Thread: Hot Sheds

Try some shade cloth about 300 mm above the roof, until the trees are big enough. You could also set it up so that it could be removed for winter.
Kryn

I would go with the shade cloth and hang it down any exposed sides as well.

Line the inside of your shed with old internal doors, plenty available on hard rubbish collection or as freebies on Gumtree.

They are easy to install as you only need a batten on the bottom and top of the wall, I bolt them through the metal walls, and the doors only need a few nails at the top and bottom to secure them. Additionally you can put insulation between the wall and doors for more comfort.


Peter.

Best and easiest method to cool down a shed is paint the roof with Thermacote or any of the insulating paints - quick, easy, comparatively inexpensive and super efficient. Going to be painting the roof of my brand new shed as soon as I get in it (17 days to go but who's counting )

I try and start early, I only have a rollerdoor no windows. I also have a few fans I move about to where I'm working!

If you are running decent dust extraction and venting the air outside the air temp inside the shed will be marginally what it is outside the shed. On days when its really hot I shut everything up turn on the air con and do something other than woodwork like play with electric motors, electronics or mechanical work.

Originally Posted by TTIT

Best and easiest method to cool down a shed is paint the roof with Thermacote or any of the insulating paints - quick, easy, comparatively inexpensive and super efficient. Going to be painting the roof of my brand new shed as soon as I get in it (17 days to go but who's counting )

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

Dave

What colour, if any, is the shed. Cream seems to be as cool as any and can make a huge difference over a dark colour. I would certainly investigate TTIT's suggestion too, although I have no direct knowledge of it.

Regards
Paul

I have no solutions for the heat in the shed but we all should look after ourselves through summer & stay hydrated.

Most of us are not young, are pretty stubborn, love to tinker in the shed, & some of us have pre-existing medical conditions so we are high risk candidates.

Heat stress can sneak up on you. Unfortunately it may have already put you into a hazardous situation while operating the lathe & other machinery before you realize what is happening. If the heat stress becomes serious and progresses to heat stroke then you have a serious medical emergency on your hands.

http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/b...elated_illness

Originally Posted by Evanism

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

Try Googling "heat resistant paint for shed". Plenty of options

What about a whirly bird roof vent??? About $80 at the big box stores, cheaper round in plain gal.

Instead of trying to cool the shed, how about just cooling yourself directly? I really want to give a cooling vest a shot:


http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Chillapak...#ht_407wt_1238


joez

Move the shed to western Canada. It was -36 C with the wind chill, but as we say out here"its a dry cold"P1020308.JPG

COOL.