Dream workshop

A sink. One thing no-one ever fits!

And many, many mains sockets.

Good point! Belfast size! And air points!

And three phase for the lathe, and a decent sized welder.

if you are really getting old, a loo :(

Three phase already planed, have to think where to put the compressor. I have a 90cfm deisel for the heavy work, that will live outside!

That's what the sink is for!

Gas boiler, air con, forget the scissor lift, get a hydraulic two post with no floor obstruction, it can do much more. Telephone line. Alarm. cctv. Flameproof air extraction.

Ta chaps.

Any thoughts on how to construct the walls? I am thinking strip foundation for walls with insulation backed plasterboard dotted and dabed. And the flo or with concrete slab, 4? of insulation and a very strong mix of sc reed to withstand th weight of a car?

Steve

Or use concrete - poured fairly wet so that the small stuff comes to the top when you tamp it so that you can get a smooth surface. Either way, bury some re-inforcing mesh in it. When dry, paint it with concrete paint to stop it shedding dust.

I'd have water walls in there too if he's planning on spraying; keeps the dust down!

Never heard of water walls, when I sprayed in a shed, I?d wet the w alls and floor...

Expensive, hard to attach shelves etc. and unlikely to survive very long. Strip foundations, double skin dense concrete blocks and fibre insulation.

And the floor with concrete slab, 4? of insulation and a very strong mix of screed to withstand th weight of a car?

Concrete slab with rebar on top of 4" insulation, no screed. But that all might change when you know what the roof will be.

Kitchen worktop is useless for a workshop. Not strong enough. Make it from layers of decent ply, glued together.

I was going to say that. OK for a small/clean items or electronics type stuff. These are good too

Only useful for spraying frames and such, no help when doing panels on the vehicle! (OK they will entrain a bit of dust).

I like those workbench for serious heavy work, and maybe ply as suggested d ouble thickness for the rest of the work areas? For the walls maybe concrete outer block, rock wool and a lightweight insul ation block on the inside painted white. Will start puttting together a layout. I?m thinking of storage for tools, parts and sundries down the sides and nearer the garage doors and wo rk benches towards the business end. Keep the scissor lift near the middle of the garage? With enough space in f ront to put a couple of trestles for working on an engine or body panels?

Steve

Ideally, something quite substantial for the inner wall too. For fixing shelves, etc to. And not something easily damaged.

So, just the right size for a subsequent planning application for 'conversion' to a house ?.