Thread: Just starting out

Originally Posted by BobL

Looks great. What are you doing electrics wise.

I'd really recommend getting at least the wiring installed before the insulation and cladding goes in.

In hand Bob, 10mm2 from main board to shed, shed separately earthed, 2.5mm2 inside shed. 1 light circuit to cater for wall mounted CFL lighting, 3 power circuits with double GPO's spaced around the walls to be determined. There will also be one wired conduit run blind to the apex of the roofline in case I later want to add extra lighting. All single phase. Got to have a damened good reason to get 3 phase here and a home workshop doesn't wash with the electricity authority.

Originally Posted by wun4us

... Got to have a damened good reason to get 3 phase here and a home workshop doesn't wash with the electricity authority.

They obviously just don't understand, saracens

Did you pick up that tablesaw?

Got to have a damened good reason to get 3 phase here and a home workshop doesn't wash with the electricity authority.

You are fitting an air conditioner and induction cook top aren't you?

Originally Posted by

You are fitting an air conditioner and induction cook top aren't you?

Already got an air conditioner and could only get it suitable for single phase. Induction cooktop? Hell, with the price of electricity going up by 23% here, I'll probably have to get a fire pit in the backyard ...... but then if that happens I'll be forced to do all the cooking.....cheaper to use gas (got that anyway) or bottled gas.

I have a friend who built a new house out of town on small acreage and the electricity mob connected 3 phase anyway. He says that all those places get it as a matter of course there to overcome the possibility of voltage variation. He was over the moon, as he's a keen woodworker and used to rent a small factory unit so he could have the power. Now, he's built himself a shed that you could swing a semi around in, and all his gear plus more he bought darn near fills it up!!

Am I jealous???Naahh...'course not.

Originally Posted by Sawdust Maker

They obviously just don't understand, saracens

Did you pick up that tablesaw?

Had to settle for the Ryobi.....iuts single phase......its really infuriating sometimes. I don't know a lot about electricity except that you can't see it, only feel it!!!! But, the elec authority has a big transformer(?) box thingo on the ground almost at every street corner...all the power is underground. Maybe its not big enough cables to put out anytthing other than single phase here, only in the out of town areas, and in the industrial blocks.

Who knows, and I'm past caring now....the side of my head that used to continually hit the brick wall is very flat!!

At last...dry weather, but not much sun. It's been too slippery on the top of the shed, but finally finished it late Friday. Only gutters and downpipe to go outside
Then, inside. Got the power cables ready to pick up, and includes power points, pendants, three o/head fluoros down each side, individually switched (gotta save on the power now....watch that carbon), and some wall battens with CFC globes.
SWMBO informed me that now the shed was waterproof, all the tools and insulation stored in the garage, on her side of course, could go into the shed poste-haste....no arguments, carry out forthwith. Consequently all that occupied said side has now been moved to the shed, and it isn't even ready yet!!!!! Hopefully I'll be able to keep everything on the one side while working on the other side, and vice-versa. Somehow though, more stuff seemed to arrive from somewhere and occupied my side of the garage, hence a jumbled mess (or probably more correctly a MORE jumbled mess) in there, including all the remaining bits and pieces for said shed. Women, can't live with them and can't live without them. Must have been a women who said that?
Not to worry, will keep the peace and say nought; easier.
Some pics of the roof, and the jumbled messes.

Hells bells !!! I thought my garage was the only one that looked like that!
I need a shed and 3 phase power (plenty of room here on acreage)
hoping to build one soon but SWMBO has plans for any renovations!

Originally Posted by greybeard

Hells bells !!! I thought my garage was the only one that looked like that!
I need a shed and 3 phase power (plenty of room here on acreage)
hoping to build one soon but SWMBO has plans for any renovations!

Yep, they usually do have plans...y'know the saying; the best laid plans of mice and men.

Us being the men of course, usually being whiteanted by the mice. Won't mention who the mice are!!

Said garage has in one way or another been in a constant state of disarray for the last nine years! My truck managed to be housed in there for the first year of it's life, and hasn't had the benefit of a warm bed at night for the last eight years!!!!...Time is coming verrryy close though.

Lucky bloke having new shed. I wanted to replace mine but swmbo has decided we need new room on house. There goes my shed, but. I do get a new lathe out of it.

Originally Posted by cookie48

Lucky bloke having new shed. I wanted to replace mine but swmbo has decided we need new room on house. There goes my shed, but. I do get a new lathe out of it.

Why not put extend DA to Council to include new man type premises . Never know, it might slip by SWAMBO and be not noticed until it's too late...

Mind you, we lived nearly 20 years at our last place, and there was no way that there was gonna be a man shed, and we were out in the sticks with plenty of room. Even offered at one stage to put it 100 metres away from house. Selfish reason there....couldn't here the yells; but she was one ahead of me, "no way you won't be able to hear me"............oh sweet mystery of life!!!!!

Looking good Barry.

Mick

Still a hell of a mess in the shed. Made the mistke of putting a new concrete driveway in at the same time; to save with the concretor; and bee putting up with "when ARE you goping to build the retaining wall on the driveway?"

Gone on long enough, managed to dodge it for 3 months but the heat got too much, and my ears too red. Spent the last 4 days on the retaing wall, got about 3 days to go. Mixing the concrete in a barrow is hard yakka now, but gotta be that way

Back to the shed next week.

Damn and blast! Getting back to the shed just didn't happen did it?
Got tricked into fixing up daughter and son-in-law's house ready to sell (again!). Finally got home on Wednesday night.

Into shed Thursday morning, fixing up foil wrap in walls, and fixing of timbers for sheeting. Got that far today on one long wall only. That will be completed before going on to other walls. Tomorrow into the insulation, and maybe even fixing sheeting

Couple of pics of latest progress.

May just be able to guess where it came from.