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Do yourself a favor when you get it cleared. Get some semi gloss or gloss white paint and paint your walls. It will cut your lighting requirements by close to half plus making that a friendlier space to work in.

Cherryville Chuck wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 11:44 am Do yourself a favor when you get it cleared. Get some semi gloss or gloss white paint and paint your walls. It will cut your lighting requirements by close to half plus making that a friendlier space to work in.

That's already in the plans -- Stick has been more than generous with his wisdom and experience in helping me put this project together, and that was one of the things he mentioned early on. A couple of the things he mentioned I railed against a little but in the end have realized that he is correct. You really can't argue with his VOE !

Sominus wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 11:55 am That's already in the plans

Use high gloss acrylic...

I don't know or don't remember what Stick has said but here are some other recommendations. Put OSB on the ceiling instead of drywall. If you're swinging boards around and accidentally hit it it's not going to matter. It holds screws well enough to mount led light fixtures to it. I put my sheets up single handed by screwing cleats on two joints. That allowed me to slide a sheet into the gap under the cleats to hold the sheet up one handed and the screws holding the cleats to the rafters gave me the spacing between the sheets.

Insulate. The same thing that keeps the shop warm will help keep it cool. It's an up front cost but it has long term returns. My shop is the coolest building I have and it isn't air conditioned. If you're going with batts double layer and crisscross the top layer. I have at least 10" in my ceiling. Go 12 if you're using blown in. If your eaves are open staple some 1/4- 1/2" mesh wire over them to keep critters out.

Whatever code says about venting the attic space- double it. You need to keep that hot air flowing out of that space. Put vents or whirly birds on the roof if you have to. Make sure you have good air flow through the eaves. That's why I suggested mesh instead of soffit material.

Hey I’m not sure , but I don’t think I seen any insulation in there ?

It is insulated behind the sheathing. I won’t say it is insulated particularly robustly, but it is much better than it was. This weekend I did 80% of the install of a 2 ton mini-split/inverter, which is going to keep temp/humidity manageable with much greater efficiency than the wall unit that is currently in there. During the short freeze we get every winter it will also supply a space for plants and things that don’t like cold temperatures.

The ceiling will not be finished “underneath” as I am using the space between joists for things like a wood rack, etc., but in the “attic” there will be foam sheets and thin plywood over that. I’m planning on a gable fan and vent for hot air movement once the beam/joists are up. There is also a small roof vent currently in place which, by itself, is inadequate for much of anything.

Today I’m making the final hookup and starting up the garage/shop mini split .. Wish me luck!

Sominus wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2024 7:42 am It is insulated behind the sheathing. I won’t say it is insulated particularly robustly, but it is much better than it was. This weekend I did 80% of the install of a 2 ton mini-split/inverter, which is going to keep temp/humidity manageable with much greater efficiency than the wall unit that is currently in there. During the short freeze we get every winter it will also supply a space for plants and things that don’t like cold temperatures.

The ceiling will not be finished “underneath” as I am using the space between joists for things like a wood rack, etc., but in the “attic” there will be foam sheets and thin plywood over that. I’m planning on a gable fan and vent for hot air movement once the beam/joists are up. There is also a small roof vent currently in place which, by itself, is inadequate for much of anything.

I also use the space above my ceiling for storage but I go through the gable to do it. The access into the attic of my house is a set of homemade louvers on one gable end that are hinged so that it opens outward. Venting the space without a ceiling will let conditioned air out and unconditioned air in.

Out with the old....

...in with the new

I got this saw off a Nextdoor ad that someone passed on to me for the grand sum of $1500 quite some time ago. It has languished in my storage unit since.. Yesterday I was able to sell the old (and terribly inaccurate) X31 and, as a bonus the guy who bought it offered to use the air-tow trailer (google it -- its a god-send!) to move it from the storage unit to my garage. It took less than 90 minutes to get the new one in/old one out and on its way.

Sominus wrote: ↑Sun Jul 07, 2024 5:10 pm ..in with the new

YOWZER!!!

Hot damn! *Drooling*

Wait... How did someone get a copy of my upgraded joist support system?

This is the thing that started it all — the dust collector (which, if you recall, was purchased for the princely sum of $600 in a parking lot meetup at a local Woodcraft). It is now in its forever home, waiting for the final placement of the HEPA filter (seen next to the DC, a Wynn Environmental 13F230NANO) and 7” main trunk line.

Still lots more to do, but the beam installation is roughly scheduled for mid January.