A shed question...

bikerdude666 · 26th October 2020, 10:57

So a quick question for this of you with sheds that you use for more than just storage. If you've insulated it, how have you done it?

I've got a 10'x6' shed with windows all along 1 side, that houses my model railway. It was fine, if a little hot, during the spring and summer, but now the temperature is dropping it's getting a little chilly out there. I had some rolls of foil bubblewrap type stuff left over from doing the roof and door in the garage at our last house, so I've put that on the shed roof, but I've like to do the walls as well. At the moment I'm looking at using insulation board, such as this: https://www.building-supplies-online...-x-2400mm.html

And then covering it with 3.6mm ply which I can then paint. The insulation can't be thicker than 45mm as that's the width of the shed frame, and the boards for my track is already in place.

I've managed to get the price down to £185 including delivery, but with the time of year, money is tight so I'm wondering if there's any cheaper way I've not thought of. I think I could get away with less plywood, but the place I've found has a minimum order of 5 sheets, and to get less from other places, seems to cost just as much.

I'm not expecting a lovely warm room, but something that's insulated enough to be kept heated with an oil filled radiator would be good. At the moment I have to use a fan heater to get it warmed up and within a few minutes of it turning off, the temperature has dropped and it has to come back on, and costs a fortune to run.

Times like these I wish I'd kept hold of the FBH I had so I could adapt it to heat the shed!

26th October 2020, 10:57	#1
bikerdude666 Posted a thing or two Jaguar Xe diseasal Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Little Stanion, Corby Posts: 1,922 Thanks: 363 Thanked 390 Times in 241 Posts	A shed question... So a quick question for this of you with sheds that you use for more than just storage. If you've insulated it, how have you done it? I've got a 10'x6' shed with windows all along 1 side, that houses my model railway. It was fine, if a little hot, during the spring and summer, but now the temperature is dropping it's getting a little chilly out there. I had some rolls of foil bubblewrap type stuff left over from doing the roof and door in the garage at our last house, so I've put that on the shed roof, but I've like to do the walls as well. At the moment I'm looking at using insulation board, such as this: https://www.building-supplies-online...-x-2400mm.html And then covering it with 3.6mm ply which I can then paint. The insulation can't be thicker than 45mm as that's the width of the shed frame, and the boards for my track is already in place. I've managed to get the price down to £185 including delivery, but with the time of year, money is tight so I'm wondering if there's any cheaper way I've not thought of. I think I could get away with less plywood, but the place I've found has a minimum order of 5 sheets, and to get less from other places, seems to cost just as much. I'm not expecting a lovely warm room, but something that's insulated enough to be kept heated with an oil filled radiator would be good. At the moment I have to use a fan heater to get it warmed up and within a few minutes of it turning off, the temperature has dropped and it has to come back on, and costs a fortune to run. Times like these I wish I'd kept hold of the FBH I had so I could adapt it to heat the shed!