John Cartmell wrote:
In article ,
Roger Mills \(aka Set Square\) wrote:
I would like to be able to use it from time to time as a workshop, without
requiring too much heat input - which means that it requires a reasonable
degree of insulation. I would appreciate your views on this.

Light & draught.

As a workshop you might want to have natural light wherever possible - but not
suffer the draughts from an open car-sized door.


Which moves us on to the missing part of the OP's question: what about
the windows?

If the walls, floor and roof have been insulated, and the door
draught-proofed, what would then be a reasonable standard and size of
windows for a combined garage/workshop?

I have the same problem coming up here, and am finding it hard to decide
between:

1. Shelling out for new PVC DG units... but it's only a wooden workshop,
so that option could easily go OTT in terms of cost. Where *is* the
absolute cheapest end of the market in new windows, anyway?

2. Trawling the local DG suppliers for mis-measured units they want to
get rid of. Not much luck there, so far - all the ones available locally
are proportioned for houses, and would look daft in a low, single-storey
workshop.

3. Using new or reclaimed sealed glazing units in wooden frames...
storing up repair/replacement work for later?



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Ian White