Hi All
I have an old wooden shed about 9x15 ft. It is really old and in poor state. The hardwood board floor is sagging in various places, and also dampness is seeping through it making the tools and contents in the shed getting wet and damp. The walls are also just single layer with no insulation, so inside the shed is really cold and damp in the winters.
Not wanting to spend much, because the shed is very old, and will need replacing with a new one some time in the near future. But meanwhile, just trying to get out as much as out of the old shed as is, I am planning to do some bare basic insulation inside the shed using some bubble wraps stapled on the walls, and then screw OSBs onto the walls. On the floor, I will staple waterproof membrane, and then screw OSBs on the top of it.
It will be really slow and time consuming process because the shed has a lot of stuff in it and 3 - 4x shelves which need to come out the shed for the work to be done.
But before that, I was also thinking of some kind of heater putting on. Options seems a simple cheap electric fan type heater or paraffin heater just to get some heat when trying to find something in the shed, because it is really damp and cold in there, and also on some days I would do some work in the cold shed such as sharpening the garden hoes on the stone wheels.
Although it may give out far more heat than cheap electric fan heaters, I have suspicion that Paraffin heater will be smelly and can be bad for health if it was emitting CO2 when someone is working in the shed.
Which would be better option? Also was wondering what heaters you are running in your own shed during winter just trying to get some ideas for my own shed heating option for the condition of the shed. Thanks.
I have an old wooden shed about 9x15 ft. It is really old and in poor state. The hardwood board floor is sagging in various places, and also dampness is seeping through it making the tools and contents in the shed getting wet and damp. The walls are also just single layer with no insulation, so inside the shed is really cold and damp in the winters.
Not wanting to spend much, because the shed is very old, and will need replacing with a new one some time in the near future. But meanwhile, just trying to get out as much as out of the old shed as is, I am planning to do some bare basic insulation inside the shed using some bubble wraps stapled on the walls, and then screw OSBs onto the walls. On the floor, I will staple waterproof membrane, and then screw OSBs on the top of it.
It will be really slow and time consuming process because the shed has a lot of stuff in it and 3 - 4x shelves which need to come out the shed for the work to be done.
But before that, I was also thinking of some kind of heater putting on. Options seems a simple cheap electric fan type heater or paraffin heater just to get some heat when trying to find something in the shed, because it is really damp and cold in there, and also on some days I would do some work in the cold shed such as sharpening the garden hoes on the stone wheels.
Although it may give out far more heat than cheap electric fan heaters, I have suspicion that Paraffin heater will be smelly and can be bad for health if it was emitting CO2 when someone is working in the shed.
Which would be better option? Also was wondering what heaters you are running in your own shed during winter just trying to get some ideas for my own shed heating option for the condition of the shed. Thanks.
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