and roof with 40mm slabs and then used aluminium tape to seal the inside face as much as possible. The principle is that the moisture you create inside by breathing will not be able to condense on the cold outer skin because it is retained inside the warm surface of the insulation. The tape is to prevent the moisture getting to the inner face of the outer skin. Rather than cut with a saw it creates much less mess to use a straight-edge and a carving knife. Don't tell the wife!!! I then lined the whole place with 9mm OSB to protect the Celotex. It does make a big difference here on the County Down coast, where recently one of the inhabitants was asking on Facebook if anyone had lost a trampoline - since it was round her chimney... 🤣

[@bruhmanflight]

THIS VIDEO IS EVERYTHING ! THANK YOU BROTHER!!! GOD BLESS YOU KARL!

[@HeliShed]

Awesome Karl - as ever - welcome back to the UK - looking forward to seeing how this pans out but ya know what? I think you have it all covered! ;-)

[@harryradfordphoto]

Great job Karl, i had three sheds up in Warrington and the insulation made such a difference working in the evenings. My home office was out there and I used styrofoam, a vapour barrier and sheets of drywall to keep it warm. My 737 was in one of the other sheds but with 4 computers running it never really got that cold 😂 Have a great day Karl 😊🇨🇦😊

[@qcy79]

It's been a while since we've had a build video like this from you. This gave me fond memories of all the videos you made for us from the Brunei sim(s).

[@sshashlan]

It always satisfying to watch an engineer and the passion Cheers sir

[@helimech8152]

Many thanks!

[@colderwar]

I had a wooden workshop built last year. The design we settled on was double skinned walls and roof with a four inch gap filled with insulation, the outside is clad in UPVC and the doors and windows are double glazed. The floor is raised off the concrete base and insulated. For heating I got a diesel motorhome type heater, I've not plumbed it in yet because I didn't need it over winter. it's literally warmer in winter and cooler in summer than our house...and condensation there is none... I probably went over the top, but my last workshop suffered from awful condensation, the big lathe and mill would be dripping with water when I went inside of a morning. I had to drench everything in Duck oil at the end of the day to prevent rust and then clean it off when I started work the next day. Duck oil ( it's a brand name if you didn't know, no ducks are harmed 🙂 ) is a brilliant rust preventative but it's got a strong petroleum odour that even I struggled to cope with.

[@AirborneHedgehog]

Dude, that SUCKS. Sorry to hear about your OMTECH. Hope you can get it sorted out.

[@helimech8152]

It's all sorted, but it did break my heart as I had to wait for 6 weeks for a replacement laser! But the workshop is now much more cost efficient!

[@ironcross6356]

Am I the only one who fell into a black hole and don't watch this in the new year's day?

[@helimech8152]

The video was private until recently when i realised i hadnt posted it!

[@B747-4OO]

Seems to be worth all the hard work! Well done, Karl! 💪💪😎

[@NeonsStyleHD]

You need an air gap between the insulation and the wall so any moisture that gets into the wall cavity can dry out. Also you've used what looks like internal wall insulation. Usually you line the inside of the timber boards with building paper, that lets water out, but not in. Then you put some nylon straps in leaving a 1 to 2 inch gap, then the insulation goes on that. Then the plasterboard goes on. You also need to insulate the floor and lay a polyfilm plastic sheeting over the ground which stops a lot of moisture (cold) coming from the ground and into the floor which is why floors get cold.

[@helimech8152]

Great info and I hope that even the way I built it with these errors it will last the next 6 months we have here.

[@ohblahdeohbladah]

My first thought too, with all those printers running and humid air of Cornwall there is going to be some serious condensation and then mold build up.

[@StigBSivertsen]

Fantastic job Karl and a very nice workshop!

[@VLOGS-skyun]

Pay attention to controlling the humidity in the room. Condensation has the potential to push up the heat shield. So controlling the indoor humidity is the key.

[@ingmarm8858]

Ouch a hard way to learn to not let the coolant in the tube freeze.. I'm lucky my garage is under the house and is reasonably well insulated.

[@helimech8152]

It appears I like to do things the hard way. Can you believe after 3 day freeze, it never got below freezing again. So unlucky. But the shed is much cheaper to run Now

[@_PSantos]

Hi Karl You need to do the smart thing......... go and ask for subsidy from the Gov. to help out with the bills.

[@diestrunzenstrunz4103]

So you have EMP protection as well ! 😉

[@tonyknight3690]

Can you give an overview of the solar/wind/battery set up for the workshop

[@helimech8152]

I can certainly try! Ilk do an update video, as the batteries have all died now and I will have to change them out soon

[@antman5474]

What's a 737 single seat? Is that a one pilot flying thing?

[@helimech8152]

Its only the captians side, thus its much smaller but has full functionality oif the full sim.

[@CaptainKA320]

What size is your workshop Karl?

[@helimech8152]

Hi it's 3*4m and packed to the gunnals!