Thread: Hot Sheds

Some good suggestions there guys. Paul my shed is pressed steel dark green colour. It is naturally in the shade untill about 9am currently but then in full sun for the rest of the day.

I rather like the thought of moving to Canada, such a beautifull place, but I think the family might have something to say, about loosing a shed that is.

Originally Posted by Evanism

Where do you get thermacote? Google hasn't enlightened me

https://www.google.com.au/search?q=t...m=122&ie=UTF-8


http://www.trademarkify.com.au/trade...d#.VH6uutKUeSo

Originally Posted by dennisk

Move the shed to western Canada. It was -36 C with the wind chill, but as we say out here"its a dry cold"Attachment 333181

Never heard of Dry Cold Dennisk. In western Queensland they call it a "dry heat" as the humidity is almost non existent compared to our tropical heat on the east coast. Looking forward to testing out your theory in a week or so when I am arriving in Calgary to visit my son and his family.

Looked up Acme AB. and see you aren't too far away from his place in Airdrie but couldn't find any reference to my childhood favourite Wile E. Coyote, "the king of Acme"

Cheers, Ian

I insulated my shed ceiling with Bradford Supertel insulation.
They are 2400 x 1200mm cloth bats about 25mm thick.
I held them up with top hat batons 600mm apart running length ways to the batons with every second one straddling the end of two batons.
They made a huge difference, I can work in my shed year round.
Even on 40 degree days I can comfortably work in there up to lunch.
A added advantage is they absorb noise as well.

http://www.bradfordinsulation.com.au.../Supertel.aspx

Mark

I work in my garage and as it faces south it cops the morning sun and heats up. I was told years ago about insulation bats/foam that can be put into the roller door panels to keep the garage insulated. Does anyone know what they are and where I could get some. My garage door is the standard panel lift roller door made of individual panels bolted together.

I'm with TTIT. Living in Darwin it's always HOT. I got my house and shed roofs coated with a white reflective product by Dulux which works a treat. I can't recall the product name but Dulux will know.

We had the house roof painted with Dulux Roofguard Solar Reflect two years ago before putting solar panels on the roof. It has made a huge difference and has cut the need to use the air cons. Probably dropped the inside temp by around 4 to 5 C.

Originally Posted by Evanism

Where do you get thermacote? Google hasn't enlightened me

There are a few on the market but the one we all used out here is Aussie made so why would you look any further!! http://australianpaints.com.au/?page_id=56 Everyone in our club did their shed roof once we felt how well it worked - and the club shed roof of course!!

After nearly cooking in my shed for the last few summers, and watching the roof leak every time it rained, I bit the bullet in September and did something about it. The old steel sheeting on the shed roof was rusting in places, and some of the roof purlins were very rusty where water had been leaking in. With the old roof (which a previous property owner had painted green) I'd seen the temperature inside the shed exceed 55 degrees when it's been 35 outside.

The new roof sheeting is light cream colourbond steel. The roofing contractor installed new purlins, then a layer of wire netting type material over the purlins, then 50mm foil backed pink insulation bats, then the roof sheeting.

The roofing contractor said that he's used the wire netting method to install foil backed pink bat insulation in a lot of sheds in this area, and says that it's easiest to do if you already have the roof sheeting off, but that if you're retrofitting the insulation under an existing shed roof, then the wire netting can be secured below the purlins by using metal or timber battens screwed to the underside of the purlins to hold the pink bats and the wire netting in place.

With the cream coloured roof, and the insulation, I'm able to comfortably work in there until the outside temperature pushes over the 35 degree mark, and even then if there's a breeze from the right direction (or if I've got the industrial standard fan running), I've been able to keep working during the hottest part of the afternoons.

Roy