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Heating your workshop
It’s been quite cold so far this year so you might be finding it hard to get up the motivation to get into your workshop. Jenny has put together some tips for heating your workshop shed. Top 5 Tips for
Fitting the shed skylight
As mentioned in the interview from Monday, Mark Curtis from Activent kindly provided a kit for a shed skylight. As the Workshopshed already has a massive window in the roof I did not need to add a skylight. However, Alan
Posted in: Product Reviews, Shed
Tags: Lighting, roof window
Shed roof repairs
When I replaced my shed roof, I used a thin piece of plank of internal wooden cladding painted with some preservative, after two winters this was faring badly against the weather (photo taken before the guttering was added) I’d spent
Shed roof part 3 – Installing the window
It had taken me a day’s work on my own to strip off the old window. Alan and myself then had installed one side of the roof in just a day. That left me 2 days to get the roof
More shed roof project
As mentioned in the earlier post, I used to have some corrugated PVC on my shed roof and although it let in lots of light it also also let any heat out and then baked in the summer. There were
Felting a shed roof
As part of my roof upgrade I’ve been putting felt on the roof. I used two layers of felt, the underfelt does not have the stone chippings on it that protect the felt from the effects of the sun. I’ve
Posted in: DIY, Shed
Tags: Roofing Felt
Shed Roof Project
When I inherited the Workshopshed I was impressed by the clear plastic roof and how much light it gave. However as the first winter hit I spotted that it provided no thermal insulation at all and also had some issues
Workshop sheds
In celebration of shed week, I’ve trawled through flickr to show you these great pictures of working sheds. Engine Shed – Loughborough John’s Organised Chaos Poetical Workshop Vicky Luke Welding Old Glory by Jen Smith Dad’s toolbox
Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
