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Does anyone work in their garage. Heat humidity cold.....I'm just north of Atlanta. Weather is very tolerable. Thanks.
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I will be when shop is complete (still full of boxes from moving).
I'm in Florida.
I'm in Florida.
Being in Minnesota, summers would be too hot and humid and winters would be far too cold and dry to work in the garage, or in the shop in the pole shed. The humidity and temperature swings here would ruin a wood model over time. For general modeling, I work indoors, although fabrication can be done in the outdoor shop.
While not as extreme as Minnesota, pretty much the same in SW Ohio... I wouldn't want to model out in my garage. I'm lucky that I have a very nice man-cave down in the basement.
I am in Charlotte and yes I work in my garage. Mostly in fall and winter on ships and other projects in spring and summer.
Yup, the garage is mine. We had my wife's car in it for the first year. Now 45 years later it's still my shop. I have a drywall heater in it and as long as the temp outside doesn't get too much below freezing it will keep up. It's a double garage so there's lots of room for my junk.
I have been working in my garage shop, In Chapel Hill, NC, since 1996 and it has worked very well. During construction of the stand-alone garage, I added insulation between the wall studs and in the attic space. Then the walls and ceiling were covered with sheet-plastic and flake board. There is a small electric heater that helps in colder weather, but otherwise it is seldom needed.
I started working on my model in our garage. As it is unheated and not isolated it was uncomfy sometimes but the actual problem was humidity. When I moved into the house the wood began to work (my rather sturdy hull didn't help).
I let the model acclimatize for a rather long time before bringing the hull in the correct shape again and continue building. Since then I have not encountered that problem again.
I let the model acclimatize for a rather long time before bringing the hull in the correct shape again and continue building. Since then I have not encountered that problem again.
My shop area is in my garage. I live in Pearland, just to the south of Houston. Once summer arrived, we had temps here of 100 F or more for a number of weeks, plus the humidity here is bad ALL the time. I took a hiatus for over a month. There were times when I would bring a piece of work inside, but not really a good place to work inside the house. I did worry about things warping in the temperature extremes and the humidity.
Yes, mine is in garage. In southern Australian state of Victoria.
Temp in summer get to 40 C, in Winter as low as 0 C at night, but no snow.
Temp in summer get to 40 C, in Winter as low as 0 C at night, but no snow.
My mom lived down in Freeport on Surfside, and anytime I went to visit, it was never not humid as heck. Even with a “Gulf breeze”, it felt like you were standing in front of a hair dryer while in a sauna. I don’t know how you freaks of nature tolerate that… LOL.
Me too, on Queensland's Sunshine Coast. High humidity in Summer is normal. Temperature in the garage is controlled somewhat by a large ceiling fan and polystyrene backed roller doors.
I have two "work areas" as my wife also conducts our downsized book restoration business on her two benches in the garage.
One car space has a mezzanine construction for a boat trailer underneath and storage above. A lot of my shipbuilding materials and equipment are stored there when not in use. My main work area is on a drop down bench into the car space (car parked outside).
Nothing fancy but almost everything I need within reach.
My original corner bench is still in use as well, with its own set of tools.
It all seems to work and the ship itself is kept in our house. I do measuring and fitting in there but no processing (no dust or noise).
That's not a shop! That's a showroom display. No work gets done there.
THIS IS A SHOP:
I don't think any work gets done here either. You would need to take the work outside.That's not a shop! That's a showroom display. No work gets done there.
THIS IS A SHOP:
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Nah, that's the shop I left at the farm....That's not a shop! That's a showroom display. No work gets done there.
THIS IS A SHOP:
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I sent 18 cubic meters of ferrous metal to the recyclers when I cleaned out my blacksmith shop.My brother has a shop like this one in a suburban garage in Melbourne. Everything in its place (where it fell last time he used it).
I also work mainly in the garage, although known to venture into one of my sheds. Generally good conditions to work in here in Perth Western Australia, except maybe now. It’s 37 C today, so only an hour at a time usually. Might invade the wife’s kitchen for small jobs.
Very nice workshop clogger. Very neat and tidy too. No room for the cars though.
Who needs cars, when you have such a workshop
HaHa - it is looking like that you have green cutting mats at the floor - Please take a look @Steef66 @Jimsky @dockattner and all others discussing the green mats in the special topic ..... (sorry for beeing off topic now)
Uwek, Yes I saw the discussion of cutting mats, very funny, particularly the pink one!
Just black hard resin mats that are easy to interlock, recommend them for any garage. Being black usually quite good at finding things lost on the floor.
Thanks Chestcutter, cars either round the back drive under a patio, or on the front drive.
Just black hard resin mats that are easy to interlock, recommend them for any garage. Being black usually quite good at finding things lost on the floor.
Thanks Chestcutter, cars either round the back drive under a patio, or on the front drive.