Thread: My daughter's Xmas present-aka-Making a shed into a workshop.

Peter, I am amazed how you have accumulated those doors from the sources you mentioned. I nearly went and asked some fitters the other day who were fitting new garage doors to a neighbours property and ask what they did with there redundant ali doors. It appears they cut them up on site and then take away.
So there another source of materials to make a shed, some 3x2's to join them up and you have got an almost freebie.

Originally Posted by jow104

Peter, I am amazed how you have accumulated those doors from the sources you mentioned.

John, I'm not surprised at all. Must be different in the UK but here it is the same as two years ago when I was lining my own workshop for extra insulation.

Whilst I collected 12 doors in one area, I left behind 4 plain doors that were too damaged, 7 doors with rebated panels and another 4 doors with glass panels.

There was also a lot of good furniture and melamine panels, but at this stage I'm mainly looking for doors.


Peter.

Good work Peter, I am sure Michelle is proud of her dads efforts.

good one Groggy

Wish there was hard rubbish in geelong!

Today with the remaining doors I started to line one of the side walls as per photo 1.

I then washed them all ready for painting and puttied all the gaps etc. I still have to plug a few holes that had handles in them and them the work so far can be painted.

Cleaning them and puttying makes a big difference already as per photos 2 - 5. It is now starting to come together and looking like a workshop and I am noticing that it is cooler in the part of the garage that is now lined compared with the rest.


Peter.

Peter,

Do you have anything between the insulation and the sheet metal / and or doors or is it just stuffed in the cavity?

Stinky.

Stinky,

Just stuffed in the cavity, created by the battens, between the sheet metal and the doors.

Thought of getting that silverpaper type insulation to put against the sheet metal as well, but the metal already reflects a lot of heat and with the insulwool and the double space of the door structure (like a torsion box) it is working fine.

Went for a drive again tonight and picked up another 6 doors so I can keep working.

Peter.

I last posted that I collected some more doors and then the next morning I woke up and my left foot had started to swell up from what I believe to be an insect bite or . So after delivering the doors I stopped and took it easy as it started to be a bit painful.

During the night the swelling started to ease up so that at the moment I can walk around again , so that hopefully next week I can continue on the workshop.

Notwithstanding this minor ailment during the afternoon, with my daughter driving the trailer, we found another 6 doors, so now we have enough for the remaining walls. Still need a couple of good ones for the main bench top but I'll no doubt find them next week or the week after.


Peter.

And we found the rest of the doors needed this afternoon. Now I'll be busy next week.

Peter.

Thanks Sturdee, you have given me some enthusiasm to start an insulation project on my garage, well it will keep the bike warm at least.

Well done, keep up the good work.

Worked on the workshop conversion today. Finished the side walls and started on the garage internal dividing wall and undercoated the ceiling, so that it's no longer multi-coloured.

Photo 1 shows the bottom batten, being 70*35 mm recycled pine framing timber being nailed to the floor and photo 2 shows the same nailed to the ceiling. Once these were in place I cut the doors down to size and nailed them to these battens as per photos 3 & 4. Very easy construction and done quite quickly.

Photos 5 shows the other side wall being finished and photos 6 & 7 shows the internal dividing wall being started.

So far I've used 24 doors and I expect to use another 7 doors to complete it.

The final photo shows the ceiling being undercoated.

Tomorrow I hope to finish the remaining wall and wash down the new work and putty the gaps ready for painting.


Peter.

Sturdee, I am still amazed and wondering how you got 31 doors, esp just going for a drive and coming back with a trailer full every time you run short.

Unless, of course, if there is a crime wave in Donvale, Vic with internal doors disappearing in daylight, that would explain it

Originally Posted by JillB

Unless, of course, if there is a crime wave in Donvale, Vic with internal doors disappearing in daylight, that would explain it

Sorry to disappoint you, but there is no crime wave in Donvale.

Actually the local council, next to ours, has started it's half yearly hard rubbish collection. The council area is divided into 9 collection weeks and so far there have been only 2 areas collected.

In the week leading up to it wonderful stuff, no longer wanted by it's owners, start appearing on the nature strip. Just driving along and stopping to pick up doors is easy, in fact I'm was getting rather particular in the doors I took, I don't want rubbish. Yesterday driving to the Men's sheds and going through the new area I saw another 5 doors, but I don't need them at this stage.

I found that most people who remove their carpet to get polished floors also need new doors as they are unable to fix the gap caused by removing carpet, hence the doors get put out.


Peter.