Shop Improvements
My woodshop is the back half of my garage, which was added as an addition by some previous owner. There is an obvious gap between the front and back halfs, where a hole was framed up and cut open I've long wanted to make my shop more usable in the winter by dividing it off from the garage. Every winter I use a few electric heaters to warm it up each day that I want to use it. While I would like to insulate the walls someday, I'm starting with cutting the space to heat in half as a quick way to make the space heaters more effective.
This weekend I framed out a wall, hung a couple of interior doors that were in the garage rafters when I moved in, and used a sheet of fiberboard cover one side.
My next steps are to close off the right hand side with a plexiglass window to allow a little light and visibilty between halves of the garage. Then I want to put up some trim to make the doors look a bit more professional and seal off the edges. And they all need a good cleaning from the dust that has accumulated on them over the years.
Image of shop wall in progress
A view of my shop in 2019 showing the hole in the from the other side.
Previous shop improvements I made include upgrading the electrical (I contracted this out), added some air filtration equipment, and a couple of additional places to store tools and supplies.