Building a new shop
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Window are supposed to provide you with light and ventilation. There are many styles of windows to choose from; find something that compliments the style of your home and climatic conditions. Triple pane windows with low E glass act just like insulation and will pay a return over the years. Roof skylights and ridge vents are excellent in larger shops for bringing in light to the center of the building. | Window are supposed to provide you with light and ventilation. There are many styles of windows to choose from; find something that compliments the style of your home and climatic conditions. Triple pane windows with low E glass act just like insulation and will pay a return over the years. Roof skylights and ridge vents are excellent in larger shops for bringing in light to the center of the building. | ||
| − | For every opening you make in a building, you are losing a bit of security. One option is to use 7/16" OSB to clad | + | For every opening you make in a building, you are losing a bit of security. One option is to use 7/16" OSB to clad inside walls. You can cover the whole wall first, and then cut out the window openings. You can use the cutouts as inner shutters to cover over the windows that you want to make more secure, and hold them on with stud screws and wing nuts. Steel sheeting can be used much the same way if you are lining your building with it. Window bars and grilles are an option. |
Main doors should be placed so as to allow you the best access to where you need to go. Door frames should be rugged enough to hold a solid core door of either wood or commercial steel. Residential doors just don't cut it when it comes to security and protecting thousands of dollars of equipment, tools and projects that you have in your building. Outward swing doors offer more security and provide better emergency access if you should ever have to use it for that purpose. | Main doors should be placed so as to allow you the best access to where you need to go. Door frames should be rugged enough to hold a solid core door of either wood or commercial steel. Residential doors just don't cut it when it comes to security and protecting thousands of dollars of equipment, tools and projects that you have in your building. Outward swing doors offer more security and provide better emergency access if you should ever have to use it for that purpose. | ||
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