RMS Epic Workshop/ Garage Thread: Show me your bench/garage

[Dan.86]

Quite like the sound of the spray stuff instead of arsing about cutting sheets but will have to look into it. For me its just to stop the condensation, not bothered about heat

Cross ventilation is what you need if you’re not worried about heating the space. Keep air flowing through.

 

[supermoto_77]

tempted to get this kit too is the quality good?

The quality is very good , all top cupboards have gas rams for when they are open too

 

[cormac81]

Got the sealey cabinets installed
Still so much to do , im buying all the expensive things firstView attachment 241682

Nice, any links?

 

[supermoto_77]

Nice, any links?

Lots of possible combinations you can literally buy each individual item and customise to your needs

Sealey

Sealey is one of the UK’s leading suppliers of workshop tools and equipment.

www.sealey.co.uk

 

[Sharkman]

Im in the market for a prefab garage. I'm limited width wise at my house having approx 11feet to play with. Would this be wide enough for a car and abit of work space around it?

Has anyone any recommendations for companies to supply a garage, so far I have been in touch with randox and h2 buildings, awaiting quotes from them.

 

[MarkP]

Im in the market for a prefab garage. I'm limited width wise at my house having approx 11feet to play with. Would this be wide enough for a car and abit of work space around it?

Has anyone any recommendations for companies to supply a garage, so far I have been in touch with randox and h2 buildings, awaiting quotes from them.

11 feet is just under 4 metres. Average car is around 1.8m wide so that leaves you able to open the door on each side and that is it.
DRS seem decent. Worth a quote.

 

[Lee]

New shelves buzz...

 

[Lappintyre]

New shelves buzz...

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Those look the business!

 

[Lee]

Those look the business!

Cheers, had walked past them in Homebase ages ago thinking those are nice but what nutter would pay £150 for shelves. Took a notion yesterday and after some research, they seemed a viable option!

 

[CR]

@gsmith What size is your new garage and who did you get to build? Pm if you wish!

 

[_James_]

Chaps I’m most likely going to start into wiring up my shed for electric fitting a consumer unit, lights and a ring of sockets(I’ll leave getting power from the house to the shed to a professional).

What I’m struggling with is what thickness of wire to use for the sockets, I was thinking 6mm but I’ve read that 2.5mm is perfect but my thoughts are that the 6mm would be better for the load on heavy machinery.

Any thoughts on this welcome.

 

[Turks]

Chaps I’m most likely going to start into wiring up my shed for electric fitting a consumer unit, lights and a ring of sockets(I’ll leave getting power from the house to the shed to a professional).

What I’m struggling with is what thickness of wire to use for the sockets, I was thinking 6mm but I’ve read that 2.5mm is perfect but my thoughts are that the 6mm would be better for the load on heavy machinery.

Any thoughts on this welcome.

2.5 mm cable and wire it in a ring main. If you think you will have anything heavy to run, you could wire them on a circuit of there own.

 

[Ace_vaux]

Chaps I’m most likely going to start into wiring up my shed for electric fitting a consumer unit, lights and a ring of sockets(I’ll leave getting power from the house to the shed to a professional).

What I’m struggling with is what thickness of wire to use for the sockets, I was thinking 6mm but I’ve read that 2.5mm is perfect but my thoughts are that the 6mm would be better for the load on heavy machinery.

Any thoughts on this welcome.

2.5mm in a ring for the sockets is grand. They usually only go up to 4mm if it’s a bigger length. If it’s a machine with a 13a plug then it will be fine plugged into a 2.5mm ring main.

If you are starting to go for welders etc which are 16a/20a etc then they need to be wired on a dedicated circuit with a bigger cable (would need to be sized based on length of circuit etc.)

 

[_James_]

Thanks guys that’s perfect as I possibly will go for a welder down the line but I can install a socket for it at later date

 

[Cooper]

2.5 mm cable and wire it in a ring main. If you think you will have anything heavy to run, you could wire them on a circuit of there own.

This. 2.5mm for sockets and 1.5mm for lights.

 

[FM155]

I've been running my welder off a 2.5mm ring main for decades with no bother. If it has a 13A plug and fuse, that should be the weak link.

 

[_James_]

I’ll ask another question then, the armoured cable running from the house to the shed. What would you recommend for this as it would be running approx. 30metres?

 

[Cooper]

I’ll ask another question then, the armoured cable running from the house to the shed. What would you recommend for this as it would be running approx. 30metres?

I’m no spark but I think I’ve 2.5mm high tough out to my shed.

 

[_James_]

I’m no spark but I think I’ve 2.5mm high tough out to my shed.

I am definitely no spark but ok at following directs I would have thought that running table saws, lights, radio etc that that 2.5 wouldnt have coped and would surge when under load...possibly damaging the tools. Now that is just my theory, I don’t actually have anything to prove this would actually be the case other than I can see the stress on startup from running a table saw using a 20metre extension cable but that could be a number of issues unrelated.

 

[Daviddunlop83]

I’m no spark but I think I’ve 2.5mm high tough out to my shed.

I’m no spark either but 2.5 def isn’t enough to run a full garage. It isn’t a ring main and 30m run. Tho it’s a shed so depends what your planning on plugging into it l aswell. A small heater can be 3kw

The 32amp hot tub requires 6mm.

Also you’d normally run a full garage on a 40 amp breaker.

I think I’ve either 10 or 16mm from the house to my old garage

I think the spark new garage will 16mm as it’s coming off the house supply. Can’t remember what he said was feeding the house but it’s only 100amp anyway.

 

[Ace_vaux]

I’ll ask another question then, the armoured cable running from the house to the shed. What would you recommend for this as it would be running approx. 30metres?

I’ll run it through a cable calculator in work later.

 

[Cooper]

I’m no spark either but 2.5 def isn’t enough to run a full garage. It isn’t a ring main and 30m run. Tho it’s a shed so depends what your planning on plugging into it l aswell. A small heater can be 3kw

The 32amp hot tub requires 6mm.

Also you’d normally run a full garage on a 40 amp breaker.

I think I’ve either 10 or 16mm from the house to my old garage

I think the spark new garage will 16mm as it’s coming off the house supply. Can’t remember what he said was feeding the house but it’s only 100amp anyway.

Sorry yes that cable is to my shed only running a few lights and sockets not for the garage. Hot Tub

 

[Ace_vaux]

@Jamz3k

Depending on the size of ‘fuse’ you have in the house or plan to use them the cable sizes would be as follows -

Armoured cable, buried in ground or ducting

20A - 2.5mm
32A - 6mm
45A - 6mm
50A - 10mm
63A - 10mm

 

[Turks]

I’ll ask another question then, the armoured cable running from the house to the shed. What would you recommend for this as it would be running approx. 30metres?

It will all depend on how much your looking to run from it, 10mm will run a fair bit but if going to the hassle now of putting a cable in I personally would use 16mm to future proof.

 

[Apis]

It will all depend on how much your looking to run from it, 10mm will run a fair bit but if going to the hassle now of putting a cable in I personally would use 16mm to future proof.

I'd be thinking future proof to include wiring that's big enough for a fairly fast electric car charger.