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Hello everyone, James here. I am determined to make my storage area / junk room a proper workshop, hopefully by Spring.
My workspace (it's a shed, more like) is about 40x72. The bones consist of 6x6’s every 10 feet or so, with 2x6’s horizontally between them. The walls are sheets of thin corrugated aluminum. The floor is dirt. Red clay, specifically.
Where to start? Arbitrarily, I’m going to work on the walls. I want to get AC outlets in, pegboards, and construct storage space for lumber.
Should I leave the walls as-is? Drywall/plywood inner walls would make things look nicer, and will allow for insulation. It isn’t practical to heat / air condition the place right now.
Ten foot ceilings ... but there isn’t a proper ceiling, the rafters just start ten feet up. As a result, I can store 12 foot boards vertically between the rafters, I like that option. Then again, no ceilings = no heat/AC regardless of what I do with the walls. Maybe construct a ceiling most of the way, leaving some space up top to allow for 12 foot board storage.
Oh, that floor. Dust. Unable to use casters. Kind of level, but not exactly. I don’t have >$10K for a pretty concrete floor, would Plan B be a plywood floor supported by 2x4’s underneath?
That’s all for now, thanks for any recommendations. I’m looking forward to your replies, hopefully with sentences that begin with, “What *I* would do is ... “
Thanks,
James
My workspace (it's a shed, more like) is about 40x72. The bones consist of 6x6’s every 10 feet or so, with 2x6’s horizontally between them. The walls are sheets of thin corrugated aluminum. The floor is dirt. Red clay, specifically.
Where to start? Arbitrarily, I’m going to work on the walls. I want to get AC outlets in, pegboards, and construct storage space for lumber.
Should I leave the walls as-is? Drywall/plywood inner walls would make things look nicer, and will allow for insulation. It isn’t practical to heat / air condition the place right now.
Ten foot ceilings ... but there isn’t a proper ceiling, the rafters just start ten feet up. As a result, I can store 12 foot boards vertically between the rafters, I like that option. Then again, no ceilings = no heat/AC regardless of what I do with the walls. Maybe construct a ceiling most of the way, leaving some space up top to allow for 12 foot board storage.
Oh, that floor. Dust. Unable to use casters. Kind of level, but not exactly. I don’t have >$10K for a pretty concrete floor, would Plan B be a plywood floor supported by 2x4’s underneath?
That’s all for now, thanks for any recommendations. I’m looking forward to your replies, hopefully with sentences that begin with, “What *I* would do is ... “
Thanks,
James