mike150
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RMS Epic Workshop/ Garage Thread: Show me your bench/garage
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big-lew18
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I know its been mentioned before, but.....I've a new shed ordered. Should be here in 6 weeks. Whats best to paint a power-floated floor? Tried to have a flick back through the tread there but can't find it.
Daviddunlop83
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Proper Epoxy floor paint
We got a guy in work to do ours, the 10 ton forklift doesn’t even bother it. Even dragging stuff across it and it’s held up really well
We used guy called Paul who owns Custom Flooring.
07977 113917
We got a guy in work to do ours, the 10 ton forklift doesn’t even bother it. Even dragging stuff across it and it’s held up really well
We used guy called Paul who owns Custom Flooring.
07977 113917
big-lew18
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You recommend anywhere to get it? Is it the dark red coloured stuff? Fancy that, clean looking
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big-lew18
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Cheers, I'll give him a shout in a week or 2.
gruff
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Progress has been slow with a bit of bad weather and builder being on holidays but starting to take shape
Do you know the size of the area and a roughish price, just want some sort of idea the kinda cost
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Think it’s approx 18mx18m and was about £3000.
That was grinding it all, primer and topcoat
mightymetro
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Rodent related - has anyone tried any of those ultrasonic type plugin yokes to try and keep the mice away?
In year one I had a full on infestation (thanks to the wife trying to overwinter plants in a corner, between that and grass seed it was basically a mouse nursery), every year since I just keep traps down and get a few caught a year. I've 3 already this year since the cold snap came in. I've insulation strips under the roller door and a draft excluder brush at the top of the door, and no other holes I can see, but the feckers just seem drawn to my boiler.
In year one I had a full on infestation (thanks to the wife trying to overwinter plants in a corner, between that and grass seed it was basically a mouse nursery), every year since I just keep traps down and get a few caught a year. I've 3 already this year since the cold snap came in. I've insulation strips under the roller door and a draft excluder brush at the top of the door, and no other holes I can see, but the feckers just seem drawn to my boiler.
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I have one in the roodspace. But still catch the odd mouse in a trap that's right beside it... I wish I could figure out how they getting in. Think the coming through from next door roofspace.
But I read they can get in a gap the size of a pencil. What about around the pipe entries
coling2005
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Have had 1 in garage for 2-3 years now and haven’t seen a trace of a mouse since. This was after catching half a dozen before I got the device. Garage is better sealed since that but it wouldn’t be impossible for a mouse to slip in sometime doors open etc.
m00k
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I got a triple pack of them sonic ones so have one in the garage one in utility room and one in front living room so that’s pretty much entire found floor covered
In old house for em every year till we got the sonics too
They actually were getting into garage at roof level and running along the top inner wall, the droppings were getting caught in the spiders webs round the corners... wee feckers, set off the house alarm flat out too
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Can you send the height, width and depth of these shelves please?
bora-gav
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Can anyone with a pre fab shed post pics of there electrical work please and lighting?
Finally pinned my dad down to make a start on mine and just looking for some ideas
I have 2 5ft led tube lights to hang down from the middle (pitch) but thinking should I go 4? 1 either side of the pitch of the roof for each 4m bay. I have a few tube lights to go round the side also
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What did you guys do?
Finally pinned my dad down to make a start on mine and just looking for some ideas
I have 2 5ft led tube lights to hang down from the middle (pitch) but thinking should I go 4? 1 either side of the pitch of the roof for each 4m bay. I have a few tube lights to go round the side also
@sc_evo @thefool1983
What did you guys do?
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thefool1983
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Yeah I have 4, all individually switched.
It's still not enough!
Hanging down is a good idea - but I think I will add some more on the side walls.
For securing the cables I used sticky pads with a cable tie through them.
Because I have the insulated panels you can screw directly to the panels with self tapers.
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Also interested in this...
What would you lot recommend for a double garage with room to work around the cars? I will be hopefully putting up a steel shed/garage at the new house. Lots of space so that’s no really an issue. At the same time I don’t want it stupidly big....
Anywhere you can go to view some sample buildings? (H2, DRS, Washing bay sheds, etc?)
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Nick, if you’re happy to have the metal cladding visible then any of the companies will be much the same. I went to H2 Buildings to look at theirs, they finish them to match your house and you’d never really know from outside that it’s a steel shed other than not having proper roof slates/tiles but tile effect cladding instead. It’s what I’ll be going with when I get the space I need cleared and it wasn’t that expensive but I can only fit a decent single garage unfortunately. 
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big-lew18
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I have a H2 shed, 7mx9m going up in about 3 weeks time. Your more than welcome to come view it if you're handy to Crumlin area
big-lew18
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No I ordered mine about September. My sister got one the same. Hers took about 6 weeks