billw
The Tattooed One
I've got a detached garage next to my house, it's got no power at the moment as it was going to be dismantled. It's 23' x 9' (ish) and is made from pre-fab concrete panels. It's quite dark as there's only one window to the rear of it. The roof is corrugated panels, and there's a small gap between the top of the concrete and the roof.
I'm now having thoughts that it would actually make a decent workshop and given the fusebox is about 2 metres away it's not hard to get it wired up.
Question is, does a workshop have to be pretty warm? There's no heating in it, and given the fact it's not "airtight" it would cost a bloody fortune to do so.
One answer might be to get it panelled internally with plasterboard? I have no idea really
At the front it's got an up and over door, which I was thinking of replacing with two partially glazed doors so that i could open up the whole front to get stuff in and out (and for any hot days!).
I wouldn't want to sped too much on it because there's every likelyhood that we'll extend the house out at some point and so it'd all get knocked down and a new "proper" workshop built in its place.
I also need some excuses to spend the money on it! My wife's first question was "well what am I going to get out of all of this?" and I've so far come up with "erm.....a bit of peace and quiet in the house and some furniture?" She's more likely to get the former than the latter :roll:
I'm now having thoughts that it would actually make a decent workshop and given the fusebox is about 2 metres away it's not hard to get it wired up.
Question is, does a workshop have to be pretty warm? There's no heating in it, and given the fact it's not "airtight" it would cost a bloody fortune to do so.
One answer might be to get it panelled internally with plasterboard? I have no idea really
At the front it's got an up and over door, which I was thinking of replacing with two partially glazed doors so that i could open up the whole front to get stuff in and out (and for any hot days!).
I wouldn't want to sped too much on it because there's every likelyhood that we'll extend the house out at some point and so it'd all get knocked down and a new "proper" workshop built in its place.
I also need some excuses to spend the money on it! My wife's first question was "well what am I going to get out of all of this?" and I've so far come up with "erm.....a bit of peace and quiet in the house and some furniture?" She's more likely to get the former than the latter :roll: